Sunday, Nov 8, 2020 - 8pm
CLAIM 0:05:31
Directed by Keely Song
CLAIM is a screendance honoring pregnancy and labor as a place of motion and power.
/// HALF 0:24:26
Directed by Militia Vox
/// An NYC artist, on a 'trip' to fully understand herself, chooses to embrace her other 'HALF'- her dark side - by personifying her shadow self and engaging with her inner demons in an edgy, existential and surreal landscape.
/// HALF is a modern psychedelic, psychological, multimedia, visual feast featuring anthemic alternative rock songs with messages of existential themes, horror and female empowerment.
/// This visual album is "///HALF" of the concept record, THE VILLAINESS, in album order. All music, lyrics, video art, direction, performance, funding and production created by the artist, Militia Vox- the ONLY artist to ever do so- DIY to the extreme!
SHADOW 0:09:04
Directed by Francesca Jandasek
While I have created some film projections for live performances, this is the first short film that I have created. It all started while researching the Romanian Legend of the Argeș Monastery for a full evening length show I created in 2018. In this legend, a pregnant woman is immured to make the walls of the monastery stand. After further research, I came across the belief of the “stahie,” or shadow, an ancient Eastern European belief and practice that in order for the walls of a building to stand, someone has to be built into the walls either physically (i.e their body), or metaphysically (i.e their shadow).
As I delved into the legend and this belief, I found myself questioning Who is the shadow? Is the shadow real? What if shadows were real? What is reality? Does it even matter, if we all fade away from memory and existence, leaving nothing behind?
Ultimately, I was questioning whether, as a woman, it was more important for me to create, or to reproduce. And, why do I have this need? Is it to achieve a sort of immortality, a way to exist beyond my existence, whether through the creation of offspring, or art creation? The shadows represent the struggle of a woman artist - art creation vs. procreation. It is a question with no satisfactory answer.
Besides the central theme being a female dilemma, this film is female created (directed, composed, performed, and edited by women).
Titus & Mirabella 0:21:31
Directed by Melania Crisan
A romantic comedy about the first date between two quirky people who have never had a romantic relationship before but who desperately want one. A movie about fear and love.
Veteran Children: When Parents Go To War 0:28:55
Directed by Susan Hackley
Veteran Children: When Parents Go To War is a half-hour documentary film that focuses on the impact of war on America’s military families, especially children. Our nation has been at war for nearly 18 years, yet few people know that more than two million military children have a mom or dad, or both, who has deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan or Syria. While many films broadly describe the costs of war, this film uniquely highlights the voices of children who speak candidly about their own experiences. They tell us about their loneliness, fears, struggles, and sacrifices as well as how they cope and demonstrate remarkable strengths.
Going My Way 0:15:20
Directed by Rob Margolies
When a devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, receives devastating news about her health, she decides to live the remainder of her life on her own terms – possibly foregoing the wishes of her family.
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