Set against a haunting score, isolated office workers perform gruelling, pointless and surrealistic routines in this intense, neurotic study of the desk-bound being, pushing Super-8 filmmaking to new extremes.
Also in this combined programme
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Wall of Sound Flowers
Wallpaper patterns as living decor in an exemplary animation about everyday activities. -
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The Influence of Ocular Light Perception on Metabolism in Man and in Animals
Fantastic montage of found footage film material set to a 1960s soundtrack by Piero Umiliani. -
Zébra
Slightly melancholy tone in `on the road’ film made with Super-8 camera as dolly fitted on vintage Renault 16. Nominated for the Tiger Awards for… -
Market Street
With a good eye for composition, the film maker has shot a well-known street in San Francisco fragmentarily. -
Torchlight Tango
Hyperactive do-it-yourself 16mm film about the hidden life of the film maker in the darkroom. Nominated for the Tiger Awards for Short Film. -
Counting Cats Counting Sheep
Intimate Super-8 film shows how the restless film maker spends the night. -
Get Set
A powerful direct animation in which Super-8 film material is processed with ink and instant lettering and symbols.
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2004
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2006
- Length
- 6'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi PAL
