Li: The Patterns of Nature

Terminal City(en)

Terminal City records the demolition of the Devonshire Hotel in Vancouver; through extreme show motion (200 frames per second) and symmetrical diagonal framing, Gallagher underscores the passage from order to chaos within the event. The sparseness of this centering and he patience required of the viewer heightens the literally explosive climaxes of the film, and transforms the everyday violence of the events into moments of convulsive beauty. – Jim Shedden, Michael Zryd, The Independent Eye

Everything or Nothing(sh)

A meditation on transience composed through juxtaposition of sun-bathed exteriors of Split and dark interiors, landscapes of the city and close-ups of human faces, movements and stillness, the material and the spiritual.

Exergo(es)

In the period between 1988 and 1989, a well known radio reporter in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, killed a girl of four years, shocking the town folks. Exergo is the experimental exploration of such events, based on real police archives.

Monument(en)

In the fall of 1967, intermedia artists Ture Sjölander and Lars Weck collaborated with Bengt Modin, video engineer of the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation in Stockholm, to produce an experimental program called Monument. It was broadcast in January, 1968, and subsequently has been seen throughout Europe, Asia, and the United States. Apart from the technical aspect of the project, their intention was to develop a widened consciousness of the communi - cative process inherent in visual images. They selected as source material the "monuments" of world culture— images of famous persons and paintings.

Doorway(en)

A serene winterscape glides, as in a dream, across the screen, from darkness to darkness...Vision shivers, hesitates ever so slightly to savor, to hold still, but inevitably everything passes. Far becomes near, near far. Shadows seed their counterparts in the depths of the viewer's heart.

Watersmith(en)

Abstract visual poem celebrating the freedom of bodies moving through water. A filmmaker unconcerned with plot films the practice of an olympic swimming team and creates a visually stunning work.

Study No. 4: Liberation(sv)

'Studie IV' (1955) by Peter Weiss portrays a liberation process. The main character moves between different rooms, rooms of significance for him, dragging something that constantly changes form but eventually turns out to be himself. It is an old and consumed I that disappears from him.

The Adventure of the Married Couple(en)

Trapped in daily repetition, between the frenetic sound of a glass bottle factory and the guarding of a shed filled with naked mannequins, a young couple meets at evenings. They eat without looking at each other, not even speaking. The Adventure of the Married Couple (Based on a story written by Italo Calvino) is a poetic variation on the daily routine in black and white.

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.

Thoughts and Visions of a Severed Head(fr)

The theme of death is heavily interwoven in Smolder’s surreal salute to Belgian painter Antoine Wiertz, a Hieronymus Bosch-type artist whose work centered on humans in various stages in torment, as depicted in expansive canvases with gore galore. Smolders has basically taken a standard documentary and chopped it up, using quotes from the long-dead artist, and periodic statements by a historian (Smolders) filling in a few bits of Wiertz’ life.

The Tiny Ventriloquist(en)

"In the first shot of Reinke’s new feature length video, we see the desert landscape of the American Southwest from a car window. Though shaky and handheld, it is an immediately recognizable and iconic image: the great vistas of Hollywood westerns, of American westward expansion, of monumental modernist land art from the late 20th century. On the soundtrack, Reinke’s unmistakable voice apologizes for beginning the film with a shot of a landscape from a moving car, but what is he to do? The camera is already rolling. This moment encapsulates much of what transpires in the scenes that follow: presenting us with an image, dismissing that image and wryly suggesting he is doing nothing here, that the footage is just unreeling. Reinke’s collection and organization of images and sounds seem casual at first, but ultimately reveal themselves to be heavily mediated and orchestrated."

TENSAI BANPAKU(ja)

The mutating forms of Tensai Banpaku, or “Genius Expo” create a stunning abstract orchestra.

Forenoon of a Faun(sh)

The film consists of three sequences shot by a fixed camera: the first shows the balcony of a hospital with patients (soundtrack from the film "Vivre sa vie" by Jean-Luc Godard), the second is a scraped wall and the third is a crossroad with pedestrians and cars (sound taken from the film "The Time-Machine " by George Pal).

Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape(en)

A walk through England’s south coast evokes the artists who lived and worked there.

Meshes of an Autumn Afternoon(en)

A woman is stalked by a mysterious hooded spectre. An Autumnal homage to and inspired by Meshes of the Afternoon by Maya Deren.

