Common American Crow
 

USA 2024, 5:30

Filmmaker: Samuel Zalkin
Camera:, Alexander Christopher, Miles Miller, Leo Wilmsen, Samuel Zalkin
Dramaturgy: Samuel Zalkin
Editing: Samuel Zalkin
Sound & Music: Leo Wilmsen, Jerry Stone
Cast: Justin Ankenbauer, Luke Fairchild, Darren Kulback, Molly Mcgrath, Doug Mioducki, Cyrena Rosati, Delaney Schoenfeldt, Nick Tassinari, Josh Taylor
Colorgrading: Samuel Zalkin
Producer / School: Samuel Zalkin, Miles Miller / Denver School of the Arts
Genre: Documentary
Age Category: 13-17 years
Language: English

The documentary Common American Crow introduces Doug Mioducki, a Denver musician who has somehow befriended a murder of crows. Between bird calls, record bins, and strange wisdom, Doug proves to be a charming eccentric. The film closes with a glimpse into his musical world through his band “quits.”
Text: Elif Koca

Samuel Zalkin studies Video Cinema at the Denver School of the Arts. He loves photography, bass guitar, and collecting vinyl. Common American Crow is one of his most personal film projects.

NAGY

Austria, 2024 01:12 min.

Filmmaker: Janka Dósa
School: University of Applied Arts Vienna
Genre: Animation, Experimental
Age Category: 23-27 years
Language: No dialogue

NAGY is an experimental animation portraying an elderly woman’s everyday life in rural Hungary. The film blends absurdity, melancholy, and humor to explore aging, routine, and identity. By combining drawings, textures, and real footage, it creates a surreal world that blurs the line between reality and fiction.
Text: Josephine Dürr

Janka Dósa (*2000) is a Vienna-based Hungarian artist working in painting and 2D animation. Her films blend absurdity and melancholy through mixed media and surreal movement.

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