| The Films Within Water Works 2004 | |||
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Invocation
directed by Ingeborg Verleisdonk Netherlands, Experimental, 2003, mini-DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:00 A human hand creates and enchanting flow of reflections on the bottom of a swimming pool. ... more info | ||
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Dive, The
directed by Kia Simon USA, Music, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:45 An impressionistic music video exploring love, loss, and transcendence into the afterlife. Hand painted frame by frame from live action video, “The Dive” brings to life the haunting sounds of San Francisco breaks duo Momu. Released on Loöq Records and on Nick Warren’s new Global Underground mix.... more info | ||
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This is for Betsy Hall
directed by Hope Hall USA, Documentary, 1999, 16mm, Color, Optical Monaural, 00:06:30 A construction in picture and sound of my mother, this is a personal film created as a gift for her. I did not grow up with her, and the phone has been our primary contact. She has been mentally ill and eating disordered all of her adult life. Using underwater scenes, a score by my brother, projection of archival video onto moving surfaces, and taped phone calls with my mother and father, this is my attempt to be heard by my mother in telling her story for her. ... more info | ||
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Primarypostrouble Dreamanalyse v1
directed by Didier Oustrie France, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, 00:01:39 | ||
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Drowning Room, The
directed by Reynold Reynolds USA, Experimental, 2000, 16mm, B&W, Optical Monaural, 00:10:00 In collaboration with Patrick Jolley A sequence of domestic vignettes from the sunken suburbs filmed in a submerged house. The inhabitants try to carry on as normal but beyond the borders of asphyxiation communication is limited. ... more info | ||
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Full Circle
directed by Patricia Townsend United Kingdom, Experimental, 2003, mini DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 Using a fixed camera position, water was recorded spiraling down a plughole. Alterations in speed and direction are used to create a continuous loop in which water rhythmically rises and falls, enters and emerges. As it does so, the circular shape is transformed and reflections are revealed, hidden or distorted, creating the illusion that the subject of the piece is not a solid object but, rather, a mercurial, liquid substance. The "eye" of the camera interacts with the "eye" of the plughole, questioning the relationship between observer and observed. The motif of the spiral is found in diverse cultures, both East and West. For Carl Jung, a clockwise spiral denoted the unfolding of the ... more info | ||
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River Took Him, The
directed by Dylan Seuss-Brakeman USA, Experimental, 2003, Hi-8, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:30 A woman discerns the continuity of life when she follows her dead friend's instructions on how to scatter his ashes into a river. ... more info | ||
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Passage
directed by Chel White USA, Experimental, 2001, 35 mm, Color, Dolby Digital, 00:11:00 Passage deals with the poetic and the terrible, with innocence and corruption. Haunting underwater portraits of people are juxtaposed with archival films of war and atrocities to create a film that is part collage, part visual poem. Taking its cues from the ethereal music of Gustav Holsts's Neptune, the aqueous portraits allow each person's vulnerable core to surface, exposing a deep primal innocence. Simultaneously, wars are waged, brutalities committed, and the worst of the human race evolves. But in this sea of humanity, all is not lost to the corruption of the human spirit. Passage made it's world premiere (as a silent film) in Film Harmonic, a program of short films and liv... more info | ||
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Primarypostrouble Dreamanalyse v8
directed by Didier Oustrie France, Experimental, 2003, Color, 00:01:30 Lave linge. The laundry.... more info | ||
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Thirst for Revenge
directed by Mehmet Ozcelik Denmark, Narrative, 2002, Digital Video, Color, Dolby SR, 00:08:45 A short film about being hurt and wanting revenge. But does revenge pay off in the end...? DCIFF GRAND JURY AWARD - DC Independent Film Festival, Washington, 2003 ... more info | ||
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Submerged
directed by Virginia Valdes USA, Experimental, 2002, DV, Color, 00:02:53 An empty ship forges ahead towards a blurry horizon. Apparitions from the past lead the way to a lost city. Post apocalyptic dream. We are fighting the currrent, drowning in history. Submerged.... more info | ||
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Harboring Wells
directed by Norma V Toraya USA, Animation, 2004, DV, Color, other, 00:06:00 There is a sudden crash of a flying vehicle and two individuals end up landing in a lagoon of a green heavily natural landscape. It is quiet and the pair are alone, floating around in this small lagoon - unable to contact the rest of the world. The main character is one who dances around, musing herself with the other character who is practically dead, injured, almost catatonic. Instead of letting go, she tries to entertain this other sunken character with gestures of fun, soothing comforting, showing past photos and picture books. This odd preoccupation shadows the fact that lurking in the landscape is a force, which ends their lives both. What the story attempts to convey is a sense of mem... more info | ||
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Snow Seen from Warm Window
directed by Mark O'Connell USA, Experimental, 2000, Digital, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:00 Last winter's snow seen from Mark's window.... more info | ||