BLOCK E: Adrenaline 24+1, Of Golden Means, Life of Spice: Guatemala, Farmer.Sailor.Chef, Truth "N Food: The Quinault Indian Nation, Ulwandle - The Ocean

Ulwandle - The Ocean

 PJ Kotze  South Africa  2021 36:54  

Ulwandle is a documentary film telling the stories of two lives from the East and West Coasts of South Africa bound the a changing ocean.

Director Biography

PJ is a passionate outdoorsman and award winning director and cinematographer whose path into film started after spending two years abroad working as a sailing, diving and fishing guide. After returning to South Africa he completed his Honours Degree in Film at the Open Window Institute. PJ has been part of numerous international film and television productions and is especially at home underwater, filming in extreme situations or filming wildlife.

Specifications

• Project Title (Original Language): Ulwandle
• Project Type: Documentary, Short
• Runtime: 36 minutes 54 seconds
• Completion Date: March 2, 2021
• Production Budget: 25,000 USD
• Country of Origin: South Africa
• Country of Filming: South Africa
• Language: Afrikaans, Zulu
• Shooting Format: Digital - Sony FS7 4K
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9
• Film Color: Color
• First-time Filmmaker: No
• Student Project: No

The Life of Spice: Guatemala

BRITISH COLUMBIA PREMIERE

Christina MacGillivray  United States  2020  16:41

The Life of Spice follows spice historian and chef Simone Cormier around the world as she uncovers the origin of the spices we use everyday. In this episode, we travel to the jungles of Guatemala to understand indigenous uses of Cardamom, cook with local chefs and understand the conflict between local cardamom farmers and creating a sustainable future for the spice.

Director Biography

Christina is an award-winning director and producer. She leads media reporting on immigration for the United Nations Human Rights Office and was based in India for more than a decade. She is the executive producer and host of Women in Labour, a comedy meets investigative journalism podcast series delving into why women in India are dropping out of the workforce at one of the fastest rates in the world. She created the UN’s first ever stand-up comedy festival, in which all comedy focused on migration and rising nationalism in the West. She is currently a fellow at the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University. Christina is a former President William J. Clinton Fellow in media and human rights, a 2020 American Center Cultural grantee and a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society. She holds a BA in International Studies from Macalester College and a MA in Journalism from New York University.

Specifications

• Project Type:Documentary, Short
• Genres:Travel, Education, culture, cuisine
• Runtime:16:41
• Country of Filming:Guatemala
• Language:English, Spanish
• Film Color:Color

Adrenaline 24+1

Jaeik Kim  Korea  2021  5:55 

Food on the table always has a rhythm of life and become with people. Since there are various stories and relationships in it, every day's repetitive daily life will be rewritten as memories and will always stimulate us. And our story, derived from this, will be ongoing. Because it's adrenaline that protects us all the time. This work collages images of multiple consecutive and fragmented memories into the frame, and expressed in audio-visual format.

This is a kind of Audio-Visual artworks, but you can watch and hear it separately from the audio or video. Static sounds are like the silent practice (默言修行: Meditating Silence) of Buddhism, and video has also the power to reveal life through relationships.

Meanwhile, our healthy dietary life, which results from the natural environment and our interrelationship with humans, can repeat good and bad at any time, so our adrenaline feeling towards food should not only evoke pleasant imagination but also feel the importance of life at the same time.

Director Biography

I'm working on a variety of visual arts projects based on a specific site/place/environments.

City Tinnitus, loosenart gallery, Rome, Italy, 2021

Imaginary Soundscape 展, Historic Museum, Seoul, Korea, 2021

Live in Seoul: Looking at the Seoul, Media Project, Seoul Institute, Seoul, Korea, 2021

Looking at peace on the border, Gyeonggi Peace Plaza, Gyeonggi, Korea, 2020

CHANGE,CHANGERS! Media Installation Solo Exhibition, Gallery Yeoksam + Munhori 240-14, 2019

Hyperthumedia, Davincicreative.org, Geumcheon Art Factory, Seoul, Korea, 2014

1-117 NODE, ARKO Center, Seoul, Korea, 2013

Director Statement

I'm working on a variety of visual arts projects based on a specific site/place/environments. That is, it’s based on something that can provide people with special experiences and share short moments of memories together.

