An autobiography of a woman’s relationship with a toxic mother, the search for my biological father, and the dysfunctional relationships in her immigrant family.
BEING, Animation/Experimental, 2min, China
Directed by Tingting Liu
This is a short animation about a lonely ghost trying to find his identity. He wish could communicate with human beings and be loved but never succeed. Some day it comes true through some special media and art form.
TOY BOY played at the January 2015 FEEDBACK Film Festival. The audience LOVED this documentary family story about a man who still plays with toys.
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TOY BOY, 8min, Canada, Documentary/Family
Directed by March Mercanti
A 30-year-old lives at home with his parents, their two cats … and 5,000 toys.
Follow the Toy Boy (Jeff Tyler Smith) on twitter: @KDavJeff
Director’s Statement:
I started following Jeff on twitter for over a year and I was always so interested in some of his posts. Whether it was pictures of purchases of the enormous splurges on toys or his brash way of stating his point, there was never a dull moment in the social media sphere for Jeff.
The idea for the project came about when I joined a film competition out of Ottawa where the subject category had to be on any type of fan. Since following Jeff on twitter I figured he was the king of fandom. I met up with him one night to discuss the potential of helping me find a subject since he was so ingrained within fan culture. After several beers and deep conversation Jeff insisted that he would be my perfect subject. He was right.
“MODLINS”, a documentary family film, appeared at the FEEDBACK Film Festival in 2013 and was awarded best short film.
A STORY FOR THE MODLINS, Documentary – 24min – Czech. Republic
Directed by Sergio Oksman
After appearing in the film Rosemary’s Baby, by Roman Polanski, Elmer Modlin ran away with his family to a distant land, where they shut themselves inside a dark apartment for thirty years.
More than just a story book. It’s a gift. A gift of words for quiet hearts, yearning for a voice.
It’s a two-fold achievement: On it’s face: a rhyming, rhythmic rendition of comical events. While underneath: a bold and healthy swim into the strong waves of adolescent emotion.
Diamond is a young girl in a very difficult situation. How would you feel if someone picked you up from your house, from your family, and took you to a different house. Gave you a different family, and told you to go ahead and live the rest of your life?
Written in poetic verse, Diamond and the fosters is five fun stories that synthesize to tell the story of a special little girl, the family who loves her, and their simple, stable secrets to building a new life…together.
“Things that we love, we hold very tight. Keeping them safe with all of our might”
UNDER THE PILLOW played at the FEEDBACK Film Festival in 2013. It’s an animated documentary made from the drawings and voices of a group of children from a clinic in India. The guitar, dancing, a trip to the sea, Sweety and Kitty cats and sisters who care, are among some of the treasures and dreams that keep children under the pillow.
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BAJO LA ALMOHADA (Under the Pillow), Animation/Documentary – 8min – Spain/India
Directed by Isabel Herguera
ISABEL HERGUERA. Donostia/San Sebastian, 1961. She juggled her animation production work with teaching. She coordinates activities in the Motion Picture Laboratory in Arteleku and teaches classes in the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India
FESTIVAL for FAMILY 