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Enjoy the 2021 Melrose Film Festival through September 23!

We are pleased to announce the Best of Category Winners as selected by Melrose Center Video Production Instructors:

Animated Short – He, Director – Katarzyna Radecka (Poland)

Documentary – The Farrier, Director – Moataz Khaled (Egypt)

Micro Short Film – Lou, Director – Jimmy Condaminas (France)

Music Video – Dormo Poco e Sogno Molto – Espana Circo Este, Director – Paolo Santamaria (Italy)

Short Film – All the Time in the World, Director – Riccardo Menicatti & Bruno Ugioli (Italy)

Audience Choice – A Day on Banana Island, Director – Anton De Bruin (Vietnam)

Congratulations to all the winners, and to all 77 Official Selections being screened during the festival!

Join us as we celebrate the art of visual storytelling in short films, animation and music videos with the 4th annual Melrose Film Festival. This year’s festival is all virtual, with online screenings of 77 selections representing more than 20 countries chosen from over 1,600 submissions. Categories include Animated Shorts, Documentaries, Micro Shorts, Music Videos and Short Films. Melrose Center staff will also offer virtual events on scene and character development, sound effects, and 3D and motion capture animation on select dates throughout the festival.

Visit www.ocls.info/melrose-film-festival-2021 for screenings and information about virtual events.

Screenings will premiere Thursday, September 9 at noon, and will remain accessible through Thursday, September 23 at 6:00 P.M.

Congratulations to this year’s Melrose Film Festival official selections:

Animation Films
3:45
A Balanced Breakfast
A Life With CI
Booked
Bowels
Earth³
F the Supers
Fuelled
He
Juan Viento
Lovid-19
Multirature – Dog’s Heart
Spark
The White Nightingale
Wild

Documentary Films
A Day on Banana Island
Kaboom! Comic Book Artists
Saudade
Saving Meluya
The Craftsman, The Art of Henk ten Bos
The Cultivation of Cretan Banana
The Farrier
The Ibexes of Robinet
The Voice of Nature
To Survive

Music Videos
Above Water
Aftermath
Camping by Your Own Grave
Chapera
Clickbait
Dancin’Alive
Dormo Poco e Sogno Molto – Espana Circo Este
Edgar
Gorgeous
Meteora
Piknik – Purple Corset
Sorry
The Air
Waiting For You
While I Was Getting Ice Cream!

Short Films
All the Time in the World
At the Hairdresser’s
Cross Purpose
Deserving
Everything Will be Fine
Missing Beat
Mr. Assistant Principal
Prangover
Royal
Spyglass
Squeaky Clean
The Girl With the Blurred Face
The Helmet
The Interview
The Leak
Tim Travel
Washout
When Fire Flies

Micro Short Films
A Good Girl
Accessing Portals
Cannibals
Dailiness
Future Men of Yesterday
Gratitude
How May I Help You?
It’s Still Being Written
Lou
Mateo
The Dawn of Duck
The Guardian of the Hideout
The Invisible Humans
The Man Who Found the Head
The Three Wise Men 2020
Trap
Usted Dirá
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Have you been wanting the join the Melrose Center to take advantage of our amazing resources, but just haven’t found the time? Well thanks to the new OnDemand General Orientation, becoming a Melrose Center Member has never been easier! This series of narrated videos covering all things Melrose can give you access to the Center in less than 20 minutes. Give the G.O. a go and see for yourself!  

Beginning July 1, Melrose Studios, Simulators and Sound Booths will be available for reservation. Melrose Members who have access credentials for the Audio Studio, Photo Studio or Video Studio can reserve available sessions online now! Members who have Flight or Driving Simulator access credentials will be able to call starting in July to reserve up to two hours per day on each Simulator.

Also July 1, Sound Booths will join Editing Bays and Editing Workstations as resources available to all Melrose Members. Each of the Melrose Center’s two Sound Booths will be available to reserve once per day for two-hour sessions. Melrose Members will also be able to use available seating in the Center’s open area to use their own computers and devices for creative projects.

Call 407-835-7323 to speak to Melrose Center staff about reservations.

Looking ahead, we expect Studio Orientations and Assessments, Simulator Orientations and key in-person equipment classes to return in September.

Through May 1, short film submissions will be accepted to the 2021 Melrose Film Festival. The festival will be held virtually from September 9 to 23 and will feature screenings from selected films. Last year, film lovers watched selections from the 1,315 shorts, documentaries, animations, and music videos submitted from around the world.