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2005 • 2 min

short film

Basin of Tears

2005 • 6 min

In Basin of Tears, two videos are projected side by side on two adjacent screens mounted to the wall. This video diptych creates an incredible imagery, colours and the sensual quality of water are presented vividly, just like in an old master painting. Viewers find themselves in a transcendental atmosphere; through the slow pace, the large but still intimate size and the exclusion of any sound, Viola creates a truly fascinating artwork with a powerful visual effect. It seeks to engage the viewer in a visceral and emotional experience that goes to the roots of the human condition and its spiritual sources.

Breathought

2005 • 5 min

Breathought is a cinematic attempt to deconstruct rationality; to this end it employs a number of different languages, as well as a videotaped landscape which periodically changes color. The result is the creation of a meditative state, which is intended to provide a neutral mental space for the spectator, hence facilitating access to a new level of communication and intuition.

Panoramas of the Moving Image: Mechanical Slides and Dissolving Views from Nineteenth-Century Magic Lantern Shows

2005 • 22 min

Mechanical glass slides were manipulated to simulate various kinds of change in the image, and multiple projectors allowed for superimposed and dissolving views. Brightly colored, handcrafted slides, depicting human activity, fantasy figures, and landscapes, were typically presented with live narration, music, and sound effects, in what became popular by the 1870s as Magic Lantern shows. Experimental media artist Ernie Gehr’s Panoramas of the Moving Image (2005) is a synchronized five-channel video installation that uses eighty-seven original slides and views selected from Gehr’s personal collection and that of renowned pre-cinema collector David Francis. Projected side by side, the slides create a mesmerizing wide-screen spectacle. A selection of vintage paper Zoetrope strips and Phenakistiscope discs—complementary artifacts of nineteenth-century moving-image technology—are also on display.

Straight From The Heart Live! - Vol. 1

2005 • 60 min • United States of America

Timeless pop hits of the '60s & '70s from the PBS pledge show Straight From The Heart, recorded live on May 13-14, 2003 at the Benedum Center for Performing Arts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Sad to Be Gay

2005 • 50 min

Documentary following David Akinsanya as he attends a controversial treatment center in America that promises 'freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus Christ'. David has been living as a gay man for 20 years, but if he could take a pill to make him heterosexual he'd pop it without a second thought. He believes his homosexuality is learned behavior but will it be something he can unlearn?

Straight From The Heart Live! - Vol. 2

2005 • 57 min • United States of America

Timeless pop hits of the '60s & '70s from the PBS pledge show Straight From The Heart, recorded live on May 13-14, 2003 at the Benedum Center for Performing Arts in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Bier-Zombies

2005 • 14 min • Germany

The blood of the descendants of Dr. Frankenstein turns 2 youngsters into blood-greedy beasts who can only think of killing from now on.

The Heterosexual Menace

2005 • 5 min

A studly Daddy's poolside fantasy collides with a conservative mom's focus on the family.

Whacker

2005 • 6 min

Under a cloudless Los Angeles sky, Kahn—dressed in incongruous heels and a summery dress—runs an electric weed whacker through a hill of overgrown grass.

Jaywalking

2005 • 9 min

A short exposé that ventures into the world of up-and-coming drag king star, Jay Walker. Guided by Jay, the video takes a look at the humor, freedom, and politics behind women dressing and performing as men. With appearances by other veteran and novice performers, the video paints a rich picture of an artistic and revolutionary movement.

Out in the Heartland

2005 • 19 min

This short film explores how Kentucky's recent constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage affects three families and their communities. As momentum pushes the issue from the mega-churches to the ballot box, gay parents begin to fear for their families' safety and future. Out in the Heartland gives a face to those at the center of these amendments, illuminating their long-term consequences for all

She Kills He

2005 • 20 min

She Kills He is the story of an unlikely pair finding love in a most unexpected place. Two people in the midst of overcoming their own adversities simultaneously find themselves innocently exploring and testing their newfound love in the gritty back streets of Miami.

Care Bears: Tenderheart Tales

2005 • 35 min

Join Tenderheart and the rest of your favorite cuddly Care Bears as they take you on a journey of fun and adventure and astonish you with magic and wizardry! Our heroic furry friends must overcome the dastardly Professor Coldheart and help their new friends find happiness before it is too late! Features 3 episodes: The Magic Shop, Braces, and The Lucky Charm.

Dislandia

2005 • 29 min

A disturbing observance of Lindsey, a child existing in an indistinguishable time and place, haunted by surrealist visions.

Women in Struggle

2005 • 56 min • Palestinian Territory

Four female Palestinian ex-detainees disclose their experiences during their years of imprisonment in Israeli jails and the effect it has had on their present lives and future outlooks.

Cheryl

2005 • 5 min

Presenting "Cheryl" the home-shopping motivator as a surrogate and cheesy consumer goods as art objects, Cheryl the artist questions hype and material value in a personality-driven art market.

Visa

2005 • 29 min

Schengher countries have adopted one more immigration law. In order to get an entry visa to Europe, one should pass the Dictot Dictation. Rachid, in his forties, immigration seeker, must undergo that test. Is he finally going to see his dream come true, cross Africa's Frontiers for a better future ?

Usher: Unauthorized

2005 • 51 min

Usher was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee and moved to Atlanta with his family when he was 12. Ushers singing career began at the age of six when he joined the church choir. By the age of fourteen he was discovered by LA Reid at a local talent show and signed to La Face Records. While still in High School Usher released his first album (Usher) produced by P. Diddy and a star was born. In this exclusive documentary you will come to know Usher like never before.

2nd Hand Cinema

2005 • 7 min

A celebration of the offal of cinema, old films, old soundtracks, drawing directly on the film, using stamps and food-dyes to create discarded imagery. To chew film up and spit it out as painting direct.

America In Space: The First 40 Years

2005 • 60 min • United States of America

This 90 minute production is the complete saga of America's first 40 years in space. This covers everything from the first Mercury launch's to the repair of the Hubble space Telescope. A must for the collector or educator.

Body Double 21

2005 • 20 min

Brice Dellsperger's reprise of Roger Avary's The Rules of Attractions featuring V/VM's sound design

The Ventures Live in Japan 1990

2005 • 51 min • Japan

Vintage Japanese import DVD featuring The Ventures' 1990 concert recorded on September 9th at the Matsudo Shiminkaikan Hall.

Kanbrik

2005 • 8 min

A young man is thinking about his dead lover. The Atlas Mountains landscape and the muezzin chants give rhythm to this parable of vanished desire.