Narrative 2024 Program Notes 3
The Man Who Couldn't Clap
The Man Who Couldn't Clap
The Man Who Couldn't Clap
The Man Who Couldn't Clap
0:03:07
USA
Hyunoh Chang, Josh S Rose, Directors
The Man Who Couldn't Clap is a short story of a man looking back on his life. Caught in a complicated affliction that makes it impossible for him to clap or put his hands together, he ultimately finds a way to live with it. A dance of acceptance, a silent applause to learning to live with what life hands us.
Josh S. Rose is a filmmaker, photographer, writer and creative director living in Los Angeles. Well-known for his work in the art community, Rose has been a long-time collaborator with some of the top talents across the field of dance and fine art, as an artist-in-residence at the Los Angeles Dance Project, artist-in-residence at CalArts and a frequent collaborator with United Talent Agency.
Hyunoh Chang is a young creative director from Korea. With a background as a trained architect, Hyunoh has developed his work through various mediums including interior, curating exhibition, graphic design, animation, fashion branding, and viral campaigns. , Hyunoh has also collaborated with a broad range of artists and developed his own unique voice in storytelling.
Magika Mistyka
The Man Who Couldn't Clap
The Man Who Couldn't Clap
Magika Mistyka
0:02:23
USA
Samarah Hasan-Kepes, Director, Key Cast
Gyuri Kepes, Director, Key Cast
A father makes a paranormal proposal in an attempt to cheer up his daughter. It just might work.
Samarah likes doing gymnastics and playing piano. She is 10 years old, and lives in Easthampton, MA. She enjoys making films and can speak Chinese fluently.
Gyuri is an Assistant Professor of Communication at Landmark College in VT, where he teaches courses in multimedia production. He enjoys painting and making films with his daughter, Samarah.
Hang It
The Man Who Couldn't Clap
Jordan's Time Travel Adventure
Hang It
0:01:43
USA
Laura Le, Director, Writer
Gwen Mowdy, Key Cast"Mila"
Caleb De La Torre, Key Cast"Levi"
Kyle Boessler, Cinematographer
Kierin Padilla, 1st AC
Arin Spence, Boom Operator
In a whirlwind of determination and love, a young couple embarks on a seemingly simple task: hanging up a picture together. Their comedic efforts will test their patience, relationship, and ability to keep things straight.
Laura Le, at eight years old, created stories out of dolls with her cousins. Since then, she’s made films exploring issues of identity and disconnected relationships – two matters personal to her. In 2022, Le graduated with her BFA in Cinematic Arts at the University of Texas at Arlington. After two years in the program, she found her calling in Art Direction and Wardrobe, which she has done on many of her own and her classmates’ films. Aside from this, she also wishes to continue writing and directing her own projects.
Jordan's Time Travel Adventure
Jordan's Time Travel Adventure
Jordan's Time Travel Adventure
Jordan's Time Travel
0:02:40
USA
Phil Rodrigues, Director, Writer, Producer, Key Cast
Michael Cerqueira Da Costa,
Key Cast
Ryan Guimares, Key Cast
Kate Parziale, Key Cast
If you had one chance to go back and rectify a mistake, would you take it?
Phil Rodrigues is a filmmaker based in the Boston area. From a young age, he made films with his friends and neighbors, and eventually created a YouTube channel where he shared his films. Phil has written and directed short films such as Sketch (2019) and The Last Promise (2021).
His YouTube channel, PhilRodFilms, has over 6,000 subscribers and over 2 million views. He publishes videos helping filmmakers get better at their craft. Phil also has over 5 years of professional experience working as a video producer in LA. Phil primarily is a writer and director, but enjoys having cameos in his films. He is currently working on his next short film, which will be a horror short.
Keyed
Jordan's Time Travel Adventure
Late For Meeting
Keyed
0:02:28
USA
Robert C Sheppard, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
Ashley Dakin, Key Cast
Kate Bowman, Key Cast
Two roommates conflict over the cleanliness of their apartment as one frantically looks for her keys to get to an important interview; the other roommate has hidden the keys in a ploy to get the mess finally cleaned up.
Robert Sheppard states: This short project has a double purpose. Create an editing sample for my new Fiverr gig offering (I edited this to) and to practice a few directing skills.
I'm the man behind the small YouTube channel Dolly Into Meaning where I started breaking down camera moves and how they had meaning to films; I got the itch from watching Hollywood to start practicing what I've been learning about to implement camera moves.
I'm from NYC, the coolest quick saying I have about that is that I was the only white kid on the first Harlem Hell-Fighters Football team. I'm married with three kids, which is really important to me, because when I make mistakes in learning film directing I have my foundation, my family, still behind me.
I am an IATSE 700 Union Assistant Editor with two years of experience for Netflix, NBC, TLC and Discovery channel.
I'm am now the creator behind the Dolly Into Meaning YouTube channel where I breakdown Camera Moves and now Blocking of Hollywood movies. I'm also rolling out Short Film DVD commentaries where I bring on short film makers and talk about their film and watch it with the director giving his/her insights.
