Celluloid Rituals - Friday July 10 at 5:20 PM
Showcase Two: Celluloid Rituals
A showcase of experimental works inspired by the language of cinema itself. Some films embrace shooting on actual film, analog process, and handmade techniques, while others reimagine the feeling through contemporary forms.
Films:
a love letter to the light - MJ Kiego
Anemone - Rodolfo Melchiorre
Cinephiles - Connor McLaughlin
Her Kind - Ingrid Jungermann
The Cinema That Never Was - Mark Wachholz
The Stay - Jason Ewert
5:20 PM - Friday, July 10 at 7 Stages Theatre
One Hour Runtime
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The Cinema That Never Was
a love letter to the light
Director Mark Wachholz - Germany - 6 min. - AI
Have you ever wondered about all the films we lost—not to time, but to never having existed? Not abandoned projects, but films that were never written, never imagined, never even conceived. What if the cinema we know and love is just a fraction of what could have been? Let’s remember these films that were never made.
a love letter to the light
a love letter to the light
Director MJ Kiego - USA - 8 min. - EXP Documentary
a filmmaker redefines the essence of cinema by questioning the role of sound, inviting audiences to rediscover the power of imagery and light in storytelling.
Anemone
Director Rodolfo Melchiorre - USA - 9 min. - EXP Narrative
A journey through the mind of Eva.
Her Kind
Director Ingrid Jungermann - USA - 11 min. - EXP Horror/Sci-Fi
An experimental horror film inspired by Anne Sexton and the Changeling myth, HER KIND follows a woman whose obsession with a nearby mother slowly unravels into a haunting journey through identity, ritual, and psychological transformation.
The Stay
Cinephiles
Director Jason Ewert - USA - 10 min - EXP Horror/Sci-Fi
Alone with a deadline, a tormented illustrator unravels, becoming a beacon for evil. Shot on Super 8 and 16mm, The Stay is an experiment showing the unmedicated creative process, somewhere between inertia and possession.
Cinephiles
Cinephiles
Director Connor McLaughlin - USA - 16 min. - EXP Horror/Sci-Fi
Sometime after their nasty breakup, two film-obsessed serial killers are captured and forced to confess to their heinous crimes.
