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Halloweird has become a yearly institution for Independent Exposure - bringing audiences the best in hallowed, strange, gross, controversial, odd and just plain weird films and this year’s program is no different. Themes ponder death, solitude and alienation, from the ironic homage to the cemetery of The Green Grass of Twilight to revisiting a relationship between a T-Rex and a Pterodactyl in Transrexia, or the obsessive body maintenance of Little Clips, this program is sure leave audiences appropriately unnerved for Halloween.
All films in a printable format
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Mama
directed by Hester Scheurwater
Netherlands,
Horror / Bizarre,
2005,
00:02:30
"Mama mama mama...," a woman calls out again and again, over and over. Is it her child that she mimics, or is she calling for her own mother? A desperate video performance in the first person.
... more info
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By the Kiss
directed by Yann GONZALEZ and SEDNA FILMS
France,
Comedy / Satire,
2007,
35mm,
B&W,
Dolby SR,
00:05:00
Night. Kisses. A consumed heart.... more info
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Discusion y Lagrimas
directed by Rafaël
Spain,
Video Art / Film Art,
2007,
Color,
Dolby Digital,
00:02:30
Walls, characters, tears, papers & sounds.... more info
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A Message From Mary Davis
directed by Pekka Sassi
Finland,
Experimental,
2006,
digital video,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:02:18
A film with dark humor. The Text is taken from the spam mail I recieved. ... more info
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Bowled Over
directed by Sietske Tjallingii
Netherlands,
Experimental,
2008,
HD Video,
Color,
Other,
00:02:30
An homage to the Coen brothers turns into a real bowl-o-drama.... more info
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The Mark
directed by Tom Barndt and Samara St. Croix
USA,
Comedy / Satire,
2007,
00:04:30
A lawyer rents a room to a human lightning Bolt
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Loka - Tabernacle 1
directed by Kathleen Lorden
USA,
Music,
2006,
35mm,
B&W,
00:03:18
A music video for the English electronic band, Loka.... more info
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Transrexia
directed by Aurelio Voltaire
USA,
Animation,
2008,
16mm,
Color,
Dolby SR,
00:01:00
In this ultra-short prehistoric postcard a stop-motion T-Rex ponders his past relationship with a Pterodactyl.
Narrated by Psychedelic Furs frontman, Richard Butler. Directed and animated by MTV and Sci-Fi C... more info
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The Green Grass of Twilight
directed by Richie Sherman
USA,
Sci-fi / Fantasy,
2007,
16mm,
Color,
Dolby SR,
00:07:30
As a single time-lapse shot of cemetery headstones progresses to night, we are surprised to see the occupant step out to mow the grass and prepare for anticipated morning guests. ... more info
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Il Etait Encore des Fois (Once upon many times)
directed by Aurélie Pedron
Canada,
Video Art / Film Art,
2006,
video,
Color,
Dolby Digital,
00:02:43
This work represents research on the deformation of bodies in movement. One single image of a starving body is the source. This body, emaciated and manipulated, is the prevailing symbol of young bodies as the... more info
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Tralala (director's cut)
directed by Magali Charrier
United Kingdom,
Animation,
2006,
35mm,
B&W,
Dolby A,
00:05:06
A poetic reflection on innocence, Tralala is a mix of a dance film, a performance, a poem and an animated film. This pure jewel draws the tender and metaphoric portrait of three women/child in total immersion... more info
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Fantaisie in Bubblewrap
directed by Arthur Metcalf
USA,
Animation,
2007,
digital video,
Color,
Magnetic Stereo,
04:21:00
'Fantaisie in Bubblewrap' is told from the point of view of a society of animate bubblewrap as it faces its inevitable popping.... more info
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Little Clips
directed by Julie Perini
USA,
Experimental,
2007,
digital video,
Color,
Dolby Digital,
00:40:00
I wondered: What kinds of videos can we make with material from our own daily life activities? Is there beauty in the mundane, tedious, boring, routine things that we do? In reviewing footage I had shot on... more info
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Infinite Justice
directed by Karl Tebbe
Germany,
Political / Social,
2006,
35mm,
Color,
Dolby Digital,
00:02:20
Fragments from Iraq war reports shown on German television, reconstructed frame by frame
with action figures sold in the USA, suitable for children over 5.
CHOKING HAZARD - Small parts.
This isn't Disney.... more info
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Blissful
directed by rainer ziehm
USA,
Animation,
2007,
HD Video,
B&W,
Magnetic Stereo,
00:00:35
Blissful is a collaborative, psychological landscape that describes the internal struggle of a heartless individual. Within the gaps that are created throughout years of pain and suffering, wicked yet blissfu... more info
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Kaltes Klares Wasser
directed by Hester Scheurwater
Netherlands,
Horror / Bizarre,
2005,
00:04:00
Kaltes Klares Wasser shows a woman, between her legs on the floor a lot of blood. Another woman is getting near …
... more info
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