Deep Focus Short
Overview of films
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Something Between Us
Jodie Mack | 10' | USA | European premiere
Abstract animation artist Jodie Mack created a choreographed motion study of light and costume jewelry without using a single frame of animation. Rain -
Still Light
Nova Paul | 7' | New Zealand | None
Homage to New Zealand poet and filmmaker Joanna Margaret Paul has the same radical simplicity as her work. Fresh, sweet film poem with a beautiful… -
Stilnox Home Video: The Midnight Hours
Su Hui-Yu | 21' | Taiwan | -
Trapped between waking life and the subconscious, Su Hui-yu finds television characters come to life in his smoke-filled apartment room after he takes -
A Study in Natural Magic
Charlotte Pryce | 3' | USA | None
Glowing germs and flowers colour this alchemical 16mm miniature. Pryce spins gossamer golden threads in the silent darkness of the cinema. -
The Tears of a Mudlark
Charlotte Pryce | 20' | USA | International premiere
Live performance with vintage magic lantern and handmade slides tells the story of an outlaw: a science-fiction fable for the Anthropocene. -
There Is No Light Inside the Mirror
Kiluanji Kia Henda | 15' | Angola | World premiere
A man finds refuge in a deserted building in Luanda. Confronted by his obnoxious shadow, he makes a radical decision. -
Thou Shalt Not Self-pollute (Dr. Kinsey)
Su Hui-Yu | 13' | Taiwan | -
Traditional society tends to look down on masturbation. In atmospheric slow motion, a doctor tells his patients of the ‘self-polluting’ consequences o -
Three Songs About Liberation
Cauleen Smith | 10' | USA | International premiere
Reading as a radical act. Cauleen Smith stages three readings of excerpts from Gerda Lerner’s book Black Women in White America. -
Time in New York
Zhou Tao | 10' | China | None
In a performance that renders time visible and tangible, Zhou Tao traces his own movements around his apartment with string hooked to his back. -
Tribute to Art #2
Frank Scheffer, Frans Zwartjes | 14' | Netherlands | World premiere
Homage to art approaches the undefinable phenomenon using a circular motion taking in images and sound. Compressed associations of a highly poetic nat -
The Upcoming Show
Su Hui-Yu | 17' | Taiwan | None
Colour bars on television screens used to signal the end of the day. For Su Hui-yu as a child, this was when his imagination was… -
Vando vulgo vedita
Leonardo Mouramateus, Andréia Pires | 22' | Brazil | None
Vando’s friends gather to share stories, sing and re-enact cartoons. Celebrating their existence is their only way to cope.