Dear TRENDS Diary,
Art is an essential part of the human experience, especially in such trying times as these. The Watershed Quarantine Film Festival aims to provide an outlet and platform for sharing artistic endeavors during the COVID-19 pandemic.
My piece is a short film showcasing the absurdity of everyday life during isolation.
The film fest is a place for artistic expression through short films as well as a hub for nonfiction personal stories about life during the pandemic. It helps us remember that we’re all in this together and I think it’s very important that we’re able to share and hear other peoples’ stories.
We’re making ourselves available to people as a resource to share their experiences, reaching out to communities in Boulder, stretching even outside of the United States. The internet has given us a very accessible platform to do that, and all of the films are being housed on our website, which is currently available in English and Spanish.
We encourage members of the community to send in video stories about their experiences, and if anyone needs help producing their films, young local filmmakers are available to answer questions and have produced tutorial videos on various aspects of filmmaking on the site.
You can watch these films at https://sites.google.com/watershedschool.org/watershedfilmfestival/home
– Lee S, as told to Keira Leaves