Late For Meeting
Jordan's Time Travel Adventure
Late For Meeting
Late For Meeting
0:01:57
USA
Charlie Liang, Director, Writer Producer, Key Cast
Olivia Li, Key Cast
Olivia has a meeting with a client the next day early in the morning, and yet she is on the phone with her boyfriend around 1 am. She wakes up the next morning and finds that she has 9 minutes till her meeting time.
Reparaciones
The Gundel is for Everyone
Reparaciones
Reparaciones
0:02:15
USA
Y(E)S, Yehuda Sharim) Director
Lorena Alvarado, Writer
Margaret Breslau, Producer
Elizabeth Lopez, Producer
The poetry and images of Reparaciones invoke a cycle of the doing and undoing of fabrics and flesh, material and social, the threads that clothe our bodies and the relations that sustain our life, that resist the ruptures and absorb the shocks that we inevitably encounter in all stages of life.
Y(E)S, aka Yehuda Sharim, is a writer, filmmaker, poet, and photographer. His work reflects on the relationship between the quotidian and the poetic to explore new potentialities of the imagination. Oscillating between fiction, improvisation, and real-life events, Sharim’s work offers an intimate portrayal of those who refuse to surrender amidst daily devastation and culminating strife, offering a vision for equality and renewed solidarity in a divisive world. He roots his work firmly within the discourse of imagination, immigration, and displacement, shedding light on the changing constructions of home and belonging. Sharim’s films and images incorporate an ongoing exploration of new forms of storytelling, performative acts, dreams, and the lyrical potential of liberation with a clear aim: social and personal justice. His work also explores site-specificity and engages community members and untrained actors in reimagining new forms of social activism.
Small Talk
The Gundel is for Everyone
Reparaciones
Small Talk
0:02:20
UK
Jinkyung Song, Director, Writer
London Film Academy, Producer
Mackenzie Larsen, Key Cast
Alexander Lewarne, Key Cast
On Kate’s movie premiere and Q&A day, Kate attends to promote her movie. During break time, she encounters John, her ex-boyfriend after a few years break up.Their small talk begins unexpectedly.
Jinkyung Song is a Korean filmmaker based in London. She worked in Film Production house as a marketer and Busan International Short Film Festival (BISFF) as a program team manager. She moved to London to study at London Film Academy. She wrote and directed a short film Small Talks (2023) and produced a short film Silent Night (2024) at LFA.
The Gundel is for Everyone
The Gundel is for Everyone
The Gundel is for Everyone
The Gundel
0:0:2:56
Hungary
Péter Bergendy, Director
Gábor Hellebrandt, Writer, Producer
Hajna Sziládi, Key Cast
Ádám Kiss, Key Cast
At Gundel, the world-famous Hungarian restaurant, a girl sits sadly at her table. The waiter speaks to her in the sign language of the deaf and hard of hearing, and she replies in a sign that she is still waiting for someone. It seems in vain. The waiter thinks for a moment, talks to the executive chef and, together with the restaurant staff, cheers up the sad girl. As a gift, she also receives a famous Gundel pancake. Finally, the late boyfriend drops in and apologetically joins his girlfriend.
Blind Spot
The Soldier's Minute
The Gundel is for Everyone
Blind Spot
0:01:00
Turkey
Mustafa Gönülver, Director, Writer, Producer
Burak Güçlü, Key Cast
Nehir Özçelik, Key Cast
An angry man wants to settle scores by throwing dart arrows at a picture of his ex-girlfriend, that he hung on the dartboard.
Mustafa Gönülver was born on in Bandırma. He lived on Avşa Island until the end of middle school. He graduated from Ayyıldız Anatolian High School in Bandırma. He took a year off after the graduation before taking the university enterance exam again the next year and at that time he worked as a supporting actor in some television series and advertisements in Istanbul. After that year, he studied in the Department of Physics at Ege University for a year but he realized that the department was not suitable for him and decided to prepare for the university enterance exam once again. Meanwhile, he involved in amateur theatre activities in Ege University Drama Club (EÜTT). Now, he studies in the Department of Editing, Sound and Cinematography at the Faculty of Fine Arts at Dokuz Eylül University.
The Soldier's Minute
The Soldier's Minute
The Soldier's Minute
The Soldier's Minute
0:02:42
India
Ganeish Ratanam, Director,Writer, Key Cast
Diwakar Shanmugam, CInematography
Arul Rozario, Music
The Soldier's Minute is a 2 minute short that showcases a person's possible last minute of his life and his mindset at that particular moment.
Barracuda
The Soldier's Minute
The Soldier's Minute
Barracuda
0:02:58
USA
Maxwell G MacKoul, Director, Producer
Liz Leighton, Writer
Xavier Reyes, Key Cast
Hunter Burrell, Key Cast
To make peace with his Don, an underworld figure must find and kill the legendary Barracuda assassin before midnight.
Maxwell MacKoul is a Software engineer by day, filmmaker by night. Max has been directing and producing short films for the past several years with professionals in the NYC area. His Director credits include "Camp". His goal is to create films that spur his audience to think and ponder, not just on the films they have just seen, but their implications in the real world.