Experimental Shorts

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The Carriageworks: Main Auditorium
10th November • 1pm

Shoot presents a selection of the best contemporary experimental film. Come and see just how wide-ranging the field can be, with a selection of beautiful, inspiring shorts including Super 8 film,animation, computerg enerated images and found footage. Screening in the programme is 1, 2, 3, Dusk, an award-winning animation from Canada. Also showing is the UK premiere of Dynamic of the Metropolis, an interpretation of László Moholy-Nagy's film manuscript from the 1920s and >>sat.land<<, which consists of slowly tracking satellite observations of the world.

Under Twilight
Dir. Jean-Gabriel Periot, France, 2006, 5 mins, World Premiere
Using found footage, the relationship between beauty and destruction is captivatingly illustrated.

Portal
Dir. Gareth Crook, UK, 2 mins, UK Premiere
Through computer-generated animation the portal becomes a gateway in an experiment with both the 3D environment and the digital subconsciousness it suggests.

Dubus
Dir. AV, Russia, 2005, 4 mins, UK Premiere
Ballroom scenes from classical Hollywood cinema are effectively tampered with to fit the overlaid dance rhythms of Zelany Rashosho's music.

Chronomops
Dir. Tina Frank, 2005, 2 mins, English Premiere
A digital creation of myriad vertical bars and 3D forms, rotated in irregular formations to produce an exciting excess of colour and light.

Elements
Dir. Dariusz Kowalski, Austria, 2005, 8 mins
An enchanting choreography of landscape images taken over several seasons from one location, yielding surprising variety and beauty.

Dynamic of the Metropolis
Dirs. Sebastien Helm and Maximillian Sauerbier, Germany, 2006, 20 mins, UK Premiere
An interpretation of László Moholy-Nagy's film script of the above title from 1921-22, which forms the connecting thread for the animated sequences that incorporate an element of social criticism.

One, two, three, dusk
Dir. Félix DuFour-Laperrière, Canada, 2006, 16 mins, UK Premiere
Wonderfully varied and visually compelling animation focusing on three different renderings of a woman at the end of the day.

>>sat.land<<
Dir. Martin Heckmann, Germany, 2006, 11 mins, UK Premiere
A satellite camera tracks slowly across the globe, gradually moving in towards Earth. The resulting images are powerfully hypnotic and revelatory.

Historia
Dir. Mathew Moore, Sweden, 2005, 8mins, UK Premiere
A magical Super 8 depiction of the frailty of existence and the transience of our lives, through a path laid out on a cold, desolate, wintry beach.

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Dir. Olivo Barbieri, Canada/Italy, 2005, 12 mins
Fascinating and beautiful aerial studies of the city, using a technique that distorts the images to make them appear like miniature models, when actually taken in real space and time.

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