Author: festivalforromance

Showcase of the best FILMS in the world today. Audience Award Winners:BEST FILM: Surviving DinnerBEST BLACK & WHITE DESIGN: Theseus: Black Sail, White SailBEST PERFORMANCES: Birthday BoyBEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: RespiraBEST SOUND & DESIGN: Potraits of IncantationBEST DIRECTION: Porch Light Watch the Audience Feedback Video for each film: RESPIRA, 13min,. Italy, Thriller/NoirDirected by Stefano Bolognini, Matteo Favero… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: February 2022 Festival

Watch the Audience Feedback Video: After a car accident, a young man wakes up tied to a chair in a basement. Will he be able to escape, or will he succumb to his wounds? Director Biography – Stefano Bolognini, Matteo Favero Stefano is a young Italian filmmaker and the co-founder of the film production group “4th… Continue reading Short Film: RESPIRA, 13min,. Italy, Thriller/Noir

Watch the Audience Feedback Video: An abusive dad gets his just desserts on his birthday. Director Biography – Alexander Julian Dan Sellers is the President of Wreak Havoc Productions, LLC, a small film production company out of Greensboro, North Carolina. Dan started his career in filmmaking with the horror-comedy feature film, “Hank vs. The Undead” in… Continue reading Short Film: BIRTHDAY BOY, 10min., USA, Drama

Watch the Audience Feedback Video: A film by Taso Papadakis and Robyn Nisbet performed, choreographed and co-produced by Robyn Nisbetphotographed directed, edited and co-produced byTaso Papadakis, https://www.tasophoto.comoriginal musical score by Emile de Leon / Temple Sounds, https://www.templesounds.net About the work: “Portraits of Incantation”, is a short art-house style film about the invocation of energies, ancient… Continue reading Short Film: PORTRAITS OF INCANTATION, 7min, France/Greece/USA, Experimental

Watch the Audience Feedback Video: Project Links  Instagram News & Reviews “Porch Light: An EFVA Production”Eastern Shore Posthttps://www.easternshorepost.com/2021/08/14/porch-light- Director Biography – Ned Farr Ned Farr’s feature films include, THE AERIALIST, released in the teeth of the pandemic May 2020 (fun!), A MARINE STORY, winner of 20 film festival awards as well as two screenwriting nods, and… Continue reading Short Film: PORCH LIGHT, 6min., USA, Drama

Watch the Audience Feedback Video: Jo Ann gets a visit from Georgie who is seeking the truth, but the nights ends differently. Project Links  Instagram Director – Dimphy van Vilsteren

Watch the Audience Feedback Video: The poetry of the short dance film “Theseus: Black Sail, White Sail” is based on the end part of the “Theseus and the Minotaur” story from Greek Mythology at the point where Theseus sails from Crete back home to mainland Greece, after killing the Minotaur to free his lover Ariadne.… Continue reading Short Film: THESEUS: BLACK SAIL, WHITE SAIL, 5min., Greece, Dance

AWARD WINNERS: Best Film: THE MEETING Best Cinematography: MARIA Best Animation: THE CAT Best Sound & Music: ABOVE THE DELUGE Best Performances: MEET YOUR LOCAL YURA-CHARA Best Direction: ALLIENCE FOR ELDORADO Best Design: OCTO NINJA Watch the Audience Feedback Video: THE MEETING, 7min., USA, Comedy A lowly office worker encounters unrelenting pressure from his co-workers… Continue reading HIGHLIGHTS & VIDEOS: January 2022 BLACK & WHITE Film Festival

Monika Salter is a student at UTD studying Molecular Biology and is also a CFX Artist, Surfacing/Look Dev Artist, and Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Dallas. Peter McCord is a Lighting and Composing artist and Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at Dallas.