2022 Monologues & Poetry Intl Film Fest - Sunday, Dec. 18 - Screening 1 - 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM (PST)

The Plot

SCREENING 1 - Sunday, December 18th - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (PST)

Pathless, Charlotte Verminck, Director: A poetic translation of the universal feeling at one’s unknown next step in life. It connects to the overwhelming periods of doubtful thoughts yet resilient ambition one may encounter. A visual and aural combination of fear yet fearlessness. Though the soliloquy echoes one’s inner difficulty, the road of life gives aspiration for more, and that road is pathless. SW/P: Runtime 4:31

Sentences, Cia Rinne, Director: Sentences is based on sentences from the book with the same title by Cia Rinne. In sentences, it is the sentence as a linguistic unit itself that reflects its purpose and position.- this sentence is looking for the ideal reader -  this sentence is a lifetime sentence -  this sentence wishes it were written by somebody else. M/S: Runtime 2:09 

Mrs Maya, Christos N. Karakasis, Director: Theatrical Theme on Racism (monologue). Open-minded” Maya, English language Teacher.  M/P: Runtime 2:22

Inferno, Niall Austin, Director: Combining a live-action theatre performance, with assorted animation styles, 'Inferno21' is a re-imagining of Dante Alighieri’s early 14th-century masterpiece 'The Divine Comedy,' transposed to the internet age. Hell is presented as the Digital Landscape, where social media and data collection provides a canvas for exploring contemporary human behaviors and transgressions. LVM: Runtime 19:41

650, Elaheh Jazemi, Director: LVM: Runtime: 10:18

Rosary, Reem Sameer Al-Bayyat, Director: Repetitions, is a dark place that we must process and manifest. A place we must break through. “Rosary” is a short experimental film starring Rana Alamuddin. M/S: Runtime: 8:54

The Bald & The Bearded, John Kerner, Director: This monologue calls out the men who wear overgrown beards.  M/S: Runtime 2:34

Singing Ears in Spring, Hanqing Zhao, Director: The short film is adapted from four poems by poet Zhao Hanqing, in which he attempts to show the spiritual suffering of people living in modern cities. People are punished into tools in collaborative relationships of high efficiency. The pioneer of the Age of Enlightenment hoped to construct a completely rational world, later people lost their humanity in the process of pursuing rationality. Cheap pleasure, drag them into the darkness. SW/P: Runtime 6:47

Legacy, Natasha Boskic, Director: A video poem about endurance and invisible blows. SW/P: Runtime 3:19

Dysthymia, Eva-Marie Kung, Tim Willrich, Directors: The Speaker presents her case in court before an invisible judge and jury in an attempt to describe her mental health history, but it isn't always certain which part of her psyche (the sufferer or the cause) is, in fact, fighting to be understood. SW/P: Runtime 7:10

Darkness, Ayotoluwafunmi Monehin, Director: A man struggles between light and darkness. M/S: Runtime 3:07

We keep stones here too, Eugenio Lima, Director: In this short film, the actress and poet Luiza Romão recount the history of the Trojan War from a feminist and decolonial perspective, thinking about the violence that founded the West. The film is directed by Eugenio Lima and explores the spoken word language. LVM: Runtime 10:41

Ruined World: An Al Elegy, Zoran Poposki, Director: Artificial Intelligence creates a visual poem about a post-apocalyptic world where human civilization has been erased by environmental collapse.a short experimental film generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in collaboration with award-winning contemporary artist and director Zoran Poposki, FRSA. This is the first ever short film where all the elements (visuals, text, and music) have been created utilizing artificial intelligence.  M/S: Runtime 9:09

Dolphins in the Shower, Chandel White: January 26, 2052 - S.P.E.C.T.R.A. has concluded its decade-long brain-chipping trials. The specific technique proved with great success, the ability to delete past trauma from the human mind. According to the titan of tech, an improved human will be delivered to the world by the year 2067. Of the thousands chipped in this testing, only one human male was documented as having measurable recall and retention. An inside watchdog, whose identity remains anonymous, has obtained a copy of an end-of-trial interview with Subject C-76. WARNING: What you're about to hear may shock you. SW/P: Runtime 5:20

Interlands, Alia Brandt, Director: A young woman looks into herself through memory, and poetry, in order to heal and achieve a new state of growth in the face of heartbreak stemming from love and, more generally, life. SW/P: Runtime 6:00

