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The Microcinema Team curated seven programs for 2006 - each one an important showcase for contemporary, progressive, artistic, and culturally relevant short films and videos. Each program was curated to present a diverse and eclectic set of works in an intentional context. All of the shows are meant to challenge, intrigue, surprise, and, most importantly - to entertain. If our experiences over the last ten years hold true for this year, we know that you will love some of the works - and love some of the others a bit less. But we hope that you walk away from the shows with a better appreciation of the depth of creativity that exists in the moving images arts. This is what motivates us.
This year our judge, Addictive TV visited San Francisco to view over 100 moving image artists shorts and selected the three prize winners the following three prize winners, Kathy Huang for first prize, Signe Baumane for second and Lizzi Akana for third. Their films along with fourteen others were selected by Addictive TV to be included in this special program that will be presented at our awards screening in San Francisco as well as to microcinemas, festivals, museums and universities around the US, Europe, Asia, South America, Africa and the Middle East. This program, Independent Exposure 2006 - Addictive TV Best of 2006 Edition will also be made into a DVD that will be sold in our online DVD store and distributed by Microcinema International Distribution.
All films in a printable format
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75% PAL Bars Horse
directed by Tina Willgren
Sweden,
Animation,
2005,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:01:45
Animated color bars and the sound of horses. AN ode to a logical collapse.... more info
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Instructional Guide to Dating, The
directed by Siobhan Bowers
Australia,
Animation,
2005,
35 mm,
Color,
Dolby SR,
00:07:00
There are many hazards to avoid in the airport of love. How do you choose a co-pilot to take on your journey? What is the best way to eject from a date that's in a tailspin? How do you avoid excess emotional ... more info
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Between You and Me
directed by Patryk Rebisz
USA,
Narrative,
2005,
HD Video,
Color,
Dolby Digital,
00:04:30
New York City chance encounter showing real life stop-motion animation with people. ... more info
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Marvelous, Keen Loony Bin
directed by Lizzi Akana
USA,
Animation,
2005,
Hand-Drawn Animation,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:05:37
A day in the life of the headless, limbless, faceless, and brainless.... more info
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Aegri Somnia (A Sick Man's Dream)
directed by Brooke Beane
USA,
Experimental,
2004,
digital video,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:00:44
This piece is an exploration of 3D visualization that explores the concept that observation is kinetic. It was created using the 3D software Maya.... more info
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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
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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
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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
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Boy In The Air, The
directed by Lyn Elliot
USA,
Experimental,
2005,
Color,
Dolby Digital,
00:02:00
An enigmatic advertisement inspires a letter. The corporation writes back.... more info
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Five Infomercials for Dentists
directed by Signe Baumane
USA,
Animation,
2005,
Digital Video,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:03:30
Five bizarre infomercials introduce dentists to the substantial products of their trade:
Latex gloves, anesthesia, dental tools, crowns and chocolate.... more info
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Freerun
directed by Henry Reichhold
United Kingdom,
Video Art / Film Art,
2005,
Mobile Video,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:01:11
A movie designed to capture the pace and energy of the sport
with new techniques that celebrate rather than hide the visible pixel.... more info
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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
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Rain
directed by Rebecca Ruige Xu
USA,
Animation,
2005,
Computer Animation,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:03:34
Inspired by Chinese watercolors, computer programming (C + OpenGL) generated animation is used to interpret the motion of falling rain. ... more info
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Rocco Never Dies
directed by Federico Solmi
USA,
Animation,
2005,
Digital Video,
B&W/Color,
Magnetic Monaural,
00:03:52
“Rocco Never Dies” is a drawing animation based on the XXX movie of Italian porn superstar Rocco Siffredi. It is a documentary of the life of one of the greatest Italian icons in U.S. society of all times. In... more info
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Space Travel
directed by Steven Lall
United Kingdom,
Animation,
2005,
Digital Video,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:04:05
Space Travel is about a spaceman on a spiritual journey. Screen space represents the world which he is travelling through. He shows people he encounters a paper with a question. He tries to solve his quest by... more info
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Pirates and Emperors (or, Size Does Matter)
directed by Eric Henry
USA,
Animation,
2004,
Color,
Dolby Digital,
00:04:05
While critics decry the United States' current brand of military and economic imperialism as dangerously unprecedented, great powers have been throwing their weight around like schoolyard bullies since St. Au... more info
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On Hold
directed by Leo Earle
United Kingdom,
Comedy / Satire,
2005,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:02:16
The aim of this project was to complain effectively about being put on hold by the British telecommunications giant NTL.... more info
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