A collection of 13 international short films that reflect upon the social, political, personal, erotic and artistic changes that have happened over the last several years. The moving image artists selected for this program all made shorts that approached conventional subjects with innovative filmmaking styles and techniques.

All films in a printable format

	Trauma directed by Chris Ohlson USA, Video Art / Film Art, 2006, super8, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:45 On October 22nd something terrible happened.... more info
	Reveries From Cistae Memoria directed by Phil Hastings USA, Animation, 2005, 35mm, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:10:36 Utilizing stop-motion animation, “Reveries from Cistae memoria” explores the subjective and oneiric journeys through fragmented and reconstructed memories. The use of Linnaean classifications within the film ... more info
	Surveil directed by Jake Messenger and Chirstinn Whyte United Kingdom, Video Art / Film Art, 2005, mini-DV, B&W/Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:10 Using a mix of stills and moving image, and footage in colour and black and white, a single performer is captured by the camera moving within the confines of the screen space.... more info
	Bessie Cohen, Survivor of 1911 Shirtwaist Fire directed by Hope Tucker USA, Documentary, 2000, dv, B&W/Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 An obituary whittles one’s social contribution down to its barest form and the last ninety years of a life become eclipsed by an escape from a burning building, the site of one of the worst industrial disaste... more info
	2AM: Two Around The Mountain directed by Lina Dorado and Luis Cantillo USA, Animation, 2005, DV, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:06:00 At two in the morning on a day like today a man and a woman leave their homes in the highlands and start running. Watch their lives unfold in real time and glimpse, for a brief moment, the curious links be... more info
	Night Visions directed by Kathy Huang USA, Documentary, 2005, 16mm, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:07:15 Soon after September 11th, Blake Roberts enlisted in the U.S. Army. Now, four years later, he has returned from Iraq a changed man. Using photographs shot by Roberts during his tour of duty, Night Visions tel... more info
	Burka Boogie Woogie directed by Sietske Tjallingii Netherlands, Music, 2006, 35 mm, Color, Optical, 00:05:09 What is under a burka? A sensual and graphic dance of two dancers under a burka. The burka begins to have a life of its own, as it metamorphoses into a variety of shapes, and plays with our fear and mystery... more info
	Deshabiller de Blanc directed by Frederic Lecomte France, Erotic, 2005, DVD, B&W/Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:07:35 Hands present and remaining in the mass of the image. Hands undressing the white of the image. It is the same hands which kills. If films had remained silent, it would have contributed to create a sort of the... more info
	Get to Go directed by Reed O'Beirne USA, Art / Artist, 2006, Super-8, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:54 A dance-film about why you can't have forever what you'll always have right now. “Get to Go” revolves around the polarities of hope & loss, water & desert, flesh & machine -- while throughout following an un... more info
	Pursuit directed by Dennis Miller USA, Animation, 2004, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:16 Pursuit is the first of three short works that form the series Moving Target (2004). The piece consists of a fast-paced sequence of synthetic images onto which the music, also composed by this author, imposes... more info
	Carla Cope directed by Aileen McCormack USA, Experimental, 2005, super8, Color, Dolby Digital, 00:05:00 Carla Cope is the story of life, love and loss during the 9/11 tragedy in New York City. The film follows Carla through the city as she looks back on all she has lost while grappling with the uncertainty of h... more info
	Shed Film directed by Paul Fletcher Australia, Experimental, 2005, digital video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:53 A place where sunlight pierces through holes in the iron, where the known drifts into the unknown, then returns to compost in the ground.... more info
	Beginning, Middle and End directed by Daniel Greaves United Kingdom, Art / Artist, 2004, digital video, Color, 00:04:30 An unconventional and atmospheric film in three parts illustrating the cycle of life.... more info

Upcoming Screenings
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date

Screening History
Venue/Organization	City	Country	Date
Modified Arts	Phoenix	USA	2006-11-30	Event Details
Central Cinema	Seattle	USA	2006-11-08	Event Details
111 Minna Gallery	San Francisco	USA	2006-09-25	Event Details
Axiom Theatre	Houston	USA	2006-09-08	Event Details

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