Let The Red Moon Burn | Gesture Lore | Mimesis Documentary Festival

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Sustained movement undermines the powers that oppress. In the face of injustice and its insidious cousin, indifference, may we amplify joy. May there be music, may there be singing, may there be dancing. May we set our wings aflame and take to the sky. May we send messages of resistance and love through the airwaves and may we build monuments that reach the heavens. And if these monuments should collapse, may we revel in the beauty that remains. May we do this again and again.

Program:

Choreography of Light (2024, IR/US, 6’)

Homa Sarabi

Remote Views (2025, US, 15’)

Alexis McCrimmon

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What goes up (2024, SA/US, 30’)

Samar Al Summary

Silos del Cielo (2025, US, 14’)

Joseph Kolean

The Motherfucker's Birthday (2024, IQ/US, 6’)

Saif Alsaegh

Kitty Kathryn Sings The Blues (2025, US, 13’)

Joshua Markowitz

Let The Red Moon Burn (2024, CA/BG, 6’)

Ralitsa Doncheva

Every August, thousands of people gather in the Bulgarian village of Zheravna to celebrate the Festival of National Costume. In traditional dress, they sing and dance under the full moon to the sound of bagpipes.