Jodie Mack has been making captivating abstract animations for years. The cine-performance Let Your Light Shine was one of IFFR 2014’s highlights and an unexpected festival hit. Razzle Dazzle is a fitting footnote to it, lending a dizzying new dimension to the illusion of glamour and glitter.
Also in this combined programme
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Wolkenschatten
Hypnotising slideshow of weathered images presents itself as a relic of an impressive event full of trauma and wonder.
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Will o’ the Wisp
Idiosyncratic, stimulating study into the paranormal by sceptical filmmaker who mainly believes in the medium of film.
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Lunar Almanac
Scant traces of light captured in a dark box. That is what 16mm film is really good for. Lunar Almanac is a captivating example of such fragile cin
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brouillard – passage #14
Superior impressionist work on 35mm is arguably the most beautiful film at this festival. The filmmaker takes us on an unforgettable brief walk.
sound of a million insects, light of a thousand stars
A result of burying negative film under fallen leaves in Fukushima, the abstract film makes visible the omnipresence of radioactivity.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2014
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2015
- Length
- 5"
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
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