Visions Review

 This was my third year going to visions and it was my first time ever having a film in one of the film blocks. Having my film in the festival was an amazing and incredibly nerve racking experience, that I enjoyed in retrospect but at the actual moment of my film being shown I actually nearly vomited, I was so nervous. I also got to take part in the 1 take video race. even though I had been to visions before I had never done the video race and i have to say I had a great time, doing it. I was a little nervous about it at first but it ended up being really fun and I got to meet two really awesome filmmakers that were on my team. as far as the films go, I saw a lot that I was absolutely blown away by, especially from some that were in the same block that I was in. The Provider and Yamashita were probably my favorite in that block just because they hit hard on an emotional level. In the second block my favorite films were probably Beast and Frogboy. Frogboy was so simple and yet so brilliant all at the same time. I actually hung out with Jehan Madhani, the creator of Frogboy and made a good connection with her. While I was there I talked with alot of really cool and talented filmmakers, like Jean Jacques, the director of Beast. Jean Jacques was quite the interesting individual to say the least. My overall impression of the festival itself is quite positive, I always forget that the entire thing is ran by students. It is put together so well that you often forget that it isn’t ran by a professional team. And i know that we weren't supposed to talk about the after party, but in all seriousness, It was really put together quite well and I had an absolute blast.