| The Films Within Halloweird 2004 | |||
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If... That Would Be Great!
directed by David Lim USA, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, 00:00:15 A piece about office work that was entirely created using corporate computer software training videos as source material.... more info | ||
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Asking for It
directed by Kevin C. Murray USA, Horror / Bizarre, 2003, 16mm, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:10 A girl alone in a cabin at night. You do the math.... more info | ||
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John Henry (Ding Dong Bell)
directed by Brent Watanabe USA, Experimental, 2003, DV/Computer Animation, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:08:00 A dreamy kaleidoscope of fable-like vignettes populated by a young girl, a stray kitten, and a shadowy headless man.... more info | ||
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Poetry Contest
directed by Carolyn and Andy London USA, Comedy / Satire, 2003, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:15 Two sock puppets recite poetry they’ve written about their genitalia. ... more info | ||
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Are you Feeling Lonely?
directed by Rosario Garcia-Montero USA, Narrative, 2003, 16mm, Color, Optical Stereo, 00:14:00 Massively affected by the big city, Baddi, a janitor in the morgue, makes phone calls to the yet-to-be-informed widows in an attempt to meet the one that will fulfill his fantasy of love, wealth and social status.... more info | ||
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Gestalt
directed by Thorsten Fleisch Germany, Animation, 2003, Computer Animation, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:00 fourdimensional quaternionic fractals are visualized by projecting them into threedimensional space. instead of modeling objects or scenes of human imagination I tried to experiment with the visualization of pure mathematics. for this computeranimation only the variables of one formula (x[n+1]=x[n]^p-c) were changed. it took me about a year to get an idea of the transformations and shapes which could be expressed by this formula. another year was needed to render the sequences which I wanted to use. to actually work with the means used to describe the fabrics of our space and universe in modern science fascinated me. in the days of pythagoras science with math and geometry in particular held... more info | ||
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Fallen Trophy
directed by Arjen de Leeuw Netherlands, Comedy / Satire, 2001, mini DV/PAL, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:30 A woman is confronted with a winged lion, in vain she tries to get hold of the mythological animal, that in itself has lost all its myth.... more info | ||
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Purveyor Concrete
directed by Catherine Czacki USA, Experimental, 2003, Super 8mm & DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:30 | ||
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Found Artists: Gary Crom
directed by Curtis Craven USA, Documentary, 2004, DVCAM/DVD, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:08:30 "Outsider artist" Gary Crom produces art from bones, hair, teeth and dried rats. ... more info | ||
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Eleven
directed by Paul Fletcher Australia, Experimental, 2003, DVD, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:00 "Eleven" takes its title and point of departure from recent physics theories of eleven parallel dimensions across multiple universes . This film is a 5 minute excursion into the powerful , complex, arbitrary and unpredictable chaotic patterns of natural phenomena such as tornados. A view of the equally fascinating, "beautiful", puzzling and horrific nature of such events . An abstract fiction of the ghosts, spirits and traces of human experiences.... more info | ||
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Day Off the Dead
directed by Lee Lanier USA, Animation, 2003, 3D Animation, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:06:00 Dead Guy and Dead Gal find themselves in a surreal, animated Dead World, where lost souls try to make their earthly desires come to life. ... more info | ||
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Trick or Treat Pony
directed by Ben Coonley USA, Comedy / Satire, 0, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:08:17 The pony and human examine the evolution of Halloween games, from the ancient rite of bobbing for apples to the contemporary spectacle of American football. Confronting liminality on 3rd down and long, the pony BRINGS IT TO THE HOUSE.... more info | ||
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Why Would Anyone Do Anything?
directed by Gym Jones USA, Comedy / Satire, 2003, 16mm, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:00 Amber would do anything to get revenge on her conservative mother who won't let her get an abortion. She sets out to create a mutant fetus, breaking every rule in the pre-natal care book, before falling victim to her own nihilistic plot in the end. ... more info | ||
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Dogcatcher
directed by Aaron Hawks USA, Erotic, 2003, 16mm, other, Magnetic Monaural, 00:11:20 Filmed with the intension of being edited as if it was found footage , Chuck Duke masterfully edits a complex story told through bizzare and strangle sequences. Narrated with beautifully composed music by Justin Melland ,the story takes you into the world of a man with amnesia that tries to put himself back together with a collage of images he finds in a box at his feet. ... more info | ||