jurying the final year of the 24fps international short film festival....
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"
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. ”
three eleven or (a meditation on stillness inside chaos) - freely available
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
Young Ali nominated for two awards at the Arthouse Film Festival...
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
"Young Ali" screens virtually at the Arthouse Film Festival 2024....
Tickets and info is available for virtual screenings of “Young Ali: those were the days” at the Arthouse Film Festival Jan 14-20th
Young Ali wins "best indie film"....
young ali wins "best indie film" at the Art Film Spirit Awards 2023. more info here:
young ali.....
young ali has its first virtual screening mid jan at the “arthhouse film festival”
tickets avail here:
young ali wins best feature film....
young ali: those were the days wins best feature film at the berlin indie film festival
young ali first looks....
you can read a first look regarding my upcoming feature film, “Young Ali: those were the days” below:
https://somewhatcyclops.com/2023/12/11/young-ali-those-were-the-days/
good nothing. (avail now)
good nothing.
was sitting on a limited edition art book collaboration project for some years now. it is now available. more info below
you can grab it on this site at: Store
or at gumroad for a “name your price at: good nothing. at Gumroad
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at one point in the distant past (specifically the year 2017), i used twitter as an art medium for thoughts.
one evening at artist ali sabet’s studio, we conceived a project where these words would channel
images instantly, from one medium into another, a collaboration in the truest sense of the word.
it was a spontaneous approach between word & art, within the confines of minimal characters & white space.
we discussed the production of a limited-edition, pretty & compact art book as the conclusion.
a draft was quickly put together. the images flowed.
then, time past. ephemera.
nearly forgotten, a text ignited the memory.
so i decided to put out this manuscript, nearly untouched from edits, with the same ethos that composed it.
here lay words by amir motlagh, art by ali sabet, from the past, into the future.
©2017-2023
Jury Member for 24FPS International Film Festival
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
Young Ali: those were the days....
you can find info about my new film at www.youngali.com
it’s just a landing page for now, but will receive updates soon….
Sales on Films on Vimeo on Demand until August 10th....
in the spirit of THREE WORLDS theatrical LA run at Laemmle Friday, August 4th-10th, there is a heavy discount on Vimeo on Demand for some of my work that is available on that service for people that are distant & or curious, or just chill like that.
not only THREE WORLDS but the 2018 sister film MAN and others….
this link will take you to the page….
w/ love & presence
THREE WORLDS - Film Poster
MAN - Film Poster
Three Worlds opens at Laemmle August 4th
hello. THREE WORLDS comes to Los Angeles, Friday, August 4th for a special one-week theatrical run.
tickets are available now on the Laemmle site so click here :)
three worlds original movie poster
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