Experiencing Interruptions?

Andrei

As contemporary life submerges us further into the digital realm, will we forget how to connect with the natural world? This film imagines a ritual for feeding birds, shaped from misremembered childhood memories.

  • Natasha Cantwell
    Director
  • Andrei Romaniuk
    Key Cast
  • Reilly Smethurst
    Composer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 27, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    New Zealand
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English, No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    16mm
  • Aspect Ratio:
    4:3
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Edmonton Underground Film Festival
    Edmonton
    Canada
    October 20, 2024
  • HIDDEN Rookwood Films
    Sydney
    Australia
    September 10, 2022
  • Gallery Kyy: ELO(KUVA)KUU
    Tampere
    Finland
    August 6, 2022
  • Marseille Underground Film and Music Festival
    Marseille
    France
    November 21, 2021
  • La.Meko Film Festival
    Landau
    Germany
    November 1, 2021
  • Media Monsters
    Portland, OR
    United States
    October 21, 2021
  • ALC VideoArt Festival
    Alicante
    Spain
    September 3, 2021
  • Videopark Festival
    Užice
    Serbia
    July 22, 2021
  • Kutaisi International Short Film Festival
    Kutaisi
    Georgia
    May 8, 2021
  • Micro Festival - Barcelona
    Barcelona
    Spain
    April 13, 2021
  • Alternative Film/Video Festival
    Belgrade
    Serbia
    December 9, 2020
    Jury Award for Significant Achievement
  • Micro Festival - Hondarribia
    Hondarribia
    Spain
    August 6, 2020
  • Diametrale - Experimental Film Festival
    Innsbruck
    Austria
    July 18, 2020
  • Experiments in Cinema
    Albuquerque, NM
    United States
    June 1, 2020
  • Micro Festival - Madrid
    Madrid
    Spain
    January 25, 2020
  • Stuttgarter Filmwinter
    Stuttgart
    Germany
    January 18, 2020
  • Pori Film Festival
    Pori
    Finland
    November 27, 2019
  • Penthimeron of Greek & International Cinema
    Athens
    Greece
    November 12, 2019
  • Trashxploitation Film Festival at AKC Medika
    Zagreb
    Croatia
    November 10, 2019
  • Timeline BH Festival
    Belo Horizonte
    Brazil
    October 25, 2019
  • Facade Video Festival
    Plovdiv
    Bulgaria
    September 20, 2019
  • Llawn Festival
    Llandudno
    United Kingdom
    September 13, 2019
  • Winnipeg Underground Film Festival
    Winnipeg
    Canada
    May 31, 2019
  • Funki Utopie
    Paris
    France
    March 23, 2019
Director Biography - Natasha Cantwell

Natasha Cantwell is a Melbourne-based experimental filmmaker whose work explores the tension between inner and outer selves. Drawing on performance art and horror cinema, her 16mm films balance humour with unease. Her work has screened internationally, including at Experiments in Cinema in the United States, as well as Stuttgart Filmwinter and EMAF in Germany. In 2025, she undertook an artist residency at Arteles Creative Center in Finland.

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