Film Sound Work

Plena Stellarum / Short film

Neon ghosts dreaming in dead landscapes.

Sound edit, mix and design: Jacob Kinch

Director and animator: Matthew Wade

(Flashing/strobing lights throughout.)

Reneepoptosis / Short film

Three Renees go on a quest to find God, who is also Renee. As they traverse the mountains and valleys of Renee, they experience all the great joys, tragedies, and mysteries of being Renee.

Sound edit, mix and design: Jacob Kinch

Director and Animator: Renee Zhan

Winner of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival jury prize.

A Black Rift Begins to Yawn / Feature film

Two women work on a mysterious project that distorts their memories of time, place, and identity.

Watch the film on the Slamdance Channel

Sound edit, mix and design: Jacob Kinch

Director: Matthew Wade

Slamdance Film Festival, 2021 (World Premiere)

Maniac Landscapes / Short film

Flowers come to life in a house of death.

Sound edit, mix and design: Jacob Kinch

Director and Animator: Matthew Wade

Going Under / Short film

Traveling back through childhood, and forward through watercolor images and personal videoed experiments, going under is a short personal documentary/essay film that wants to die. The film and the artist work towards the place where an understanding of swimming, language, desire, and death all live and fail simultaneously.

Sound design and mix: Jacob Kinch

Director: Timothy David Orme

Eyes at the Specter Glass / Short film

Eyes at the Specter Glass is a sci-fi light and sound show that gathers its power through subtle manipulations of the frame. It feels like both a memory and a fever dream, as its starscapes create equal parts captivating and confusing perspectives that demand to be seen on the biggest screen possible.

WORLD PREMIERE - Slamdance 2019

ONLINE PREMIERE - Director's Notes 2021

BEST EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION - Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival 2021

Music mix: Jacob Kinch

Visuals and Score: Matthew Wade

Grip / Short film

A figure tries to turn into a tree again and again. A game.

Sound edit, mix and design: Jacob Kinch

Director and Animator: Timothy David Orme

How the Sky Will Melt / Feature film

Gwen, a musician with a growing paranoia disorder, returns to her hometown after a traumatic event. Diverting their emotional issues with a strange and unholy discovery, she and her friends begin to deteriorate the fabric of the universe.

Watch the film on No Budge

Sound edit, mix and design: Jacob Kinch

Director: Matthew Wade