All Films

747

2011 • 1 min • Canada

Chris Burden’s 747 re-performed in Grand Theft Auto IV.

Yuguo and His Mother

2011 • 54 min • China

Yuguo, from Mongolia, lost his father when he was very young. His mother Liuxia was not able to raise him as a heavy drinker. With social support, she sent Yuguo to Wuxi for free education. Liuxia is depressed all day long, and she finds sustenance of missing Yuguo in reindeer and wine. One winter holiday after many years, Yuguo returns to his hometown, the Evenki settlement deep in the Greater Khingan mountains. At that time, he is no longer the boy who just left home, but a thirteen-year-old teenager. Facing alcoholic mother, poetic uncle, pure people from the tribe, familiar yet strange forest, Yuguo, who grew up in the city, doesn’t know what to do. In the snow-laden mountains of Aoluguya, northeast of Inner Mongolia, the film chronicles their brief time together. Yuguo and His Mother is the second documentary of Gu Tao’s Evenki trilogy.

In the Belly of a Whale

2011 • 54 min

Berlin has long established itself as one of the first places to go for up-and-coming creative minds from all over the world and clearly stands out within the German art scene. But what draws the young bohemian to the cultural metropolis on the Spree of all places? And what opportunities and dangers does the existing oversupply on the art market hold?

A Little Prayer (H-E-L-P)

2011 • 8 min

The images of Houdini chained and attempting to free himself: the stop-and-start (interruption-repetition) of his actions; the high-contrast of the images; the stroboscopic effect created by the rhythm of the shutter; the gashes in the emulsion from the hand-processing - combined with the layers of sound, all evoke the violence of a tortured soul in search of escape.

Shooting Arrows

2011 • 15 min • Australia

A lyrical montage of juxtaposed street-art images, set on rotating surfaces and against a percussive soundtrack, to hint at the tribal nature of street art.

History is Unwritten

2011 • 4 min

This film is an acknowledgement to histories not represented today or tomorrow. Unwritten histories are often dismissed, appropriated, or considered primitive, which is contrary to the lifeways and teachings embodied and given breath when passed down from generation-to-generation through stories, songs, and dxwlešucid (language). When written, our voices and intentions can be misunderstood.

Imperfect Solace

2011 • 30 min

A woman uses drugs and alcohol to help her cope with her ailing personal and work relationships. After the death of her father due to drug and alcohol abuse, she struggles not to follow him down a similar path.

Água Fria

2011 • 14 min • Portugal

Disillusionment helps the feet enter the cold water. It is like a whisper indifferent to the distorted music that echoes round the beach.

Burj Khalifa: Dubai's Vertical City

2011 • 52 min

Immerse yourself in the world of the rich and famous and follow the owner and workers who call this super tower home. With unprecedented access, get a glimpse of what it is like to live, work, and play in the World's Tallest Tower. Featured by XIVETV.

Circling the Edge of the Prescient Moment

2011 • 10 min

Blood & Fire

2011 • 10 min

(c) 2011 Carey Burtt

Bitterness

2011 • 11 min

Olivia Coudreuse and Martin de Luz find themselves for a night in the flat where they loved each other. Olivier is willing to relight the flamme of his sentiments but Olivia stays a prisoner of her memories. All in this place reminds her of lost days and of the love they could not keep.

Sharks in the City: Bull Sharks in the Backyard

2011 • 46 min • Australia, United States of America

The Australian resort city known as Gold Coast has a problem with sharks in their suburbs and is looking for possible solutions.

Invisible Writing

2011 • 48 min • United States of America

Invisible Writing was commissioned as an installation by the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art. The 48-minute piece is a high definition record of live improvisation in which the eight artists of SWTB blend intimate and cosmic images to music in real time on a single screen. Layered scenes of dream and nightmare, myth and legend, landscape and memory emerge from and melt back into a magical liquid world.

Watercolor

2011 • 1 min • Turkey

"Mixing water from the Red Sea with water from the Black Sea". Trabzon, Turkey-Aqaba, Jordan, 2010.

in-sight

2011 • 38 min

in-sight is a 38 minute documentary film made by the British Street Photographer Nick Turpin that follows some of the members of the in-public Street Photographers group shooting on the streets. The film in-sight was produced in conjunction with the Format Photography Festival to mark 10 years of the Street Photographers group In-Public. Shot in London, New York, Melbourne and Rotterdam it follows members of the in-public group shooting on the streets of their respective cities. Using miniature HD camera technology to place the viewer on the Hotshoe, the film provides an in sight into the working methods and approach of some of the worlds most notable contemporary Street Photographers.

Amateur

2011 • 9 min • Albania

The story of an old musician who is afraid of leaving nothing behind him.

Bred in Captivity

2011 • 11 min

Suspecting his life to be a koala's dream, Fletcher drags Joey to the zoo the discover the truth before the creature wakes up.

Doomsday in Tunguska

2011 • 45 min

On June 30, 1908, one of the biggest explosions in history rocked a forested region in Siberia. The theories of what happened are as widespread as the damage the fireball caused. Some speculate asteroids, space aliens and black holes were the culprit. Others focus on the earth, pinning the blame on everything from subterranean volcanoes to acclaimed physicist Nikola Tesla. Join the ongoing investigation over what caused one of the biggest explosions in history.

Hunt for the Double Eagle

2011 • 45 min

The 1933 Double Eagle is more than just a rare coin. It's a lightening rod for history, greed and corruption. Never officially issued, the coin was slated for destruction after being minted, but some Double Eagles escaped the meltdown and immediately became the obsession of billionaires, kings and criminal investigators. Join us as we recreate the story of the world's most valuable coin, a journey that takes us to an Egyptian King's palace, a Secret Service sting operation and the most extraordinary auction of the century.

Cut Adrift

2011 • 9 min

A series of vignettes involving patricide and sexual awakening shared by two half-sisters.

Decorations of the Mind II

2011 • 9 min

My entire practive is a form of consumption. I hit my stride as soon as I realized that shopping, home decorating, and all of the television and video games I’d consumed as a child could be a source of inspiration rather than something to disown. Today, my generative consumption extends to Google image searches or SkyMall browsing.

Hollis Well

2011 • 1 min

Hollis Frampton's T-Shirt Collection - animated!

Perception

2011 • 2 min • United States of America

An experimental animation exploring the disconnect between one’s own perception of self and how one is seen by the rest of the world, specifically facing the journey of transition from female to male.