What is it?

Shadow Worlds: Out of the Dark - Experimental Film & Dance

The Program

The Shadow Worlds program consist of three experimental stop-action films and three live dance performances. The theme of the program is struggle - be that with peer pressure, gangs, addiction, or alienation - and reconciliation of the dark and light aspects of the human spirit. These struggles also involve the concept of free will and how much control we think we may have over the choices we make.

The three films - Ephemera, The Soul Collector, and The Other Lover, were all shot with a 35mm SLR still camera shooting at 5 frames per second with the performers acting out their feelings in slow motion to simulate live action.

The dance performances are drawn from the characters in the films including Kali, the Indian goddess of darkness and death who represents both the creative and destructive elements of nature.

Total running time for the program is approximately 25-30 minutes.

Contact Info
Email: photodesign@comcast.net
Tel: 978.454.4248

Program News

The Soul Collector was screened at the Harvard Square Cinema on March 25th as part of the Boston Underground Film Festival's Blasphemous Rumours short film program. While at the festival, we received an offer to have our films be part of the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal, Canada and the Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival in Switzerland.

If you're on the west coast, The Soul Collector will be playing at the Santa Cruz Film Festival, April 20 – 28, Santa Cruz, CA., the Damah Film Festival in Culver City, CA., May 4 - 6, and the Seattle True Independent Film Festival (STIFF), May 24 - June 3.

We had a successful premier of the complete Shadow Worlds Program at Destination World: Cambodia on April 5th. Thanks to everyone who attended and special thanks to our Shadow World performers, Monica Veth, Sophy Leng, Peter Veth, and Ratani Khan. See above photos.

The Other Lover Film Poster