A visual interpretation of the poem by Eve L. Ewing, adapted to 16mm motion picture film. Official Selection: Raindance Film Festival // HollyShorts Film Festival The poem appears in Eve’s book Electric Arches, stories of her time growing up in Chicago. From Haymarket books: ‘Electric Arches is an imaginative exploration[…]
If you love someone, set them free. Or… abduct them! Boohoo! is a short chase-and-dance rom-com about a glamorous bicycle thief with a big crush and even bigger plans. The film takes a meet-cute trope and pushes it quickly to a bizarre extreme, essentially to say: if it’s true love,[…]
As an Alaska Native born into a nomadic tribe, Lena understands what it takes to survive. Over the years she has battled hunger and extreme cold, fighting for the survival of her family and their way of life. But today, living alone in a small cabin deep in the Alaskan[…]
A man returns home after dedicating his life to war. In the now abandoned house where he once was happy, he tries to reconnect with what was lost. Remorse fills the final moments of his life as his broken promise haunts his memories. At the origin of the project, there[…]
A teenage boy hiding in a bathroom after a school shooting struggles to come to grips with the aftermath. A film about the epidemic of gun violence in the USA through the eyes of two boys, in one intimate eight minute span. Shot on Super 16mm.
A teenage boy hiding in a bathroom after a school shooting struggles to come to grips with the aftermath. A film about the epidemic of gun violence in the USA through the eyes of two boys, in one intimate eight minute span. Shot on Super 16mm. Premiering on Film Shortage[…]
Bonnie and Clyde in dystopia. ‘Give Up The Ghost’ visualises a cold near-future cityscape, set against the brutalist, concrete architecture of South East London. The four minute short film, shot on super 16mm and scored by London band Imperial Daze, depicts the story of a fugitive couple on the run[…]
A young boxer guides his protégé through his past growing up in the South Side of Chicago. Boxing has been at the forefront of sports movies from the very beginning, and that’s because the stories often grow from underdog characters fighting their way through life obstacles, simultaneously imaging their sport.[…]
Influenced by the work of the great “Kenneth Anger”, terror pop movie culture like Blair Witch Project and all the found footage / LoFi subculture. I have tried to tell the story of a luminous girl, through different temporal jumps, and how she advances into the occultism to finally stay[…]
This video is an exploration of self isolation. It represents a loneliness and depression that can only come from alienating oneself. This depression can be a sinking whole that’s hard to surface from; but it can also be a semblance of peace in an otherwise chaotic world. Directors Statement From[…]