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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Guy Sherwin

Guy Sherwin at IFFR

  • Portrait with parents

    Three short and subtle autobiographical films by the experimental film-maker Guy Sherwin from a long series he aptly calls the Short Film Series.Portrait with my Parents speaks for itself. Breathing is a beautiful abstract shot of the pregnant belly of his wife. Change in lighting and focus emphasize different aspects of the picture. Maya is […]

    • Master Homemovies

  • Breathing

    Three short and subtle autobiographical films by the experimental film-maker Guy Sherwin from a long series he aptly calls the Short Film Series.Portrait with my Parents speaks for itself. Breathing is a beautiful abstract shot of the pregnant belly of his wife. Change in lighting and focus emphasize different aspects of the picture. Maya is […]

    • Master Homemovies

  • Maya

    Three short and subtle autobiographical films by the experimental film-maker Guy Sherwin from a long series he aptly calls the Short Film Series.Portrait with my Parents speaks for itself. Breathing is a beautiful abstract shot of the pregnant belly of his wife. Change in lighting and focus emphasize different aspects of the picture. Maya is […]

    • Master Homemovies

  • da capo: variations on a train with Anna

    Bach’s Prelude No. 24 in B-minor was juxtaposed with pictures of a moving train.

    • main programme short

  • Views from Home

    Changing sunlight filmed in the maker’s apartment, with saxophone sounds from the neighbours as a soundtrack.

    • Short: Starting from Scratch

  • Time Spirals

    Film material is rolled up like a spiral and dipped sideways in developer so only half is developed.

    • Short: Starting from Scratch

  • Night Train

    Time-lapse shortens train journey to two minutes, while the image also creates the optical soundtrack.

    • Short: Starting from Scratch

  • Man with Mirror

    Spectacular in its simplicity, this Super-8 performance screened at the 30th anniversary edition of the festival.

    • Short: Starting from Scratch

  • Soundtrack

    Shot taken from the window of a moving train, used as a basis for a fascinating optical soundtrack.

    • Short: Starting from Scratch

  • Cycles #3

    A performance with two 16mm projectors in which spots stuck on the film function as basic material for hypnotic images and sound.

    • Short: Starting from Scratch