Dream Sequence: Stasis

A nonverbal film about dissociation/disruption of time, dreams, and memories. Directed, produced, filmed, and edited by Adam E. Stone. Additional cinematography by Hong Zhou. Filmed in New Taipei City, Taiwan; Osaka, Japan; Sapporo, Japan; United States. Total run time, including credits: 2 minutes, 40 seconds. Various formats, all with open or closed captions, are available upon request. Select "CC" button on Vimeo player for English-language closed captions that describe the nonverbal audio.

  • Adam E Stone
    Director
  • Adam E Stone
    Producer
  • Adam E Stone
    Cinematographer
  • Hong Zhou
    Additional Cinematographer
  • Adam E Stone
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2025
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    Japan, Taiwan, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • DELETE TV
    Vienna, Austria
    Austria
    May 21, 2025
    World Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival (Summer Screenings 2025)
    Toronto, Ontario (online)
    Canada
    June 14, 2025
    Semi-Finalist
  • Quantum Intimacies (Millennium Film Workshop)
    Brooklyn, New York
    United States
    June 20, 2025
    North American Premiere
    Official Selection
  • KinoDrome
    Cleveland, Ohio
    United States
    September 27, 2025
    Ohio Premiere
    Official Selection and "Sound and Image Based Experimental Cinema" Award Nominee
  • Brainwash
    San Francisco, California
    United States
    November 14, 2025
    California Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Big Muddy Film Festival
    Carbondale, Illinois
    United States
    March 19, 2026
    Illinois Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Denver Underground Film Festival
    Denver, Colorado
    United States
    June 17, 2026
    Colorado Premiere
    Official Selection
  • VASTLAB VLX 7.5
    Chicago, Illinois
    United States
    July 31, 2026
    Chicago Premiere
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Adam E Stone

Adam E. Stone is an independent filmmaker from the Midwestern United States. His films have been featured at over 250 prominent, well-curated festivals worldwide, and have won numerous awards. He has made feature-length experimental films, short poem films, short dance films, and other short experimental films. Stone also is one of the co-producers of, and conducted many of the interviews for, two feature-length documentaries: "Miss Fury and the Lost Legacy of Tarpé Mills" (2024), and "Black Hawk Down: The Untold Story" (DVD 2019). In 2012, Stone wrote and produced the spoken-word ballet "A Life Unhappening," which is about the impact of one woman's Alzheimer's disease on three generations of her family. In 2010, he wrote, directed, and produced the DVD novel "Cache Girl Saves the World: A Novel in Visions." He is also the author of three conventional print novels.

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