12 Films Heart
Twelve International film makers
twelve international short Films
12 films with heart
Now in its fourth festival year and first year online Twelve Films Heart illuminates heartfelt short films from the international independent underground for the PERTH FRINGE Festival; FRINGEWORLD.
MEET THE FILM MAKERS
FLOATING
(USA)
Directed by Greg Jardin
‘A lonely balloon person living in a busy city trying to establish some sort of connection with the people around it…’
Two Men
(AUSTRALIA)
Directed by Dominic Allen
Dominic Allen is a multi-award winning filmmaker whose work includes television commercials, documentaries, music videos, branded content, short and feature and films. Allen’s stories are a brimful of colourful smiles, love and hope strewn across the vast, gorgeous plains of a poet’s Australia.
Emmeline
(UK)
Directed by Daniela Pasquini
An actor and creative, co-founder of multi-award winning company ANTLER;
2012 HONS graduate of East 15 Acting School’s Contemporary Theatre course.
ANTLER is an award-winning company, telling stories though theatre and film.
Sometimes we write our own music.
The stories we tell are rooted in what we’re curious about.
Things we think are important are humour, playfulness and inventive theatricality.
We work collaboratively.
Kung-Fu Romance
(UK)
Directed by Ben Ho
With this film, I wanted to pour a bit of my own personality and touch upon themes that I hold dear: diligence, perseverance, proving oneself, and love. Love is a strong theme and I wanted to portray its innocence and quirky nature. In that sense, I wanted the film to feel light-hearted, uplifting and positive. Setting the film in the Ancient Orient reflects my interest in my own culture and of course my love for wuxia movies! Fusing martial arts and romance seemed like the perfect way to bring to life my crazy ideas and energetic personality.
Bruce Lee Played Badminton Too
(AUSTRALIA)
Directed by Corrie Chen
As a small child in the concrete jungle of Taiwan, Corrie grew up wanting to be an astronaut. Once she hit puberty, she quickly realised that she was actually more interested in the drama of inter-galactic space wars.
Maker of films, lover of pork, enthusiast of dumplings.
Director of shorts, a documentary, and one day, feature films.
Gan-Gan
(UK)
Directed by Gemma Green-Hope
My grandmother Elizabeth (or Gan-Gan as I called her) was a force of nature; she was wonderful. As a child she seemed to me like a visitor from another time or place. After her death in 2010, I helped my father and uncle sort through some of her possessions. I inherited some of her clothes to wear, books to read, a bicycle to ride. But how do you make sense of all the other things that someone leaves behind, the things nobody sees, boxes full of photographs, and bits of string?
Gemma is an Animator and Illustrator based in West Wales.
A New Man
(USA)
Directed by Hughes William Thompson
After his wife leaves him, Charles begins to assume the identities of strangers at a local coffee shop to avoid being alone.
Phantom Limb
(AUSTRALIA)
Written, directed and animated by Alex Grigg
In the aftermath of an accident, a young couple learn to deal with phantom pains.
La Lotería
(USA)
Directed by Shahir Daud
While waiting for his plane to board so he can immigrate to America, Augusto Ramirez recalls the three biggest regrets of his life.
Based on a true story.
Cactus Flower
(KOREA)
Directed by Yoo Seungah
Tenderly directed by Yoo Seungah, Cactus Flower is a beautifully moving animation and quietly touching story symbolically expressing a couple’s longings and desires.
LOVE-ISM
(NETHERLANDS)
Directed by Paul Sixta
Paul Sixta (Netherlands, 1979) graduated in 2003 from the Audio-Visual department at St. Joost Breda. Sixta works as a filmmaker and photographer. His films and video-installations were shown on festivals and museums worldwide and won several prizes. Sixta often collaborates with other artists and his work ranges from visual anthropology to performance videos. Sixta’s work deals with sensitive subjects, emphasizes the story telling, and delicately explores relationships.
Premiere Automne
(FRANCE)
Directed by Carlos De Carvalho
Abel lives in the winter and Apolline lives in the summer. Isolated in their “natures”, they never meet each other. When Abel crosses the border and discovers Apolline, curiosity is overwhelming. Their encounter soon becomes more complicated than they could imagine – both of them will have to learn compromise to protect the other…
Independent illustrator and art director Carlos De Carvalho devours all visual styles to create as many universes as he swallows.
THANK YOU TO
(Festival Opener)
Diastole
UK/ COLOMBIA
Directed by Nicolás Coronado
Nicolás Coronado is a multidisciplinary artist; a multimedia engineering graduate, visual effects artist, title designer, teacher and short film director wannabe whose main interest is narrative and communication.
(Festival Closer)
Girl in a Mexican RestuarantAUSTRALIA
THE SUMMER SUNS
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Always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
THANK YOU
