Spectrum Shorts
Overview of films
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Sea of Desires
Shota Gamisonia | 28' | Russia | World premiere
A day in the life of two lazy Muscovites. Their city is by the sea, the sun is shining and wine is home-made. -
Sea Series #10
John Price | 10' | Canada | European premiere
Reflection on the Fukushima disaster made using aged film material, shot on the other side of the Pacific in glorious CinemaScope. -
Sea Series #5-7
John Price | 10' | Canada | World premiere
Three coarse sequences of grand sea views and small people were shot on outdated material with a beautiful, tangible graininess. -
Sea Series #9, 11, 12, 13, 14
John Price | 14' | Canada | Dutch Premiere
Five seascapes shot on five eroded rolls of film turn into gold in John Price’s hands. -
Séance familiale
Kuo Cheng-Chui | 28' | France | None
You have to have good ancestry to make a mockumentary about reality TV new and fresh. Well, the makers of this film succeed. -
The Search
Resit Baskin | 16' | Turkey | World premiere
Sensitive portrait of a man and his horse in the mountains. About animals’ emotional importance to humans, with a beautiful dream scene. Screened befo -
The Seasons
Makino Takashi | 30' | Japan | International premiere
Another breathtaking experimental composition of picture and sound by film maker Makino Takashi and musician Jim O’Rourke. -
Second and Lee
Kevin Jerome Everson | 3' | USA | World premiere
A short lesson in survival strategies for black Americans. -
Seeking You
Jean-Julien Pous | 3' | Canada | None
The poetic, picturesque Seeking You is like a love letter addressed to the city of Hong Kong. -
Self Improvement
Clint Enns | 3' | Canada | European premiere
An ultra-short self-help video that rests somewhere between the realms of code-hacking, archaic design and spiritual awakening. -
Sem movimento
Sandro Aguilar | 17' | Portugal | None
Four people in a car – cigarettes, polaroids, shopping centre claustrophobia and self-imposed solitary confinement. -
Señal de humo
Sebastian Diaz Morales | 7' | Netherlands | World premiere
We see cameras recording what appears to be a tense situation. We can picture the news. A mass of people marching; police, smoke, fire, flags.