"Candyland" – A Short Film by David Gil Premiering at NewFest

Twisted

Short Film by David Gil

Coming Soon

Synopsis

"Before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation."
Auguste Rodin

A renowned aging sculptor seeking revival and an aspiring model chasing immortality are drawn into the twisted depths of the New York City art scene, where they become entangled with “the fire of their own creation.”

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"Candyland" – A Short Film by David Gil Premiering at NewFest

Candyland

Short Film by David Gil

NewFest 2024. TRANSgressive Program Official Selection
Blow-Up Art House Film Fest 2024. Semi-Finalist

Synopsis

An American teenager conditioned to perceive gun violence as a game, and his hormonally unbalanced trans-mother, who is struggling with access to hormones, are challenged by an inevitable adrenaline crash on their journey to Candyland.

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Eloge of Movement documentary by David Gil

Eloge of Movement

Short Documentary by David Gil

Screened by France Télévisions and Le Grand Action (Paris)

Synopsis

A group of dancers affected by Huntington, hereditary neurodegenerative illness characterized by involuntary movements, engage in a series of contemporary dance workshops that lead to a protocol of neuroscientific research to measure the contribution of dance for those affected by the incurable and stigmatizing disease.

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Experimental

Confession photographic storyboard by David Gil

Confession I

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Cowriter and Creative Director
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Photographic Storyboard
France
2010

A critically acclaimed sculptor going through art block is hunted by the soul of his latest masterpiece as an investigation around multiple disappearances unfolds.

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Performance

Out of the Shadow Performance mise en scene by David Gil

Out of the Shadow

Scenographer
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Performance
Japan
2015

Performed during the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima’s atomic bomb, Out of the Shadow stages the struggle of those A-bomb survivors who have not yet been officially recognized as Hibakusha and therefore don’t count with the government’s support to treat their illnesses caused by internal exposure to radiation.

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"Color Theory" – A Critical Exploration of Screens and Reality by David Gil

Color Theory

Writer Director

Performance
usa
2011

Color Theory uses SMPTE colors to question collective trauma broadcasted live during the most televised catastrophes in history, which took place in a Reality TV hooked nation.

SMPTE color bars are TV test patterns that give screen engineers an indication of how video signals may have been altered and what adjustments must be made to bring them back to specs.

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"A Portrait of My Time performance confronting gun violence in America."

Portrait of my Time

Writer Director

Performance
usa
‍2007

The simplest surrealist act "consists in going into a street with revolvers in your fist and shooting blindly into the crowd”, André Breton, founder of surrealism, claimed in his Manifesto.

From 2015-21, over 19,000 people were shot and wounded or killed in mass shootings in the United States, the most heavily armed and "surrealist" civilian population.   

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