Spectrum Shorts
Overview of films
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Japan Tapes
Dan Asher | 3' | Japan | None
A selection of excerpts from Asher’s Japan Tapes – a poetic diary that chronicles his encounters with modern Japanese life. -
Jardin du sel
Rose Lowder | 16' | France | World premiere
Enchanting golden glow across the salt fields with the sun low on the horizon. Carefully shot 16mm film by influential French experimental filmmaker. -
Jardin du soleil
Rose Lowder | 2' | France | None
Poetic 16mm precision. Footage of nature and sunlight intermingled by repeatedly running the film through the camera. -
Jerrycan
Julius Avery | 14' | Australia | None
Exciting and raw observation of group behaviour. Nathan takes up arms against the brawniest kid in the group and in doing so takes a great… -
Jeux des reflets et de la vitesse
Henri Chomette | 6' | France | None
Film experiment with light and ‘pure’ cinema from 1924 by a film maker who lived his whole life in the shadow of his brother, René… -
Joule
Nadia Ranocchi, David Zamagni | 23' | Austria | None
The absurdity and contradictoriness of daily life captured in irresistible images. Nothing human is alien to us, but what is human? -
Le jour nous écoute
Félix Dufour-Laperrière | 8' | Canada | International premiere
The love between two people continues after death thanks to literature. Various styles of animation underline the narrative. -
Journal and Remarks
David Gatten | 15' | USA | International premiere
Leonardo da Vinci’s mathematical concept underlies the editing of this stunning film, in which Darwin and the Galapagos meet. -
The Joycean Society
Dora García | 53' | Belgium | None
A group has been reading a book, word by word for 30 years. A snapshot of the third reading cycle, the ultimate form of close… -
Juanita
Nina Yuen | 5' | USA | World premiere
In her unique, associative manner, Nina Yuen juxtaposes a number of stories about death and its rituals, with growth, flowering and decay. -
El juego
Benjamín Naishtat | 20' | Argentina | None
A game of paintball in the South American jungle becomes a cycle of violence, highlighting the short distance between the absurd, the banal and the… -
Julieland
Tintin Wulia | 12' | Australia | International premiere
You occasionally see them. Those know it all, imaginative, talkative girls. ‘You could make a film about it,’ is what they say, but never do.…