Expanding Gender: Youth Out Front by Frameline Distribution


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A primer for students, teachers, administrators, and parents, Expanding Gender: Youth Out Front explores the varied identities of trans and gender expansive youth and young adults through four documentaries that allow these brave individuals to share their own stories.

Tomgirl • Jeremy Asher Lynch • 14 minutes
Jake, a confident and lovable gender expansive seven-year-old, invites us into his world of hockey playing and skirt wearing to explore the transformative power of love and support from adults.

A Place in the Middle • Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson • 24 minutes
This short is the true story of a young Hawaiian girl who aspires to become the leader of her school’s boys-only hula troupe, and an inspiring teacher who uses traditional culture to empower her.

Monica’s Story • Glenn Holsten • 11 minutes
This short documentary traces the journey of resilience and self-acceptance of Monica Rose, a strong young transwoman of color. Despite being rejected by her church and family, Monica found support through her local LGBTQ community and now is a proud, confident person with a bright future. Monica’s Story is part OC87 Recovery Diaries, an interactive website that features stories of mental health,
empowerment, and change, created by and for those whose journeys of recovery speak to audiences from all walks of life.

Passing • J. Mitchel Reed, Lucah Rosenberg-Lee • 22 minutes
Profiling the lives of three young transmen of color, this short doc explores what life is like living as a black man, when no one knows you are transgender, and how each man perceives his own journey with gender after many years of being presumed as a cisgender man.

Total Runtime: 71 minutes

Mondegreen by Found


Set in a surreal museum of mishearing, ‚Mondegreen‘ features a series of kinetic sculptures each representing a different word that sounds like ‚Found‘.

The film is part of an ongoing initiative to keep pushing ourselves both technically and creatively and was made in collaboration with Esteban Diácono. The brooding soundtrack was composed by Echoic Audio.

Design, direction and animation: Found & Esteban Diácono
Music and sound design: Echoic Audio

RIDERS OF THE WELL OF DEATH by Erik Morales


15 MINS // HINDI [ENGLISH & SPANISH SUBTITLES] // 2016

A personal project I shot in northern India. It’s a short documentary about stunt drivers taking part in the daredevil sport known as „Maut ka kuan“ (Well of Death). Premiered on NOWNESS: http://ift.tt/2awbytR

Directed by
Erik Morales

Cinematography
Daniel Fernandez Abelló

Edited by
Marc Soria

Produced by
CANADA & Early Man Films

Executive Producers
Oscar Romagosa
Anand Menon

Head of Production CANADA
Alba Barneda

Producer Barcelona
Julia Carrasco

Music by
Toni M. Mir

Sound FX by
Miguel Mestres
Angel Sound Studio

Colorist
Marc Morató
La Metropolitana

Online Editor
Alvaro Posadas

CAST:

Riders:
Raees
Maharoof
Aazim
Shakir
Babble

Organiser:
Imran Khan

Line Producer
Kaushik Guha
Chanpreet Singh

Production
Subodh Gupta
Danish

Focus Puller
Rishi Garg

Camera Attendant’s
Sanju
Ankush
Ravi

Sound by
Sunil Kumar

Facility
Teja
Raju
Kamal

Thanks:
Nicolas Mendez, Lope Serrano, Sanju Ayappa, Ramon Arteman, Marc Matons, Marta Mancera, Juaco Molins, Trafalgar 13 Music House, Laura Serra Estorch, Luna Esquerdo, Carles Font Clos, Ramón Morejón, Luis Casacuberta, Sonam Sight.

Special Thanks
To the riders, support staff and the city of Soron for helping us till the end.

Last Train Home by Gerhard Human


Music: Raffertie – (www.raffertie.com)
Animation and Direction: Gerhard Human – (www.gerhardhuman.com)
Edit: Edwin de Swardt – (www.swardt.com)

I started working on this film just over 4 months ago, at night and in the early mornings before work. 
(It’s purely a personal artistic project, not commissioned by the record label).

I got permission to use the music from Benjamin Stefanski (Raffertie).
“Last train home” on his SLEEP OF REASON album just kept coming back as the perfect fit. 
He was also constantly involved with the process and gave feedback throughout which was great. Thanks Ben!

The edit was done by my friend Edwin. He also worked after hours and sacrificed his free time on this. I think he did amazing work for which I’m incredibly thankful!

I will post some behind the scenes stuff on http://ift.tt/2a9Ktry in due time 🙂

NZINGHA by Anderson Wright


Nzingha Prescod is the #2 ranked women’s foil fencer in the United States. In 2015, Nzingha became the first African-American woman to win an individual medal at the Senior World Championships. Should she medal individually in Rio at the 2016 Summer Olympics, she will be the first African-American woman to do so in the history of the sport.

Director: Anderson Wright

Director of Photography: Todd Martin

Post: Rock Paper Scissors
Executive Producer: Eve Kornblum
Editor: Dan de Winter
Producer: Lisa Barnable
Assistant Editor: Michael Shugarman
Flame Artist: Edward Reina
Flame Producer: Barbara Kontarovich

Color: CO 3
Colorist: Kath Raisch

Original Score: Andy Huckvale

Sound Design: Bobb Barito

Studio Gaffer: Erik Rooney
Key Grip: Andrew Daugherty

Production Assistant: Greg Gnade

Special Thanks:
Biff Butler
Marva Prescod
Peter Westbrook
Essane & Loweye Diedro
Tim Marino / TCS
Chemistry Creative
Ahmed Yilla

Madam President by Christine Laskowski


As the very first female presidential nominee of a major party, Democrat Hillary Clinton is already in a historic position. Come November, she could achieve another milestone: becoming the first Madam President in United States history. Yet behind the groundbreaking nature of Clinton’s candidacy lies an absence of women in elected office; in terms of female representation at the national level, the U.S. lags behind much of the rest of the world.

Created in collaboration between FiveThirtyEight and Rutgers University’s Center for American Women and Politics (CAWP), the video here is an exploration of this disparity and the real difference that gender, regardless of party, can make.

Of course, what you see would not have been possible without the talents of FiveThirtyEight’s Art Director, Kate LaRue, the art and animation skills of Tom McCarten, music + sound design from Redhorse Studio, and data viz guidance from Ella Koeze. Additional thanks goes out to Debbie Walsh at CAWP and Barbara Burrell, both of whom were extremely generous with their time and research.

Nautilus | France A. Cordova by Colin Hesterly


Nautilus explores the beautiful life of astrophysicist, France A. Cordova.

Directed By – Colin Hesterly
Production – Not To Scale
Executive Producer – Eve Strickman
Producer – Angela Foster
Art Direction – Colin Hesterly
Animation – Andy Kennedy, Joshua Jouppi, Aaron Kemnitzer, Hyo Bin Kang, Colin Hesterly
Compositing – Colin Hesterly
Client – Nautilus
Art Director – Len Small
Music Supervisor – Ben Davis
Audio Post-Production – Peter DuCharme

The Shining Star of Losers Everywhere by The All-Nighter Room


ESPN 30 for 30 short. Screenings at Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, Aspen Shortsfest, Hot Docs, and more.
WINNER – Best Short Documentary, Hot Docs 2016

Directed by:
Mickey Duzyj

Produced by:
Mona Panchal Yuka Uchida

Edited by:
Casimir Nozkowski

Composed by:
Terry Dame

Director of Photography:
Nobutaka Shirahama

Animated by:
Mickey Duzyj

Background art by:
Kyle Stecker

VFX/Animation by:
Naoko Hara

Sound design by:
Greg Smith

Feautring:
Koji Hashiguchi Masashi Yoshida Dai Muneishi Ken Ishii