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70 MIN / COLOR / FRANCO-ITALIAN + ENGLISH / SURROUND

 NOMOTOPOWELL  explores unnamed histories around a village in Florida. Structured as a travelogue, and combining landscapes with abstracted archival texts and voices, the film summons the spirits that haunt a shape-shifting territory, reflecting a violent national residue without ever leaving the village.




WORLD PREMIERE
FIDMarseille
- International Competition -

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FIDMarseille Interview
English 

Cineuropa
49 world premieres on the agenda at FIDMarseille

Screen Daily
FIDMarseille 2022 unveils line-up



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SPANISH PREMIERE
COMPETITION
NOVOS CINEMAS E07
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA DE PONTEVEDRA
- SECCION OFICIAL -




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LATIN AMERICAN PREMIERE
Festival Internacional de Cine Documental Buenos Aires | FIDBA #10
- International Competition -

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CALIGARI Interview 
English / Español





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RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS
2023 EDITION




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NOMOTOPOWELL Work in Progress - Pitching at
Ji.Hlava IDFF 2021 : New Visions Forum: US

Variety
U.S. Documentaries Selected for
Ji.hlava Film Festival’s New Visions Forum




     

AWARD NOMINATIONS


Grand Prix of the International Competition (FIDMarseille)

Premio a la Mejor Película de la Competencia Internacional de Largometrajes (FIDBA) 

Premio NOVOS CINEMAS á mellor longametraxe da Sección Oficial (NOVOS Cinemas)

Premio XURADO NOVO á mellor dirección da Sección Oficial (NOVOS Cinemas)

Premio da CRÍTICA ao mellor filme das seccións competitivas (NOVOS Cinemas)

Premio do PÚBLICO (NOVOS Cinemas)


INQUIRY


NOMOTOPOWELL [a] GMAIL 




CREDITS


A film by
Brent Chesanek

Cinematography
Owen Levelle
Brent Chesanek

Original score
Chris Zabriskie

Narration
Alessandro Magania
Daniel B.C. Powell
Wendy Kay White
Krysta Wallrauch
Ana M. Beranek

Re-recording Mixer
Kevin T. Allen












European Festival Poster


North American Key Art







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LANNA APISUKH × FUJIFILM



Lanna Apisukh invited me to collaborate with her on a profile of her and her work for Fujifilm.

She wrote her initial rough interview script outline and we brought on Kenny Wu to shoot the Chinatown street footage. 

We then shot her interview in BKC’s studio, before I took over editing the on-the-street and interview footage together into a singular piece that combines artist profile with product launch. 










Creative Director /
Edit / Sound Recording:
Brent Chesanek

Creative Director / Producer / Photographer:
Lanna Apisukh

Chinatown DP:
Kenny Wu

Sound Mix:
Chris Zabriskie

Studio & Lighting:
BKC


A selection of works I’ve edited:


For Loyal Kaspar (also compositing, animation):










For FujiFilm (also Creative Director, graphics provided by client)





Trailer for my film City World (also Director):






For Showtime Networks.

Using their pre-existing animation pattern, these spots contain a single line of dialog and only eight shots, with the purose of encapsulating an entire season within fifteen seconds:









These spacers for Showtime Networks are built from key-art elements, which I animated and edited. 





Music videos I directed, edited, and animated:




For Haitian Initiative (also Creative Director)







Music videos I edited for Saline Project:








HAITIAN INITIATIVE


Tod Herskovitz and Tony Sanneh of the Haitian Iniative invited me to create a profile of their non-profit work in Haiti.


Creative Director:
Brent Chesanek

Produced by:
Tod Herskovitz
Tony Sanneh
Andrew Corkin
Andrew Renzi 

Camera:
Owen Levelle








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