• Age Rating Teen(13+ years old)
• Running time 01:39:34 mins
• Hosted By: Monologues and Poetry International Film Fest

The Experience For You

SCREENING 1 - Sunday, December 18th - 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM (PST)

Pathless, Charlotte Verminck, Director: A poetic translation of the universal feeling at one’s unknown next step in life. It connects to the overwhelming periods of doubtful thoughts yet resilient ambition one may encounter. A visual and aural combination of fear yet fearlessness. Though the soliloquy echoes one’s inner difficulty, the road of life gives aspiration for more, and that road is pathless. SW/P: Runtime 4:31

Sentences, Cia Rinne, Director: Sentences is based on sentences from the book with the same title by Cia Rinne. In sentences, it is the sentence as a linguistic unit itself that reflects its purpose and position.- this sentence is looking for the ideal reader -  this sentence is a lifetime sentence -  this sentence wishes it were written by somebody else. M/S: Runtime 2:09 

Mrs Maya, Christos N. Karakasis, Director: Theatrical Theme on Racism (monologue). Open-minded” Maya, English language Teacher.  M/P: Runtime 2:22

Inferno, Niall Austin, Director: Combining a live-action theatre performance, with assorted animation styles, 'Inferno21' is a re-imagining of Dante Alighieri’s early 14th-century masterpiece 'The Divine Comedy,' transposed to the internet age. Hell is presented as the Digital Landscape, where social media and data collection provides a canvas for exploring contemporary human behaviors and transgressions. LVM: Runtime 19:41

650, Elaheh Jazemi, Director: LVM: Runtime: 10:18

Rosary, Reem Sameer Al-Bayyat, Director: Repetitions, is a dark place that we must process and manifest. A place we must break through. “Rosary” is a short experimental film starring Rana Alamuddin. M/S: Runtime: 8:54

The Bald & The Bearded, John Kerner, Director: This monologue calls out the men who wear overgrown beards.  M/S: Runtime 2:34

Singing Ears in Spring, Hanqing Zhao, Director: The short film is adapted from four poems by poet Zhao Hanqing, in which he attempts to show the spiritual suffering of people living in modern cities. People are punished into tools in collaborative relationships of high efficiency. The pioneer of the Age of Enlightenment hoped to construct a completely rational world, later people lost their humanity in the process of pursuing rationality. Cheap pleasure, drag them into the darkness. SW/P: Runtime 6:47

Legacy, Natasha Boskic, Director: A video poem about endurance and invisible blows. SW/P: Runtime 3:19

Dysthymia, Eva-Marie Kung, Tim Willrich, Directors: The Speaker presents her case in court before an invisible judge and jury in an attempt to describe her mental health history, but it isn't always certain which part of her psyche (the sufferer or the cause) is, in fact, fighting to be understood. SW/P: Runtime 7:10

Darkness, Ayotoluwafunmi Monehin, Director: A man struggles between light and darkness. M/S: Runtime 3:07

We keep stones here too, Eugenio Lima, Director: In this short film, the actress and poet Luiza Romão recount the history of the Trojan War from a feminist and decolonial perspective, thinking about the violence that founded the West. The film is directed by Eugenio Lima and explores the spoken word language. LVM: Runtime 10:41

Ruined World: An Al Elegy, Zoran Poposki, Director: Artificial Intelligence creates a visual poem about a post-apocalyptic world where human civilization has been erased by environmental collapse.a short experimental film generated by artificial intelligence (AI) in collaboration with award-winning contemporary artist and director Zoran Poposki, FRSA. This is the first ever short film where all the elements (visuals, text, and music) have been created utilizing artificial intelligence.  M/S: Runtime 9:09

Dolphins in the Shower, Chandel White: January 26, 2052 - S.P.E.C.T.R.A. has concluded its decade-long brain-chipping trials. The specific technique proved with great success, the ability to delete past trauma from the human mind. According to the titan of tech, an improved human will be delivered to the world by the year 2067. Of the thousands chipped in this testing, only one human male was documented as having measurable recall and retention. An inside watchdog, whose identity remains anonymous, has obtained a copy of an end-of-trial interview with Subject C-76. WARNING: What you're about to hear may shock you. SW/P: Runtime 5:20

Interlands, Alia Brandt, Director: A young woman looks into herself through memory, and poetry, in order to heal and achieve a new state of growth in the face of heartbreak stemming from love and, more generally, life. SW/P: Runtime 6:00

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