Event Description
The Sound of Silent Film Festival features newly composed scores performed live to short modern silent films in all genres.
This year’s selections include three dramatic thrillers, three comedies, one dark comedy, one very dark comedy, an offbeat romance, two compelling dramas, one that kind of pulls at your heart strings, a compelling look at modern Hong Kong, two gorgeously animated films and a dance film.
There are two completely different programs and they will be streamed to ACM’s Youtube page.
Program 1 – June 26 7:00 PM Central
Program 2 – June 27 7:00 PM Central
Suggested donation of $20 per household, buy tickets at acmusic.org
PROGRAM 1:
Demons Before Breakfast by Lauren McCune
Music by Jonathan Russell
Lou feels isolated with only her personal demons to keep her company. As her feelings of solitude grow, so do the number of demons living in her house.
What If by Winnie Cheung
Music by Lynn Bechtold
In a post-gender world, men wouldn’t be punished for being vulnerable and women wouldn’t have to stay submissive in order to succeed.
Unfortunately, we’ve all been subjected to the same gender narrative dating back to Adam and Eve. But what if there was another creation myth? One where gender was erased altogether?
Devil’s Food Cake by JohnBen Lacy and Mike Elsherif
Music by Seth Boustead
A simpleton makes a deal with the devil in an attempt to win over a judge’s heart at a cake contest.
Constructive Interference by John Akre
Music by Ursula Kwong Brown
Two sound waves discover the power of cooperation despite the challenges of interference.
Frames by Farhad Pakdel
Music by Trevor Patricia Watkin
A smart city tracks and analyzes a woman walking through the city. Things she does are interpreted and logged by the city system, but are they drawing an accurate picture of the woman?
Dysrhythmia by Alexander Bickford
Music by Sarah Wald
Saturday detention, a hungry student struggles to make it to lunchtime.
Listen to Me by Touacha Her
Music by Conor Daly, Fiona Ffrench, Liam Lupescu, and Lila Mora
A deaf girl, bullied and broken, takes drastic action. A nearby student worker does the same.
Mantorou by Josh Stone and Kyle Flaherty
Music by Dominic Johnson and Jacob Greenberg
An experimental short about passing the torch to one’s successor. In a post-apocalyptic world, one young warrior explores new territory to survive, and must be brave when he finds what’s in store for him there.
Get the F K Outta Paris by Greg Emetaz
Music by Rob Steel
A text message turns a depressing laundry night into a mad dash for survival.
PROGRAM 2:
Marquee by Brian Zahm
Music by Oren Boneh
An allegorical tale of a person whose soul is possessed by artistic pursuit and the quest for perfection.
The Gift by Julio Pot
Music by Gabriel Malancioiu
The story of an ordinary couple. When he gives her a small sphere pulled out of his chest, she can’t separate herself from her new gift… even after they break up.
Displacements by Manuel Alvarez Diestro
Music by David Keller
Hong-Kong is one of the densest cities in the world. As there is not much space available, new towns are adjacent to the cemeteries.
These days in Hong-Kong the world of the living coexists with the one of the dead. Meanwhile, Hong Kong inhabitants move from place to place. They are waiting for a final displacement.
Early Retirement by David Mair
Music by Gene Pritsker
A grizzled cop seeks vengeance for his fallen partner.
Death by Omelette by Greg Emetaz
Music by Victoria Malawey
When a woman’s suspicions of infidelity are confirmed, she makes her husband a killer omelette…
Beyond the Barrier by Martha Mapes
Music by Paul Ayres
A young boy and girl find a way to remain friends in the midst of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
N by Iacopo Di Girolamo
Music by Lyudmila German
An expressionist nightmare in which an inventor and his colleague test the ‘Automaton’, a machine able to create things from nothing. The machine works perfectly as long as the items it’s asked to create start with the letter N…in German. The results of the test will be predictably catastrophic.
PERFORMED BY:
Chris Ramaekers – Music Director
David Wetzel – Technical Director/Sound Editing
Kimberly Schlechter – Video Production and Editing
Alyson Berger – cello
Christie Miller – clarinet
Marianne Parker – piano
Trevor Patrick Watkin – flute
Amy Wurtz – piano
Gloria Yehilevsky – percussion
Henry Zheng – violin