Filmmaker Insights: Utopian Worlds

Apparently, there are nine types of intelligence: naturalistic, musical, logical-mathematical, existential, interpersonal, bodily-kinesthetic, linguistic, intra-personal and spatial.

JuJu and Lisa Kusanagi explore these categories in dance film itsy bitsy. The pair travel through mushroom forests – examining creativity, imagination and academia.

The sisters tell ASFF why they chose to remove dialogue from their film.

itsy bitsy is showing as part of Dance 1: This is Movement, available On Demand from 7 November.

Log on to Aesthetica Short Film Festival, 3-30 November. Book your tickets HERE.

Posted on 13 October 2020

Securing the Funds for Your Film

As part of the industry-led masterclasses at this year’s ASFF, COO Mark Woolley from Ecosse Films (Royal Night Out and Nowhere Boy) will discuss the importance of the finances behind filmmaking.

Filmmaker Interviews: Ryan Henry Knight

Official Selection filmmaker, Ryan Henry Knight, discusses the evolution of a story around the models and clothes in his fashion short ‘The Silence Is Black And White’.

Filmmaker Insights: Moral Fairy Tales

An orphanage spirals into mayhem when a boy discovers a shadowy creature. Speaking to ASFF, Felipe Vargas explores the influence of greed, morality and acceptance in ‘Milk Teeth’.