Black Trip

Transformations(en)

A coven of witches gather in Vermont in a feminist collective’s transporting short that shakes off patriarchal scrutiny during the women’s ceremony, where they’re free to remake reality before our eyes. TRANSFORMATIONS creates an intoxicating alchemy from the witches’ interactions with nature: an attempt, as Hirschfeld remembers, to “use the act of filmmaking to heighten experience.”

Sculpture Garden(en)

An unedited film documenting a rooftop sculpture garden cultivated over a summer in Vancouver. The sculptures come alive but the vegetables are apathetic.

New Pedestrians(en)

“Background actors” silently inhabit the roles of pedestrians or passersby. Like an exercise in walking meditation, the pedestrians trace a path that is unstable, full of distractions, thoughts, and emotions, crises of identity, anxiety, and restlessness. —Julia Feyrer

Sounds Good(en)

A boom operator attempts to record the noise mushrooms make in this semi-experimental animation inspired by the world of sounds.

Waiting(en)

Short experimental film based on the theme of waiting, and how with time good things will come.

Caravaggio's Shadow(it)

The Catholic Church secretly investigates Caravaggio as the Pope weighs whether to grant him clemency for killing a rival.

The Autumn Alley(fa)

A docudrama about art and creativity; based on modern art gallery in Tehran and its founder Jazeh Tabatabai.

Kites at the Kamogawa (for Jonas Mekas)(ja)

Black kites soar on thermals along the Kamo river in Kyoto. Flags billow. Cacti spin. Plum trees blossom. Pigeons make love atop a clock. Friends chat by the riverside. Filmed February/March 2019 on a single 40 year old cartridge of Kodachrome Super 8 and hand-developed in Caffenol. The film was heavily fogged, but there are some (real) images.

The Philosophy of Horror (Part I): Etymology(hu)

The Philosophy of Horror is a seven-part abstract adaptation of Noël Carroll’s influential film theoretical book of the same title (published in 1990), which is a close examination of the horror genre. The film uses hand painted and decayed 35mm film strips of the classic slasher movie A Nightmare on Elm Street (Wes Craven, 1984) and its sequel A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985).

Mitsu(de)

The Machinist's Lament(en)

"In factories, everyone has their place. Western industrial production is a site of magical thinking: an old history that will never return, an idealized construction that never really was. It's impossible to know what the true costs would be if it were to return - societal, environmental, and psychological – and yet, entire political campaigns are built around this. This piece speculates on re-industrialization, and is a sequel to my 2013 video, Safety First (Bad, Don’t Touch, Mercy!). Like its prequel, it posits a non-specific future populated by female factory workers. The geometric aesthetics of power and the romance of industrial-era alienation, are paired with theoretical and fictional texts about alternate social economies. Video footage was shot in Ohio, animation and soundtrack by the artist. Voiceover text sources include Industrial supply catalogs, OSHA safety manuals, Monique Wittig’s Les Guerilleres, and Adorno’s Minima Moralia." -Taken from Jen Liu's Vimeo page.

Welcome! Go to Hell!(fr)

The subtitles respond to each other and remind us with joy and joy that if we live, it is to die.

The End of Hunger(fr)

Expeditious.

Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm(en)

"What we were trying to do was the ultimate form of architecture, which was predicting how society would use space, land and time." Curtis Schreier, ANT FARM Space, Land and Time: Underground Adventures with Ant Farm is the first film to consider the work of the renegade 1970s art/architecture collective Ant Farm, best known for its iconic land-art piece Cadillac Ranch. Radical architects, video pioneers, and mordantly funny cultural commentators, the Ant Farmers created a body of deeply subversive multidisciplinary work that questioned the boundaries of architecture and everything else in the process. Incorporating breathtaking archival video, new footage shot over ten years and animation based on zany period sketches, this film is about the joy of creation in a time when there were no limits. —Beth Federici

Amir Hetsroni: Case Study(he)

A fascinating journey with Israel’s notorious provocateur, Prof. Amir Hetsroni, into the depth of his romantic and interpersonal relationships, alienated childhood, and public persona versus his self-identity.

That Which Will Rise from Wind(en)

A windy night at the seashore.

Once upon a time in Iceland(tr)

On the island of ice and fire, "Once upon a time in Iceland" portrays fascinating landscapes encountered while strolling along the Diamond Circle, one of Iceland's most popular travel routes, accompanied by the magical music of Sigur Rós, Hoppípolla. However, when one travels all the way to Eastern Iceland, things may get a little strange, as the small town Seyðisfjörður unintentionally exposes its secrets.

Other Epiphanies(it)

An experimental interpretation of Joycean epiphanies.

Cinema Exercises(it)

A workshop film made with a group of students of the Pietro Zorutti School in Palmanova, Esercizi di Cinema is an experimental adaptation of Raymond Queneau's book Exercises in Style.

Le grand roman de l'homme(fr)

At what point in our evolution did we start talking? To paint, play music and travel? When did we build our first imaginary worlds? When was the need to believe born? In short, where, when and how did the contours of man's essence take shape? Going back to the origins of language, art and writing, this documentary by Emmanuel Leconte and Franck Guérin traces the fantastic cultural epic of thought. Although animals also dream, today only our species has the power to recount its dreams, transforming them into stories, narratives and destinies... But where does this astonishing human faculty come from?