Bright Future Short
Overzicht van films
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Signal 8
Simon Liu | 15' | Hong Kong | International premiere
A prologue to Hong Kong’s unrest, this 16mm film captures the colour, light, texture and chaos of a city before civil protest. -
Single Copy
Hsu Che-yu | 21' | Taiwan | European premiere
An experimental biography of Chung-I, one half of a once-conjoined twin, whose body is digitally scanned and cast in ceramic. -
The Sky Is on Fire
15' | Belgium | International premiere
A virtual Miami street is the backdrop for a desperate selfie sermon on our hypermediatised reality and desire for immortality. -
Slide
Satoh Yoshnao | 7' | Japan | None
As our perception of speed grows faster and visual information is taken over by powerful computers, a strange spectacle arises. -
Soft Film
Sara Cwynar | 8' | USA | None
In Soft Film, the artist collects, arranges and archives her eBay purchases of dated objects according to a logic based upon colour, material, vintage -
Solar Echoes
Mathilde Lavenne | 15' | France | World premiere
Impressively structured ‘science’ film links images of a thermal solar-energy plant to ideas on entropy, energy and time. -
Song for Rent
Jack Smith | 5' | USA | None
Filmmaker Jack Smith also stars in this funny short film, playing the cadaverous matron Rose Courtyard (inspired by Rose Kennedy). (Light Cone) -
Song X
Pathompon Mont Tesprateep | 20' | Thailand | None
A group of teenagers conducts a cremation ceremony for a man who is entering the afterlife while still being sought by the military for deserting. -
The Sound Drifts
Stefano Canapa | 8' | France | World premiere
Hypnotising audio tracks dance to the soundtrack of Canapa’s previous film about Jérôme Noetinger, Metamkine’s sound artist. -
Specialised Technique
Onyeka Igwe | 6' | United Kingdom | None
In this found footage film with its distinctive soundtrack the filmmaker studies the colonial perspective, returning authorship to the dancers. -
Spirit Matters
Peter Rose | 6' | USA | None
Spirit Matters is a silent monologue on the simultaneous perception of space and time. (Re:Voir) -
Star Ferry
Simon Liu | 8' | Hong Kong | World premiere
Time is condensed in 35mm imagery of the metropolises Hong Kong and Tokyo, melding together impressions of city life by day and night.