Chronicles 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
Despite being highly intelligent beings, crows have a bad reputation among humans, who consider them a nuisance and systematically ostracise them. Finding echoes in the treatment of people of colour, Cauleen Smith pays homage to this species, a particular population of which she discovered migrates between Auburn and Syracuse – the birthplace of stereoscopic photography.
IFFR 2019
- 11'
- USA
- 2015
- Director
- Cauleen Smith
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2015
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 11'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Cauleen Smith
- Production Company
- Nationsack Filmworks
- Sales
- Nationsack Filmworks
- Cinematography
- Cauleen Smith, Anneka Herre, Neven Lochhead
- Editor
- Cauleen Smith
- Production Design
- Cauleen Smith
- Sound Design
- Cauleen Smith
- Cast
- Khaliah Major
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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
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2015
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 11'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Cauleen Smith
- Production Company
- Nationsack Filmworks
- Sales
- Nationsack Filmworks
- Cinematography
- Cauleen Smith, Anneka Herre, Neven Lochhead
- Editor
- Cauleen Smith
- Production Design
- Cauleen Smith
- Sound Design
- Cauleen Smith
- Cast
- Khaliah Major
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
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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