Welcome to the Experimental / A Bit Strange screening!

A group of twenty-somethings, coping with the sudden loss of a close friend, do the only thing that makes sense to them in their time of grief: they put on a play.

Februarium!!

"Here Rest Butterflies" is an artful examination of our collective pasts, and how our distinct memories inform our current life experiences. UNTIL... we let go. 🦋

Here Rest Butterflies

Nominated for 2021 Best Experimental / A Bit Strange The young girl Mila wakes up in an unknown world full of mysteries. On her journey through Ever-changing surreal landscapes she meets her lost lover Theo. Mila has to learn that love also means to let go.

Lacrimosa

A floating two-ton elephant named Edna rescues the world's water with an unlikely ally in this absurd experimental FilmPoem. Corporate greed and political ignorance help fuel the poisoning of the world's water supply and the continued denial of climate change. Edna is done...working for the Man!

...I am Water

It's 2084 and Vlad is serving prison time - for life. Unless he takes part in an experimental medical-psych body swap program in exchange for his freedom. But things on the outside are not quite what Vlad expected. People are so nice to him, and what's the point of freedom if no one's scared of you anymore?

Agender

A silent film about love in isolation. A lonely widow is quarantining alone as the apocalypse occurs outside her front window.

All Alone in April

Nominated for 2021 Best Experimental / A Bit Strange Casiopea is the journey to life itself. A captivating adventure that unravels the eternal question of humankind: what happens before/after life?

Casiopea

“Clear Creek” is an experimental dance film showcasing two women dancing through iconic western images and into something new: a moving portrait of home, land and memory as illuminated by the voices of a rural Wyoming community.

Clear Creek

A collection of visual first-person narratives about doubt, obsolescence, and mental reverb. Featuring puppets, animated characters and disembodied voices, these stories convey moments of observation, reflection, conspiracy and connection. "Is that all there is?” -Peggy Lee / “This is it!” -Kenny Loggins

This Is It! Vol. 1

Nominated for 2021 Best Experimental / A Bit Strange A woman living in the basement is transformed through the songs and prayers of six mythological beings.

7 Prayers: On Honey, On Earth

“Pool Service Announcement” is a Super 8mm PSA/narrative film showcasing some of the filmmaker’s favorite BMX/skate pool sessions from the past 3 years. Filmed in Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Sydney, and more!

Pool Service Announcement

"Pause” is a collaboration of 42 artists from over 10 countries, who contributed their work in the form of dance, poetry, photography and music, expressing their state of being during the Coronavirus pandemic. This film is a representation of an international community of artists coming together in a time of crisis in order to share their common experience and to inspire a global community of audiences.

Pause

In this satiric look at the ubiquitous nature of gun violence, three characters and those around them seem blasé as they head to their fate. This short film packs an emotional wallop yet is sly and entertaining, not heavy-handed.

Thoughts and Prayers

To do today: Eat breakfast, go to work/school, get shot. Yawn.

A young woman makes her way through a lonely world.

The Remnants

Moderator: Holli Wagner, MSFF Board Chair Participating Filmmakers: Dean Dickinson (Pool Service Announcement), Charly Wenzel (Pause), Joey Gomez (The Remnants), Viktor Perdula (Lacrimosa), Susan Earl (Agender), Abram Katz (Here Rest Butterflies), Kate Elias &amp; Ellen Smith Ahern (Clear Creek), Lisa Gold (Thoughts and Prayers), John Summerson (Februarium!!), Karen Leo (This Is It! Vol. 1), Fernando Manso (Casiopea), Todd Carter (7 Prayers On Honey, On Earth)

Filmmaker Question & Answer session - Experimental / A Bit Strange

MSFF February 2021: Experimental / A Bit Strange

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