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Filmmaker Panel
We have Q/A's featuring participating filmmakers of this year's festival discussing their work. That'll be up for free before and during festival weekend on our youtube channel.
*New videos will be uploaded through the Summer.
Filmmaker Panel
The WI Film Tax Incentives always comes up when filmmakers get together. We once had them but then we lost them. What happened? Moderator, Michael Viers (The Shame List Picture Show) talks with Melissa Musante, Jeff Olm and Jon Kline about the history of the WI Film Tax Incentives, and what can be done to bring them back, or can they be brought back? This will be up for free before and during festival weekend on our youtube channel.
2022 VOICES HEARD Judges
Andrea Ivy
Bodies #1: Milwaukee Waters by Michelle Trujillo
Todrick Hall - WIG by Chancie T. Cole
Atardecer Milwaquiano by Alex Gambacorta
Battle Fantasy X Chow Chow by Ricardo Tenorio
Becoming Undead III by J. Anthony Ramos
Inoculation by John Carlo Rosillo
A story of two sisters coming to terms with their sexuality in different ways and their coming out journey together.
Bodies is a series shot on 16mm film that explores the magic and life of public bodies of water.
A Hmong man dives into the tallgrass to hide from armed soldiers. The subtlest movement can give away his location. Frighten from the horrifying screams and flying bullets, he makes an escape.
As an artist, creative director, choreographer and producer my mission is to inspire other passionate artists, build connections and share my gifts to the world. I was able to reach out to 3 other choreographers, videographer, photographer and dancers to make this visual come to life.
A love letter to Milwaukee that highlights the hidden stories that live in our memories.
A young boy finds his village destroyed when a golden machete falls from the sky to him. Is this destiny calling? He must use this new weapon to challenge the one responsible. Who will win?
When a man has lost everything, he hunts down something that can make him whole - no matter the cost.
From Director John Carlo Rosillo, a horror-comedy short film that explores the world of vaccinations and their effect on friendship.
Senior year of high school takes an unexpected turn when friendship is sacrificed because of jealousy. A group of friends visit a home that has blood in its history but the chance to live forever keeps them coming.
After recently being released from prison, Daniella learns that her little sister has been abused at the hands of her stepfather and has to decide if her duty to protect her sister is more important than freedom.
"Of Wood" is a unique experimental stop motion film created by progressively carving images in a large round of wood, enhanced with wooden objects coming out of the wood. It examines the role of wood in daily life through the ages and comments on the impact of consumerism on our lives.
Pegi Christiansen knows exactly how to end the contentious and increasingly dangerous election cycle for president of the U.S. It's called the National Popular Vote Compact, and this passionate performance artist needs just one minute to persuade you to support it.
A short documentary about the transition from analogue to digital photography, and the lasting effect it's had on John Quantick over his 44 year career.
In this wordless, experimental film, a powerful goddess meets her match.
"Normal Porn for Normal People" is an appropriated media piece that explores our societal need to consume violence for entertainment. The film offers a satirical commentary on the romanticizing and normalization of violent imagery, while observing the link to commercial consumerism that exploits human sexuality, while simultaneously demonizing it.
A candied couple gets into sticky situations as they embark on an adventure through a sugar-coated wonderland.
Phoenix 2021/A Survival Guide revolves around depression and the struggle that a great deal of people undergo every single day in order to fight against it. The film identifies as the root of the problem the social taboos which entrap us into small boxes in which we all suffocate.
Blossom wakes up in the forest tied to a tree, and something is ticking...
This film is an imagistic and abstract manifestation of the emotional landscape through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Nathan is joined by his daughter Camille by the racetracks. He hopes that by betting on the race, he will be able to afford the school of her dreams. But when Nathan discovers that Camille is admitted in an other school far away, the race takes a whole other turn.
In the suburbs of America, a Black man’s morning jog nightmare exists as a game for others.
Image Of A Glassman by Sam Aidan Coombes
The Coronation by Emily Penick
Normal Porn for Normal People by Amber Rose McNeill
She Was Crying Sugar by Tommy Simms
Phoenix 2021/A Survival Guide by Stilvi Psilopoulou
Blossom and the Decrepit Man by Tim Schwagel
Pandemic Survival and Revival by Catey Ott Thompson
Niagara Falls by Tara Sickmeier & Victor Bellomo
All Eyes On by Mackenzie Walla
As de Trèfle by Henri Kebabdjian
Galacta Raider by Alexander Eberhage
Undecided by Betty Allen & Andy Woodward
The Day We Split the Universe by David Boffa
Cricket by Timothy Lonsdale (Out of Competition)
By finding the past, he discovers the road to the future.
Three women’s different perspectives on motherhood collide in a workplace bathroom while one waits to discover whether she is pregnant.
A revolutionary message for women everywhere to break the binds of their patriarchal overlords, dispel the myth of greed and take what is rightfully theirs. Men take heed, a reckoning is coming.
Two strangers who begin an affair through chance encounters on dog walks hope that the laws of physics will help them make a decision.
A woman wants to search the internet for her soul mate, and invites a friend over to help her choose.
When Finn and Sam meet to celebrate the life of Lily - Sam’s dead wife – a Freudian slip by Finn creates an awkward moment that Sam initially brushes off as a mistake that even Lily would appreciate. But the comment haunts Sam.
Awards handed out at the close of the festival.
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2022 Winners
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