The video depicts gelatinous fleshy objects repeatedly crushed by a hydraulic press. The fake limbs are made from synthetic ballistic gel which is analogous to flesh, so it is usually used for testing the penetrability of bullets into humans. The video is a collaboration with Hydraulic Press Channel. (AV-arkki)
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American International Pictures
Screened in 16mm, this experimental travelogue is quintessentially Vivian Ostrovsky, exploring themes of transit and movement in a dreamy style.
The Ten Commandments of Love
Two people in an impassioned embrace on an ocean pier as Harvey and the Moonglows start singing ‘Ten Commandments Of Love’. (LUX)
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Museum Guard
Unexplored aspects of everyday-life: What do guards in a museum do when they assume no one watches? A snapshot. (sixpack)
Gravity
Playing with the principle of the after-image, dozens of fast-edited kissing scenes from European and American film classics collide.
Song for Rent
Filmmaker Jack Smith also stars in this funny short film, playing the cadaverous matron Rose Courtyard (inspired by Rose Kennedy). (Light Cone)
Santin
Grotesque, comic and mesmerizing at the same time. In what kind of cell is he kept and who is in control of the music? (LIMA)
Night Garden
Personal short film uses a series of telephone conversations with the filmmaker’s mother as she tries to reconcile facing cancer for a fourth
If I Die, Please Delete My Soundcloud
In the middle of a sleepless night a variety of digital devices provide comfort and distraction for a restless mind. But does it help? (CIRCUIT)
Wall of Love
A video in which we meet a Swedish woman, Mrs. Berliner-Mauer, who has entered into a marriage with the Berlin Wall. (FILMFORM)
Seize Control of the Taj Mahal
In this episode of The Brenda and Glennda Show, a group of drag queens go on a trip to Trump’s Taj Mahal Hotel Casino.(VDB)
Where Is My Body?
This audiovisual remix tries to unveil the dogma intrinsic to the tv melodrama that the world of entertainment imposes on them. (Collectif Jeune Ci
Film details
- Country of production
- Finland
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 4"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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