Short listed Physical screening Season 2 – 2020

We have to rethink everything

Italian winemaker Daniele Delaini notices water, sky and air becoming cleaner within only a few days during corona shutdown. In the movie he tells his german friend Martin on his oberservations and draws clear conclusions.
 

EXTRA INNINGS

A reporter interviews the manager of the Boston Red Sox in an attempt to uncover secrets from his past.

Touch – Tamil Musical Short film

Its a short film about how a touch define the relationship between men and women

One liner : Touch which define who you are…

The Song

American singer-songwriter David Olney (b. 1947) tours the Netherlands each couple of years, but this time he struggles with physical issues that comes as a price for his love for touring.

David died suddenly on stage early in 2020 while performing. The 2018 tour was his last in the Netherlands.

Ryoko’s Qubit Summer

-Long ver.–
Quantum butterflies with Qubit wings, The same technology was used to create KANUMA, an experimental world of Artificial Intelligence inside a quantum computer.
Then one day, AIs began using words unknown to man. Scientists saw this as a threat and decided to “delete” KANUMA.
Can love exist between an AI and a human? A new outlook on the evolution of the human world.

–Short A ver.–
A human and an AI fall in love in the final days of the apocalypse. Japanese YURI sci-fi fantasy that sheds light to evolution.

–Short B ver.–
A girl-to-girl, human-to-AI sci-fi love fantasy in the final days of the Apocalypse.

Locked Up

This is a song / music video about stumbling around in these frightening and crazy times. It’s about feeling Locked Up … in a Strange World.

Artemis & the Astronaut

Artemis and Henri have spent a lifetime together. Loved one another deeply and imperfectly. Four weeks ago Henri died and so much was left unsaid as Henri’s mind ebbed away. And then Artemis hears Henri crying in the next room. Will Artemis get a chance to be with Henri one last time?

All from Me

The Chinese choreographer Yang Liping thrilled audiences around the world in 1986 with her amazing “peacock dance” from ‘Spirit of the Peacock’. One of her famous works in her artistic creation career “Pingtan Image” was originated from the oriental folk believes and myths of Pingtan, located in East China’s Fujian province and the closest place on the Chinese mainland to Taiwan.

The production of “All From Me” music video was hoping to create a crossed-over genuine pop music sensation by bringing both the iconic performance of “Pingtan Image” and singer’s upcoming single together. Both of the directors unrelentingly pursuit to build a work that tells a brand new story which speaks to the audiences who have never been interested in dance theater and the artists that have never listened to pop music. Through the creation of the new script and new choreography, this music video is not only a film work adapted from a play, but an enthralling blend of pop music and the contemporary dance theater, hopes to motivates the artist in everyone.

China is an ancient country full of mysteries and a lot of elements of Chinese deities and magical beings can be found in this video.

There has been an old tradition in China of dancers wearing masks to resemble animals or mythical beasts since antiquity. The lion dance and the dragon dance are usually performed during the Chinese traditional, cultural and religious festivals. In this video the lions are the loyal companions which were bravely protecting the main character from the invasion from Hell. The appearance of a dragon is both fearsome and bold but it has a benevolent disposition, and it was an emblem to represent authority, which were sent from above to come to her rescue.

Art in China had grown in a phenomenal way, and has adapted and changed over time. The purpose of making this video is not only hope to reflect Chinese culture but also seeking for more possibilities to create a foundation for future artistic accomplishments. With the music video of a popular singer, the art of the tradition which were overlooked is bringing back to life with a new statement of Oriental aesthetics.
 

The Blue Marble – Pilot Long

At the Universal Soul Assignment office a soul, Charlie has been stuck on the Blue Marble line for eternity. A victim of red tape, he struggles to unravel the incomprehensible rules and regulations which have prevented him from fulfilling his destiny since the Big Bang.

CRISS CROSS

Criss Cross is a film about love and borders.
Which is stronger?
An unfortunate chain of events motivates a couple in love to try and defy the obstacles between them. Can they be overcome?
Or might digging underneath be a better solution? And just when you think it’s getting easier, bureaucracy and the past get in the way

Kaminda

A visual poem of a 3-year-old boy’s journey of self-discovery.
Kaminda revisits David’s childhood adventures narrated by a young voice in spoken words written by Juan-Carlos Goilo.
From the dry northern plains to the atmospheric damp caves, Kaminda takes you through the rustic landscapes of Curaçao with stunningly captured scenes. Hear the primitive sounds of Curaçao’s “Muzik di Zumbi” accompanied by scenes shot under water, on land and in the air.

