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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Johann Lurf

Johann Lurf at IFFR

  • 12 Explosionen

    Twelve times Johann Lurf sets off firework in the nocturnal streets: cheerful images without words.

    • Signals: Size Matters

  • VERTIGO RUSH

    Uncompromising work made up of variations on a repeating shot of an approaching and withdrawing movement, with a very hypnotic effect.

    • Short: As Long As It Takes

  • RECONNAISSANCE

    Silent observation of colossal concrete structures around an abandoned reservoir. The extremely long lens creates a new perception.

    • Spectrum Shorts

  • Cavalcade

    Cavalcade deals with basic elements of the motion picture: movement and standstill, as a turning wheel interacts with strobe light synchronized with t

    • Bright Future Short

  • Pyramid Flare

    A vertical film about the most enigmatic of man-made structures, and an exploration of basic cinematic mysteries: time, form and structure.

    • Spectrum Shorts

  • Embargo

    Night-time, high-tech surveillance video uses circling camera and hallucinatory soundtrack to depict an average business park. Things are not what the

    • As Long As It Takes: Short

  • Kreis Wr.Neustadt

    Hilarious overview of architectural failures. A road movie that provides new insights, but goes nowhere.

    • Spectrum Shorts

  • Endeavour

    Let’s refer to NASA images as found footage. Director Johann Lurf stimulates multiple senses. A great trip.

    • Spectrum Shorts

  • Zwölf Boxkämpfer jagen Viktor quer über den großen Sylter Deich 140 9

    Ingeniously compiled sequence of 3664 found film frames contains a different image for each viewer to latch onto.

    • Spectrum Shorts

  • ★

    What exactly is written in the stars? Experimental filmmaker Lurf scoured over a century of cinematic history for depictions of the heavens. Without c

    • Curtain Call