Showing posts with label short film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label short film. Show all posts
Thursday, October 31, 2024

Gaza, Dear Child II, Bepuwaveh, Lupe and the Galactic Corn Cake: A Halloween Reflection

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 In the hero's journey, we first meet the horeoine in the Ordinary World, her normal state of affairs. It is only when the Inciting Inci...
Friday, May 10, 2024

Video Interview: Daniel Lir and Bayou Bennett – directors of “Connection”

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Daniel Lir and Bayou Bennett had set the bar high with their short film “Time is Eternal” so my expectations were in the stratosphere as I b...
Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Interview: Simone Massi - Director of "in quanto a noi" (From our side)

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ROFFEKE : You could have chosen to animate something that portrayed lighter themes but “in quanto a noi” (From our side) is about “sixty yea...
Saturday, December 30, 2023

Friendship: ROFFEKE Official Selections 2023 (Partial Listing)

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“Bad Syne” by Illysa Spencer and the transmedia tripartite by Robert David Duncan “Alley Senses”, “Alley of Lost Friends” and “Old Man’s Wor...

Patti Smith, Horses and ROFFEKE Official Selections - The White Horse, Trickster and The Heaviest Order featuring Greta Thunberg

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Today is Patti Smith’s birthday, the “Godmother of Punk”. I discovered her during the season 2 finale of Millennium, a series by X-Files cre...
Wednesday, March 8, 2023

International Women’s Day, “Run” (Directed by Camille Natta) and “Earn the Day” (Written and Directed by Jane Shepard)

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Happy International Women’s Day!  According to UN Women , the 2023 theme is: “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality” It is...
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Monday, January 2, 2023

Interview: Riker Lynch - writer, director, actor, producer of "Aliens on Halloween"

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ROFFEKE: I really enjoyed watching your interview on Hollywood Approved (Episode 7). You said: “I do a lot of improvisation with my actors ...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

Interview: Gordy De St. Jeor - Director of "The Thrill"

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"My name is Gordy De St. Jeor. I'm 19 years old, but I've been working in the film industry since I was 13 as an actor. Eventua...
Friday, November 25, 2022

Interview: James Fouche - Writer and Producer of "Crossing Borders"

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ROFFEKE:  You are the writer and producer of "Crossing Borders". What elements of the screenplay changed, from the time you took o...

Review: Crossing Borders (Directed by Chris Wilson)

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Synopsis: "Bhongo Mhlope, a South African immigration agent is on the hunt for a Zimbabwean foreign national who has been scheduled for...
Monday, October 31, 2022

Crossing Borders: Spotlight on "Finding Lulu"

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Finding Lulu Synopsis: "After learning about the culture of school shootings in America, Lulu's Kenyan community bands together to ...
Wednesday, October 26, 2022

ROFFEKE World Day for Audio Visual Heritage 2022

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October 27th is World Day for Audio Visual Heritage . This year, like in 2020 and 2021, ROFFEKE will commemorate the day with a YouTube play...

Crossing Borders: Forgotten Song and Maldita: A Love Song to Sarajevo

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Forgotten Song, a beautiful, moving and poignant musical, is directed by Monika Grzybowska, a filmmaker who "believes in cinema with a ...

Crossing Borders: Finding Lulu and Cuando Haces Pop

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 "There have been 27 school shootings this year. Maybe by October there'll be 30 more."  So begins the trailer for "Findi...
Monday, November 8, 2021

Clay Calloway of Sing 2 and Ellery Demarco of One-Hit Wonder (Directed by Amanda Dow)

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One-Hit Wonder: “A cab driver takes a former pop star on a one way Twilight Zone-like ride.” Together with Jane Petrov, Andie Ximenes produc...
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Satire in Horror Films: The Case of “Witchin” - directed by Christina Diamantara

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“Both comedy and horror are often viewed by critics and the general public as “low brow” genres with little social relevance and few redeemi...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

The Outcast Kid, Tom Morello and Politics

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  “When I first moved to Hollywood, I thought I was going to rule the Sunset Strip with my heavy metal guitar licks…that didn’t work out. No...
Monday, January 11, 2021

Reviews: Tired Eyes (Written and Directed by Ryan Martin Brown)

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As someone who is "schlepping" a small rock 'n' roll film festival in a less than conducive environment, I could totally r...
Thursday, December 24, 2020

ROFFEKE OFFICIAL SELECTION 2020 (Partial Listing)

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A Youtube playlist featuring some of the short films, music videos and rockumentaries submitted to ROFFEKE in 2020. Watch it here .  'Ti...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Wine Game: A Metaphor for 2020?

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Wine Game is a laugh-out-loud, 4-minute short film that I think could be a metaphor for the year 2020: 00:16 - Pandemic, lockdowns. 00:25 - ...