In the current landscape and industry of filmmaking bigger, faster, better seems to be winning out. Audiences have shorter attention spans and demand bigger “bang” for their buck. Fewer and far between are the films that take their time and weave a story, allowing it to flow and unfold in a natural way. Specifically, with documentary filmmaking there also seems to be a trend toward flashier, more fast-paced story telling. Cramming in high-tech edits and sound and special effe

“Summer Triangle” is a new film from director Takeru Nakazawa and a film that is entirely visually generated by Artificial Intelligence. There is plenty of buzz around A.I. in the filmmaking world. Will it work? Will it capture the minds of viewers? Will it hold up against traditional filmmaking? With Summer Triangle, Nakazawa seems to endeavor to tackle some of these big questions. Making a film that he helmed entirely himself, with the help of professional voice artists and

Frat Magic, Written and directed by MJ Fernandez. In just six minutes, Frat Magic takes the audience on a playful journey from dull reality into pure fantasy. It begins with a fraternity party so lifeless that the guests look more interested in their books than in each other. Then everything changes with the pop of a mysterious purple antique beer bottle. A sparkling white, purple, and pink foam bursts out, and the magic begins. The arrival of Chad, a larger than life genie w

White Hare, directed by Inkyu Jee, is an exceptional example of how pure visual storytelling can move an audience. Without a single word of dialogue, the film relies on expressive animation, powerful sound design, and a deeply cinematic approach to immerse us in the perilous journey of a mother rabbit and a lost bear cub. The decision to tell the story without dialogue proves to be one of its greatest strengths: emotions are conveyed through the characters’ eyes, movements, a

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Written, directed and performed by Alberto Martín-Aragón and Julia Doménech, BONIFACIO is a delightful and surprisingly moving black and...

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Sometimes, the biggest events inspire us to create. That’s the very sentiment at the heart of Cosmic Rhapsody, a short film and...