Along the Way
'I can only think while walking: as soon as I stop, I can think no longer; my brain can only move with my feet.'
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Competition Shorts 6
A royal collection of 57 films from all parts of the world and a great range of narrative and non-narrative films. A notable lot of brand new films by renowned filmmakers but also exciting new talents.
This program screened as part of HAFF 2013
Showing in this program
At Saint Vincents
This poetic animation depicting the night landscape of the vicinities of Brudnowski cementary is a macabre with a hint of humour . At St. Vincent scratched with a sewing pin on black plaster resembles a video tape from a party held at the cemetery. Here the main actors are: devils, demons and deceased. Stachu Furman employs the esthetics of silent cinema featuring all of its technical imperfections.
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Chase
An action sequence taken from a famous Schwarzenegger film is turned into a semi-abstract experience in which the world is literally turned on its side. The source material was taken from a DVD purchased recently from a charity shop in London, a further example of appropriating dominant cinema as a canvas for video art.
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Crops
CROPS is a stop motion film on centre pivot irrigation in the USA, using over 1000 circles, captured and cropped in Google Earth. Long water-sprinkler arms rotate around a central pivot.
Dji. Death fails
Dji is an unusual death. The Dark Knight has appeared in a different form. No, he is not white and fluffy. Dji is just terribly unlucky.
Freedom for Jafar Panahi: Joda
A woman writes a letter that will be read by a man in prison. A letter full of love, worry, compassion, suffering and hope.
Freedom for Jafar Panahi, and all imprisoned Iranian filmmakers.
I Saw Mice Burying a Cat
This story tells a group of mice try to bury a sleeping cat.
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It’s Raining
A carefree day turns out a tragedy for a little boy. Film about the fragility and relativity of happiness.
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Palmipedarium
Simon knows ducks quite well. They make noise, fly, swim, some even roll. Sometimes, it's a bit confusing and Simon gets lost.
Recycled
The following images were sourced over the years from a recycling zone in the outskirts of Beijing. We scanned more than half a million 35mm color film negatives. Those negatives build up a portrait of the capital city and the life of her inhabitants over the last thirty years. Here, we selected 3000 photos to create the animation you are about to see.
Toto
A story of a sensitive boy, raised by a lonely and hard working mother somewhere in a far province, where life revolves around daily, inveterate habits. The young protagonist is being deceitfully seduced by a shady "master" and cynical collector of keys. In consequence of the mystery and rather incomprehensible events, the world of his unconcerned childhood falls apart. The boy gets lost on his way back home while his concerned mother embarks upon a desperate attempt to find her little son.
