{"id":2142,"date":"2026-04-06T03:24:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T03:24:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bfashow.dmd.uconn.edu\/2026\/?p=2142"},"modified":"2026-04-09T14:02:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:02:46","slug":"nothing-except-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bfashow.dmd.uconn.edu\/2026\/nothing-except-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Nothing, Except You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio uagb-block-vtch0jvd alignwide uagb-is-root-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-info-box uagb-block-7gzwqvxn uagb-infobox__content-wrap  uagb-infobox-icon-above-title uagb-infobox-image-valign-top\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-content\"><div class=\"uagb-ifb-title-wrap\"><p class=\"uagb-ifb-title-prefix\">Short Film<\/p><h1 class=\"uagb-ifb-title\">Nothing, Except You<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nothing, Except You - Trailer - Dan Root\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1180476730?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"213\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio uagb-block-5d14a065 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div data-aos= \"fade-right\" data-aos-duration=\"400\" data-aos-delay=\"0\" data-aos-easing=\"ease\" data-aos-once=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-4b65b89d\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e0082cf6 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-26e8081a\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Daniel Root<\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-03f5dcbb\"><h3 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Northborough, MA<\/h3><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-8ae5a0fe\"><h3 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Advisor: <strong><strong>Ryan Brown<\/strong><\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-6f5037cc\"><h4 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Artist Bio<\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">Daniel Root is a Massachusetts-based director and cinematographer. He is currently an enrolled senior at the University of Connecticut studying film and video production.&nbsp; He specializes in works centered around nature, spirituality, and faith. His debut short, <em>A Sunday Afternoon (2025), <\/em>was selected as part of the Sessions Lift Off Global Network Festival. His second short, <em>Nothing, Except You,<\/em> is currently in post-production and is slated for a Spring 2026 release. His DP works include <em>Heavy Hitters (<\/em>2026), <em>Colleen\u2019s Story (2026) &amp;<\/em> <em>Bliss Resale (2025).<\/em> In his free time, Daniel enjoys time with his family, friends, and in the gym.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-aos= \"fade-left\" data-aos-duration=\"400\" data-aos-delay=\"0\" data-aos-easing=\"ease\" data-aos-once=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-787c2033\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-33d869bf wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bfashow.dmd.uconn.edu\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/Daniel-Root-Headshot-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-1563\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" title=\"Daniel Root Headshot\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio uagb-block-f6f9c3e4 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-899e302d\"><h4 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Artist Statement<\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><em>Nothing, Except You<\/em> was born from my own exhaustion with the \u201cnoise\u201d of the contemporary world and what remains when everything else is stripped away. I wanted to explore the divide between humans&#8217; hunger for earthly belonging and the persistent and quiet pull towards the eternal.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">I am making this film to move beyond the intellectual argument for faith and into the mysticism of the experience of it. I want to capture the \u201cspiritual desert\u201d the heavy, uncomfortable, physical reality of God\u2019s silence. In my own life, I\u2019ve found that faith is anything but a straight line. In reality, it is wandering, doubting, and occasionally stumbling into grace. I want this film to function as a cinematic liturgy, using a non-narrative structure to mirror how we experience the spirit. Not as a plot, but as a sequence of visual prayers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">By centering the film on a protagonist grappling with inner burdens, I am attempting to convert my personal inner conflicts into a shared language of silence and image. <em>Nothing, Except You<\/em> is a move beyond traditional storytelling. To create an environment where the audience doesn&#8217;t just observe a character&#8217;s journey but feels the weight of her silence and the stillness of her prayer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-slider wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio uagb-block-f263f817 uagb-slider-container\"><div class=\"uagb-slides uagb-swiper\"><div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-slider-child uagb-slider-child-wrap swiper-slide uagb-block-ade93ac2\"><div class=\"swiper-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-cdc44df8 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-d5bb1180 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bfashow.dmd.uconn.edu\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-10.42.07-PM-1024x418.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-2145\" width=\"1024\" height=\"418\" title=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"presentation\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-slider-child uagb-slider-child-wrap swiper-slide uagb-block-8355035d\"><div class=\"swiper-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-02af7eaa alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-01ebb901 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bfashow.dmd.uconn.edu\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-10.39.10-PM-1024x409.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-2146\" width=\"1024\" height=\"409\" title=\"Screenshot 2026-02-16 at 10.39.10 PM\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-slider-child uagb-slider-child-wrap swiper-slide uagb-block-bb90d1b8\"><div class=\"swiper-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-91d3ad2e alignfull uagb-is-root-container\"><div class=\"uagb-container-inner-blocks-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-image uagb-block-7d3c3272 wp-block-uagb-image--layout-default wp-block-uagb-image--effect-static wp-block-uagb-image--align-none\"><figure class=\"wp-block-uagb-image__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bfashow.dmd.uconn.edu\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-02-16-at-10.35.10-PM-1-1024x408.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"uag-image-2147\" width=\"1024\" height=\"408\" title=\"Screenshot 2026-02-16 at 10.35.10 PM\" loading=\"lazy\" role=\"img\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-button-prev\"><\/div><div class=\"swiper-button-next\"><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Root Northborough, MA Advisor: Ryan Brown Artist Bio Daniel Root is a Massachusetts-based director and cinematographer. 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