Category: Best Experimental Film ARFF Barcelona 2023

Original Film Title: Pink Booth Confessions

Director’s Name: Millie Heckler

Writer’s Name: Millie Heckler, Britt Ford

Producer: Millie Heckler, Schivona Johnson

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 28 minutes 44 seconds

Film Description:

Pink Booth Confessions relishes in what it means to be woman: dark, whole, broken, bent, drunk, woke, silent, brash, slutty, strong, prude, wise, forever-changing and deeply committed to humanity and love. Through a pressurized “pink booth,” performers testify to their experiences as women, illuminating their secrets and discharging them simultaneously. Directed by UVM Dance Faculty Millie Heckler in collaboration with Schivona Johnson, Britt Ford, PhaeMonae, Camille Breslin and Elias Hill, this work features original music, dance, costume design, set design, and videography. This project is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council, the Vermont Community Foundation and the Austin Music Disaster Relief Fund.

Original Film Title: BLACK BOX

Director’s Name: Vicky Vassilopoulou

Writer’s Name: Vicky Vassilopoulou

Producer: Vicky Vassilopoulou

Country of Origin: Greece

Country of Filming: Greece

Language: Modern Greek (1453-)

Runtime: 9 minutes

Film Description:

A young cartoonist on the brink of a creative impasse she decides to create her own superhero.
Through this endeavor she will travel to a fantasy world with other superheroes and male characters as her skit takes character.
This journey will bring to light all the problems and guilt arising from her family as a result of the experience of awareness

Original Film Title: Three Sisters

Director’s Name: Lenny S. Gonzalez

Writer’s Name: Lenny S. Gonzalez

Producer: Lenny S. Gonzalez

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 3 minutes 14 seconds

Film Description:

A non-narrative short film about the 2019 Hong Kong protests that explores three archetypes engaged in the conflict.

Original Film Title: 娑婆

Director’s Name: Siye Tao

Producer: Siye Tao

Country of Filming: China

Runtime: 6 minutes 8 seconds

Film Description:

This short film tries to recap the personal experience of a dancer, whose old house and the associated memories are overshadowed by the fast-going urbanization. On a bright sunny day in the near future, when skyscrapers erect from the ruins, will we forget all the textured past？