Cadence Video Poetry Festival 2025

their love defies

Available in 18d 18h 43m 01s
Available April 25, 2025 7:01 AM UTC
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11 films in package
Dawn Seranade
An aubade about two new lovers parting in the morning. A story about connection between people in passing, transient love, and the baggage we carry with us.
You City, You Boyfriend
Chandrika Narayanan-Mohan performs her poem "You City, You Boyfriend," a love letter to the city of Dublin.
Silvana
When their father dies, three sisters do everything they can to give their mother a new lease on life.
Border Dweller Love
A poetic animated short following the narrative of a family enduring separation on both sides of a border.
LACK (Letting Alone Create Knowing)
What, other than lack, is housed in loneliness? I've learned the answer to the prayer is in the mirror.
The Fine Line (הקו הדק)
The thin line between danger and safety, between the sea and a safe shore slowly blurs, swirls, and unravels through a spoken word performance recounting a cycle of relational abuse. When is the fine line crossed?
Today, I <3 U _ _ _ _
An exploration of contemporary perspectives on love and romance, embracing non-traditional relationship structures and celebrating diverse expressions of sexuality and intimacy.
The Inheritance
Reckoning with the inheritance of childhood trauma, a past in ruins, and the possibility of redemption.
Anything With a Switch
A short movement study on sapphic longing and obsession.
Reparaciones
The poetry and images of "Reparaciones" invoke a cycle of the doing and undoing of fabrics and flesh, of the material and the social.
i was never the siren
This interdisciplinary film challenges and re-myths the Siren archetype, creating a polyphonic experience of voice, aspects of harana, poetic-intimacy, wrath, and states of kilig.
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Enter the heart space, where truth and myth collide. One part scorned, one part fickle, and one part everlasting, these video poems test the healthy boundaries and boundless borders of love. This showcase takes many lovers, breaks many hearts, and holds many hands to embrace all the forms of intimacy, from unconditional to unrequited.


(60 min TRT)


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Cadence 2025 will be held both virtually and in-person. Festival Passes are HYBRID, granting access to both virtual and in-person viewing, and are available here.


Header photo credit: i was never the siren, dir. Moonyeka, Amy Amori Piñon & V Babida

Showcase title credit: Border Dweller Love, dir. Laura Asherman & Anna Flores

Reckoning with the inheritance of childhood trauma, a past in ruins, and the possibility of redemption.

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    6 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Australia
  • Premiere
    World Premiere
  • Director
    DIR. Sam McCooey Takolander // POEM Maria Kaaren Takolander
  • Cast
    Maria Kaaren Takolander
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