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Hydrodynamica

A short experimental artwork expressing the poetry of fluids.
"Nature always tends to act in the simplest way."―Daniel Bernoulli

  • Stephen Bretschneider
    Director
  • Stephen Bretschneider
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    5 minutes 13 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 1, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Group Exhibition: Gallery5 "Colors"
    Richmond, VA
    United States
    September 1 – Sept 30, 2021
  • Sweden Film Awards

    Sweden
    Semi-Finalist—September 2021, Experimental Short Film
  • Rome Music Video Awards
    Rome
    Italy
    Finalist, Experimental Music Video
  • Munich Music Video Awards
    Munich
    Germany
    Finalist, Art Music Video
  • Hallucinea Film Festival
    Paris
    France
    Official Selection, Experimental Short Film
  • Europe Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    November 1, 2021
    Jury Award — Best Experimental Short
  • International Sound Future Awards
    New York City
    United States
    Semi-Finalist, Art Music Video
  • Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift
    Toronto, ON
    Canada
    December 17, 2021
    Winner, Best Original Score in Short
  • Madrid Arthouse Film Festival
    Madrid
    Spain
    March 31, 2022
    Semi-Finalist, Experimental Short
  • 10th International Video Poetry Festival
    Athens
    Greece
    September 30, 2022
    Official Selection
  • 2023 Performing Media Festival—South Bend Museum of Art
    South Bend, Indiana
    United States
    Video Art Installation in the Weikamp Galleries
    Jan 14 – Mar 19, 2023
  • International Cosmopolitan Film Festival of Tokyo
    Tokyo
    Japan
    December 7, 2023
    Semi-Finalist
Director Biography - Stephen Bretschneider

Steve Bretschneider is an American-born graphic designer, filmmaker, and video artist. He has a BFA degree from Syracuse University's College of Visual and Performing Arts. Bretschneider creates short video works exploring the harmonic relationship of art and science. Other works examine the relationship between natural and built environments. These use collages of graphic elements layered over urban and nature footage.
He lives in Richmond, Virginia.

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Director Statement

This short piece is a visual poem to human fascination with fluids in motion, from the observations of Archimedes, through the work of Daniel Bernoulli, to anyone mesmerized by ocean waves breaking on a beach.