Slamdance 2018: Documentary Shorts
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- DirectorJoella CabaluMilena SalazarStarsCourtney DemoneA trans activist's journey challenging social media censorship policies
- DirectorTimo WrightEx Nihilo is an experimental short documentary about life, death and our attempts to control them. It tells the stories of an advanced humanoid robot, a cryonics facility, where the brains of deceased people are held and of an international seed vault, where crop seed from around the world are held frozen. The first part is about one of the most advanced humanoid robots, HUBO. It can walk on uneven terrain, drive a vehicle and operate different tools. The second part is about Oregon Cryonics, a cryonics organization in Salem, Oregon, USA. At their facility human brains of deceased people are kept at very low temperatures. The third part is about the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, which s situated on the island of Spitsbergen midway between Norway and the North Pole. The vault holds seeds of more than 4000 different plant species at -18 °C. The crates of seeds from all around the world are kept side-by-side deep inside the frozen vault.
- DirectorSam PeetersRight-wing populism is spreading through Western Europe like wildfire. In this unscripted documentary, Sam Peeters portrays an ironic caricature of life in the Flemish suburbs, which reflects the current European zeitgeist.
- DirectorWojciech KasperskiWithin the walls of the psychiatric hospital we meet staff and patients who will spend the rest of theirs days locked in. Central is one of the heaviest and largest hospitals in Siberia.
- DirectorChris Bone'The Last Man You Meet' was inspired by the title sequence from 'Six Feet Under' and offers an exclusive look inside the business of death. Driven by original music and the gravelly VO of a third-generation funeral director reflecting on his life, the short elegantly portrays the everyday that only a few experience.
- DirectorGabrielle KashA handmade look into the motivations and struggles of four artists and their creative undertakings
- DirectorValerie SchenkmanA visual poem about women's rights.
- DirectorPaul SzynolStarsDonald HallDonald Hall, America's Poet Laureate and winner of the National Medal of Arts, lives in the fragile space between loneliness and solitude.
- DirectorNoah SheldonThis is a film about a model named Pin'er who models for Taobao, China's largest online shopping site with over 400 million active users.
- DirectorCecilia HuaAn autobiographical experimental documentary exploring the state of mind of China's young generation abroad, or "Parachute Kids." I didn't realize the inevitable cultural separation until the shame of my "Mainland Chinese" identity urged. What does it mean both Chinese and "international"?