DocFest: Hidden/Halo/Clowns

Hidden Levels: Machinima: Back in the 90s, artists turned video games into movie sets, and their wildest ideas are finally hitting documentaries. Before “virtual production” existed, filmmakers cracked open PC games and used them like back-lot studios. (Andrew Callaway, 30min)

Halo, Good Moraling: Farm boy, serviceman, biker, trucker, baker, wood worker, mechanic, father, philosopher and Haight-Ashbury mainstay, Frank “Dago” Barron has been living on the streets of San Francisco since the 1970’s. This is my time spent with him over 2 years as he reminds us of maintaining morality in a difficult world.(Casey Ruiz O’Reilly, 24min)

Send More Clowns: In summer 2025, amid the rise of authoritarianism worldwide, queer charismatic clown Rose led ten marginalized students through a six-week “Fool School Clown Class” in Michigan, where laughter became a bridge to connection, transformation, healing, and hope. (Toko Shiiki, 27 min)