Spectrum Shorts
Overview of films
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Spirit
Chu-Li Shewring, Adam Gutch | 49' | Malaysia | World premiere
Oppressive quest of a father and his sick son, looking for a supreme shaman in the jungle of Borneo. Featuring members of the Iban tribe. -
Splitscreen Art Cinema / 60 x 1′ Movies
various directors | 50' | Netherlands | World premiere
Commissioned by The One Minutes Foundation, artists have made new split-screen cuts of existing film classics and B-movies from all over the world. Each lasts… -
Square Dance Hypnotist
Allan Brown | 17' | Canada | World premiere
Disorienting repetition of a section of square dance visualises alienation and the urge to flee and drives the audience crazy. -
Sta ik
Lisa Maduro | 12' | Netherlands | None
Sensitive, short fiction on the old body that no longer works, while young people take their mobility for granted. -
Standards
Maxime Pistorio, Julie Jaroszewski | 17' | Belgium | None
Upbeat documentary about a jazz quintet playing to businessmen. Provides a great look behind the scenes; they stay true to themselves. Screened before -
Starring Sigmund Freud
John Menick | 28' | France | None
Starring Sigmund Freud is a video memento of Sigmund Freud’s little-known film career. The video collects the dozens of appearances that the character -
Stasis
Ashwin Bhaskaran | 15' | India | World premiere
Cityscape of the gigantic Indian metropolises Mumbai and Bengaluru explored during a night ride of a rickshaw driver who encounters many shady custome -
Les statues meurent aussi
Chris Marker, Alain Resnais | 30' | France | None
First documentary by Marker and a cooperation with Resnais. About the role of the West in the demise of African art. -
still in cosmos
Makino Takashi | 18' | Japan | None
The collaboration between Makino and drone musician Jim O’Rourke again results in a compelling film that envelops you with a dense universe. -
Still Life (betamale)
Jonathan Rafman | 5' | Canada | None
Unscrupulous film about excessive lust and desire in online subcultures. Simultaneously wonderful and repellent. -
Stimme
Katarina Zdjelar | 17' | Netherlands | World premiere
Thatcher, the politics of anatomy and the implications of voice modulation and pitch are just some of the possible ruminations when training your voic -
The Stitches Speak
Nina Sabnani | 12' | India | World premiere
Extraordinary textile animation about the tough life of the people who embroidered it. Gorgeously animated embroidery stitches in an utterly sincere p