2022 Experimental Film Odyssey Screenings and Awards

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Film(s) To Be Screened

Sheila

An this experimental short documentary, a dancer SHEILA ROHAN, blows out a candle and finds herself in a magical world of memory , dance and presence.

Featuring Sheila Rohan, one of the founding members of Dance Theater of Harlem.

Chronicle of a Distant Summer

A filmmaker walks the streets of Winston-Salem, N.C. during the summer of covid, pondering a series of questions.

Ruined World: An AI Elegy

Artificial Intelligence creates a visual poem about a post-apocalyptic world where human civilization has been erased by environmental collapse.

First Saké Brewery in New York

This documentary reveals the story of the passion and love of saké-makers and what it takes to make a world-class saké at Brooklyn Kura, the first saké brewery in New York.

Are you listening?“ is a question often asked to people with ADHD. This experimental film uses nature motives to illustrate the spinning mind of an ADHD-affected person trying to follow a conversation.

Train of Memories

Through the image of broken memory, I constantly recombine them and collect the sounds of daily life.

It was Only a Dream

Amidst a women’s final daydream, she relives her bounded life guided by endless doorways, deeply in search of where she came from and where she is going.

Pathless

A poetic translation of the universal feeling at one’s unknown next step in life. It connects to the overwhelming periods of doubtful thoughts yet resilient ambition one may encounter.

Unearth Arcana

Experiments with projected light and video feedback create a hypnotic journey into a world of sensual colors, textures, and movement. Accompanied by a score of original electronic music.

We are lost girls

This film by Steve Downey features the poem "We are the Lost Girls", written and performed by Christina Jane ["C. J "]. Both Steve and Christina are on the Autism Spectrum, but were not diagnosed until they were adults.