A showcase of the best BLACK & WHITE films from around the world.
AUDIENCE AWARDS:
Best Short Film: Pvt. Ravel’s Bolero
Best Direction: We’re Nothing
Best Story: Ice Cream Sidewalk
Best Micro-Short: THE VEGETABLE GARDEN – a tale from the Barbagia region in Sardinia
We’re Nothing, 4min, USA
Directed by Kelly Hughes
Music video collaboration between director Kelly Hughes and Italian Post-Metal band Postvorta. Hughes filmed most of the footage in Kitsap County in WA State (Port Orchard, Gorst, Sunnyslope, Bremerton, Suquamish) with a mostly local cast.
https://www.instagram.com/kellywaynehughes
Ice Cream Sidewalk. 5min., USA
Directed by Randy Zuniga
Pvt. Ravel’s Bolero, 28min., USA
Directed by JZ Murdock
Pvt. Ravel’s Bolero is a unique anti-war film blending historical documentary, visual poetry, and the haunting music of Maurice Ravel. Based on the poem by JZ Murdock, the film delves into Ravel’s time as a truck driver in World War I, reflecting on the profound impact of his music and the devastating effects of war.
https://www.instagram.com/jzmurdock/
THE VEGETABLE GARDEN – a tale from the Barbagia region in Sardinia, 3min., Italy
Directed by Samantha Comizzoli
In a Sardinian’s village of Barbagia, a mother writes to her son in prison beacuse. She is to old to work the land, so she can’t makes the vegetable garden. The son finds an ingenious solution.
http://www.samanthacomizzoli.blogspot.com/
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