Category: Short Films

Short Film: BUT YOU LOOK SO GOOD, 12min., France, Drama

Alice is 23 but feels like 97. She looks in perfect health from the outside but her whole body is hurting from the inside. Nobody seems to understand or acknowledge her pain. She is lost and alone. Until she meets Gina… Project Links  Website News & Reviews “Découvrez la crème du cinéma indépendant, distinguée au… Continue reading Short Film: BUT YOU LOOK SO GOOD, 12min., France, Drama

Director Biography – Michelle Morgan (MI MADRE, MY FATHER)

Michelle Morgan has grown up on film sets. As a teenager she worked with her older sister, television and commercial director Wendy Morgan, as an assistant, wardrobe stylist and performer. Over the 11 seasons she has starred on Heartland (CBC), Michelle has shadowed numerous directors such as Bruce McDondald, Dean Bennet and Rachel Leiterman. In… Continue reading Director Biography – Michelle Morgan (MI MADRE, MY FATHER)

Short Film: MI MADRE, MY FATHER, 16min., Canada, Drama/Family

Reared by an abusive, pill-popping mother and an absentee father, six-year-old Valentina must fend for herself. The only adults who seem to watch out for her are Robert and Benjamin, the couple across the hall. Valentina does what she can to craft the illusion of normalcy, but Robert observes that the situation has reached a… Continue reading Short Film: MI MADRE, MY FATHER, 16min., Canada, Drama/Family

Director Biography – Yalan Hu (DOLL IT UP)

Yalan Hu hails from Wuhan, China, the birthplace of the Xinhai Revolution that overthrew China’s last imperial dynasty. The only child of a traditional intellectual family, she fulfilled the family’s expectation of being an A student through her school years, while finding escape from the crushing sameness of Western blockbusters through the films of Bernardo… Continue reading Director Biography – Yalan Hu (DOLL IT UP)

Short Film: DOLL IT UP, 6min., USA, Comedy/Satire

Feeling his marriage with Natalie, a sex doll he has been with for three years, has grown stale, Gunther decides to purchase a new doll, Dorri, that he adores and esteems as “true love.” However, the honeymoon period is always ephemeral. When he finds out his new wife isn’t as innocent as she looks, Gunther… Continue reading Short Film: DOLL IT UP, 6min., USA, Comedy/Satire

Director Biography – Nicole Berger (HOLES)

Nicole Berger is one of television’s most versatile and sought after choreographers. In 2006, while on set as a principle dancer in Julie Taymor’s ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, she was mentored by acclaimed cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel on the how to’s of capturing dance on Film. credits: DEADWOOD, The GOOD PLACE, BROOKLYN NINE NINE, VEEP, PARKS AND… Continue reading Director Biography – Nicole Berger (HOLES)

Short Film: HOLES, 7min., USA, Experimental/Dance

A young couple juggles infidelity, hot donut holes and chance encounters amid their dissolving relationship. Music by the iconic rock band THE POLICE, serves as inner dialogue for the two main characters. Heaviness is the hole in Hannah’s life as she tries to hold on to Daurin, who is more interested in filling any hole… Continue reading Short Film: HOLES, 7min., USA, Experimental/Dance

Director Biography – Kurdwin Ayub (Hyäne Fischer – Im Rausch der Zeit)

Kurdwin Ayub was born in Iraq in 1990. Currently, she works as a director, screenwriter, and video and performance artist in Vienna, Austria. Studies in Painting and Animation with Christian Ludwig Attersee and Judith Eisler at the University for Applied Arts Vienna from 2008 to 2013. Since 2011, studies in Performing Arts with Carola Dertnig… Continue reading Director Biography – Kurdwin Ayub (Hyäne Fischer – Im Rausch der Zeit)

Short Film: HYANE FISCHER, 4min., Austria, Experimental

Directed by Kurdwin Ayub Little is known about “hyena fisher”. Where did she go to school, when did she take the B or A driving license? Was a teacher training program interrupted, why does she sing with a German accent in the style of the local artist Gustav? News & Reviews “Mit Obersalzbergseligkeit zum ESC?”… Continue reading Short Film: HYANE FISCHER, 4min., Austria, Experimental

Director Biography – Nesli Erten (KOYUN)

Sevinç is a multimedia storyteller based in Istanbul. She received a MFA from the University of Southern California’s Animation & Digital Arts program. Her interdisciplinary projects combine her passions for animation, storytelling, and activism. Her background in dance and political science enhance and inform her technique as an experimental animator. By utilizing multi-media platforms to… Continue reading Director Biography – Nesli Erten (KOYUN)