AN EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR

Festivals: Chelsea Film Festival (2022), Nice International Film Festival, France (2024), Seatle Film Festival (2024), Long Island Film Festival (2023), Roosevelt Island Film Festival (2023), Queens World Film Festival (2024

Awards: BEST FEATURE FILM, BEST DIRECTOR, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST LEAD ACTOR, BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, BEST SCORE - Long Island Film Festival (2023)

POSTDEMIC

Festivals (Official Selection): Chelsea Film Festival (2021), Bridgeport Film Festival (2022) -“Winner”- Best Cinematography, Cannes World Film Festival (2022), New York Long Island Film Festival (2022), ROFIFE (2022), One Earth Awards (2022)

RUBBERNECK

Festivals (Official Selection): Moving Pictures (2018), China International Film Exhibition (2018), Misty Moon International Film Festival (2018), CKF International Film Festival (2019), Dunedin International Film Festival (2019)

DELIVERY HOUR

Festivals (Official Selection): Art of Brooklyn Film Festival (2015), China International Film Exhibition (2015), Euro International Film Festival (2016)

 

CHROMA FLOW

Experience a soothing four-minute sensory meditation designed to rekindle inner serenity. CHROMA FLOW, inspired by the color field paintings of Mark Rothko, beckons visitors to immerse themselves in a harmony of color, music, and contemplation.

The colors captured in CHROMA FLOW are achieved without the use of lenses. Instead, the artist directly records to the camera's exposed sensor, allowing colors to manifest in their purest form. At a time when social and political distrust are prevalent, CHROMA FLOW serves as a four-minute daily reset for those seeking solace and reprieve from the discordant world around them.

Commissioned by Montreuil Dekkologue Gallery.

Conceived & Filmed by Benjamin Orifici

Original Music by Carl Frederick

Runtime: 4 min. 20 sec

Genre: Video Art Installation ©2022

 

CUBA TV: ANALOG

CUBA TV is a video art installation for Gallery 457 in Havana, Cuba. Inspired by the Analog Days of yore, CUBA TV allows the arm-chair visitor to experience the tastes and flavors from Havana, Pinar del Rio, Vinales to Matanzas. [Excerpt]

Commissioned by Gallery 457.

Conceived & Filmed by Benjamin Orifici

Runtime: 14 mins.

Genre: Video Art Installation ©2021

 

CONEY WINTER

CONEY WINTER: A CINEMA HAIKU is a video art installation inspired by the Japanese Haiku 17 syllable poem structure. Just as the Japanese Haiku distills its subject through a short, evocative 17 syllable structure, Cinema Haiku attempts to distill a place through a rapid and evocative succession of 17 shots.

Conceived & Filmed by Benjamin Orifici

Runtime: 33 sec.

Genre: Video Art Installation ©2019