The Heart of the Matter

IFFR 2019

Collage of paintings from the Renaissance, combined with hand-painted images. A portrait of stillness and silence, disturbed by the urgency of sadness.

Collage of paintings from the Renaissance, combined with hand-painted images. A portrait of  stillness and silence, disturbed by the urgency of sadness.

Deep Focus

Deep Focus Short

Speaking through her alter ego and a male voice, Cauleen Smith’s biography  contrasts semi-true fiction with media representation.

Speaking through her alter ego and a male voice, Cauleen Smith’s biography contrasts semi-true fiction with media representation.

Chronicles of a Lying Spirit by Kelly Gabron

What is pure cinema? Henri Chomette’s answer to this question is a seminal investigation into the nature of film.

What is pure cinema? Henri Chomette&rsquo;s answer to this question adopts a minimalist and formalist style, juxtaposing objects and landscapes. This experimental short film from the silent era is a seminal investigation into the nature of cinema as a medium and as an art form.

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Pays tribute to Charlotte Pryce and Cauleen Smith, and presents two Artist Talks: by Andrew Norman Wilson and Diana Vidrascu.

An encounter with a mysterious, luminous substance and the mythical star jelly. Coronal Kirlian photography joined with hand-processed images.

Pwdre Ser: the rot of stars

Glowing germs and flowers colour this alchemical 16mm miniature. Pryce spins gossamer golden threads in the silent darkness of the cinema.

Glowing germs and flowers colour this alchemical 16mm miniature. Pryce spins gossamer golden threads in the silent darkness of the  cinema.

A Study in Natural Magic

Delicate threads of energy spiral into mysterious cells of golden dust: these are the luminous particles of the alchemist’s dream.

Prima Materia

Live performance with vintage magic lantern and handmade slides tells the story of an outlaw: a science-fiction fable for the Anthropocene.

The Tears of a Mudlark

The mystery of insect flight explored. Interpretations of a mythological and fantastical nature are illuminated in motion and time.

The mystery of insect flight explored. Interpretations of a mythological  and fantastical nature are illuminated in motion and time.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

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Also in this combined programme

Prima Materia

Pwdre Ser: the rot of stars

A Study in Natural Magic

The Tears of a Mudlark

Deep Focus Short

Chronicles of a Lying Spirit by Kelly Gabron

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Concerning Flight: Five Illuminations in Miniature