BAVC Media, formerly known as Bay Area Video Coalition, is a non-profit organization that works with media makers, activists, and community groups in the Bay Area and beyond to create, distribute, and preserve media. It’s a hub for media makers,…
Part 2: the WORD Q&A with BEFORE YOU Award Winning Director-Writer-Producer Lauren Melinda
Writer/Director/Producer Lauren Melinda is the founder of Simbelle Productions, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering women through film. “BEFORE YOU is a narrative short film based on true events …” – What are the true events? Is there something…
BEFORE YOU (2025) A Pièce de Résistance by Award-Winning Director Laura Melinda – Part 1
Non-linear story telling techniques, phantasmagoric and kaleidoscopic imagery, surrealistism and an evocative, minimalistic soundscape (with occasional nuances of a fetus heartbeat), and a dab of cinematic accoutrements will have slews and slews of audience members gasping and fidgeting (literally and figuratively) on the edge of their seats. – By Gregg W. Morris
Part 2 YADANG: THE SNITCH (2025)
A Rhapsodic, Kinetically Charged, Roller Coaster Ride of Relentless in Yer Face Action and Sanguineous Violence Opened April 25 in Theaters in the U.S. and Canada YADANG: THE SNITCH weaves the fates of three men: 1, an informant AKA as…
YADANG: THE SNITCH (2025) Is a Rhapsodic, Kinetically Charged, Roller Coaster Ride of Relentless in Yer Face Action and Sanguineous Violence – Part 1
The film delves into the hidden world of criminal wheeling and dealing in South Korea, and centers on the enigmatic figure of Yadang, a major facilitator as a dime-dropping snitch in the underground drug trade. YADANG THE SNITCH Filmmakers insist that their movie is the first of its kind, setting it apart from conventional action crime film in South Korea. – Article, Review by Gregg W. Morris
Overlook Film Fest 2025: Audience and Jury Awards for the Largest Ever Overlook Film Fest – Part 2
Audience Awards Winner — Feature Film The Ugly Stepsister Director: Emilie Blichfeldt Cast: Lea Myren, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Ane Dahl Torp, Flo Fagerli, Isac Calmroth, Malte Gårdinger Norway, 2024 In this warped, sinister spin on a Cinderella story, the lens…