| The Films Within May Flowers Edition 2004 | |||
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Release Me
directed by Potter-Belmar Labs USA, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:15 Crooning for Release.... more info | ||
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Unearthed
directed by Christina Spangler USA, Animation, 2002, 16mm, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:08:00 After a blind struggle for life against a hungry ferret, an unearthed potato is given a wondrous glimpse into the visible world. Using its newfound sight, the curious tuber happens upon a discarded bag of potato chips and must then come to terms with its own mortality. ... more info | ||
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Green Swell, The
directed by Thea Faulds Canada, Comedy / Satire, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:00 This video follows the unbridled urge of one woman to add the ultimate dash of color by creating a typical and seemingly harmless treat.... more info | ||
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Lessons in Plant Reproduction
directed by Benjamin B. Kinsley USA, Animation, 2002, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:46 “LESSONS IN PLANT REPRODUCTION” animates text taken from an educational children's book on plants and is set to real porn audio. It answers the age old question: "How do plants have sex?” Long story short it's plant porno.... more info | ||
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Cog
directed by Irina Goundortseva Australia, Animation, 2000, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:06:00 A unique soul faces the closed-mindedness of his mechanised society.... more info | ||
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Bludren
directed by Jill Johnston-Price USA, Animation, 2003, 2D/3D Animation, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:06:22 Vampire twins, the Dancing Durgee-Du’s, lure Gladdie, an androgynous creature, to a mysterious plant, which is unearthed through the ritualistic sacrifice of a famished canine. Inspired by myths of the mandrake plant, transformation of plant and creature unfold in this 2D/3D hand painted computer animation. The work evolved through exploration of the relationships of ecological systems of self-sustainment and the often bizarre interactions found in nature and proposed in literature and theory. ... more info | ||
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Staticerosion
directed by Raymond Salvatore Harmon USA, Experimental, 1999, 16mm, Color, 00:03:30 Organic tapestries of decaying matter dissolve time as flowers bloom and erosion becomes the birth of complex compositions. "A feeling of effulgent, green, organic growth. " FilmThreat.com ... more info | ||
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An Eternal Reocurrence
directed by Michael Amoroso USA, Animation, 2003, 3D, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:00 an eternal re0currence is a tale of fatalistic endeavors overpowered by the ravenous independence of freewill, starring a man without a voice who is tragically reliving his mistakes only to be misled timelessly by these same mistakes. ... more info | ||
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Eye of the Beholder, The
directed by Stefan Chiarantano Canada, Experimental, 2003, 16mm, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 An experimental film in which images are created and ideas expressed using only light in shadow. Segments of the film are hand processed and optically printed on the JK and the Oxberry Stand .... more info | ||
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(re)cognition
directed by Stephan Larson USA, Animation, 2004, 3D Animation, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:50 (re)cognition is not a story with a beginning and end, it is an animation about the moment when something is realized, the moment of understanding, the moment of comprehension. It is the moment when something that appears random is suddenly deliberate. Cause and effect provides the stimulus for change; as one shape interacts with another, a transformation begins to occur that is perhaps more recognizable, perhaps more indecipherable. As these shapes evaporate and coalesce throughout the animation, they begin to provoke awareness - small moments when everything seen makes sense for a short time before dissolving into chaos again. It is an experience of moments, a dance of sorts.... more info | ||
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Bug
directed by Arnault Labaronne France, Comedy / Satire, 2003, 35mm, Color, Dolby Digital, 00:13:00 A weird and wacky adaptation of the fairytale "Sleeping Beauty" in which the princess is a prostitute and her 3 good fairies are Drag-Queens ! ... more info | ||
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Humanus
directed by Danny Dangar USA, Experimental, 2003, Mini DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:19 From the primal stream to the digital stream - mankind is created - mankind creates - mankind recreates himself.... more info | ||