Crow Requiem
Smith brings together the forced migration of birds, the treatment of people of colour and Syracuse’s connection to the birth of stereoscopic photography.
11'
USA
IFFR 2019
Male and female voice-overs clash in telling the biographical story of an artist: one speaks in a monotone through media-defined stereotypes, while the other speaks in a playful, defiantly personal, way. The film returns to the same cycle of images and scrolling texts to reveal that a person’s story can depend on who is telling it.
IFFR 2019
- 8'
- USA
- 1992
- Director
- Cauleen Smith
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1992
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 8'
- Medium
- 16mm
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Cauleen Smith
- Production Company
- Nationsack Filmworks
- Sales
- Academy Film Archive
- Screenplay
- Cauleen Smith
- Cinematography
- Cauleen Smith
- Editor
- Cauleen Smith
- Sound Design
- Cauleen Smith
Also in this combined programme
H-E-L-L-O
Greetings to mankind! The five-note sequence from Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) is performed outdoors by New Orleans musicians.
11'
USA
IFFR 2019
Lessons in Semaphore
A silent film celebrating dialogue. Choreographer Taisha Paggett dances on a grassy empty lot in Chicago, communicating in semaphore.
4'
USA
IFFR 2019
Pilgrim
A recording of a piano performance by Alice Coltrane guides Cauleen Smith through three sites of creativity and generosity across the USA.
11'
USA
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Cauleen Smith
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1992
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 8'
- Medium
- 16mm
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Cauleen Smith
- Production Company
- Nationsack Filmworks
- Sales
- Academy Film Archive
- Screenplay
- Cauleen Smith
- Cinematography
- Cauleen Smith
- Editor
- Cauleen Smith
- Sound Design
- Cauleen Smith
Programme IFFR 2019
Deep Focus Short
Pays tribute to Charlotte Pryce and Cauleen Smith, and presents two Artist Talks: by Andrew Norman Wilson and Diana Vidrascu.
Read more about this programmeChronicles of a Lying Spirit by Kelly Gabron
Speaking through her alter ego and a male voice, Cauleen Smith’s biography contrasts semi-true fiction with media representation.
8'
USA
IFFR 2019
Cinq minutes de cinéma pur
What is pure cinema? Henri Chomette’s answer to this question is a seminal investigation into the nature of film.
5'
France
IFFR 2019
Concerning Flight: Five Illuminations in Miniature
The mystery of insect flight explored. Interpretations of a mythological and fantastical nature are illuminated in motion and time.
8'
USA
IFFR 2019