Category: AMS 2021 Experimental

Original Film Title: Oasis

Directors Name: Adrien Servadio

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 minute

Film Description: 

aestetic birth of an oasis

Original Film Title: FLUX

Directors Name: Cléa van der Grijn

Writers Name: Cléa van der Grijn

Producers: Cléa van der Grijn

Country of Origin: Ireland

Country of Filming: Ireland

Language: Irish

Runtime: 16 minutes 44 seconds

Film Description: 

FLUX (film) is about creating a space between now + then. Exploring the dynamism
of emptiness in a realm where time + space are altered. Past, present and future are
considered in the gaps in-between, blurring the boundaries between fact + fiction.
Expressing emotions, ideas + concepts through literal + abstract imagery, through
the creative use of editing + sound design incorpoating Irish Sean Nós song.
Characters emphasise the fragile + emotional states of mankind, with prominence
on dreamscapes + mindscapes. An oneiric land cinematically beautiful +
psychologically disturbing. A world that explores significant topics such as death,
loss, love, isolation + mental-fragility.

Original Film Title: New York Minute

Directors Name: Lynn Bianchi

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Runtime: 4 minutes 37 seconds

Film Description: 

This work continues Lynn Bianchi’s relationship with New York City and its inhabitants – her home and inspiration since 1968. New York Minute was developed and created during lockdown – the year of loneliness and isolation – yet Lynn never felt lonely because the city was right outside her window – still alive and forever hopeful. A love letter to New York, this work is an abstraction of one day in the city – from dawn till dusk – moments that last a minute, or maybe a lifetime.

Original Film Title: Sweet Destiny

Directors Name: Arash Sobhani, Kajeh Mehrizi, Taravat Khalili

Writers Name: Arash Sobhani

Producers: Arash Sobhani, Hamidreza Safipour

Country of Origin: Canada

Country of Filming: Iran, Islamic Republic of

Language: Persian

Runtime: 1 hour

Film Description: 

The first rock opera coming out of the middle east; Sweet Destiny is the collaboration of KIOSK (pioneering Iranian rock band-The Berlin Daily Newspaper) and various cinematographers based on a historic picture from the late 1800s.

Original Film Title: Dreaming Shit

Directors Name: Kubilay Mert Ural

Producers: Kubilay Mert Ural

Country of Origin: Turkey

Country of Filming: Turkey

Language: Other

Runtime: 20 minutes

Film Description: 

”Dreaming Shit” is an experimental short film which includes one year improvized camera shootings of Kubilay Mert Ural. This direct production gives a chance for non scripted structure in a day dream.

Original Film Title: Aurora

Directors Name: James Barany

Producers: Philip Barkhudarov

Country of Origin: Netherlands

Country of Filming: Netherlands, United States

Language: English

Runtime: 6 minutes

Film Description: 

Experimental rotoscoped animation of Aurora as performed by OLGA Vocal Ensemble, Netherlands

Original Film Title: Les Barricades Mystérieuses

English Film Title: The Secret Walls

Directors Name: Anne Charrin, Lise Charrin, Aude Charrin, Jean-Marie Gatin

Writers Name: Anne Charrin, Lise Charrin, Aude Charrin, Jean-Marie Gatin

Producers: Pauline Carriot (Les Forges Vives)

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming: France

Language: No dialogue

Runtime: 14 minutes 25 seconds

Film Description: 

(freely inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy)

A theatre in the rain, people outside crowding to get in. A tired man comes through the stage door where a child -the master of the place- has been waiting for him. Engulfed in that theatrical machinery and caught up in the beguiling cogs of time, guided by some unknown force, the man plunges deep into a maelstrom of many faces…

Original Film Title: Port de Bras

Directors Name: Roman Villevoye

Writers Name: Roman Villevoye, Chiron Floris

Producers: Roman Villevoye, Chiron Floris

Country of Origin: Netherlands

Country of Filming: Netherlands

Language: No dialogue

Runtime: 1 minute 39 seconds

Film Description: 

The story of the Fashion is incorporated into the story of the film.
Chiron Floris about her Fashion Collection ‘Port de Bras’
“When I was little I visited my grandparents every week. My grandmother spoiled
me with sweets and my grandfather would take me to his workplace where he
worked as a shoemaker. I remember de loud sound of the heavy machinery and I
can stil smell the leather mixed with glue.
As a child I was fascinated by my grandfather’s profession and as a designer
I am inspired by workwear. It serves as an source of inspiration in my search
for timelessness in fashion. I see it as a challenge to create something
timeless in such a fast moving industry.
With this film I want to make an ode to my grandfather and I will tell a story
about the working man. By collaborating with dancers I want to show the motion
of the everyday life, the freedom of movement and play a game with
functionality.”