Arts in Experimental, Judging with Lynn Holley
Winner -- A Cappella
"A Cappella is a superb blend of painting, dance and moving graphics that deliver a complex group of similar, yet dissimilar repeating human images. I liked that its creation was inspired by the music, I look for the blending of arts in these films festivals." Peter Sparling, is the Director, Producer, Painter, Choreographer and Dancer. USA.
Finalists -- Otonashi, and Forgetting's Remembrance.
- Otonashi
- ...for its unique, complex presentation and interesting collages, in graphics and movement. Visually stunning, a meditative joy. Martin Gerigk, Director, Writer, Music, Animator, with Nikola Gocić, Collage Art. Germany.
- Forgetting's Rememberance
- ...for a poem set in spoken word to original artwork about the journey of t.he feminine. it offers a gentle yet stark reality of struggle. Arya Badiyan, Creator, Director, Poet, Painter, Producer. USA
Semi-Finalist Gliff, and Unheard
Gliff
...for imagining the shadow side of the dancers, and blending their reality with the figures in a soft gray of light. Rebecca Salzer, Director, Amir Zaheri, Original Score. USA.
Unheard
...for brilliantly blending the reality of the man, his thoughts unheard in verse and movement through streets and woods. A gentle creation with bursts of color to offset the darkness. Russell Agro, Director, Writer, Producer, Jordan Gayle, Key Cast. UK.
Honorable Mention -- Cappella, and Lotus
Cappella
...for a different kind of dance beat -- of workmen erecting a "temple" in a building... the ticking, the syncopation of the music fits perfectly. It was fun to be with it, watching the speed up of production. Yiannis Sakellis, and Charalmbos Margaritis, Director, with Kimonos Art center, Producer. Cyprus.
Lotus
...for its beauty, and for the use of both land and sea -- no stage for a presentation. Like the Lotus flower, perfectly beautiful. Angelika Fürstler, Creator, Director, Key Cast in the sea. France.