Order Disruption
Making things isn’t easy. Making awesome things is even less easy. Moving ideas from your brain into the world requires planning, especially when there are teams of people involved. We think about executing a lot. Like, all the time. Literally around the clock all the way up until the moment we finish. Our plans are high-definition road maps with turn-by-turn directions so everyone can follow every detail from start to finish. Planning is where we solve problems so executing can be happy, like Bob Ross happy.
Password: ratnashrestha
Feature-Length Documentary - Cinema Verite
An ORDER disruption
DIR. Matt Blackburn
2020
Blue Kangling
Death is one of the most elusive and taboo concepts. It’s permanence and uncertainty have mystified and confounded humans for millennia. One aspect however, that we know for certain, is one day we will all die.
Tibetan Buddhist have multifaceted explanations, theories and practices around their concept of death and what happens to a consciousness once it collapses into darkness. Thousands of years of meditation, teachings and living in extreme conditions have given way to rich existential theories built on basic human truths.
Blue Kangling is a film that uncovers the collective consciousness of death for Tibetan Buddhist. It is an observational approach revealing individuals who shape, influence and live according to this knowledge. Understanding is established through intimate portraits of commoners, as well as the philosophical and culturally enlightened who offer meaning and insight behind Tibetan Buddhism. Exploring rituals and practices from generations past, we uncover early cultural influences and explanations that answer the existential questions, “Why are they here?” and “Where they will ultimately go?”
Winner, Best Feature Documentary Director, Rancagua, Chile, 2020
Winner, Best First Feature Film by the Director, Rancagua, Chile, 2020
Winner, Best Cinematography in Feature Film, Rancagua, Chile, 2020
Winner Documentary Film, Virgin Spring Cinefest, Kolkata, India, 2020
Winner Honorable Mention, Top Shorts, Los Angeles, California, 2020
Winner Best Documentary, TMFF, London, UK, 2020
Winner Best Cinematography, Sweden Film Awards, Norrbottens Lan, Sweden, 2020
Winner Best Feature Documentary, New Cinema, Lisbon, Portugal, 2020
Winner Best Cinematographer, American Golden Picture International Film Festival, Jacksonville, Florida, USA, 2020
Publicolar
“too many of our schools are environments of failure. they’re so hostile. In my research I discovered that if you effect public space, you effect more people more of the time.” Ruth Shuman, founder & president, Publicolor
Short Documentary Film - Public Service - Education - Art
Dir. Matt Blackburn
2015
Publicolor, Brunner, Tarkett, Tandus Centiva, Johnsonite, Desso, Antron Gold for Best Commercial Cinematography, American Advertising Awards, USA Silver for Public Service Film, American Advertising Awards, USA Bronze for Integrated Campaign, American Advertising Awards, USA Official Selection and Screening, Marche Du Film at Cannes Festival, Cannes France Integrated Marketing, Public Relations Society of America, PRSA Renaissance Awards, USA Official Selection, Hollywood International Independent Documentary Awards, USA Official Selection, Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, USA Official Selection, Roma Cinema Doc, Italy