SFF Cinema Politicale!! 4-08-16

Conversation with Olympia Dukakis 4-08-16

Conversation with Olympia Dukakis 4-08-16

SFF Filmmaker’s Karaoke Bash 4-07-16

SFF Filmmaker’s Karaoke Bash 4-07-16

Adinah Dancyger Makes ‘Chopping Onions’ a Family Affair

When Adinah Dancyger decided to direct her first short film, she decided to write what she knew. Chopping Onions tells the story of Soli, a Korean-American girl growing up in New York, and her relationship with her Korean grandmother. “It’s about how I felt growing up in New York, and how I felt this weird conflict being somewhere where everyone was different but there is still a homogenous community I didn’t feel I fit into,” Dancyger says.

Gleb Osatinski explores data as religion in ‘Quantified Self’

When it comes to exploring the human condition within science fiction settings, short form director Gleb Osatinski has become a bit of a favorite at the Sarasota Film Festival. Back in town this year with The Quantified Self, Osatinski says he has no plans on leaving the realm of the surreal. “I can’t live without crazy ideas,” he says. “It’s the meaning of life.”

“Phil’s Camino” Builds Dream One Step At A Time

Diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, Phil wasn’t sure he’d ever be able to fulfill his dream of walking El Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile pilgrimage across Spain to the shrine of the apostle St. James the Great in Galicia. For a man living as far away as Vashon, Washington, the trip seemed difficult enough; bi-weekly chemotherapy treatments made it nearly impossible. In the short documentary film, Phil’s Camino, co-directors Annie O’Neil and Jessica Lewis chronicle one man’s journey to live life against the odds.

#DiversitySRQ Red Carpet! 4-05-16

No Toy Left Behind: Benny Davis and “G.I. Jack”

When a bully steals his favorite action figure, a daring middle schooler resorts to breaking and entering in an attempt to get it back, discovering a mortifying secret in the process. A short film from writer/director Benny Davis, G.I. Jack resurrects the classic over-the-top charm of a child’s adventure while infusing wry heart.

All’s Well That Ends Well In Honig’s “Black Swell”

Director Jake Honig makes his Sarasota Film Festival debut with the short film Black Swell, starring Richard Kind (A Serious Man, Inside Out) as a depressed man who checks into a motel with no intention of checking out, only to have his morbid plans disrupted by a noisy neighbor. A “funny drama,” says Honig, Black Swell explores the people and moments missed when we get lost in our heads.

“Five Nights in Maine” Red Carpet 4-04-16