RestFest Film Festival 2024

Shorts Block: Pulse [AD] [CC]/[OC]

Expired August 23, 2024 6:59 AM
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9 films in package
Operation: Wet Paint [AD] [CC]
An adventurous eighth grader and his friends concoct an elaborate scheme to bring their bullies to justice.
Closed captions available
A Blind Man Stood on the Road and Cried [AD] [OC]
Krip Hop Nation's Founder disabled poet/activist Leroy Moore Jr. pens a tribute to the late Blues singer Josh White Sr. and includes commentary on the gentrification of our communities nationwide.
Flare [AD] [CC]
A first person poetic search for freedom and identity, whilst navigating landscapes of autoimmunity.
Closed captions available
Coming Out Autistic [AD] [CC]
Coming out Autistic is a short animated documentary that explores the experience of telling the world that you are autistic when you also identify as LGBTQ+. Queer coming out stories are well documented, but the occurrence of telling friends, family, co-workers and strangers that you are autistic is less explored. Parallels with queer experiences are investigated and a wide range of individuals are interviewed to express the array of feelings and reactions that are encountered.
Closed captions available
So Hip Hop [AD] [OC]
Keith Jones a disabled composer/artist and Emmy award-winning lyricist celebrates 50 years of Hip Hop with the release of his single So Hip Hop featuring Emmy-winning disabled artist Toni A Hickman.
An Introduction to "Operation: Wet Paint" from the Filmmakers: Thomas & Curtis Nishimoto [AD] [CC]
An Introduction to "A Blind Man Stood on the Road and Cried" from the Filmmaker: Emmitt Thrower [AD] [CC]
An Introduction to "Coming Out Autistic" from the Filmmaker: Steven Fraser [AD] [CC]
An Introduction to "So Hip Hop" from the Filmmaker: Emmitt Thrower [AD] [CC]

Total Runtime: 58min 29s

Content Warnings:

  • Operation: Wet Paint: Flashing lights, shaky camera movement
  • Flare: Flashing images, shaky camera movement, discussion of medical gaslighting and trauma
  • A Blind Man Stood on the Road and Cried: Discussion of gentrification
  • Coming Out Autistic: Brief nudity and sexual situation (animation / not live action)
  • So Hip Hop: Flashing lights


Click here to learn about each film in this program.

Flare

A first person poetic search for freedom and identity, whilst navigating landscapes of autoimmunity.


Artist Bio: Kit Blamire is a filmmaker, poet, anarcho-sicko living in Berlin. http://www.kateblamire.co.uk/ / @kit__bla

  • Runtime
    27 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    Germany
  • Genre
    Documentary Short Film
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Content Warning
    Rapidly flashing images, shaky camera movement, discussion of medical gaslighting and trauma
  • Social Media
  • Director
    Kit Blamire
  • Screenwriter
    Kit Blamire
  • Producer
    Kit Blamire & Hanna Slak
  • Cinematographer
    Kit Blamire
  • Editor
    Kit Blamire, Annebel Ugrinsky, & JC Dozal
  • Sound Design
    Gabor Ripli
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