All Films

Coda I

2013 • 2 min • United Kingdom

Peter Gidal’s starting point for his 16mm film was a soundtrack that consists of three lines from a 1,000 word story written by Gidal in 1971, read by William Burroughs.

Junk Head 1

2013 • 30 min • Japan

In the distant future, mankind begin research on clones that live underground in search of lost genetic information.

Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded, Shekhar Kapur

2013 • 2 min

A short film made for "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded".

Turn Off Your Bloody Phone: Norman J. Warren and the Ghost

2013 • 1 min

Short produced for FrightFest, starring Warren, Sun, and David McGillivray.

Hello Jadoo Special: The Little Mermaid

2013 • 28 min • South Korea

Princess Jadu is captured by Fisherwoman Doldol and Sunghoon! She becomes a spectacle in the marketplace, but Prince Yunseok rescues her. Their love deepens more and more... Then, the meddlesome Princess Eunhee appears. What will become of Princess Jadu and Prince Yunseok's fate?

Hidden Universe

2013 • 36 min

An extraordinary journey deep into space offering fresh insight into the origins and evolution of the universe.

Heroine In Danger Omnibus - Fighter of the Sun Leona V

2013 • 60 min • Japan

The 4th film in the Heroine In Danger Omnibus tokusatsu series. Yui Kuwana is a school teacher who fights against evil as Leona. One day, Leona finds her student nearly getting hit by a vehicle. She saves Tsuyoshi but Traffic Monster named Hazardeor appears and tries to kidnap him.

How Deep Is the Ocean?

2013 • 30 min • Poland

Marek wakes up in the belly of a whale, where he meets his deceased loved ones.

FUGAKU 1 / Zombies in the Dog House

2013 • 31 min

K, a projectionist, is taken to a lakeside deep in the mountains. There, in a place called “The Dog House”, he finds Professor Shiny in an electrified helmet and his daughter, who is now a corpse. The film was composed from words drawn from a Twitter bot, quoting existing words and images. Directed by Shinji Aoyama in collaboration with Tama Art University, this rarely-seen experimental three-part series (2012–2015) explores cinema as a dynamic, living medium. Combining student-led production with theatrical adaptation and meta-narrative devices, FUGAKU challenges conventional filmmaking while interrogating the boundaries between fiction, reality, and creative education.

I'm a Stripper

2013 • 42 min

I'm A Stripper is an unfiltered look at a day in the life of male exotic dancers. Separated by geography, age, experience, skill set, and whether dancing for men or women, these career dancers confront different challenges.

Nima

2013 • 23 min

Nima, an illegal alien from Mongolia does chores at a motel in Korea to send money to her home. One day, her first Korean colleague Jung-eun comes. Jung-eun started to make money in the hope of ending her life with a violent husband and take her daughter with her. The days with the blunt and indifferent girl Jung-eun pass by. Although belonging to a minority of society, they offer help to the other minority people they meet at the motel and lean on each other.

Now Now Now

2013 • 12 min

Paula and her friends, who have Chinese roots, entertain her cousin Mumu, who is visiting Thailand. This short originally appeared as part of Letters from the South, an omnibus centered around Chinese diaspora.

Danny Boyle: Retrospective

2013 • 15 min

Award winning filmmaker Danny Boyle (Director, "Slumdog Millionaire", 2008) reflects on the many films he's made with Fox Searchlight including his new film "Trance".

Going Dark: The Final Days of Film Projection

2013 • 15 min

Hollywood has made up their minds, forcing theaters to convert to digital or go dark. As theaters around the world change to newer digital technology, the job of the 35mm film projectionist is becoming irrelevant. Going Dark profiles two theater projectionists during their final days on the job.

Firefly

2013 • 2 min

A short film made for "Venezia 70 - Future Reloaded". The camera follows an elderly man walking slowly.

Werewolf From Paraíba

2013 • 16 min

Graciano tells an injured boy that he has a leg wound caused by the encounter with a werewolf when he was younger.

Death of a Boy

2013 • 6 min

Early spring 1951. Søren has dissapeared from his own engagement celebration. His fiancée finds him pale and gloomy, sitting on a jetty. She confronts him with his constant absence. In return she gets to witness Søren revealing a most fatal secret.

Tired of Being Handsome

2013 • 30 min

Two cowboys look for a bullet in the desert.

Massimo, il mio cinema secondo me

2013 • 50 min

Fragments of footage, unpublished snapshots and interviews with friends and colleagues. A tribute to the actor, director and producer Massimo Troisi, to celebrate what would have been his sixtieth birthday.

Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes

2013 • 29 min

This documentary explores Serge Diaghilev's roots, his genius for bringing together avant-garde composers, dancers, painters, and designers, and the legacy of the Ballets Russes. The film includes dazzling highlights from recreations of Ballets Russes productions by major dance companies in the US and Europe.

Variation FQ

2013 • 11 min

The 16mm film from the installation exhibition by the same name that presents the transgender voguer, Leiomy Maldonado, within the stark, black and white aesthetics of an experimental 1960’s ballet film. Using sharp black and white contrast, step-and-repeat optical effects, slow motion, and an original soundtrack composed by Shaw, the film amplifies the unique, cathartic movements of the protagonist's dance, both eloquent and violent. Variation FQ is a study of the co-evolution of subculture, gender, dance, and special effects.

Martin Parr's Black Country Stories: Mark goes to Mongolia

2013 • 42 min

Martin Parr’s second film for Multistory, Mark goes to Mongolia tells the extraordinary story of Mark Evans – pigeon auctioneer, breeder and entrepreneur – based in Moxley in the Black Country. This film documents Mark’s trip to Baotou in Inner Mongolia, in November 2012, where pigeon breeding, pigeon racing and Mark Evans are hugely popular. The film is part of the Black Country Stories body of work commissioned by Multistory to document life in the Black Country.

Barbie in The Pink Shoes: The Land of Sweets

2013 • 5 min

Kristyn and her ballet student Hannah practice in a dance hall when Hannah suddenly stops because she doubts her ability to portray a good sugar plum fairy. To help her Kristyn gives her the pink magical ballet shoes which throw them into the Land of Sweets once they're dressed. There Hannah learns how to believe in herself and how to become a good self-confident dancer.

1812: Cavalry

2013 • 3 min

A visual sound work with live soundtrack in a 6 channel stereophonic sound.