In My Mind(en)

A woman is plagued by her overactive imagination.

Atmo HorroX(en)

Through a very surreal chase of spying and surveillance, Catafuse, a dubiously dressed "creature", hunts down specific human targets with the help of Molosstrap. But in a world completely run by the shadowy hands of the pharmaceutical industry, the lines of reality become so blurry and complex, that the mastering of insanity might just be the only way out...

Polka Graph(en)

Short film by Mary Ellen Bute

Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung(xx)

Experimental short made by Olivier Assayas for Fondation of Contemporary Art and starring Maggie Cheung.

Ghost Cell(fr)

Both a scientific and dreamlike documentary at once, Ghost Cell is a stereoscopic plunge into the guts of an organic Paris seen as a cell through a virtual microscope.

1923(en)

One of two animation loops directed by Max Hattler, inspired by the work of French outsider artist Augustin Lesage (1876-1954). Based on Lesage's painting A Symbolic Composition of the Spiritual World from 1923.

Heavy Metal Massacre(en)

A killer goes on a killing spree at a heavy metal club.

FILM(en)

A boy walks through an abandoned building and films the interior. Suddenly his camera disappears.

Ticket to a Crime(en)

After a jeweler hires a private detective to help him find $50,000 missing from his company, he is murdered while attending a society party; and the private eye, aided by his comely secretary, vies with a bumbling police detective to find the murderer among several suspects, including the dead man's daughter, her current husband, her former husband, and an ex-convict.

¡Yerba sangrienta!(es)

An undercover cop and slick con-man form an alliance against a evil and vicious drug lord who takes advantage and uses the poor people of a small village with his equally evil henchmen.

Slipknot - Slipknot - 10th Anniversary Edition DVD(en)

Of the Sic: Your Nightmares, Our Dreams (documentary film) Live at Dynamo Open Air 2000 (full concert): 1. 742617000027 2. (sic) 3. Eyeless 4. Wait and Bleed 5. No Life 6. Liberate 7. Purity 8. Prosthetics 9. Spit It Out 10. Get This 11. Surfacing Music videos: "Spit It Out" "Wait and Bleed" "Surfacing" "Wait and Bleed (Animated Version)"

East End Babylon(en)

The story of London's toughest and poorest part as told through the eyes of the iconic band Cockney Rejects.

Big Shots(he)

Four men whose combined intellect does not reach into the triple digits decide to steal a safe full of foreign currency - not from a local bank, but from the police station.

Everything Near Becomes Distant(fr)

Director Zhu's friend, Xiaoxin, contracted an eye disease. He gradually lost his eyesight, and by 2015, he had gone completely blind. He told Zhu that the total blackness scared him, and Zhu felt that he was on his way to somewhere.

René Vautier, le maquisard à la caméra(fr)

Leaving Amish Paradise(en)

Documentary following the lives of two Amish families leaving the only world they've ever known and trying to get to grips with the modern world. The Amish travel by horse and buggy and dress exactly as their forebears did when they first arrived in America almost 300 years ago. They have countless rules which keep them separate from the modern world, with electric lights, mobile phones, television and radio all forbidden. For those born into this culture, leaving is the biggest decision they'll ever make.

gutterball(en)

Created with a deck of LPBA Strike Force trading cards from 1991.

Off the Map(es)

Four young friends play hooky from class, and get locked in the school basement by the class snitch.

Vuelven los García(es)

Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.

Derelict(en)

Two rival seamen fight for both a promotion to a captaincy in their shipping line and the attentions of a Havana saloon singer. Sparks fly as they both try to out do each other in obtaining what they know their opposite is after. In the end they will need to work together in order to save the day.

The Laughter Life(en)

The Laughter Life follows a week in the life of the young comedians who write and star in Studio C, a popular sketch comedy television show that has garnered over 1 billion views on YouTube.

Saga - All Areas: Live in Bonn 2002(en)

The legendary Saga, filmed live in Bonn, Germany 2002, to commemerate their 25th Anniversary. Sixteen tracks from their only European date in 2002. Bonus features include a Saga discography, photo gallery, the making of, Saga gear and S.1 Audio.

The Hand of Paulista(ro)

A short film made during film school by Cristian Mungiu.

Notzilla(en)

A Japanese scientist accidentally releases a giant monster in the U.S., and must save it-and Cincinnati-before a crazed nuclear physicist destroys both.