Spectrum Shorts
Overzicht van films
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Beauty Plus Pity
Emily Vey Duke, Cooper Battersby | 14' | Canada | None
A colourful video set within a lush viewing environment populated by costumed taxidermic animals. Part apologia, part call to arms. -
Beep
Matthew Fleming | 2' | United Kingdom | None
‘The audience is invited to take part. A man dances in front of public toilets whose symmetrical architecture suits the film’s format.’ (MF) -
Beeshu’s Nightmare
Jameel Al Abyad | 7' | Syria | None
Vimeo and YouTube have also become home to a variety of video art dealing with the Syrian uprising. One of the hits is the series… -
Before Passing
Bianca Lucas | 15' | Poland | World premiere
Fairytale about the day before Lunar Passing. A little girl visits the ‘lunatic’ living in the woods to try to make sense of her impending… -
Beijing Double Happiness
Sergio Ponzio, Cristina Nisticò | 13' | Italy | International premiere
Beijing Double Happiness allows us to experience an audio-visual travel dialogue. A double-faced Janus, filmed in Super-8 and digital video. -
Being Fucked Up
Emily Vey Duke, Cooper Battersby | 10' | Canada | None
Episodic video about doing drugs, being young and feeling inadequate. Despite this youthful nihilism, it’s engaging, humble and ultimately optimistic. -
Bekhawy
Dawood Hilmandi | 8' | Netherlands | World premiere
A frightened man is caught between two worlds; which path should you choose to find peace, rest and security? -
Belle comme le jour
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Tristan Bera | 12' | France | International premiere
A prequel to Luis Buñuel’s Belle de jour (1967) and Manoel de Oliveira’s Belle toujours (2006). -
Berea
Vincent Moloi | 13' | South Africa | European premiere
Unexpected visitor breaks the safe routine of the Jewish retiree Aaron in a notorious suburb of Johannesburg. -
Berlun
Ezgi Kilinçaslan | 6' | Germany | None
A self portrait that also challenges the spectator’s own view of Berlin. -
Bete & Deise
Wendelien van Oldenborgh | 40' | Brazil | World premiere
The meeting of two remarkable women in Rio de Janeiro who have – each in their own way – given meaning to the idea of… -
Betty Banned Sweets
Michelle Savill | 14' | New Zealand | None
Original, creative independent about the adventurous yet staid Benjamin, in which his home-made dioramas start to play an important role.