A study of water and fire.
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An abstract perspective into two young South African workers in the heart of Johannesburg's industrial sector during Covid-19
This fragmented body… usually manifests itself in dreams when the movement of the analysis encounters a certain level of aggressive disintegration in the individual.it then appears in the form of disjointed limbs, growing wings and taking up arms for intestinal persecutions.
in my darkest moment, fetal and weeping, the moon tells me a secret, a confidant As full and bright as I am, this light is not my own and a million light reflections pass over me, the source is bright and endless. She resuscitates the hopeless. Without her, we are lifeless satellites drifting.
A virtual sky awash with a digital aurora.
An exploration of the relationship between sound and picture inspired by the two lights (twi-light) found inside film projectors.
An anxiety inducing exploration of juicy colors and crunchy textures driven by chaotic electronic music.
Channelling Lye and McLaren, de Bruyn continues his explorations of ‘direct-to-film’ inspired artwork barely contained within the frame.
A perfect blending of the art of maths and the maths of art.
A sequence of hand-drawn experiments. Constants: visualist, technology, run time. Independent variables: musician, drawing materials, theme. Dependent variables: you tell me!
With a rushing smear, a cyclist begins his race.
Another example of Detheux’s enchanting work, this year deepened by some outstanding live performance experiences.
A swarm of forms, reminiscent of alien spaceships or mechanical bats suspended in space.
The function of the wrestler is not to win. It is to go through the motions that are expected of him.
A tactile, layered animation in paint improvised in response to Andrew Schultz’s work for bassoon and piano.
A stunning piece of imagined night cartography rendered in an intricately crafted digital filigree.
A deep dive into a snowstorm of structural chaos and a blizzard of exploding gestural animation.
In the final days of the American Civil War, an emigre Hungarian military officer attempts to map the situation of the enemy. Many veterans of the 1848 War of Independence in Hungary fought on the northern side. Experienced Fiala, Boldogh who struggles with homesickness and the reckless Vereczky all experience their enforced emigration in different ways and news of impending peace elicits different reactions from them all.
A young woman embarks on an unexpected journey with her spunky younger sister after leaving her fiancé at the altar.
A collage more than a diary using images as artifacts that reflect processes. Sounds often come from other rooms, altered by their distance and the spaces that they have come through, just as the images themselves reflect the history of their own alterations. It is also a humorous exploration of the ideas of vignetting as it frames, highlights, distances and alters space.
The blinking sun on the surface of the river becomes the ranting mouth of god and utters nova scotia into existence.
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
In a city where fire, water, land and air residents live together, a fiery young woman and a go-with-the-flow guy will discover something elemental: how much they have in common.
Short film made with the help of the Sundance Film Institute and serving as a proof-of-concept for the subsequent feature film.
A duo of street performers learns how sound and picture work together to create amazing cinema experiences.
Isolated in a grand country manor, a reclusive artist spends a passionate and paranoid weekend with his ex-lover, an obsessive fan, and a potential muse. Hoping to spark a new wave of artistic brilliance over the course of a few tumultuous days, filled with chaos and revelation not all of them will make it out alive.
Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.
A nameless drifter navigates a barren landscape punctuated by satellite dishes, radio towers and droning airplanes. Stopping periodically in anonymous hotel rooms, she makes attempts to connect to an unidentified second party.
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
A string of threatening emails escalates into a revenge plot involving a newly married US marshal and his ex-girlfriend.
To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and grouchy, gout-ridden Uncle Edgar.
Stan and Ollie join the French Foreign Legion after Ollie's sweetheart rejects him.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disaster zones, industrial complexes, and natural wonders.
A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.
Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.
Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Rapallo, who has eyes for Gloria. The two decide to skip town, but before they can, Vincent and his thugs abduct Gloria, and Davey is forced to search for her among the most squalid corners of the city, with his enemy hiding in the shadows.
A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary.
On an idyllic beach in the Pacific Northwest, curiosity gets the better of a young raccoon whose frustrated parent attempts to keep them both safe.
Bits of found film and different types of animation illustrate a classic chase scene scenario: A woman is abducted and a man comes to her rescue, but during their escape they find themselves in the enemy's secret headquarters.
