Walzkörpersperre
A film about rudimentary aspects – the purity of light and electronic signals made by ‘laser-scribing’ on the four-metre tall, German anti-tank wall in the dunes outside Amsterdam. Verticality is an obstruction, a deterrent causing delay. You simply have to accept it.
Also in this combined programme
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Colterrain
Colterrain is a colourful landscape, a terrain described by mapping sound. What you hear is what you see – literally.
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Louver
A hypnotic mechanical dance of fluorescent light fittings slowly swaying into an abyss. Horizontal images against a vertical backdrop.
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Lunar Storm
Vertical explorations of lunar maria, swarms of unstable lunar particles swirling in the ‘glowing dust fountains’ caused by solar radiation.
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Pyramid Flare
A vertical film about the most enigmatic of man-made structures, and an exploration of basic cinematic mysteries: time, form and structure.
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Deorbit
An observation mission with a mind of its own – a journey from outer space to the celluloid grain.
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V~
Geometric figures and lines come to life as an ancient creature forever creating and destroying itself. An organic geometry thriller.
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Chrome
Chrome is inspired by the Autochrome process, a colouring technique for black-and-white photographs invented by the Lumière brothers in 1903.
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Bring Me the Head of Henri Chrétien!
There’s no sentiment as bold as the one in a duel shot in cinemascope, no emotional drop as high as the one in a vertical movie.
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#43
Similar to cells absorbing energy from the environment to sustain themselves, the pixels in #43 feed on beautiful noise to stay alive.
Film details
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 2013
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2014
- Length
- 12"
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
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