A gargoyle forms a friendship with a neglected sphynx cat, and leads her to a better life. Gabby Gillespie is a 3D character animator, visual effects artist, and motion capture animator fascinated with bringing creatures and the unusual to life. Her work can be found in the esteemed SCAD Animation Studio’s Hex Limit, The How Book, and the studio’s newest upcoming TBA project. She graduated from SCAD with a B.F.A in 3D Character Animation and a minor in Visual Effects. Gabby is currently pursuing an M.F.A in Animation at SCAD as a Graduate Fellowship recipient. A young woman questions everything when she realizes the barn she frequents may be more than just grimy. Barb Kuensting, a St. Louis, Missouri native, is graduating from the University of Missouri in 2022 with a degree in both Documentary Journalism and Biology. She is especially interested in environmental and climate journalism through a visual lens. Upon graduation, she hopes to find a job in either the film or news industry, and her dream is to someday work for National Geographic. Director Statement Carrie In Control was made out of nothing but love, compassion, and a desperate need to uncover the truth. I hope this film motivates viewers to shine a light in the dark corners of their own cities, states, and countries, so that we can bring justice to animals everywhere in need. The spur-thighed tortoise in Morocco is threatened. To save the species, science needs those who know better the secrets of the land: The shepherds. Marcos Altuve, actor, director, playwright, screenwriter and cinema and theatre producer. Marcos studied at School of Audiovisual Media of the University of Los Andes (Venezuela), School of Filmmaking of the Canary Islands (Spain) and the International School of San Antonio de los Baños de Cuba. During his career, he made two short films as a director, from which he received several awards such as best screenplay, best production, best editing and also as best leading actor. In 2014 he published his book "Mentiroso Extraordinario, Alternatives in the Direction of Actors for Cinema, Theater and Television". This project has been useful for students and actors from Spain, France, Italy, Belgium, Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela. In a world where reincarnation is real, but commercialized as afterlife insurance, an old raccoon must say goodbye to his best friend, a young puppy, on his last day in the afterlife. As someone who has always loved creating things, I have lived as a loner for the better part of my childhood, with only a few good friends growing up. At a young age, I started taking ADHD medication and was diagnosed with dermatitis, a dry skin condition. Other kids kept their distance from me because of those two reasons. However, the few that stuck by me made me realize that I had the capability to make friends while still being who I wanted to be, which kept me going. This blossomed into a love for independence and self-expressive creation. In high school, the lack of sociability due to the medication made for a feeling of loss. I picked up an interest in cameras and directed music videos as English class projects before my senior year. This not only helped me make more friends but also gave me a creative avenue to hone in on and overcome my need for medication. In college, I studied film and television production with an interest in sound. I graduated in the Spring of 2022 and immediately moved to Atlanta, where I currently reside to pursue film and make much-needed connections. Director Statement
As a writer, this film was special because it helped me cope with the pandemic and isolation in general, as well as life, death, and the concept of family. As a director, it has morphed into a new love for the characters, I picture Wendel as an older version of myself, who's lived long enough to have answers, though still figuring things out himself. And Stanley, a younger version, who does not completely believe in himself and hopes that life will guide him along in his quest for self-discovery. It gives me comfort knowing that I am somewhere in the middle of the two. Perhaps... Between? An inside look at the only Olympic sport to involve male, female and animal participants. The sport of show jumping relies on the unique relationship between horse and rider. In Desert Flight we see why people dedicate so much to the equestrian life. Samia Staehle was born in the US but raised in Algeria, Switzerland and India where she fell in love with ponies and horses at a young age. As a teenager, Samia’s father retired from his career as a diplomat and with her family’s return to the U.S. focus on college replaced horse riding. Upon graduating she followed another overseas path, this time as a TV news producer with Associated Press Television in Washington D.C., London and Paris. A return to school to study law was followed by a return to riding as a “nice little hobby” when Samia re-discovered her passion for horses. She then saw an opportunity to share the stories of the dynamic people that surround them. Samia and her husband Daryl, also a former news producer, partnered with Tell Studios of Detroit to produce Desert Flight. It's not easy to raise a child as a good person, but it's not easy to raise a puppy as a good boy too, especially when he is going through a transitional age and learn what rock 'n' roll is! Director Ilia Smirnov Once I picked up the camera, but no one except my dog wanted to star in the film... This documentary explores the U.S. - Canada horse meat pipeline. Canada provides a controversial market for American ranchers who want to offload old, injured and unwanted horses. Because the U.S. shut down horse slaughter in 2007, without first banning the live export of meat horses, additional U.S. horses now endure greater stress than they did when some were once slaughtered in America. Long international transport hauls are now a requirement for processing all American horses for meat. And according to previously released access-to-information documents, horses sometimes enter Canada dead on arrival. It is important to tell this story now because Chris Heyde, a horse advocate, is working to pass a new bill called the SAFE Act. It would prevent the exports of live American horses to Canada and Mexico for meat purposes. Jen Osborne (1984) is a Canadian photographer and videographer who has published and exhibited photographs internationally. Her career started in 2007 with a yearlong work contract at Fabrica’s COLORS Magazine. Her work has graced the pages of Stern, The Sunday Times, GQ, Mother Jones, Vice, Esquire, Vanity Fair Italy, The Globe and Mail, The New York Times, Maclean's and IoDonna. She has also shown at venues including Athens Photo Festival 2020, Visa pour l’Image 2016, Aperture Gallery, Perpignan, The Museum de l’Elysée, the Denver Biennial, and Arles 2010. Director StatementI'm an equestrian. As a teenager, I competed in the American Quarter Horse show circuit with my gelding, Ozzie, in the late 90’s. But I only discovered the realities of Canada's horse slaughter industry three years ago. The horse meat trade came as a genuine shock after I moved back to Vancouver Island from Germany in 2018. Around that time, my mother's horse Benny was diagnosed with navicular disease. He’s now unrideable and I suggested we donate him to a therapy farm. But she said Benny could end up as meat if we let him out of our watch. After conducting some basic research, I realized she was correct. Up until then, I had no idea North Americans were selling horses for slaughter. Canadians can send their own horses to slaughter in Alberta and Quebec, where federally regulated equine processing plants operate. These abattoirs also became a dumping ground for unwanted American horses starting in 2007 after the U.S. defunded horse slaughter. Because Americans didn’t restrict the live transport of horses for slaughter abroad, Canada, along with Mexico, now provides a controversial market for American ranchers looking to unload injured, old, and unwanted horses. As a result, anywhere between 10,000-56,000 American horses are imported annually by Canadian meat processors since 2007. American horses make up anywhere between 43 to 73 per cent of the total horses slaughtered per year in Canada. Long international transports are now involved in processing all American horses for meat. Chris Heyde from Blue Marble Strategy, a U.S.-based animal advocacy group, is currently trying to pass a law restricting the transport of American horses for slaughter to Canada and Mexico. But this comes more than 20 years after the U.S. defunded horse slaughter. And there's no clear answer as to whether or not the law will pass. |
#AniFab the Animalis Fabula Film Festival '22 compiles the information presented in the official selections from FilmFreeway our film festival partner as well as from the filmmakers.The Festival Director presents the information as it is presented to AniFab. Archives
October 2022
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