Hierophany
Florida Premiere
Country: USA
Language: English
Running Time: 11min
Film Year: 2018
Category: Knight Made in MIA Short Film Award
Aaron steals a backpack full of rabbits, which he hopes to sell for cash. An encounter with a lost falcon searching for its falconer beckons him to repent and return to his divine origin. In glistening black and white cinematography, “Hierophany” finds a visual expression of an eternal cerebral struggle to understand the intangible presence of spiritual power in our lives.
This film screens as part of SHORTS 1
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credits
Director: Kevin Contento
Producer: Frank O'Neill, Kevin Contento
Screenwriter: Kevin Contento
Production Company: One Love Picture Classics
Music: Michael Gayle
Cinematographer: Chris Blandon, Kevin Contento
Editor: Askeda
Kevin Contento
Kevin Contento is a Colombian-American filmmaker who grew up in South Florida. A University of Central Florida alumni, he majored in Cinema Studies. He earned his MFA for Screenwriting and Directing from the graduate film program at Columbia University’s School of the Arts. “Hierophany” (2018) is Contento’s directorial debut.
