Curtain Call
Overview of films
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Fallen Astronaut
Paul van Hoeydonck | -
Two years after Apollo 11 landed the first men on the moon, the Apollo 15 mission took not only the first lunar rover, but also… -
Forest Paths
Michiel van Bakel | 3' | Netherlands | World premiere
Animated black-and-white still photographs reveal movement and light on the forest paths that would otherwise remain invisible to the human eye. -
Geomancer
Lawrence Lek | 48' | United Kingdom | None
This computer-graphic film summons up a post-human consciousness: the awakening of a robot who, in 2065, wants to become the first Sino-futurist artificial artist. As… -
Homo Sapiens (coda)
Nikolaus Geyrhalter | -
The final minutes of Geyrhalter’s monumental documentary evoke a planet deserted by its most ambitious inhabitants, the human species. Only ruins rema -
Interregnum
Adrian Paci | -
Hordes of people discipline themselves into a long row or a slow parade. Grief is on their faces, but the reason for their distress remains… -
Island
Steven Eastwood | 90' | United Kingdom | International premiere
Steven Eastwood spent a year on the Isle of Wight with a number of terminal patients. Some of these contacts became real friendships. A number ev -
The Landscape Is Empty and Emptiness Is Landscape
Carla Andrade | 15' | Chile | International premiere
The Chilean Atacama Desert provides the backdrop for a series of static shots that foreground emptiness. The natural setting becomes a mental space. -
Moulding Exclusivities
Johann Arens | 8' | South Korea | None
Mysterious white sculptural forms are on display in an empty office environment. Digital graphic tools further enhance the visual alienation. -
Nematodes
Peter Burr, Alexandra Grote | 3' | USA | European premiere
Peter Burr is fascinated by endlessly mutating labyrinths. For this digital animation about the networked life of worms he collaborated with a parasit -
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The Night in All Things
Alexander Girav | 10' | USA | European premiere
The light bulb had already confused our biorhythms. Surrounded by luminous screens even in the bedroom, the threshold between night and day, dream and -
Orbital Vanitas
Shaun Gladwell | -
Without any limiting sense of scale, the beauty of the earth, sun and stars is explored from inside an enormous human skull that is orbiting…