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Red Nitro

Christoph Weihrich | Austria | 2006 | 1' | | IFFR 2007

Expanded microcinema. A piece of 8mm film found under the carpet has, with the aid of a lot of cutting and pasting, been literally placed in a larger frame in order to make 35mm projection possible. We catch a glimpse from an anonymous family film.

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  • Escalator

    Black & white found footage of a boy going up and down stairs. A feast of insistent repetition.

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  • Sketch Film #3

    With a roll of Super8 film in his camera, the film maker ‘scans’ the urban environment in a fragmentary way.

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  • The Coming Race

    A hint of mystery covers these and hand developed shots of lines of mountain climbers on their way to… well, where are they going?

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  • Orbit

    An ode to Kodachrome. A swirling carousel of brushstrokes of light in bright colours on celluloid.

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  • Blocking

    Film material is not very good at putting up with water. What happens if you keep a cinema trailer under water can be seen in Blocking .

    • Short: Starting from Scratch

  • Astika

    Circumspect portrait of a rough loner on the Danish island who has led his farm run wild for 15 years.

    • Short: Starting from Scratch

  • Underfoot

    An experimental film study of the insect world.

    • Short: Starting from Scratch

  • Wrong Time Capsule

    Music video for alternative band Deerhoof, made in the characteristic cut-and-paste style of Colburn.

    • Short: Starting from Scratch

  • Of Bats and Men

    Stunning observation of a seething stream of countless bats: curling and flapping around like an organism made up of separate bits.

    • Short: Starting from Scratch

  • The Hyrcynium Wood

    Puzzling encounters and doublings in a deserted greenhouse complex.

    • Short: Starting from Scratch

  • Strange Weather

    Meticulously processed found-footage material in which the detached actors acquire new meanings in the film.

    • Short: Starting from Scratch

  • Elsewhere

    Ghostly journey through empty spaces with a hidden history.

    • Short: Starting from Scratch

  • I Am a Star and I Come and I Go

    Animation of a dance sequence from Saturday Night Fever with suitable backwards swinging soundtrack.

    • Short: Starting from Scratch
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Film details

Country of production
Austria
Year
2006
Festival edition
IFFR 2007
Length
1"
Medium/Format
35mm

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