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A Decade in the Grey chronicles ten years of Grey Box Collective's bold, multidisciplinary artistry, highlighting their Trauma-Informed Creative Practices and the transformative power of creating during messy, ambiguous, uncertain, and overwhelming times.
Other Voices presents a legendary night of music as Foo Fighters bring their stadium anthems to St James’ Church, An Daingean.
In 2017, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker Ric Esther Bienstock set out to investigate campus free speech controversies - and uncovered an ideological war reshaping universities and democracy itself. With secret recordings, raw phone footage, and unprecedented access to professors, administrators and students on the front lines, Speechless is an eight-year investigation into how pressure from the Left inside campuses provoked a fierce counteroffensive from the Right - turning higher education into a political battleground and exposing what’s lost when debate gives way to dogma.
A fellow corvid is absolutely enchanted with the thought of magic.
My short animated film is about racism, black and white individuals, and diversity. The poem was written by a black child 20 years ago. Color does not matter!
A short experimental dance film shot on Super 8, layering footage to reveal parallel selves in dialogue with body and mirror. This film explores duality and the transformative power of reflection.
A Case of Criminalizing Pregnancy Loss: A public service announcement about the prosecution of a South Carolina woman who was cruelly arrested after her miscarriage for improperly disposing of fetal remains even though there are no legally established guidelines for that. This is the third in a series of spots about the criminalization of pregnancy loss in the United States, a side effect of the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the Dobbs decision of 2023, and a strategy of anti-abortion forces to normalize the idea of “fetal personhood.”
Two men meet on a birthday evening, each knowing far too much about the other. What begins as a return to an old love quickly turns into an emotional rollercoaster, where past grievances and still‑burning feelings fight for the final word.
Two lovers, Crystal and Iniya, engage in playful pillow talk about their breasts one morning, with some unintended consequences.
Rakesh Dhawan
“Apathy-Rise,” a parody of Coldplay’s Paradise by Niche Trio featuring Pierre Janssen, humorously explores existential themes from The Stranger and Antigone. It contrasts Meursault’s indifference with Antigone’s defiance, highlighting their opposing responses to absurdity and fate. Janssen’s feature adds commentary on their shared tragic outcomes, blending humor with literary insight. “Deadlines,” a parody of Drake’s Headlines, similarly examines existential struggle and inevitability in both works. Through clever wordplay and philosophical reflection, Niche Trio (Tysei Murao, Felix Janssen, Gabriel Reque Cruz) delivers an engaging and concise take on these timeless tragedies.
A silent film was created from a scenario inspired by a single poem, and a studio album later emerged from the imagery of the film. The groundbreaking production traces the world of three characters—White Kiha, Black Kiha, and Pillow Monster while delivering a story of loss, transformation, and the circle of life.
It's 3AM and I can't sleep. Some kind of sleep demon has attached itself to me. I've found a 3AM ritual that will prove it is there, watching. Always watching.
Luna is a taxi driver, likes cars, and has no intention of riding shotgun. When Armando, who is restoring a Chevrolet 400, invites her for a ride in his car, she accepts on one condition: that she gets to drive.
After soaring high and flaming out in Hollywood, Abe, a celebrated bodybuilder, returns home across the 405 to Venice Beach, where it all started. But Abe's beloved boardwalk feels different. There’s a nasty bite to the sea breeze, a slew of unexplained overdoses putting the gym rats on edge, strange supernatural sightings on the pier hinting at something primordial lurking beneath the surface of sun-dappled Venice. And Jay—his old lifting partner, his former roommate, the one person he truly abandoned in his pursuit of fame—has disappeared, leaving Alice, his ex, alone to take care of their infant son.
In an attempt to gain financial legitimacy, betting systems are now prediction markets, governing a portion of global investments. Tripalium, a title evoking ancient tortures, reminds us of betting’s historic links to horseracing, animal bodies exploited and abused in the name of a ruthless profit-extraction model now mirroring the entire current economy.
