2022 Monologues & Poetry Intl Film Fest - Sunday, Dec. 18 - Screening 2 - 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (PST)

The Plot

SCREENING 2 - Sunday, Dec. 18th - 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (PST)

Moha, Bastien Bouillon, Director: Moha and Lucie had a great love. Today, they are separated. Moha doesn't know how to survive this breakup. Sometimes he follows Lucie, who met Martin.. LVM: Runtime 21:45

Young x Gifted & Black (Animated Poem), Jason Fleurant, Director: Jason "JaFLEU" Fleurant is a Haitian American self-taught cartoonist. Raised in West Palm Beach, Fl he discovered his creative voice as a response to the earthquakes in Haiti in 2010 and since has gone on to create with a mission. SW/P: Runtime: 3:37

A Final Elegant Gesture, Thomas Pickarski, Director: An essay narration paired with old B&W found film footage, the narrator describes the horror from his street-level vantage point beneath the Twin Towers on the morning of September 11th. A nearby cluster of big clumsy character balloons suspended from a storefront awning are woven into the plot. Each night as he sleeps, the storyteller stands alone on the ledge of the burning tower and transcends the intention of one final, elegant gesture. M/S: Runtime 9:00

I Sometimes Maybe, Evripidis Karydis, Director: "I Sometimes Maybe" is a self-exploration piece through poetry. SW/P: Runtime 2:05

Words, Charles Woodman, Belinda Reynolds, Directors:  A collaboration between Image, music, and poetry, WORDS is a multimedia piano work with spoken words and visuals. The vocal part consists of an aural collage of Miss Luo, reciting in Mandarin and English, a poem written herself, about the story of her grandfather, a composer during the late 20th century in China. The interplay between the audio collage, the video, and the piano part, creates a multimedia composition that immerses the audience in a blanket of enticing, reflective sound-visual experiences. SW/P: Runtime 7:00

Beat Heart, Margo Stutts Toombs, Director: Beat Heart is a video inspired by the insertion of a pacemaker/defibrillator. SW/P; Runtime: 1:19 

Nice Cup of Tea (A Journey of Memories Through Central London) (2022), Lee Campbell, Director: A short poetry film about the excitement of meeting someone for the first time and going on your first date, spent reminiscing whilst drinking cups of tea. SW/P: Runtime 4:49

Haiku/Haiga with Music, Sumita Gokhale, Director: In this video, I am introducing a new concept to the Haiku world - that of Indian classical Raag-based music set to 5-7-5 syllabic form to go together with these traditional Haiku I wrote. The notes are also selected based on the emotion/mood reflected in each haiku. These 12 Haiku transition through the seasons starting with Spring and take us through various shades of life. SW/P: Runtime 4:01

Fortuna. Not a Serious Poem. The end of the 1990s, Larisa Britton, Director: A One Woman Show. Not a Serious Poem. The end of the 1990s was the time of the split of the Soviet Union. A lot of Russian people became economically deprived. There were shortages of food in the shops. But life was going on. And the dating agency Fortuna was opened. LVM: Runtime 27:21

Erythea Speaks, Elizabeth Torres, Director: Experimental poetry film. Erythea is all red seas and red fabrics and red sands. When Erythea speaks it is your flesh speaking, commands vibrating and resounding in the room as if in a dream. SW/P: Runtime 7:00

4 Years Ago, Youssef Afif Mutawe, Director: The past thoughts of a woman spoken for the first time. SW/P: Runtime 2:33

The Silence, Steve Cooke, Director: Soliloquy Monologue. Evie is a Funeral Director and throughout her life, she has always searched for reason and meaning in all aspects of life...and death. Evie reflects on her career and the things she has learned. M/S: Runtime: 3:59

• Age Rating Teen(13+ years old)
• Running time 01:35:47 mins
• Hosted By: Monologues and Poetry International Film Fest

The Experience For You

SCREENING 2 - Sunday, Dec. 18th - 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM (PST)

Moha, Bastien Bouillon, Director: Moha and Lucie had a great love. Today, they are separated. Moha doesn't know how to survive this breakup. Sometimes he follows Lucie, who met Martin.. LVM: Runtime 21:45

Young x Gifted & Black (Animated Poem), Jason Fleurant, Director: Jason "JaFLEU" Fleurant is a Haitian American self-taught cartoonist. Raised in West Palm Beach, Fl he discovered his creative voice as a response to the earthquakes in Haiti in 2010 and since has gone on to create with a mission. SW/P: Runtime: 3:37

A Final Elegant Gesture, Thomas Pickarski, Director: An essay narration paired with old B&W found film footage, the narrator describes the horror from his street-level vantage point beneath the Twin Towers on the morning of September 11th. A nearby cluster of big clumsy character balloons suspended from a storefront awning are woven into the plot. Each night as he sleeps, the storyteller stands alone on the ledge of the burning tower and transcends the intention of one final, elegant gesture. M/S: Runtime 9:00

I Sometimes Maybe, Evripidis Karydis, Director: "I Sometimes Maybe" is a self-exploration piece through poetry. SW/P: Runtime 2:05

Words, Charles Woodman, Belinda Reynolds, Directors:  A collaboration between Image, music, and poetry, WORDS is a multimedia piano work with spoken words and visuals. The vocal part consists of an aural collage of Miss Luo, reciting in Mandarin and English, a poem written herself, about the story of her grandfather, a composer during the late 20th century in China. The interplay between the audio collage, the video, and the piano part, creates a multimedia composition that immerses the audience in a blanket of enticing, reflective sound-visual experiences. SW/P: Runtime 7:00

Beat Heart, Margo Stutts Toombs, Director: Beat Heart is a video inspired by the insertion of a pacemaker/defibrillator. SW/P; Runtime: 1:19 

Nice Cup of Tea (A Journey of Memories Through Central London) (2022), Lee Campbell, Director: A short poetry film about the excitement of meeting someone for the first time and going on your first date, spent reminiscing whilst drinking cups of tea. SW/P: Runtime 4:49

Haiku/Haiga with Music, Sumita Gokhale, Director: In this video, I am introducing a new concept to the Haiku world - that of Indian classical Raag-based music set to 5-7-5 syllabic form to go together with these traditional Haiku I wrote. The notes are also selected based on the emotion/mood reflected in each haiku. These 12 Haiku transition through the seasons starting with Spring and take us through various shades of life. SW/P: Runtime 4:01

Fortuna. Not a Serious Poem. The end of the 1990s, Larisa Britton, Director: A One Woman Show. Not a Serious Poem. The end of the 1990s was the time of the split of the Soviet Union. A lot of Russian people became economically deprived. There were shortages of food in the shops. But life was going on. And the dating agency Fortuna was opened. LVM: Runtime 27:21

Erythea Speaks, Elizabeth Torres, Director: Experimental poetry film. Erythea is all red seas and red fabrics and red sands. When Erythea speaks it is your flesh speaking, commands vibrating and resounding in the room as if in a dream. SW/P: Runtime 7:00

4 Years Ago, Youssef Afif Mutawe, Director: The past thoughts of a woman spoken for the first time. SW/P: Runtime 2:33

The Silence, Steve Cooke, Director: Soliloquy Monologue. Evie is a Funeral Director and throughout her life, she has always searched for reason and meaning in all aspects of life...and death. Evie reflects on her career and the things she has learned. M/S: Runtime: 3:59

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