2024 FESTIVALApr 10-20, 2024Lansing, MI

Music Video & Poetry Shorts

Blurring the lines between the poetry, music, and narrative filmmaking, this eclectic group of genre-blending short films is for the mind and the soul.

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  • There is a Hole in the Ground
  • Molly – Don’t Be Suprised
  • Jesse Northey – Picking The Numbers
  • Roses by Nolia Noon
  • Flower
  • Pink Sky – Behind The Sun
  • Jeff Hilliard – Abandon
  • Running in Circles
  • The Hours Before Sunrise
  • Reka WW – Salt
  • Spiritual Warfare
  • Unfinished Business
  • The Wolf Music Video
  • Lawla
  • Wild Music

There is a Hole in the Ground

While mowing her lawn, Janice uncovers a hole in the ground and is forced to navigate its ever-looming sounds and presence.

  • DIRECTOR
    Aidan Cronin
  • YEAR
  • RUNTIME
    12 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    United States

Molly – Don’t Be Suprised

The official music video for ‘Don’t Be Surprised’ by Molly. A visual exploration of Karma as a call to action.

  • DIRECTOR
    Jeen Na
  • YEAR
    2022
  • RUNTIME
    5 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    United States

Jesse Northey – Picking The Numbers

Official music video for “Picking the Numbers” by Toronto-based artist, Jesse Northey. Shot on Super 8 film by Laura La France in Las Vegas, Nevada.

  • DIRECTOR
    Laura La France
  • YEAR
    2022
  • RUNTIME
    4 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    Canada

Roses by Nolia Noon

This is the debut music video for Louisville band Nolia Noon with its song, “Roses.” The video features singer/guitarist Jared Foos as a young man who is left heartbroken when his longtime girlfriend leaves him for a rich guy. She has regrets but he moves on.

  • DIRECTOR
    Ron Schildknecht
  • YEAR
    2022
  • RUNTIME
    4 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    United States

Flower

A music video about a young man’s crush.

  • DIRECTOR
    Collin Woolford
  • YEAR
  • RUNTIME
    3 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    United States

Pink Sky – Behind The Sun

An escape, a journey, a reunion, and a discovery. Set to ‘Behind The Sun’ by Michigan based electronic duo and collaborative art project, Pink Sky, led by husband and wife artists, Ryan and Angelica Hay

  • DIRECTOR
    Jackson Ezinga
  • YEAR
    2022
  • RUNTIME
    4 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    United States

Jeff Hilliard – Abandon

Dwight, a 50 year old left over 80s metal rocker who’s still holding onto his rockstar dreams while living at home with his mom and working as an Uber driver, has a one night stand with Vivian, a married lady who struggles with letting go of her wild side.

  • DIRECTOR
    Jeff Hilliard
  • YEAR
    2022
  • RUNTIME
    7 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    United States

Running in Circles

A quarter falls from a woman’s purse and spins on the floor. The arms of the clock spin on the wall. The store clerk stocks a shelf. Sometimes he stares at the clock and watches the time, waiting for his shift to end. It’s a typical day on the job. Except, the boss is here today. He’s making sure everything is in order, helping customers and keeping an eye on the clerk. We see flashes of alternate events, surreal fantasies. Why are all the customers in their underwear? Or did the clerk’s imagination take him for a ride? His hands, covered in blood. Or is it pasta sauce? There’s a cleanup on aisle 5.

  • DIRECTOR
    Dom Llanos
  • YEAR
  • RUNTIME
    4 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    Canada

The Hours Before Sunrise

THE HOURS BEFORE SUNRISE tells the story of an elderly poet as he tries to complete his final manuscript, which he writes from the bottom of holes that he’s dug in his pock-marked backyard. He struggles to connect meaningfully to his work, to his daughter, and to the end of his life.

  • DIRECTOR
    Daniel H. A. Stewart
  • YEAR
  • RUNTIME
    13 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    Canada

Reka WW – Salt

In this story, the protagonist makes a journey into the very heart of a dense dark forest to undergo the rite of purification.

  • DIRECTOR
    Egor Gavrilin
  • YEAR
    2022
  • RUNTIME
    5 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    Russian
  • COUNTRY
    Russia

Spiritual Warfare

*FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE*
This Cinematic poetry project walks through an emotional journey. First the subject explores her anger. Then she decides to face her internal conflicts. She ends with resilience, as she learns to face her fears.

  • DIRECTOR
    Alexis Rosado, Craig Derek Jones
  • YEAR
    2022
  • RUNTIME
    14 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    United States

Unfinished Business

A surreal and lyrical reflection on a past relationship.

  • DIRECTOR
    Jason Knade
  • YEAR
    2022
  • RUNTIME
    4 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    United States

The Wolf Music Video

Stacy’s casual dinner party takes a dark turn as she is thrown headfirst into a PTSD episode, navigating the night trigger by trigger.

  • DIRECTOR
    Sarah Riley
  • YEAR
    2021
  • RUNTIME
    7 Minutes
  • LANGUAGE
    English
  • COUNTRY
    United States

Lawla

Music Video for Alix Pilot & Ghizlane Melih

  • DIRECTOR
    Guillaume Simonin
  • YEAR
    2022
  • RUNTIME
    4 Minutes
  • COUNTRY
    Belgium

Wild Music

A music producer gets a second chance in the music industry, thanks to some wealthy seniors and two girls who teach him to stop fearing technology!

  • DIRECTOR
    Jaymz Bee
  • YEAR
  • RUNTIME
    21 Minutes
  • COUNTRY
    Canada
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