Month: September 2018

John Doe is a disenchanted young urban professional who is off on his lunch break during another mundane workday. While back at his apartment consuming a makeshift meal of cereal and milk, John Doe thinks back to when he was a kid and be happily watching his favorite Saturday-morning cartoons. However, John Doe quickly snaps back to his present situation where he’s grimly reminded of his dissatisfaction as an adult. Realizing his lunch break is nearly over and that he must return to work, John Doe is taken aback when he is confronted by the very same Saturday-morning cartoon characters he watched as a kid proceed to help him rekindle his childlike sense of wonder.
Directed by Friedrich Reimer (USA)

A robot girl wishes for freedom. She never sees a living thing in her life. One day she saw a feather…
Directed by Xiaochen Zhang (China)

A man comes to grips with his life and realizes it’s never too late to ask for help.
Directed by Frank J. Dion (USA)

The first short film to ever approach the theme of Postcoital Dysphoria (vulgar post-sex blues). This movie shows the point of view of sex as an exchange of energy, and how this process can affect someone in a deep and mysterious way.
Directed by Joel Junior (USA)

In 1967, Austrian pianist and music scholar Paul Badura-Skoda wrote an essay addressed to his students. He then passed that on to his friend, my piano teacher, Eva Anastasiadou-Stange.
Shortly before she died in 1997, Eva gave me a copy of the essay.
This is my personal, lived version of that text.
“Essence” is a visual essay on creativity and inspiration, a meditation on the challenges facing each and every one of us – a tribute to our shared humanity and need for hope, faith and love.
Directed by Roman Gerodimos (UK)