Experiencing Interruptions?

Sapient

'Sapient' is a Fashion Film featuring the art of Australian designer Rachel Burke. It is the culmination of 6 months labour and involving many hundreds of hours of post-production visual effects rendering.

  • Ryan Renshaw
    Director
    Bubblegum, Happy Ending, Still Life, Sapient, Warped Observance, Yurodivy, Hiphop Puree, We Know Who You Are
  • Sara Taghaode
    Executive Producer
  • Tilly Towler
    Line Producer
  • Rachel Burke
    Fashion Designer
  • Renee Freeman
    Key Cast
  • Riley Colquist
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Fashion Film
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 46 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 24, 2021
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Aspect Ratio:
    17:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 2024 The Indie Channel, SVOD Global Streaming Rights
    SVOD
    November 1, 2024
  • 2024 New Generation Film Festival
    Belgrade
    Serbia
    November 1, 2024
  • 2023 Milan Fashion Film Festival
    Milan
    Italy
    European Premiere
  • 2023 ONED Art & Experimental Film Festival
    Beijing
    China
    Asian Premiere
  • 2023 ONED Art & Experimental Film Festival
    Toulouse
    France
  • 2023 Altered Images
    London
    United Kingdom
  • 2022 Canadian International Fashion Film Festival
    Toronto
    Canada
  • 2022 La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival
    San Diego
    United States
    World Premiere
    Best Visual Effects
  • 2022 Aesthetica Film Festival
    York
    United Kingdom
  • 2022 UK Fashion Film Festival
    Manchester
    United Kingdom
  • 2022 Croatia Fashion Film Festival
    Dubrovnik
    Croatia
    Best Visual Effects
  • 2022 NoWHere Film Festival, Seoul, Korea
    Seoul
    Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
    Opening Film
  • 2022 Pimcomedy Fashion Film Festival
    New York
    United States
  • 2022 NFT New Media Experimental and Digital Arts Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    Honourable Mention
  • 2022 Delete TV
    SVOD, Europe
  • 2022 BADC Awards
    Brisbane
    Australia
    Bronze
Director Biography - Ryan Renshaw

A graduate of the esteemed Institut Villa Pierrefeu Finishing School with a Bachelor of Etiquette (with honours), Ryan Renshaw is film and television director based in the city of Shangri-La.
His career began in the 1990’s where he worked as a director for MTV in Australia, the United States and in Latin America. He has completed more than 80 music videos and worked as creative director for INXS.
Over the past 6 years he has turned his attention to Screendance. His screendance works have been screened at over 150 international film festivals including the prestigious San Francisco Dance Film Festival and Screendance International in Stockholm, and won the Jury Prize at the 2020 LA Dance Film Festival, the Grand Prix Nuria Font, Best International Film at Spain’s 2021 Fiver International Dance Film Festival, the Jury Prize for Best Film at 2020 Zinetika Festival in Pamplona, San Sebastian and Bilbao, Best In Show at Inspired Dance Film Festival, Sydney, Best Film at the NoWhere Festival in Seoul and the Audience Prize for Best Film at the 2020 Inshadow Festival, Portugal.

Add Director Biography