Director: Daniel Maldonado

Film: in darkness there is light

Bio: WINNER * Founder’s Choice- Best Experimental Short- Queens World Film Festival.

Embracing the eternal harmony of light and darkness’ ephemeral dance, “…in darkness there is light” draws upon the fragility of life and celluloid. It is a handcrafted film told as a textured visual haiku centered on the iconic #7 subway train in New York City. It is a portrait on healing through time, bathed in shadow, light-scapes, silhouettes and locomotion.

Celluloid and subway tracks merge through emotional color abstractions for which “hungry ghosts” find transcendence.

Recorded sound vibrations and pinhole cinematography capture a time & place forever etched in our history.

With a score masterfully crafted by composer, Mike Vernusky, the film is a cinematic elegy on presence within absence dedicated to a community.

Featured in the New York Times, Daniel is a multi award winning LatinX/é filmmaker who’s experimental work has been showcased in group shows at the Museum Of Modern Art, Rome’s Maxxi Museum BNL and Miami’s Superblue Art Center.

Rooted in the New York avant-garde under the mentorship of acclaimed film poet Manfred Kirchheimer, Daniel has been exploring a personal vision with a commitment to an intuitive process. As a Creative Capital- On The Radar Co-Artist, his handcrafted celluloid and digital video works have been commissioned and exhibited in galleries, conferences, symposiums and art fairs over the last 15 years.

He currently has two shorts that are being showcased on the festival circuit.

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