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Almost There
Audience Feedback from the Action/Adventure Film Festival.
"Almost There" was a short made to be Quiet Flame's first official film.
As a project, it was made with 4 objectives in mind:
1) To be a visual depiction of the struggle of refugees as told through the lens of fight choreography. Additionally, on a larger scale, to showcase the Quiet Flame style of storytelling; intelligent, socially-conscious commentary in the context of action cinema.
2) To showcase a traditional Japanese weapon rarely used in modern film fighting, (the Yari, or Japanese spear) but to do so in a modern context.
3) To create a historically accurate depiction of how the weapon was used (often held above the head and used to attack the legs to take away mobility)
4) To tell a deeply human, and universally understandable story, and to do so without a single word of dialog.
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(Best Short Film)
![ISA_HM_Oct_2022_-_Golden small.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d36386_a15bfb93b69240daab2ba60bca5f2de4~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_102,y_194,w_1806,h_776/fill/w_256,h_110,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/ISA_HM_Oct_2022_-_Golden%20small.png)
(Best Action Short)
![ISF_AW_Oct2022_-_Gold.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d36386_5ce102371c1c4f20986a9a668a3f9416~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_0,y_220,w_3000,h_1362/fill/w_232,h_105,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/ISF_AW_Oct2022_-_Gold.png)
(Best Sound Design)
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(Best Sound Design)
![ISF_AN_Oct2022_-_Gold small.png](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d36386_17cb9f324416466f99e1f216b0a6c2ac~mv2.png/v1/crop/x_106,y_152,w_1795,h_901/fill/w_219,h_110,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/ISF_AN_Oct2022_-_Gold%20small.png)
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(Best Editing)
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(Best Action Short)
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(Best Action Short)
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