Spirit Matters is a silent monologue on the simultaneous perception of space and time. The film was constructed without a camera by writing directly on clear celluloid and then ‘translated’ by refilming the resulting strips on a light table so that they appear as ‘subtitles’ beneath the original inscription. (Re:Voir)
Also in this combined programme
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The Strange But Unknown Star
A ten-year-old girl dressed as a 1920s star gives a performance while Marlene Dietrich is bombarded with egg, chocolate powder and currants. (Eye) -
Morte dell’arcivescovo
Experimental recreation of the opening scene from Gillo Pontecorvo’s unmade film about the assassination of Salvadorian Archbishop Oscar Romero. -
Batagur Baska
Digital rituals in the analogue Cloud. They carry their gadgets to optimize the experience. They believe that this moment will remain unforgotten. (Li -
where i don’t meet you
Shot on Super 8 and hand processed, the film’s materiality is treated not only as a medium but also as a subject. (Vidéographe) -
Wind Music
After Scores are blown away from stands by wind from a strong fan in the wings as the orchestra tries to hold them. (AV-arkki) -
Waiho, Retreat
Live sound recordings from the glacier and Waiho river form the sound composition. (CIRCUIT) -
Bedding Down
In a soft pastel light, a man on horseback herds his sheep through thepicturesque mountains for rural Montana. “A twilight pastoral”. (LUX) -
Exhumation
Peeling back the shrouded image, Exhumation is a reanimation of long-lost desire. (CFMDC) -
Das Wesen der Verwandlung
The frog and the princess. Shall he change or shall he remain as he is? What does the princess desire? (imai) -
Rest Energy
Ulay and Abramovic draw a large bow and arrow, one holding each side. The arrowhead points at Abramovic’s heart. The slightest movement could be fatal -
L’état de notre urgence 4
A blurry camera probes the world around as the filmmaker elucidates our collective fears about a world in peril from behind the lens. (Collectif Jeune -
The Little White Cloud That Cried
The Little White Cloud That Cried is an explicit tribute to legendary underground filmmaker Jack Smith. (Arsenal) -
The Lamps
The Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven was a poet, artist, vaudeville performer, runaway, rabble rouser, crossdresser, and all around public provoc -
Cords (hear us and have mercy)
Lundberg has filmed the vocal cords of four singers. The song is ‘Kyrie’ from a mass written by Thomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611). (Film -
Home Stories
Müller collected the most kitschy and colourful images of disturbed housewifes in evening gowns from 1950s Hollywood melodramas and re-cut them.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1984
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 6'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
