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Little Match Girl
A drama short-film adaptation. The greatest female magician, Ellie 'The Enchantress' lost her husband a long time ago. It is through the memory of Daniel and a few matches that she will be able to bring back her lost magic.
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Long Departure
Another fascinating film by award winning filmmaker David Ellis exploring the relationship between moving image and sound. Long Departure is a visual poem about passage, time, aging and the blur between departure and destination. It is a brief moment from life���s ceaseless motion, with all its temporal fragility yet determined in spite of constant buffeting. In this non-traditional storytelling portrayal,the interplay of image, sound and atmosphere leaves the viewer to create their own narrative, in a cinema created as pure visual poetry without the burden of narrative, agenda or the limitation of language intended to be responded to as pure art of moving image and sound. Shot on b&w super8 film in Paris, with video montage, the haunting minimal music of Hanoi���s Nhung Nguyen(soundawakener.com),composed specially for Long Departure, adds a beautiful audio layer to this experimental film. Contact: davidellisimages@gmail.com
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A Long Way from Home
"A hand processed celluloid invocation of Jesus’ last hours that hints at the relationship between the spirit and the flesh. Had there been actual footage of the crucifixion dug up by archaeologists, it might have looked like this."
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THE LOVE WITCH
Elaine, a beautiful young witch, is determined to find a man to love her. In her gothic Victorian apartment she makes spells and potions, and then picks up men and seduces them. When she finally meets the man of her dreams, her desperation to be loved will drive her to the brink of insanity and murder.
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MAID
Filmed on location in far west Texas, MAID reimagines the spiritual journey of Joan of Arc in a modern and sometimes magical setting. Along the way, it runs the gamut of cinematic tropes—sword fights, car chases, ghosts, UFOs, buffoon-cops and a scrappy working-class heroine in peril—to bring the audience on a deceptively entertaining journey to epiphany. When we pick up the story Joan is keeping her head down, quietly working as a hotel maid in a small border town. Mystical forces roust her from hiding, and a nighttime chase ensues through the streets and alleys of Marfa. In a strange alliance Joan's enemies, her saints, and the mysterious Marfa Lights all converge to compel her toward martyrdom. Ultimately Joan must embrace her destiny, and enter the fire with faith and grace. MAID is the first cinematic adaptation of the work of visionary American playwright Erik Ehn. The short film distills many of the unique qualities of Erik’s writing, blending a deep seriousness of purpose with vibrant, lively poetry and fantastical imagery. MAID is directed by Erik's long-time theatrical collaborator Raphael Parry, and produced by filmmakers Julia Dyer (THE PLAYROOM, LATE BLOOMERS) and Jennie Lyn Hamilton (FAR MARFA). Hayley Orrantia (ABC's The Goldbergs) stars as Joan.
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Man Without Country
A poetic and personal search for human connection, Man Without Country shows a vast and desolate landscape through the eyes of an Alien Being. Isolation and broken communication journeys our Alien from a fragmented past through a portal of renewal to an aura of rebirth. Shot on Super 8mm with a layered audio track of archived family phone messages and conversations, Man Without Country explores man’s struggle with what humanity expects and what humanity gives. Feelings of disconnectedness prevail in our society. Do we alienate ourselves through our own destiny? Fleeting moments of meaningful reality exist to be savored like precious nectar, and to sustain us in dark times. Space, time, observation and travel are experienced as the Alien awakens on earth to seek and to find. Are there other worlds? Where does one belong in our cosmos? Our Alien’s voyage is the universal quest, the journey through loss into one of surrender and love, before returning once again to the void.
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Mini Maestro
The power of imagination as seen through the eyes of a three year old boy.
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Mining the Mother Lode
Combining cinematic western landscapes with intimate poetry recitation, "Mining the Mother Lode" is an agrarian dirge on wasted resources, our culture of consumption, and brokers who trade on our most precious resource: water.
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Minor Setback
High school dropouts and BFF's, Jessie and Angela come up with a brilliant excuse to skip out on work so they can spend a day at the beach. The pleasures of laying in the sand, smokin' fatties and eating donuts are so close they can almost taste them ... until something unexpected goes down.
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A MIRACLE OF HANUKKAH
A man arrives home early from a business trip to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah and he finds a supernatural surprise. Director in Attendance
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