SHORT FILMS, ART & EXPERIMENTAL

Troubled by the memories of a lost love, a young man attempts to lay his regrets to rest by recreating his story – but with a different ending. **Official Selection - Shorts From the World, 15th International Eskisehir Film Festival** **Official Selection - International Film Festival Manhattan NYC 2012** **Finalist - Short Film Category - Crystal Palace International Film Festival 2012** Directed by Aaron Palabyab & Pong Ignacio Cinematography by Pong Ignacio Screenplay by Camille Pilar & Aaron Palabyab Based on a short story by Camille Pilar Produced, edited, colored, and scored by Aaron Palabyab Cast: Aaron Palabyab, Dominique Garcia, and Reg Claravall Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ASecondFilm (If you loved the film and want to download a higher quality copy, you're welcome to buy it here: http://www.indiereign.com/video/a-second)

"A Second" (2012) 

Troubled by the memories of a lost love, a young man attempts to lay his regrets to rest by recreating his story – but with a different ending.

**Official Selection - Shorts From the World, 15th International Eskisehir Film Festival**
**Official Selection - International Film Festival Manhattan NYC 2012**
**Finalist - Short Film Category - Crystal Palace International Film Festival 2012**

Directed by Aaron Palabyab & Pong Ignacio
Cinematography by Pong Ignacio
Screenplay by Camille Pilar & Aaron Palabyab
Based on a short story by Camille Pilar
Produced, edited, colored, and scored by Aaron Palabyab

Cast: Aaron Palabyab, Dominique Garcia, and Reg Claravall

A profile on and collaboration with Polish artist Agnieszka Rowińska. Our first work as a collaborative duo, now known as Kometa. Created for Syrp's Everyday Humans Short Film Competition 2017 & winner of its Creative Filmmaking Award. Check out their awesome time-lapse and motion control gear at https://syrp.co/ Director, Camera, Editor, & Time-lapse: Aaron Palabyab Talent, Animation, & Artwork: Agnieszka Rowińska Original Score: Jason Richmond https://soundcloud.com/jason-richmond Produced during Nes Artist Residency, October-November 2017, Skagaströnd, Iceland Connect with us! instagram.com/kometa.art instagram.com/agnieszka.rowinska instagram.com/aaronpalabyab www.agnieszkarowinska.com www.aaronpalabyab.com

"The End of the World" (2017)

A profile on and collaboration with Polish artist Agnieszka Rowińska. Our first work as a collaborative duo, now known as Kometa.

Created for Syrp's Everyday Humans Short Film Competition 2017 & winner of its Creative Filmmaking Award. Check out their awesome time-lapse and motion control gear at syrp.co/

Director, Camera, Editor, & Time-lapse: Aaron Palabyab
Talent, Animation, & Artwork: Agnieszka Rowińska

Original Score: Jason Richmond
soundcloud.com/jason-richmond

Produced during Nes Artist Residency, October-November 2017, Skagaströnd, Iceland

"No English" is a social experiment in which two new friends from different countries voluntarily decide to spend the day together without speaking English, their only common language, for one entire day, during their artist residency in rural northwest Iceland. The film follows Aaron, a filmmaker from the Philippines, and Agnieszka, an artist from Poland, as they try to survive household chores, the cold outdoors, bad food, and each other, while understanding nothing of what the other person is saying. A film by Aaron Palabyab and Agnieszka Rowińska Filmed at Nes Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland

"No English" (2017)

“No English” a social experiment in which two new friends from different countries voluntarily decide to spend the day together without speaking English, their only common language, for one entire day, during their artist residency in rural northwest Iceland.

The film follows Aaron, a filmmaker from the Philippines, and Agnieszka, an artist from Poland, as they try to survive household chores, the cold outdoors, bad food, and each other, while understanding nothing of what the other person is saying.

Documentation of "Archivio," an installation by Polish artist Agnieszka Rowińska and Filipino filmmaker Aaron Palabyab, completed at the 33 Officina Creativa (33OC) Residency in Toffia, Italy. Assembled by the artists from scratch using only readily available materials, this is a prototype for future installations based on this concept. The installation takes inspiration from the small medieval town of Toffia, Italy, and the strong sense of the presence of the past within its walls. A large translucent oil painting was created and assembled by Agnieszka from several sheets. She then individually drew and cut around 500 human figures, corresponding to the number of people buried in the town's old cemetery, which were then hung in a web of string behind the painting. Then a time-lapse film of Toffia, shot by Aaron over one month, was projected onto the back of the painting and through the figures. The projector was placed on an automated camera slider in order to create a parallax effect with the shadows, with the result that it becomes difficult to determine where they exist in space. "Archivio" Installation by Agnieszka Rowińska and Aaron Palabyab with the assistance of Nick Stringer Produced at 33 Officina Creative Artist Residency in Toffia, Italy https://33oc.org/ Connect with the artists: http://www.agnieszkarowinska.com http://www.aaronpalabyab.com http://instagram.com/agnieszka.rowinska http://instagram.com/aaronpalabyab Music licensed via Epidemic Sound
Occurring somewhere between dreams, memory, and delusion, “Vangel” is a fictional short film by the collaborative duo of Polish visual artist Agnieszka Rowińska and Filipino filmmaker Aaron Palabyab about remembering something from before your time, and attempting to understand the source and meaning of these shadows from the past. Taking place in the abandoned Bazen Saraj swimming pool in Skopje, Macedonia, a place of unsettling energy where the filmmakers even experienced a threat to their persons during production, the film uses present-day footage from the site alongside found personal footage from its heyday exactly 33 years ago.
This is the story of a planet that wanted to become the Sun for another planet. A short film based on and featuring the book “Why are you kissing girls you don’t want to kiss” (Polish title: “Kosmiczne Rozczarowanie Miłosne”) by Agnieszka Rowińska. A project by Kometa, the collaborative duo of Polish visual artist Agnieszka Rowińska and Filipino filmmaker Aaron Palabyab. https://instagram.com/kometa.art Credits: Co-director, editor, time-lapse photography, English adaptation: Aaron Palabyab Co-director, writer, and animator: Agnieszka Rowińska Narrator and hand talent: Cathy Azanza-Dy Sound recording and additional cinematography: Paolo Dy Created for the 2018 NASA Cinespace Short Film Competition. Images and footage from NASA: https://images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20130418-AAV2560.html https://images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20110919-AAV2473.html https://images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20120828-AAV2719.html https://images.nasa.gov/details-54_GoldilocksPlanet.html https://images.nasa.gov/details-170_YinYangOfPolarSeaIce.html https://images.nasa.gov/details-Jeffs-Earth_YT.html https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012300/a012319/v1627a-H264_1920x1080.mp4 https://images.nasa.gov/details-ARC-20111219-AAV2468.html https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a030700/a030780/mercury_transit_2160p.mp4 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010000/a010082/SDSS1133_Zoom-Simulation_H264_Best_1920x1080_29.97.mov https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a010600/a010635/10635_Kuiper_Belt_H264_1280x720_30.mov https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012700/a012740/12740_NS_Merger_4k_Update_H264.mov https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a010000/a012800/a012884/Transit_Method_Narrated_Final_1080.mov https://images-assets.nasa.gov/video/190_HiddenMeltdown/190_HiddenMeltdown~orig.mp4 https://archive.org/details/ISSVideoResourceEarthViews720p https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/vis/a030000/a030700/a030763/R_Earth_slow_2304p.mp4

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