History and private memories that originate from certain environments are mixed together in everyday life and would illuminate our lives. In particular, I'm working on various public art projects based on this concept, and the local villagers are working together on the project base, breathing with them, and sometimes we're all working on installations that can represent individuals. As an extension of this, I'm working together media works (media art installation and video art). This is my major and I've been doing a lot of video art works until now.

Specifications

• Project Title (Original Language): Adrenaline 24+1
• Project Type: Experimental
• Genres: Experimental, Video Art, Audiovisual
• Runtime: 5 minutes 55 seconds
• Completion Date: July 5, 2021
• Production Budget: 5,000 USD
• Country of Origin: Korea, Republic of
• Country of Filming: Korea, Republic of
• Language: English
• Shooting Format: Digital
• Aspect Ratio:16:9
• Film Color: Black & White and Color

Of Golden Means

Marissa Dingman, Lynette Oostmeyer , Alisha Saville, Joe Ciolino  United States  4:26 

Terra Farma is the result of two vegetarians turned meat processors who love their animals, and their product.

In ancient Greek philosophy, Aristotle defined "The Golden Mean" as the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency. The route to happiness in balance, and ethical decision making.

Director Biography

Marissa Dingman is a filmmaker based in Portland, OR with roots in TN, KY, and GA. Her background comes from her experience as an animator and multimedia journalist where storytelling is central to design.

Specifications

• Project Type: Documentary, Student, Short
• Genres: documentary, short, micro short
• Runtime: 4 minutes 26 seconds
• Completion Date: January 31, 2019
• Country of Origin: United States
• Country of Filming: United States
• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9
• Film Color: Color
• First-time Filmmaker: No
• Student Project: Yes

Truth "N Food: The Quinault Indian Nation

John Grod United States 2021 32:47  

Chef Taus Schumacher is invited to the Quinault Indian Nation, on the shores of the Olympic Rain Forest, to learn and experience a culinary and culture journey that few have the privilege of having.

Specifications

• Project Type: Documentary
• Genres: culinary, indigenous, culture, documentary series
• Runtime: 32 minutes 47 seconds
• Completion Date: June 24, 2021
• Production Budget: 0 USD
• Country of Filming: United States
• Language: English
• Shooting Format: Digital, super 35mm
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9
• Film Color: Color

Farmer.Sailor.Chef

Cam MacArthur 2021 Canada  20:49

Taking place on land and sea, Farmer.Sailor.Chef follows the adventure of the Providence (the oldest working vessel in BC, a 1903 80' tall ship). Sail with her owner and captain, Simon Fawkes, and his crew across the Salish Sea to Salt Spring Island, off the coast of Vancouver Island. Pause en route to fish with wild chef and fisherman Teddy Cusco, landing at the beautiful biodynamic Stowell Lake Farm. A farm renowned in the local area for its community ownership model, its beautiful quiet spaces, and its abundant fresh veg from regenerative farming practices. The film dives into our characters' stories and sustainable practices, sunrise to sunset on the farm, and the wild BC landscape. It culminates in a visually captivating celebratory meal outside with produce from the farm and other hyperlocal ingredients, cooked up by the film's chef, Kyle Gerrard. A delight for the senses, an ode to BC's adventurous spirit, a culinary experience. Step aboard.

Director Biography

Cam MacArthur is a film director with Ecologyst Films from Victoria BC who has found a niche in short conservation-based documentaries. His directorial debut about Ocean plastics, “Plastic Beach”, was chosen to screen at the Omnimax theatre in Science World for the Elements International Film Festival, and since then Cam has directed a number of short films that cover topics from overfishing in the Salish Sea, to preserving British Columbia’s remaining ancient forests.

Director Statement

I am a self-taught, documentary filmmaker based in Victoria BC. For the past three years I have been the director 'ecologyst films', the production house created by ecologyst clothing. This experience has brought me into the world of conservation and environmental storytelling which has been the back bone of many of my films. My future ambitions include feature length documentaries, focusing on the outdoors, conservation and inspiring ways of living.