2015 Mykonos Biennale - Film Festival Offical Documentary Selection

Boccanegra With Placido Domingo

dir. by Thomas Storesund, 18 minutes, USA

This short subject documentary follows Placido Domingo in an intimate behind the scenes look into the staging of Verdi's opera 'Simon Boccanegra.'

Cast

Credits

Directors: Thomas Storesund
Screenwriters: Thomas Storesund
Producers: Thomas Storesund
Cinematographers: Thomas Storesund
Editors: Thomas Storesund

Bread Or Blood

dir. by Jack Chapman, 21 minutes, USA

A different kind of road movie, Bread or Blood carries the viewer on a journey along rails and rivers, following the route across the United States taken by Kelly's Army in 1894. Contemporary voices punctuate movement through the landscapes that surround America's old arteries. Steel wheels are polished bright by thousands of miles of rail as the stories of America echo down the mountains, deserts, high plains, and fields of corn, all the way to the meandering currents and eddies of the Des Moines, Mississippi, and Ohio Rivers.

Cast

Credits

Directors: Jack Chapman
Screenwriters: Jack Chapman
Producers: Jack Chapman
Exec producers: Jack Chapman
Cinematographers: Jack Chapman
Editors: Jack Chapman

Screenings

Byron Bay International Film Festival 03/2015 (Nominee for best experimental film)
Arizona International Film Festival 04/2015
Visions du Reel- Media Library Doc Market 04/2015

Brooklyn United

dir. by Tracey Anarella, 11 minutes, USA

Brooklyn United is a story of redemption. Ty Brown is Executive Director of Brooklyn United, a marching band, one hundred fifty strong. As Ty states, BU is what keeps these young people off the streets, from gangs and worse. BU opens with drummer, Brandon Little, who raps BU's story from the beginning to the present. During the film, we experience Ty's sudden fall from grace due to alleged sexual misconduct with an underage female band member and Ty's path of redemption and rebirth after a long exile form all he's ever known. We see the man, the father and the band director turn his life around, creating and growing BU, all while saving the lives of the young people of Crown Heights, Brooklyn.

Cast

Credits

Directors: tracey anarella
Screenwriters: tracey anarella
Producers: tracey anarella
Exec producers: tracey anarella
Co producers: Peter Fish
Editors: tracey anarella
Sound editors: Peter Fish

Cosmic Journey

dir. by Jonathan Kitzen, 22 minutes,

A stunningly beautiful, totally immersive space journey from Shuttle launch to the far edge of the known universe and back.

Cast

Credits

Directors: Jonathan Kitzen
Producers: Jonathan Kitzen, Nick Reed

Jesse And The Fountain Of Youth

dir. by Tracey Anarella, 12 minutes, USA

The movie is about a street musician named Jesse. The movie takes us through Jesse's continuous challenge of negotiating the line between 'busking' in the subways and keeping the momentum of advancing his career as a musician above ground. We accompany Jesse on this journey by hearing him play for money in the NYC subway system.Through interviews with Jesse and living through the steps of having one of his songs produced, the audience shares with Jesse this ambivalence about staying 'underground' as a musician or taking the traditional route of chasing him dream 'above ground'.

Cast

Jesse Cohen (Lead Actor)

Credits

Directors: tracey anarella
Producers: tracey anarella
Exec producers: tracey anarella
Cinematographers: tracey anarella
Editors: tracey anarella

Kehinde Wiley: An Economy Of Grace

dir. by Jeff Dupre, 40 minutes, USA

Famous for his vibrant reinterpretations of classical portraits featuring African-American men, New York-based painter Kehinde Wiley has turned the practice of portraiture on its head and in the process has taken the art world by storm.Kehinde Wiley: An Economy of Grace follows the artist as he steps out of his comfort zone to create a series of paintings of women for the first time. Kehinde casts his models on the streets of New York and then enlists Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy to create couture gowns for each woman. The film traces the artist's process from concept to canvas as he reveals to us another side of black femininity.

Cast

Kehinde Wiley (Voice)

Credits

Directors: Jeff Dupre
Producers: Jeff Dupre, Jessica Chermayeff, Jessica Chermayeff, Ana Veselic
Exec producers: Maro Chermayeff, Lamar Johnson
Cinematographers: Robert Hanna, William Pena
Editors: Ana Veselic

Screenings

REEL Artists Film Festival 02/2014
SXSW 03/2014

Made You Look

dir. by Sigal Yona, 15 minutes, Israel

A portrait of two street artists who turn utilitarian structures and objects into works of art reflecting nature.

Cast

Sigal Yona (Narrates)

Credits

Directors: Sigal Yona
Screenwriters: Sigal Yona
Cinematographers: Matan Balalty
Editors: Dekel Nitzan

Screenings

The International Student Film Festival
Tel Aviv 06/2012
Channel 8 - Noga Communications 08/2012
‏EPOS International Art Film Festival
Tel Aviv Museum of Art 02/2013
Salón Internacional de La Luz 05/2013
Festival Alto Vicentino 06/2013
Oaxaca FilmFest 09/2013 (Best Documentary Short)
International Short Film Festival Short Form 09/2013
U.Frame International Academic Film Festival 10/2013
DMZ Korean International Documentary Film Festival 10/2013
Festival Internacional de Jóvenes Realizadores 10/2013
Mumbai Women's International Film Festival 10/2013
International Student Film Festival Písek 10/2013
St. Louis International Film Festival 11/2013
Early Bird Students' Film Festival 11/2013
Temps D'Images 11/2013
Skena Up International Students Film and Theatre Festival 12/2013
Madurai International Documentary and Short Film Festival 12/2013
Kinoki International College Film Festival 03/2014
Cinequest Film Festival 03/2014
Skepto International Film Festival 04/2014
Prokuplje Short Film Festival 04/2014
Global Visions Festival 05/2014
Black Hills Film Festival 05/2014
Fer Film International Film Festival 07/2014
IFFEST Document Art 10/2014
Shorts Premiere 10/2014
Festival de Cine del Sur 11/2014
Siliguri International Film Festival 11/2014
Istanbul International Short Film Festival 11/2014
Darbhanga International Film Festival 02/2015

Oval Room

dir. by Jeff Wyatt Wilson, 4 minutes, USA

Politically charged, witty, sexy... and raw, 'Oval Room' was officially released today by International runway model Gin Cooley. Gin recorded the song herself in rural west Tennessee with the most nominal equipment (yardsale electronics) on zero budget and no training. Indie Film director/DP Jeff Wyatt Wilson captured the authenticity of the song after visiting Gin in her rural hometown Paris Tennessee, where the song was originally recorded. Oval Room was written by Blaze Foley, an American singer/songwriter based out of Austin Texas. Foley initially wrote the song about Ronald Reagan, but Cooley's rendition takes a much broader approach. To Gin, the song speaks corporate America and the great monopolies of the western worlds as well as the obvious political scrutiny. Viewers can enjoy some infamous presidential bloopers while watching Gin perform in hopes of easing some tension in the upcoming presidential election.

Cast

Gin Cooley (Lead Actor)
Gin Cooley (Voice)

Credits

Directors: Jeff Wyatt Wilson
Producers: Jeff Wyatt Wilson
Cinematographers: Jeff Wyatt Wilson
Editors: Jeff Wyatt Wilson

Documentary

Official festival Selection as of 17th May