"A year of fear, fires and frustration."
Threnody emphasises some of the madness and instability of a year filled with fires, infections and general disarray.
Social & External
Experimental film from the almanac of classical music for children "Children's Album". It is dedicated to the constructivist period of Alexander Mosolov, as well as architecture and cinema of this direction and consists of three parts, with conditional names: 1. "Shadows", 2. "Movement", 3. "Volume". The structure of the film is visually and rhythmically close to constructivism.
A non-narrative film thematising the eternal struggle of human life in a series of scenes connected by associations and accompanied by a strong music motif.
A man sits in his living room, doing absolutely nothing while morning arrives.
3-D is a hand-painted experimental short film by Riley Hogan. Acrylic paint, ink and scratching were used to animate on clear Super 8mm film leader.
What could possibly be more important than feeding your daughter?
A vibrant animation by Patricia Marx. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.
It is said that if a man is fading away, he sees his life running quickly in front of his eyes. What does a hundred-year old film strip see before it gives way to digital vehicles? Does it see broken frames, scratched film stock or something else? This is a film about time and its ephemeral nature.
Breathe deeply: in 3 years, your molecules will circle Earth, as today’s oxygen came from nature.
Charcoal animation, taken from from Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image (2003).
Composed entirely of AI-generated visuals and providing an abstract representation of the evolution of AI video, processed entirely through a VCR.
Film poem created with the wild flowers that grow along the shore of the Laira estuary, the tidal mouth of the River Plym, on the southwest coast of Britain. The petals and leaves stream past as the haunting soundscape ebbs and flows.
A dedicated bird watcher observes a hawk and journeys to the limits of what it means to be human.
The story focuses on high school girl Nagisa Yukiai who lives in a seaside town. She has believed her grandmother's story that spirits dwell in words and they are called "kotodama" (word spirit). One day, she strays into a mini FM station that has not been used for years. As an impulse of the moment, she tries to talk like a DJ using the facility. But her voice accidentally broadcasted reaches someone she has never expected.
Autumn is in the air as the Kitauji High School concert band prepares for the National Competition. The band hears troubling news that Asuka Tanaka, vice president of the club and one of the key euphonium players in the band, may quit! Asuka is beautiful and charismatic and everyone relies on her, but she also has a cool side and never reveals her true self. Kumiko doesn’t get along with Asuka initially, but her feelings change when she learns that Asuka may actually drop out. Asuka has feelings about the euphonium that she cannot tell anyone else…
After a flat tire leaves her stranded in the woods, a woman revisits haunting memories of her self-destructive tendencies on the finger nails. As she peels the skin from her fingers, each strip draws her deeper into the past. With every layer, she steps closer to the hidden child within herself.
Shot on 16mm film in New York and composed in Berlin, the work explores polarizing themes of the metropolis. Audibly and visually, the viewer is put in a flicker between serenity and intensity; harrowing ambience cut with sharp beeps, vulnerable steps mashed in high velocity.
In this short film, a young man, a girl and a dog attempt to fly with wings more symbolic than practical.