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Salise Hughes | USA | 2005 | 3' | | IFFR 2007

Meticulously processed found-footage material. Human figures stand isolated between the remains of their former familiar surroundings. They are all alone on the film frame, with their feet in emulsion that has disappeared. This is followed by an encounter with their mirror images, like hollow spirits in a chaotic landscape.

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  • Red Nitro

    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 .

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  • Astika

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

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  • Underfoot

    An experimental film study of the insect world.

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  • Wrong Time Capsule

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

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  • 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.

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  • The Hyrcynium Wood

    Puzzling encounters and doublings in a deserted greenhouse complex.

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  • 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
USA
Year
2005
Festival edition
IFFR 2007
Length
3"
Medium/Format
Mini DV NTSC

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