All Films

Henry van Loon: De Henry van Loon Entertainment Show

2009 • 41 min • Netherlands

Kermis - Ode aan de ongedwongenheid van het bestaan

2009 • 11 min

Poetic film about the funfair, which concentrates on human conditions: The enchantment of children. The ease of the youth, full of expectations. Fleeting smiles. Devotion to the moment. Felicity... but also melancholy and vulnerability. The funfair as metaphor of life itself.

Avós

2009 • 12 min • Brazil

Leo celebrates his tenth birthday. From one grandmother, he receives socks, from the other, underwear. From his Grandfather, Leo gets an old Super-8 camera and with it he tells us of his attempts to change the gifts. While doing that, he finds out that Monica Lewinsky is Jewish, that Clinton is the president of America, that the numbers in his grandparents arms are responsible for him being chubby and that this old camera is worthless.

I turn over the pictures of my voice in my head

2009 • 12 min

"The rebellious voice, the split voice. The voice is suture, the voice is seam, the voice is cut, the voice is tear, the voice is my identity, it is not body or spirit, it is not language or image, it is sign, it is a sign of the images, it is a sign of sensuality. It is a sign of symbols, it is boundary. It speaks the ‘split body,’ it is hidden in the clothing of the body, it is always somewhere else. The breath of life is its source." – VALIE EXPORT "That the vocal organs visually rhyme with female genitalia, that when they are in use, they create a fascinating flow of movement and change, makes this work a compelling new iteration by an artist who has given voice to her female body through a myriad of frames." – Maureen Turim

Steaming Around Britain: London and the South East

2009 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Transport documentary following classic steam trains on journeys around London and the South East, including footage from London stations in the 60s, Redhill to Ashford in the 60s, the Bluebell railway, the Kent and East Sussex Railway, the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, the North Norfolk railway, and the Channel Tunnel.

Louis Feuillade: Master of Many Forms

2009 • 11 min • United States of America

This collection of scenes from more than twenty films demonstrates Feuillade’s mastery of (and influence upon) a wide range of cinematic genres.

Georgic for a Forgotten Planet

2009 • 11 min

I began reading Virgil's Georgics, a 1st Century epic agricultural poem, and knew immediately that I needed to create a visual equivalent about my own relationship to the place where I live, New York City. Culled from material I collected at Coney Island, the Lower East Side, Socrates Sculpture Garden in Queens, a Brooklyn community garden and a place on Staten Island that is so dark you can see the three moons of Jupiter. An homage to a place many people affectionately and mysteriously call the Big Apple. - Lynne Sachs

Lawrence Ferlinghetti: History of the Airplane

2009 • 3 min • United States of America

The poet and writer Lawrence Ferlinghetti is an iconic presence in the world of arts and letters. For well over half a century he has helped shape the currents of poetry and literature through his forceful engagement with society. Armed with an ideological position that often found him at odds with the political dogma of his day, Ferlinghetti became the best selling poet of the modern era, a literary mercenary and a rebel at the forefront of a cultural revolution.

Ketch! & HIRO-PON Get It On

2009 • 30 min

Silent comedy, using breakthrough filmmaking techniques, about two outsiders struggling to get by, where chaos is around every corner and love is just out of reach.

Rainbow Party

2009 • 1 min • United States of America

70mm film kissed with lipstick & impressed with teeth marks.

Whistler's Twin Peaks

2009 • 45 min

The Peak to Peak gondola spans Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains, and is quite an impressive feat of engineering. It broke 3 world records – 1. Longest unsupported span of 3.024 kilometres, 2. Highest lift of its kind at 436 metres above the valley floor, and 3. Completes the longest continuous lift system on the globe. Discovery Channel spent two years documenting the massive construction project and has created a riveting story that details many of the challenges that are encountered when building this engineering masterpiece at 6,000 feet.

After the Curve

2009 • 18 min • Brazil

Paulo is a young and beginner driver who, when taking a trip to work, is faced with a series of situations that will make him reevaluate.

Balmoral

2009 • 60 min

Documentary telling the story of Balmoral, the royal family's most private residence. For over 150 years this Scottish castle has been home to royal traditions of picnics, stag hunting and kilts. From prime ministers to Princess Diana, life at this tartan-bound holiday home has not appealed to everyone. But there is another story of Balmoral, of how the royal family has played a role in shaping modern Scotland and how Scotland has shaped the royal family. Queen Victoria's adoption of Highland symbols, from tartan to bagpipes, helped create a new image for Scotland. Her values, too, helped strengthen the union between Scotland and England. Ever since, Balmoral has been a place that reflects the very essence of the royal family.

The Threat of the Monkey

2009 • 5 min

You know us from the terrace of Fasol Do Remi in a cone of light. Clearly, it's a sham, 'he's clear.

The Story of Saint Perpetua

2009 • 35 min

A young woman willingly takes a stand of faith and challenges the Roman Empire. Born to a noble Roman family, Perpetua converts to Christianity when she is irresistibly drawn to the example of unselfish love and service that she witnesses in the local believers. Along with slaves Felicity and Revocutus, she makes her way to a secret gathering of the Church, unaware that the Emperor Septimius Severus has issued a decree prohibiting new conversions to Christianity. Arrested and tried, Perpetua, Felicity and their companions take a valiant stand that echoes down through the centuries. Suspenseful! Moving! Inspiring!

The Truth Behind: The Bermuda Triangle

2009 • 60 min

Over many years, hundreds of ships and planes have disappeared in the area known as "The Bermuda Triangle". This documentary hears various theories as to why".

Time In New York

2009 • 10 min

In a performance that renders time visible and tangible, Zhou Tao traces his own movements around his apartment with a ball of string hooked to his back that gradually unravels. Slowly but surely, 'time' takes over the apartment: at certain moments creating obstacles and at other times providing physical support. Presented as an excerpt from the longer video work Time in New York.

Kraftur: Síðasti spretturinn

2009 • 46 min

The Icelandic rider Tóti is invited to compete in the World Championship for Icelandic Horses in Holland. It means that he is forced to leave his extraordinary horse "Kraftur" in Holland due to Icelandic health regulations.

Im Sommer Sitzen die Alten

2009 • 22 min

A filmmaker gets a suitcase full of memories from her grandmothers life partner.

Juventus Rumo a Tóquio

2009 • 15 min • Brazil

A chronicle of reactions about a historic football game in the life of Juventus from Mooca (São Paulo). The agitation of the organized fans, the tension of the old guard and the engagement of the youngsters of small age. A great little epic.

Arrythmia

2009 • 5 min

A young woman records her feelings about her mother's illness in a stream of consciousness manner.

Scapetime

2009 • 8 min

Part of the Optofonica #1 series

Non-Place/Other Space

2009 • 14 min

I have been a fervent walker of the city and a detached collector of sights and sounds. Most of the outdoor sites in this work no long exist in current maps of Hong Kong, or they have never existed as practical, concrete dwellings.

em#3

2009 • 8 min

Part of the Optofonica #1 series