Focus: Matthew Lax
Overview of films
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Matthew Lax: Reference material
Four films excavating, analysing and reimagining diverse materials from our cultural milieu. -
Matthew Lax: Man’s best friend
Part one and two of an ongoing series about human and canine behaviour. -
Tiger Talk: Matthew Lax & Timoteus Anggawan Kusno
IFFR 2025 Artists in Focus Timoteus Anggawan Kusno and Matthew Lax discuss their respective artistic practices. -
AMERICAN FOLK
Matthew Lax | 15' | USA | European premiere
Casting tapes, old paintings and denim all prod at the idea of provenance and meaning creation. -
AN ANIMATED DOG READS JOHN BERGER, HARAWAY, AND KAFKA
Matthew Lax, Caleb Craig | 5' | USA | European premiere
An animated dog, a motion capture of the filmmaker, opines on the limitations of being an animal. -
Fabricated in the Actual Arctic (After Nanook)
Matthew Lax | 3' | USA | Dutch Premiere
Robert Flaherty’s seminal early documentary Nanook of the North is restaged in a new context. -
Gay Men’s Book Club
Matthew Lax | 51' | USA | World premiere
Seven gay men bring their backgrounds and insights into the reading of a book about identity politics. -
Lil’ Tokyo Story
Matthew Lax | 4' | USA | Dutch Premiere
Shot-for-shot remake of the opening credits and climax of Ozu’s Tokyo Story, with noticeable differences. -
A TIRED DOG IS A GOOD DOG, PART ONE
Matthew Lax | 19' | USA | Dutch Premiere
Dog breeding and pup kink explored by a filmmaker who happens to be a quadruplet. -
A TIRED DOG IS A GOOD DOG, PART TWO
Matthew Lax | 48' | USA | World premiere (festival)
Part two dives into pack dynamics to expand upon notions of dominance, submission, trust and consent.