FAKT Visual Lab

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    Documentary Topaz Jones & Rubberband

    Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma

    Winner of a 2021 Sundance Jury Prize, Topaz Jones's visual album is an autobiographical journey into his formative influences. Told in vignettes, it is modeled off the Black ABC's—an invention from 1970, when Black educators in Chicago developed an alphabet flashcard set to provide Black-centered teaching materials to the vastly white educational landscape.

  • Interview

    The Importance of Sound with David Kamp

    "My goal is always to provide each film with a unique sound world and sonic style" - Sound Designer, Composer and Sound Artist David Kamp joins us to discuss the role sound plays in a successful short film

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    Documentary Gavin Kelly

    Avatar Days

    What if fantasy characters from World of Warcraft existed in our world? That's what this documentary from Dublin explores, and I in turn explore how the film is perfect representative of short film today.

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    Documentary Malachy Browne & David Botti

    Day of Rage: How Trump Supporters Took the U.S. Capitol

    The Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was perhaps the most widely documented act of political violence in history. The New York Times obtained, analyzed and mapped out thousands of cellphone videos, police bodycam recordings and internal police audio to provide the most complete picture to date of what happened.

  • Filmmaker Update

    The Short List: Paul Trillo Interview

    Writer/Director Paul Trillo joins us to discuss what it means to be a "concept filmmaker," the difference between commercial and narrative films, and why his favorite short films feel like a satisfying meal.

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    Dark Comedy Mattis Ohana Goksøyr

    Are You OK

    Sara experiences another woman's orgasm and gets a new view on life.

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    Action Simeon Duncombe

    Trick Meter

    Late at night in a hidden part of the city, a skater soon finds himself locked into a do or die trick session.

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    Fantasy Tim Hendrix

    Baggage

    A snappy absurdist comedy about a blind date where everyone brings their emotional baggage to the table in the form of literal suitcases.

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    Myth Rob Shaw

    The Machine

    Telling tale of the dangers of human invention and the destruction it can wreak on the environment and others in this well-executed stop-motion film.

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