Overview of articles
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La région centrale
Set on a deserted mountaintop in wintery North Quebec, this masterpiece of experimental cinema celebrates the cosmic relationships of space and time.Published on: -
Point de Gaze
16mm film of pleasing optical illusions created with various patterns of delicate lacework. The title refers to a typically Belgian type of lace.Published on: -
It’s About Light and Death (to Joseph Plateau)
An optic danse macabre as a homage to the inventor of the stroboscopic illusion of moving images. Stuffed animals are reanimated through a play of…Published on: -
Ritournelle
The roll of 16mm film given to director Becks by his colleague Miller contained a ghost track which seems to have scripted their abstract film.Published on: -
Austerity Measures
A portrait of the Exarchia district in Athens during the austerity protests. Fists and flyers. Filmed in separated red, green and blue.Published on: -
Maas Observation
Experimental documentary about the port of Rotterdam. Silent, black & white and yet modern. See More Than Film, Mind the Gap.Published on: -
A Casing Shelved
A single colour slide of a bookshelf is ‘animated’ by a drily humourous voice that describes the image down to the tiniest detail.Published on: -
Dark Garden
The filmmaker’s garden in winter: skeletal and silvery plants and their supports appear out of the blackness of the screen in a series of filmic…Published on: -
Releasing Human Energies
A film about control. A surreptitious critique of capitalism in the guise of an instructional film narrated by film artist Morgan Fisher.Published on: -
Whiplash
The beautiful images are brief, sometimes whimsical and counterpoint the music. Travel footage becomes attentive, joyful poetry.Published on: