AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS:
BEST SHORT FILM: FATHER
BEST FEATURE FILM: SAINT CLAIR CEMIN, PSYCHE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE ASSASSINATION OF A MAN
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: MAYONAISE
BEST PERFORMANCES: THE FIVE STAGES OF QUARANTINE
BEST SOUND & MUSIC: ANGELE

Theme of night: Leaving your legacy

NOTE: Festival took place during the COVID-19 virus lockdown so all screenings were held in private.

Watch the Audience FEEDBACK Videos:

MAYONAISE, 5min., Switzerland, Thriller/Parody

THE FIVE STAGES OF QUARANTINE, 4min., USA, Comedy

UNDOCUMENTED, 5min., UK, Documentary

HOME BREAK IN, 1min., Norway, Thriller/Crime

THE ASSASSINATION OF A MAN, 3min., USA, Crime/Comedy

ANGELE, 3min., Canada, Documentary

MITTA HAS BEEN MASKING, 3min., USA, Experimental

HEAR CONGO, 3min,. Congo, Documentary

THE ALPHA’S BET, 5min., USA, Poem

FATHER, 4min., Australia, Animation

SAINT CLAIR CEMIN, PSYCHE, 61 min. , Artist Documentary

The beginning of a (temporary) new era.

See you at the festivals. Whenever that happens!

– Matthew Toffolo

Just as Jeff is about to tell his roommate he’s moving out, he’s informed that the city is shutting down and they will be quarantined together.

There are currently over 10 million undocumented immigrants living in the USA. Many of them came to the US as children and it is the only country they’ve ever known. In Sin Papeles one of these people, artist and activist Jose Mora, narrates his personal experience of being undocumented in Chicago.

Directed by

Rhys Aaron Lewis, Valeria Luongo

• Project Title (Original Language): Sin Papeles
• Project Type: Documentary, Short
• Runtime: 5 minutes 23 seconds
• Completion Date: December 1, 2019
• Production Budget: 2,000 GBP
• Country of Origin: United Kingdom
• Country of Filming: United States
• Language: English, Spanish
• Shooting Format: Digital
• Film Color: Color

When “Saw” meets “Top Chef”

• Project Type: Short
• Runtime: 5 minutes
• Completion Date: September 1, 2020
• Production Budget: 0 USD
• Country of Origin: Switzerland
• Language: French
• Shooting Format: Digital
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9
• Film Color: Color

Jason is the founder of Visual14, a visual media company. He has been active in film and video production for more than ten years on large and small film productions. Jason is also a distinguished designer and award-winning architectural photographer. He is focusing his attention on production with a particular emphasis on visual quality. In a nutshell, he is just a chill guy with a camera that likes to shoot and have fun while making epic content.

Director Statement

We are interconnected; our choices can impact the world, either sustaining or draining life.

The raw materials that go into most electronics today are mined from the Congo. This is how Hear Congo is helping.

Project Links

•  Website

An animated short about a father’s relationship with his daughter and their bond through music.

Director – Apollonia Xylouris

Project Links

•  Instagram

He’s less nouns and more verbs, with a particular set of skills surpassed only by Liam Neeson. The guy won Gold from the Hermes Creative Awards three times in 2020 for interactive storytelling, social impact, and technical craft and a Silver Muse Creative Award… yadda yadda yadda.

A certain written & verbal aptitude without the often-accompanying attitude. Probably because he’s a college dropout and allergic to the rarest horse on earth. Did I mention he owes me five bucks?

Director Statement

“I do appreciate you stopping by. I strive for resonance over reach, so it means a lot that you’re here. You’ve officially found the bottom, so onward & upwards!”

“No Man’s Land is right here in your hands,
and as you listen, that horizon expands.
Deep in the trenches between letters and lines,
rages the clash between Language and Time.”

A poem in motion, or visual love letter to those who…love letters.

It’s the war of art against time itself and the struggle to inspire amidst the odds of uncertainty.
Also featuring a shout-out to Beethoven (not the dog) and author of my (only) favorite quote promoting violence: “Seize Fate by the Throat”.
Written on my phone one sleepless night when I couldn’t get the idea out of my head.

This one is a lot like Mayonnaise…
because you’ll have strong feelings about it one way or another.

Reviewed by Rome Prisma International Film Festival:
https://bit.ly/alphaprisma

Project Links

•  Website

News & Reviews

• “Resist Oblivion”Rome Prisma Independenthttps://bit.ly/alphaprisma

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AILEY
For the past 20 years Darby has been a voiceover actor in the tech sector for Fortune 100 and 500 companies, heard billions of times worldwide as a voice of IoT.

As a musician and music publisher, her music has appeared in film and television on NBC, E!, and Oxygen, through Universal Music and her production company, Pip Projects, Inc.

She holds a BA in Creative writing from Antioch University Los Angeles, an MBA-IT from Western Governor’s University, and a Graduate Certificate in Information Systems from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. She serves as the Director of Technology for Utah Women in Film and Television.

She is currently a PhD student at Regent University, where she is researching interdisciplinary entertainment education media narratives to include child-robot interaction.

Director Statement

As a research student pursuing a PhD, I am exploring transmedia and edutainment for children, youth and families, focusing on mental health, literacy and the economics of the creative and working classes.

I was diagnosed with autism in 2019 after a brief stint of mild psychosis, a lifetime of dissociating, masking and depression and other common elements for those on the autism spectrum. This film represents my state as I came out of that life transition and back into allowing myself to create visual content in a more personal and reflective way.

I attempt to create through my experience. I use minimal scripting to allow my own experience to overlap onto the narrative. As a therapeutical tool, I hope to maintain a level of entertainment and interest, while spurring investigative thought for my audience.