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ZDF.neo kultur record of In Extremo gig live at Wacken Open Air 2012

In addition to his work as an actor, John Cassavetes (1929-1989) was one of the great maverick directors of American independent cinema, his key films including Shadows (1958), Faces (1968), A Woman Under the Influence (1974) and The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976). This documentary by Doug Headline reflects on his life and work, through the eyes of key collaborators.

A man consumed by vengeance realizes the futility of his quest.

A man imitates a black-money drama, and a spirit appears in the video... A popular documentary horror series featuring 13 frightening images, including “Special Effects”.

A modern interpretation of William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies', set within the confines of a locked car.

A man. A wall. A hole. A prohibition.

In a society where dead had come back and it has become an everyday thing, a policeman, part of the anti-zombie special force is bitten by one of the infected. He then must find a way to continue with his daily life routine and with his work, which is killing zombies, even though he knows he'll become one of them.

Blankets for Indians blends a stereoscopic study of water spurting from New York’s City Hall fountain with an intimately detailed portrait of an Occupy Wall Street march. While in the process of shooting the fountain in 2012, Jacobs serendipitously turned his camera toward a large protest marching to Zuccotti Park in support of Occupy Wall Street. The unexpected connection gives the film new life, seamlessly moving between sensual observation and political commentary, reflection, and abstraction. Using freeze-frames, text, and 3D manipulation, Jacobs questions the contemporary conditions of socio-political struggle, its relation to aesthetics, and the labor necessary to produce both.

Since 9/11 nearly 3000 families will receive nearly 7 billion dollars in compensation from the Government and public donations. For many it has been anything but compensation. For many it has ruined their lives for a second time.

Appropriating a brief fragment from a 35mm print of an old Kung Fu movie, Never a Foot Too Far, Even is an action movie without action. Presented in double-projection, with images from two separate rolls overlaid to form a single image, this film focuses on an obscure figure finding himself in a forest path, caught between perpetual motion and stasis. The painterly images fluctuate in the complex shifting of color and texture, phasing in and out through a polymetric structure. It is a perceptual journey without destination in the turning sphere of ever-changing image and sound, whose beginning and end move in parallel towards a fleeting point of convergence. The palindrome of the title alludes to the structure of the film based on various combinations of a series of recurring sequences that move forward and in reverse simultaneously, defying the usual sense of progression. With original sound composition by Malcolm Goldstein.

An exploration of life, death, and identity through video, CGI, and animation. Found, performed, and commissioned.

A musing is addressed to a glorious phantom-like entity.

The flow of time and unseen human relationships are exposed at public amusement facilities in four California towns.

A 2012 series of looped screensaver video art made by Jodie Mack

In the summer of 2012, one of the most vital ecosystems on earth, the Greenland ice sheet, experienced a meltdown that alarmed scientists the world over. Greenland is an island encased in ice and it’s the world’s second largest ice sheet after Antarctica. That summer, ninety-seven percent of the surface ice melted. “Melting Point” is a comprehensive examination of this event. Videographer Snorre Wik shot the footage under tough conditions—hauling around 1,000 pounds of gear by helicopter, by SUV (on Greenland’s mostly dirt roads) and out on a thinning ice sheet made treacherous by the sun. His efforts were both breathtaking and disturbing. Additionally, Jens Christiansson is responsible for filming the destruction of the Watson River bridge. Marco Tedesco and his team of researchers filmed the moulins and ice cap during the record meltoff.

Yukie Nakauchi's musical work using principal percussionist Niel DePonte's "Celebration and Chorale". Yuuki Matsumura was the arranger for the piece.

Recording of Phil Nichol's 2005 show "Nearly Gay". Recorded at the Garrick Theatre.

A young boy named Tiller watches his family start to crumble after the loss of his fathers job. When all hope seems lost he hears a legend about a town fish that brings good luck. Tiller sets out to catch the fish and bring good fortune to his family.

Abstract (2012) is a return to the contested narrative of Andrea Wolf’s death, with Steyerl traveling to Kurdistan in search of information about her friend's murder. The work links cinematic shooting and military warfare together, implicating Germany’s role in the operation. This has been screened in the past as a dual-channel work. But in this case it has been re-purposed by the artist as a split screen film. (KG) From e-flux: Abstract presents a scenario in which the violence of warfare and the violence of aesthetics twist around each other. The two-channel video visits the site where Steyerl’s friend Andrea Wolf was killed in 1998, but through a prism that refracts cinematic language against the weapons that killed her friend. As the site and circumstances of her death fold into the act of witnessing it from a distance, the ethical burden of identifying those responsible also appears to live and die with the debris that still remains at the site of the helicopter attack.

A combination of live footage and interviews with Chicago based hardcore band Raw Nerve. Head Trauma documents their final tour and last two weeks as a band.

A man goes on the hunt for himself.

This film is inspired by a plant native to Australia, the grass tree. I was attracted by the slow growth of the trees,their spectacular figures and the ways in which their existence connects the land, the plant and the people. High contrast black and white film was used to capture and document the movement of the grass tree, as a way to reflect their visual poetry.

Illusion for cinema is like dream for reality.