Archive 2006
THE LEO - REEL 2
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Th, November 9 3:15 pm CinemaxX 2 Guest: Andrea Emonds Sa, November 11 3:00 pm CinemaxX 1 Guest: Raphael Gianelli |
1. These chairs (Dom där stolarna)
Director: Daniel Westlund, Music: Peter Forsman
S 2006, 3:02 min, DVD, colour, without dialogue
A 3D animation dance film in which 6 chairs dance to the beat of a drum, while undermining the laws of gravity and our idea of a chair’s "existence".
2. Black Way to freedom
Director: Rob Chiu, Audio design: Diagram Of Suburban Chaos
GB 2005, 4 min, DVD, colour, without dialogue
A beautiful sunny day. A happy family. Then suddenly everything turns to tragedy among the chaos...
3. Daydreamers
Director: Raphaël Gianelli-Meriano, Music: Andy Votel & small cross, Johnny Mercer, Rube Bloom
F 2005, 5:37 min, BetaSP, colour, OV
"Daydreamers" depicts the energy released by lovers – even when only in thought. The stormy trip out to sea leads to a happy end.
4. The Oslo Phone Book
Director and chant: Eva Drangsholt
N 2005, 6:38 min, DVD, colour, OV
The idea behind the film is to sing (done by the director herself) the first 100 names of the Oslo phone book in alphabetical order, with only the names on screen.
5. The Eel
Director: Dominic Hailstone, Music: Robert Clunne
GB 2005, 6 min, DVD, colour, without dialogue
A new kind of horror, this time with an eel in an undersized tank. Picture and music compliment perfectly to create a heavy and oppressive atmosphere.
6. Morning Lemon
Director: Daan Spruijt, Sound design: Daan Spruijt, Marie-Jeanne Wijckmans
NL 2006, 8:29 min, DVD, colour, ES
An overseas call and a false prejudice lead to a mix-up. The message would be clear with gesture and words – not easy in a world of phones and emails.
7. Inside the Dishwasher
Director: The Fat Controller & Sin Sin, Music: Sin Sin Collective
NL 2006, 3:03 min, DVD, colour, OV
This film discusses the raison d’être of TV shopping-channels. Images of busy housewives are accompanied by a mix of monotone sales announcements.
8. Trottadam
Director: Die Trottos, Music: Rita Knuistingh Neven
NL 2006, 11:30 min, BetaSP, bw, ES
The film, with piano accompaniment, tells of two lesbians, who meet and marry in Rotterdam. They enchant us 1920s-style with comedy and love.
9. grundlos
Director: Daniel Burkhardt, Music: Alexander Peterhaensel
D 2005, 2:42 min, BetaSP, bw, without dialogue
A flagstone floor. The joins begin to move. Filmed by 3 cameras simultaneously and using quick editing, an optical illusion develops.
10. Im Rauschen - Eine experimentelle Animation
Director: Meik Mense, Music: Meik Mense
D 2006, 3:30 Min, DVD, bw, without dialogue
Sometimes when you listen to white noise closely your brain tries to spot patterns, tones and melodies. This film examines this human sense for music.
11. Latent sorrow
Director: Shon Kim, Sound design: Shon Kim
USA 2005, 3:30 min, BetaSP, colour, without dialogue
This multi-award winning experimental film attempts to find a point where abstract and figurative images coexist. The weird sound plays an important role.
12. Prism-Grid
Director: Lars Nagler, Music: Lars Nagler
D 2005, 1:30 min, DVD, colour, without dialogue
A man trapped in a grid. The electronic soundtrack underlines the density and sometimes menacing atmosphere of the film.
13. 458nm
Director: Jan Bitzer/Ilija Brunck/Tom Weber, Music: Dada-Inn
D 2006, 6:44 min, BetaSP, colour, without dialogue
This riveting film really is about the mortality of cyber-snails. The unsettling quality of the nano-images is coupled with an intense sound design.
14. Spin
Director: Jamin Winans, Music: Jamin Winans
USA 2005, 8 Min, DVD, colour, without dialogue
A DJ is thrown "Terminator"-like into an everyday scene, equipped with turntables and mixing desk. His mission – to stop a chain reaction of accidents.
15. Video 3000
Director: Marc Schleiss, Music: Joe Weisgerber
D 2006, 5 min, DVD, colour, without dialogue
Rolf has a new video recorder and tests it right away. It doesn’t work. Damn. He angrily hits the remote and soon realises it operates other things...
16. Broken Wire
Director: Juan Carlos Mostaza, Music: M.González "Pika"/J. M.Pérez/P.Vega
E 2006, 8:30 min, DVD, colour, without dialogue
The happiness of two lovers turn another person’s life into a nightmare, driving him to the edge. The absence of dialogue gives the music more effect.