The unpredictability of nature and a 3-year-old boy presented some challenges when shooting certain scenes. But there where also these moments where all I had to do was press record and watch something amazing unfold in front of me.
This resulted in a film that resembled the purity of the story.

In 2017 I created my first film on an iPhone 6. Since then I’ve been experimenting with mobile film. When shooting on mobile the rules are completely different. This drives me to think outside the box and think of creative ways to capture that epic scene.

Road 721

Road 721 is an allegory about global warming. Set in a number of California forests it tells the tale of Sam, a photo journalist from Los Angeles whose dream has been to write an essay about the state of forestry in the Redwoods as well as other wooded areas in the Western United States.

What he encounters on his journey is mysterious, puzzling and ultimately terrifying.

Road 721 is an environmental ghost story. A cautionary tale about our careless attitude toward the natural world and what occurs as a result of it.

Holy Drill

The music “Holy Drill” was commissioned by the dance company to be presented at an opening ceremony of a tunnel in Rotterdam. One month before the performance, it turned out that the investors did not like the idea of the dance performance because it contradicted their religious beliefs. The performance never took place. The situation around it determined the title of the composition.
The core material of the musical texture is the drill’s sound. After some time, I came up with an idea to connect the mechanical sound of a drill and a mill to make a sort of a futuristic film, where the image and musical texture are intertwined.
A mill is the main symbol of the Netherlands. The perpetual rotation of a mill symbolizes immortality. Rising and falling wings of a windmill, according to medieval interpretations, refers to the descent of God to a man and the rise of a man to God, it symbolizes fall and rebirth, cyclical change of times, and world epochs.
The film was shot with Samsung Galaxy S7 at Kinderdijk (UNESCO World Heritage site since 1997) village in the municipality of Molenlanden, in the province of South Holland, Netherlands.

Death Offers Life – last moments of Vincent Van Gogh

The story is the fictional account of the last five minutes of the acclaimed painter Vincent Van Gogh who was a failure in his lifetime. Death who has come to take him makes an offer which Van Gogh rejects and accepts the hands of death gracefully.

BANG. BANG.

In a repressed, old and dusty western town, a hero rides in to bring justice.

Boxed

A fictionalized short film based on the true story of the terrifying daring escape of Henry “Box” Brown, an enslaved man who used creativity to escape from slavery in 1849 by mailing himself to freedom.

Beauty for Ashes

A film showcasing the power of forgiveness in the most challenging of circumstances.

Ella SohnKey CastPhil SohnKey CastJulian YorkExecutive ProducersJason FittlerCinematographyJason FittlerEditorJamie HumphrisEditor

Hollow Pond

After being abandoned by his brothers, a young Maasai boy
must outwit a mysterious force to be reunited with his family.

To Be Forgotten

A recovering addict trying to erase the online records of his past transgressions gets a call from a mysterious company that claims it can help him be forgotten–not only by the Internet, but by all the people that ever knew him and by the natural world itself.

Sandy Illusions

Synopsis

SANDY ILLUSIONS
A documentary by Robert Hughan and Arthur Scheijde.

To see and to be seen is what drives people these days. To see and to-not-be-seen is what drives survival below the surface. The sands of the seabed provide protection. Camouflage is the key to a world of illusions under water. What is actually over there? What do you really see? This engaging play of perception is the theme of this new short under water film. In Sandy Illusions the Spanish Costa Brava reveals the illusions of the desert of the sea.
Several exploratory dives with a camera at the Costa Brava coast have led to establishing the team that made this film: co-director/producer, cameraman, editor Robert Hughan, co-director/producer, writer, editor Arthur Scheijde, technical support Marcel van der Hulst, color grading Stanley Quarré, sound mix and special sound effects Olivier Nijs, music Tenacious Orchestra and Stoney Waters , with a voice-over by Robert Rosier.

One Third Of A Second

Ilyas, an expatriate writer who lived most of his adult life in Australia, returns to Turkey in the hope of finding inspiration for his new book.
Instead, he ends up having to deal with the breakdown of a relationship and a deepening writer’s block, in a land he feels estranged.