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Work and Progress

Work and Progress

| IFFR 2000

Work and Progress is a split-screen experimental film primarily using archival footage of Russian buildings and spaces, with excerpts from early Soviet films.

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Fissures
main programme short
The film material was literally attacked in this meditation on reminiscence and obscurity.
Energy Energy
main programme short
Found-footage film made up of industrial films, instruction films and promotional films from the first half of the 20th century.
Death in Vignole
main programme short
Modest meditation on youth, life and mortality made up almost entirely from professionally made family films.
Déjà vu
main programme short
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Blackbirds
main programme short
Hand-made, deconstructive approach to the (in)famous Rodney King / Reginald Denny beatings.
Removed
main programme short
Effective deconstruction of old porn movies using bleach and nail varnish.