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.
Also in this combined programme
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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… -
Strange Weather
Meticulously processed found-footage material in which the detached actors acquire new meanings in the film. -
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. -
Astika
Circumspect portrait of a rough loner on the Danish island who has led his farm run wild for 15 years. -
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? -
Sketch Film #3
With a roll of Super8 film in his camera, the film maker ‘scans’ the urban environment in a fragmentary way. -
Escalator
Black & white found footage of a boy going up and down stairs. A feast of insistent repetition. -
I Am a Star and I Come and I Go
Animation of a dance sequence from Saturday Night Fever with suitable backwards swinging soundtrack. -
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Orbit
An ode to Kodachrome. A swirling carousel of brushstrokes of light in bright colours on celluloid. -
Wrong Time Capsule
Music video for alternative band Deerhoof, made in the characteristic cut-and-paste style of Colburn. -
Film details
- Country of production
- Austria
- Year
- 2006
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2007
- Length
- 1'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
