Parenthesis

Super 8 | 4 min | USA, Greece, Italy | 2021

Logline:
In this lonely contemplation of a past summer, the ancient promontory becomes a parenthetical projection of frantic lines and alternating impressions.

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[awards & festivals]

• Over the Real @PLAY VIDEOARTE ARGENTINA Section // Lucca, Italy // September 24 2024
• Rethymno Days Festival & Video Art Festival Miden // Rethymno, Greece // May 20-23 2024
• International Experimental Film Festival // Athens, Greece // October 29 2023
• Ithaca Experimental Film Festival @ Cinemapolis // Ithaca, NY // October 15 2023
• Video Art & Experimental Film Festival (VAEFF) // NYC, NY // November 17 & 18 2023 [received October 12 2023] ★HONORABLE MENTION AWARD★
• Far Out Festival // Nashville, TN // July 13 2023
• Live Soundtrack ~ Art Bioscop Kolarac // Belgrade, Serbia // June 24 2023
• Live Soundtrack ~ Zpațiu / Zpace // Chișinău, Moldova // June 20 2023
• 40th Asolo Art Film Festival // Asolo, Italy // June 17 2023
• London Greek Film Festival // London, UK // June 7 2023
• Live Soundtrack ~ Hypnos Theater // Malmö, Sweden // June 4 2023
• Live Soundtrack ~ Longest Night // Gothenburg, Sweden // June 3 2023
• Video Art Projects ~ Video Art Festival Miden & Aristotle University of Thessaloniki // Thessaloniki, Greece // May 26-28 2023
• Live Soundtrack ~ afo Architekturforum // Linz, Austria // May 7 2023
• Shed Gallery ~ SHORT CUTS Exhibition~ // Milwaukee, WI // March 25 - April 1 2023
-March 25 2023 @ Company Brewing
-March 26 - April 1- 2023 (ONLINE)
• 26th Rencontres Internationales Traverse ~ Les Abattoirs, Musée - Frac Occitanie // Toulouse, France // March 19 2023
• Live Soundtrack ~ Sääli // Basel, Switzerland // March 9 2023
• Esto Es Para Esto~Programa 11•POE’TICA~LIVE @TWITCH // Monterrey, Mexico // March 9 2023
• Helios Sun Poetry Film Festival @Arámburu Bookstore // Oaxaca, Mexico // February 11 2023
• THE HOLY ART Gallery ~Athens Open Art~ // Athens, Greece // December 16-28 2022
• Mientras Tanto CINE 14 ~PROGRAM 6~ // Montevideo, Uruguay // November 23 2022
• Celaya Experimental Film Fest & Fisura, International Experimental Film and Video Festival// Acapulco, Mexico // November 17 2022
• PLAY Festival de Videoarte y Cine experimental~IMPOSSIBLE LANDSCAPE~ // Corrientes, Argentina // November 7 2022
• 25th Indie Memphis Film Festival // Memphis, TN // October 20-24 2022
• Film Crash Film Festival // Los Angeles, CA // October 15 2022 ★FIRST PRIZE EXPERIMENTAL FILM★
• 18th Athens Digital Arts Festival ~FutuRetro~ Video Art: Fractured Pathways // Athens, Greece // October 11 2022
• We Make Movies International Film Festival // Los Angeles, CA // October 9 2022 ★Nominated BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM★
• Over the Real // Lucca, Italy // September 23-24 2022
• 5th Photometria in Motion // Ioannina, Greece // September 22 2022
Bookmarks of Discomfort cur. Priyanka Das - Millennium Workshop // New York City, NY // September 21 2022
• KINAM // Mexico City, Mexico // September 10 2022
• Polish International Film Festival // Warsaw, Poland // August 22-26 2022 ★BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM-FINALIST AWARD★
• Helios Sun Poetry Film Festival - Constellations // Mexico City, Mexico // August 25 2022
• Defy Film Festival // Nashville, TN // August 20 2022
• 40th Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival // Providence, RI // August 8-14 2022
• New Wave Short Film Festival // Munich, Germany // August 11 2022 ★BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM★
• Esto Es Para Esto~Programa 11•POE’TICA~ // Monterrey, Mexico // July 19-20 2022
• Boston Short Film Festival - Kendall Square Cinema // Cambridge, MA // July 13 2022
• Experimental Forum // Los Angeles, CA // July 10 2022 [received June 15 2022] ★HONORABLE MENTION AWARD★
• LA Underground Film Forum (LAUFF) // Los Angeles, CA // July 9 2022 [received June 17 2022] ★HONORABLE MENTION AWARD★
• Fisura, International Experimental Film and Video Festival // Mexico City, Mexico // April 19-June 29 2022
-April 23, 4:30pm at the Cineteca Municipal de Durango
-May 29th to June 29th at FILMINLATINO platform
• non-syntax Experimental Image Festival~Obscure Mediation~ // Taipei, Taiwan // June 24-28 2022
• SPLICE Film Fest // New York City, NY // June 25 2022
• Walthamstow International Film Festival // London, UK // June 12 2022
• 6° FECIP - Portoviejo Film Festival // Portoviejo, Ecuador // June 9-12 2022
• Mammoth Lakes Film Festival // Mammoth Lakes, CA // May 29th, 5:00 PM @ Edison Theater
• Fisura, International Experimental Film and Video Festival & Digital Culture Center // Mexico City, Mexico // May 27 2022
• 23rd Moviate Underground Film Festival // Harrisburg, PA // May 14 2022
• Cine Pobre Film Festival // La Paz, Mexico // May 6-8 2022 [received April 27 2022] ★HONORABLE MENTION AWARD★
• The West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival // Morgantown, WV // April 22 & 23 2022
-April 22, West Virginia University, Creative Arts Center, Bloch Hall Theater
