Scaling Quelccaya
Meredith Leich | United States | 2017 | 7:30 Website A collaboration between a filmmaker (Meredith Leich) and a glaciologist (Andrew Malone), Scaling Quelccaya weaves together two distant places: the melting Quelccaya glacier in Peru and the city of Chicago. As the world’s largest tropical glacier, Quelccaya and its rapid retreat is currently studied by… Read more »
Bent On Somnolence
Timothy McCarthy | United States | 2018 | 1:29:41 Bent On Somnolence tells a deep, fictional story of how a lonely man, tortured by his insomnia, breaks free from his hamster wheel job, his money traps, and changes his life. He slaps down his drug addictions, kicks his conditioning in its ass and takes a… Read more »
Quartet of Bambi
Nina Staehli | Germany, Switzerland | 2017 | 8:05 IMDB Inspired by Fellini’s “Prova d’orchestra” (1978) the Swiss artist Nina Staehli presents her own experimental twist to the story with her “BIG Head” characters. Cast Claudia Zimmermann Jeremias Radny Mimizane Simon Höfer
Rouse
Ramón Rodríguez | United States | 2017 | 4:45 By using contrasting and deliberate visuals, this film is a reflection of some of the everyday routines of humans in New York City and some of the perceptions of what supposedly defines us with the intention of shattering those very same perceptions. Cast Erica Tremblay Writer… Read more »
Rythmes Cycliques
Rythmes Cycliques | David Bussan | United States | 2018 | 6:30 Rythmes Cycliques (Cyclical Rhythms) presents sunsets, chimney swifts diving into a chimney, and beech trees losing its leaves in autumn in a series of video wipes set to the piano music of Erik Satie. Producer David Bussan
Sigh, Rushes, Sigh
Patrick Müller | Germany | 2018 | 3:00 Swedish with English Subtitles Website | Facebook | Twitter In his tale of passionate love and heartbreaking grief, Swedish poet Gustaf Fröding (1860–1911) explains the drowning of the beautiful Ingalill. Shot in black and white with an old 16mm film camera. Cast Klaus-Rüdiger Utschick Writer Gustaf Fröding… Read more »
The Fifth
Erik Brown | United States | 2018 | 36:23 Website | Facebook | Twitter Cooper finds himself trapped in a cabin in the middle of the woods, with no memory of how he got there. He is then haunted by visions of his own death. The only person there to help him is his mother…… Read more »
Vintage Crown Point and the Cowbell Song
Gary Kaulback | Canada | 2018 | 18:40 Antiques, collectibles and vintage clothing become the backdrop to a short retrospective of Crown Point where ‘the past is ever-present Cast Terri Gilchrist Writer Gary Kaulback Brendan Oliver Producer Gary Kaulback
Night Light
Kevin Molony | United Kingdom | 2018 | 8:30 The algebra of inner space during a transcendental emotional breakdown on the Motorway. Writer Stephen Kennedy Producer Kevin Molony
Man and the Sea
Patrick Müller | Germany | 2018 | 4:00 French with English Subtitles Website | Facebook In Baudelaire’s poem, the sea becomes the mirror of man: wild, abysmal and mysterious. Cast Patrick Müller Writer Charles Baudelaire Producer Patrick Müller