Astra

Evolutio

Birth growing and gathering of a family which is not even an average one

Fratello Kraus

A man is preaching, two people are listening, and another pretends he’s freezing to death.

Il sonno degli esclusi

Short aired during the Pippo Chennedy Show

Kino Kopf

Born from steel and glass Kino Kopf is created by two inventors. They are assembled by their mother, a nurturing artist, and their Father a greedy entrepreneur. Kino Kopf is the first of its kind a sentient humanoid VHS camera. They are given a life by their mother but presented to the world by their father. Kino Kopf is the next big sensation and spurs a technological revolution. They are soon forgotten and alone as new models surpass them. Kino Kopf is left alone to contemplate if they ever had a soul, as visions of an electric cowboy dance through their dreams.

Wandering Star along the Silver Screen

Wandering Star along the Silver Screen sheds light on two figures created by the ambitions of Japanese imperialism: Yoshiko Yamaguchi, known as Li Xianglan, and Yoshiko Kawashima, a Qing Dynasty princess named Jin Bihui. Strangely, they shared the same name, Yoshiko. Their lives are brought to the silver screen and phantasmagoria, resembling "those two stars."

Glimpse

A ghost follows its non-existent shadow across a series of windows that gives light but no direction. As the ghost moves, a poem is read that serves as its guide.

Functional Block Diagrams

A synthesis of sound and movement; colourful characters dance and move in repetitive patterns to percussive and melodic elements. A combination of motion and music that is hypnotic and beautiful. At first it feels structured and orderly but as more elements are added becomes quixotically expressive.

Our Boat

A curious miniature boat sails along the rivers and waterways of Sheffield, observing the people, places, and sights of the Peak District.

Ten Thousand Years

Headache

A dreamy, impressionistic 16mm film of light on water, comprised mostly of sepia tones.

Sundown

A boy (Noah Tranell) enjoys golden hour, and the sunset that ensues.

Time in a Grain of Sand

An expression of time and memories.

Bird on the 27th Floor

Gogu’s feelings living with his parents for the past 28 years and still being a (fat) jobless filmmaker.

Dance Like a Snail

The pantun is about a game I (we) used to play pretending to be the characters in invented fairy tales. This time it was a snail. The images of multiplied me are out of time with each other, I give up and try dancing.

1,2,3... Barcelona!

Tourists eating and taking photos. Tourists strolling and taking photos. Tourists bathing on the beach and taking more photos. Barcelona has become an overexploited photocall to the point of paroxysm, and this is what this film shows by turning the camera and pointing towards the visitors. A small gesture that, added to a powerful sound contrast and a caustic sense of humour, exposes without subterfuge a grotesque normality.

Between the Days

An independent Brazilian band sets out on two international tours at different moments in time. Shaped by hardships and unexpected detours, the narratives intertwine, creating intense sensory experiences. Featuring footage captured by the band themselves, Between the Days is gueersh’s journey through South American underground.

Nocturnal

A one minute short film showcasing the sights, sounds, and people that characterizes Singapore's nightlife.

Quatre altitudes bosniaques

Quatre altitudes bosniaques is an exercise in topographic cinema shot in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The document draws on the geography of the city of Sarajevo, from which the filmmakers construct a visual ethnography fragmented into four levels of elevation.

Plague Mass

A conceptual live concert by Diamanda Galás, "Plague Mass" continues the themes of the suffering and misery of the infected found in her "Masque of the Red Death" trilogy.