-April 23, Gluck Theatre, WVU Mountainlair & Morgantown Art Party
• PERIPHERIES ~Plastic Histories~ // Boston, MA // April 10-14 2022
• CICA Museum ~Abstract Mind 2022~ // Gimbo, South Korea // February 23-March 13 2022
• 34th Annual United States Super 8mm Film + Digital Video Festival // Rutgers University-New Brunswick, NJ // February 19-20 2022 [received February 21 2022] ★HONORABLE MENTION AWARD★
• SPHERE WORLD CINEMA CARNIVAL City ~Life Remedy Section~ // Kolkata, India // January 28-February 6 2022
• International Kansk Video Festival // Kansk, Russia // January 28-30 2022
• Calcutta International Short Film Festival // Kolkata, India // December 17-19 2021
• Cámara Lúcida – VI Festival Internacional de Cine Contemporáneo // Cuenca, Ecuador // November 20-December 10 2021
-November 11-19 (Teatro Sucre)
-November 20-December 10 (online)
• ANALOGICA 11 // Bolzano, Italy // December 1-7 2021
-December 1-3 @ FotoForum
-December 5 @ Waag
-December 7 ONLINE (24h)
• 38th Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Film Festival // Washington, DC // December 1-3 2021
• Sharjah Film Platform 4 - Sharjah Foundation // Sharjah, UAE // November 18-28 2021
• CICA Museum ~FORM 2021~ // Gimbo, South Korea // November 3-21 2021
• Hummingbird International Film Festival // Kolkata, India // November 21 2021
• L’ Alternativa, 28th Barcelona Independent Film Festival ~Hall Selects 2~ // Barcelona, Spain // November 20 2021
• Mindfield Film Festival // Albuquerque, NM // September - October 2021 [received November 18 2021] ★PLATINUM AWARD-BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT★
• 66th Cork International Film Festival ~Free Radicals Program~ // Cork, Ireland // November 11 2021
• Festival Internacional de Videoarte SPMAV // Pelotas, Brazil // November 8 2021
• Engauge Experimental Film Festival // Seattle, WA // October 28-November 8 2021
-Available virtually from October 28 – November 8, 2021
-In-person screening at NWFF: October 31 at 5pm PT
• 7th Bahia Independent Cinema Festival // Bahia, Brazil // November 4-7 2021 [received November 8 2021] ★BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM★
• Melbourne Underground Film Festival ~Short Films Session 4 // Melbourne, Australia // October 15-23 2021
• CROSSROADS 12 // San Francisco, CA // Sep 17 - Oct 21 2021
• Antimatter [media art] // Victoria, Canada // Oct 14-15 2021
-October 14, 8pm PDT @ Deluge Contemporary Art
-October 15, ONLINE [24hrs]
• Festifreak · Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de La Plata // Buenos Aires, Argentina // October 1-17 2021
-Virtual Screening October-12-14 ▶︎festifreak.com.ar
-In Cinema Screening October 15, 7:30PM ▶︎Cinema Eco-Select
• Lucca Film Festival & Europa Cinema~Blocco 1 Cortometraggi~Cinema Centrale // Lucca, Italy // October 6 2021
• FLIGHT - Mostra del Cinema di Genova // Genova, Italy // September 30 2021
• Ibrida Festival~Percezioni cur. Vertov Project~ // Forli’, Italy // September 26 2021
• San Francisco Independent Short Film Festival // San Francisco, CA // September 17-26 2021
-September 17 - 26 2021 (ONLINE)
-September 18 2021, 4:15pm @ Roxie Theater House 2
• Arizona Underground Film Festival - The Screening Room // Tucson, AZ // Sep 21 2021
• 40th New Jersey Film Festival - Rutgers University // New Brunswick, NJ // September 19 2021 [received October 11 2021] ★HONORABLE MENTION AWARD★
• Kati Patang Film Festival // Mumbai, India // September 11 2021
• NewFilmmakers NY // Anthology Film Archives, New York City, NY // August 10 2021
• Revelation Perth International Film Festival ~Experimental Showcase~ // Perth, Australia // July 2021
-3 July 2021 (Luna Cinemas, Leederville)
-10 July 2021 (Luna Cinemas, Leederville)
• EFICE (Eneagrama Festival Internacional de Cine Experimental) // Córdoba, Argentina // June 19 2021
• VONLINEFILMFEST // Italy, online // June 17 2021 [received June 18 2021] ★BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM★
• KOQIX FEST // Torino, Italy // June 1-6 2021
• Citric Signals // Orlando, FL // May 14 2021
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Visions du Réel–Film Market // April 21-July 21 2022
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market // January 30-Feb 4 2022
Trouville International Short Film Market // September 6-10 2021
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London Greek Film Festival // London, UK // June 17, 2023 [finalist]
ORION IFF // Berlin, Germany // January 14 2023 [finalist]
Mindfield Film Festival // Albuquerque, NM // August 25th - 28th 2022 [finalist - live annual festival]
Tokyo International Short Film Festival // Tokyo, Japan // August 1 2021 [finalist]
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21st Miami short Film Festival // Miami, FL // November 11 2022 [semi-finalist]
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Ribalta Experimental Film Festival - OUT OF COMPETITION Screening // Modena, Italy // Film Selected ~ screening cancelled [event date March 24 2022]

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