All Films

西村みずほ ストロベリー×ストロベリー

2007 • 60 min • Japan

2007 release

Dick Cheney: No Retreat

2007 • 41 min • United States of America

A rare glimpse into the life of former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Chit Chat

2007 • 3 min

"Chit Chat" depicts a flurry of fruitless dealings among an anonymous group of men. Formless and easily malleable, it is difficult to decipher where one figure ends and another begins. As their futile exchanges grow increasingly violent, the work's innocuous title takes on a more sinister connotation as a euphemism for conflict, brutality, and war. [Overview courtesy of MoMA]

What The Future Sounded Like

2007 • 27 min

From Dr Who to The Dark Side of the Moon to modern day dance music, the pioneering members of the Electronic Music Studios radically changed the sound-scape of the 20th Century. What the Future Sounded Like tells this fascinating story of British electronic music. What The Future Sounded Like mixes experimental visual and sonic techniques with animation and never-seen-since archival footage. A sonic and visual collage, this documentary colors in a lost chapter in music history, uncovering a group of composers and music engineers who harnessed technology and new ideas to re-imagine the boundaries of music and sound.

Nooma Shells 020

2007 • 10 min

Do you often find yourself saying, "I'm so busy" or "I just have so much to do"? It's easy to get overwhelmed with appointments, gatherings, to-do lists. But what are we really doing with our time? Many of us are running from place to place and it seems like life is just passing us by. We're doing so many things, a little bit of everything, and yet it doesn't feel like much of a life. But most of us find it hard to say no. We feel obligated. There are so many good things to do. So many good causes to join. But while we're busy doing all these good things, are we missing out on something great? Maybe saying no would be easier if we knew what it meant to say yes.

On Light, or the Ingression of Forms

2007 • 3 min

On Light, or the Ingression of Forms is a homage to philosopher of light, Robert Grosseteste. The title is intended to be somewhat tongue-in-cheek since this video was made entirely in the dark, using only a circuit bent webcam. No additional computer effects/sounds were added to the video.

Promised Paradise

2007 • 52 min • Indonesia

Using performance to inspire critical reflection, Promised Paradise delivers fascinating and revealing insight into the social and religious undercurrents dominating Indonesian society today and the Muslim world at large.

Scouting for Boys

2007 • 60 min • United Kingdom

Lord Baden-Powell's 1908 handbook Scouting for Boys is one of the most influential and best-selling books of all time. In the 20th century, only the Bible, the Koran and the Thoughts of Chairman Mao sold more. But they had fewer jokes, no pictures and were useless at important stuff like tying knots. In this entertaining and affectionate film, Ian Hislop uncovers the story behind the book which kick-started the Scout Movement - a work which is very eccentric, very Edwardian and very English. Hislop discovers that the book is also very radical and addresses a variety of modern issues, such as citizenship, disaffected youth and social responsibility. He explores the maverick brilliance of Baden-Powell, a national celebrity after his heroism in the Boer War, and considers the book's candid focus on health and well-being.

Thrasher - King of the Road 2007

2007 • 58 min

Ride along as four sick teams race their way across the US skating, filming, causing mayhem and earning points for a chance to be Thrasher Magazine’s 2007 King of the Road! A recap of all the action that went down on KOTR 2007 featuring riders from Blind, Foundation, Black Label and Zoo York.

1234

2007 • 4 min

In a playful critique of the mechanisation of the body and the militarisation of the workplace, Zhou Tao collages choreographed chants that take place in morning group meetings – a form of taking attendance at the beginning of a workday – for shops and companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen.

Fashion Avenue

2007 • 7 min • United States of America

Filmed in New York's Garment District, Fashion Avenue uses mirrors to reflect something more beautiful than the world of glamour: the everyday lives of working people. The filming of reflections creates the effect of printed fabrics, and the often jagged shapes resemble sleeves and lapels on the cutting-room table.

The Wedding Present

2007 • 3 min

It's an ironically dark response to its title. It pictures an oversaturated, white and blue stop motion animation of the double image of a man jumping into a river, holding his nose before the final splash. A bug appears for less than a second, making an almost subliminal connection. The act of falling becomes a figurative abstraction, while the entire image gets transformed into dark blue obscurity. -Monica Savirón

Knowledge of the Cone

2007 • 2 min

Short animated film by Israeli filmmaker Eran Hilleli inspired by a few of Jean Michel Basquiat's paintings

Renita, Renita

2007 • 16 min

Renita, a trans-prostitute, who speaks her truth. She would prefer not to be trans...

Ma Rainey's Lesbian Licks

2007 • 4 min

Contemporary cover of a 1928 blues song written and performed by Ma Rainey with explicitly lesbian lyrics.

An Optical Printer Duet

2007 • 3 min

"I did this collaboration with filmmaker Caryn Cline. Two filmmakers, two direct animation technics, two optical printers one roll of 16mm film."

El Extraño Experimento del Profesor Elizondo

2007 • 55 min • Mexico

Documentary about life and works Salvador Elizondo, a Mexican writer regarded as one of the creators of the most influential cult noirè, experimental and intelligent style literature in Latin America.

Sound Cuts

2007 • 20 min • United Kingdom

“Black film stock is repeatedly cut and rejoined. The cuts are made with the angled blade of a splicer normally used for joining sound film. At each cut we see an angled flash of light followed by a thud of sound. The film combines rhythmic intervals from one cut per second to twenty-four cuts per second, spread across 6 projectors”.

プライベート映像

2007 • 9 min

Documentary style short film following three Japanese performance artists at a festival.

Keiko Is

2007 • 9 min • Japan

Keiko is an elite elementary school student who has all the expectations of her parents. Her mother is proud of her for getting good grades. On the other hand, Keiko is also proud of her mother. A daughter who can study well and her mother. At first glance, the relationship between parent and child seems normal, but there is something strange about it...

The Waking Instant

2007 • 11 min

Experimental video by Peter Newman.

Foundation

2007 • 9 min

A dreamscape of 20th century industry portends disaster. As miners toil, fish swim by and naked bodies hang in a row; a scarred glass tower rises bloodily from the sea; waves crash and snakes roil. This surreal video uses a vast array of video techniques to suggest the relationship between human labour and ecological demise. Includes unauthorized footage shot in a Saskatchewan mine miles below the earth's surface.

Standing Start

2007 • 13 min • United Kingdom

'Man, a being in search of meaning' we experience the fear, adrenaline and power of an Olympic cyclist going into battle on the world stage.

Death of a Matriarch

2007 • 3 min

From the tale of "Kana'ti and Selu," a Cherokee origin epic myth, "Death of a Matriarch" is an impressionistic stop-motion short.