jurying the final year of the 24fps international short film festival....

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what’s the ol’ sayin, “all good things come to an end”

looks about right…

though i’m stoked to be on the jury for the final year of 24FPS International Short Film Festivals. this is one of the first fests to showcase my work and one of the finest short film festivals in the world.

24fps final year Jury

young ali poetic musings over at "transactions with beauty"

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canadian author & photographer shawna lemay muses about “young ali” over at Transactions with Beauty

“Is the film trying to describe this singular time to others who had been lost in the fog or to those who were not lost in the fog? Both, I think. And isn’t that a feat? Young Ali is poetic and real, the eponymous character living and trembling as we all did, under that same old, silly old storybook moon. ”
— shawna lemay


three eleven or (a meditation on stillness inside chaos) - freely available

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this work is now fully public without a paywall, originally released on 06/22/20.

*note: headphones advised*

On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, the United States went into shutdown to keep citizens sheltered from the threat of a mysterious global pandemic sweeping the world. In this meditative days-in-the-life-of work, a small family experiences the fog of time from a mandatory stay at home order, as a strange, comforting togetherness forms in a very uncertain time.

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directors statement:

"three eleven" is a meditation. It is a reflection of boredom, of togetherness, of uncertainty, and most of all, stillness. It intends to direct the viewer into the granularity of life in its most basic, mundane practicalities, and thus, direct focus into the beauty of routine, and of the nowness, all while under the umbrella of impending & uncertain chaos, a lingering scent of anxiety as the real outside world experiences shocks unlike any other in modern times.

It is intended as an experience, hypnosis, and a reflection. The stillness is the message. While stripping the “narrative” of the filmic medium into its most minimal building block, the frame clicks out of “narrative” time, and into clock time. It’s a universal acknowledgment of this very “moment in time”, and we intend for this to be a visual/audio documentation at its most basic level while conveying the beauty of togetherness and separation at its most minimal.

This work is indebted to Ozu & Kiarostami, who oddly enough (the latter), and without my prior knowledge shares his birthday with our release date.

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credits: Shot & Directed by Amir Motlagh
Produced by ANIMALS & Charles Borg
Story by Charles Borg & Amir Motlagh
Music by Amir Motlagh (three eleven zazen) - BMI © ANIMALS 2020

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release date: 06/22/20 trt: 33 min original aspect: 1:85:1

updates....

hello

items on agenda as follows

new project beings…

young ali distro late summer?

young ali trailer out now (unlisted but exists)

see you around friend

Young Ali nominated for two awards at the Arthouse Film Festival...

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young ali: those were the days has been nominated for the Cassavetes award and the Godard award at the Arthouse Film Festival.

you can still watch the film virtually till Jan 20th.

tickets avail here: Arthouse Film Festival

Jury Member for 24FPS International Film Festival

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will be on the Jury for one of my favorite film festivals on the circuit - 24FPS International Short Film Festival..

they have an amazing 2023 lineup, you can find the films here….

while I don’t believe in any competition when it comes to art, I agreed to this because this is one of the very first film festivals to champion my work, and they have a great lineup year after year put together by festival director Barry Smoot.

cheers