Salute Your Shorts 2019 – Discoveries: Awakening
Discoveries: Awakening is a film that highlights beauty, motion, and life experiences from this past year. Life is full of moments (both big and small) which we all can awaken and experience fully.
Interview with Director/Producer/Editor/Actor Noah Semeria
Congratulations! Why did you make your film?
From a personal awakening within my own life, I realized many, like myself, may suffer from unconsciousness. As we go through the motions of life, we often take all the beauty around us for granted, and we must awaken to the beauty of life.
Imagine I’m a member of the audience. Why should I watch this film?
It may serve as a simple reminder to awaken to the beauty that is all around us.
How do personal and universal themes work in your film?
The themes in this film can apply to all as it did to myself - to never forget the beauty of life.
How have the script and film evolved over the course of their development?
This was all a creative piece that flowed together through the course of last year, although, there was no real script to the film.
What type of feedback have you received so far?
So far, I have received wonderful feedback, many saying they have never looked at life in the ways portrayed in the film or many may have missed the beauty in there everyday life and now see life in a new way.
Has the feedback surprised or challenged your point of view?
All the great feedback has made me happy that the film has touched many viewers the way I hoped for.
What are you looking to achieve by having your film more visible on www.wearemovingstories.com?
Hopefully, by having my film more visible on wearemovingstories, my film will get more exposure, thus bringing in more people who may be touched by the simple but powerful story and possibly help fund/work together on future films!!
Who do you need to come on board (producers, sales agents, buyers, distributors, film festival directors, journalists) to amplify this film’s message?
As I have done every part of the film myself and not looking to sell the film, I would love to have a producer come aboard to see the films next steps or my next steps as a filmmaker.
What type of impact and/or reception would you like this film to have?
I only wish for the film to act as a simple reminder and motivator to all.
What’s a key question that will help spark a debate or begin a conversation about this film?
Why am I not happy? Why is my life so boring?
What other projects are the key creatives developing or working on now?
I am working on a documentary involving the many times forgotten beauty of being young. From young and old peoples perspectives.
Interview: August 2019
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Discoveries: Awakening
Discoveries: Awakening is a film that highlights beauty, motion, and life experiences from this past year. Life is full of moments (both big and small) which we all can awaken and experience fully.
Length: 2:58
Director: Noah Semeria
Producer: Noah Semeria
Writer: Noah Semeria
Instagram: @nokufilm
Where can I watch it next and in the coming month? August 18th, 2019 @1:10 PM Assistance League Theater LA, CA