Frame by frame, we see abstract, hand-painted images tussle with scraps of photographic representation. Which will win? Woloshen crafts a cascade of visuals in the manner of Stan Brakhage: scratches on the celluloid, sprocket holes, fleeting geometric shapes are glimpsed for a split-second before being snatched away. Intermingled are flashes of heavily erased faces and places, occasionally bursting through into visibility. Cinema is the sum of this endless struggle.
– Adrian Martin
Also in this combined programme
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Lost on Arrival
A heartrending portrait of a consciousness losing its connections to the past and the world. -
God Moves on the Water
Céline Dion sings praise of God’s implacable wrath in this mischievous media remix. -
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Överföringsdiagram Nr 1
Destroyed books and reconstituted state documents produce new knowledge in this densely associative political essay. -
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Lanesville UFO Incident
Cheerful locals play witnesses in this humorous faux report about UFO sightings in backwoods America. -
Surface Tension #2
A lyrical, impressionistic portrait of Manhattan in Kinemacolor, presented through strobing red and green filters. -
Dossier of Tentacular
A dense, shape-shifting scrapbook of ideas exploring the mechanisms of knowledge production. -
Black Rain
Satellite images of spectacular solar phenomena, with artefacts intact, evoke the mysteries of the universe. -
Being Strong Is Hard
A barrage of images of Kurdish women activists, journalists and fighters, scored to electronic music.
Film details
- Country of production
- Canada
- Year
- 1984
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 3'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
