The history of experimental film practice demonstrates an enduring fascination for personal, architectural and geographical space. Cinema has the ability to transform space in a multitude of ways, transforming the most banal of locations into a dazzling site of metaphoric associations and visual poetry. This programme represents the sheer diversity of contemporary approaches to the subject, taking the viewer on a journey through both space and time.

Screening with:

Dropping Furniture

• Harald Hund, Paul Horn /
• Austria /
• 2008 /
• 5 mins

Eerily silent and empty household spaces are suddenly and violently disrupted by items of furniture falling from the ceiling, in this Surrealist take on commodity culture.

Directors: Harald Hund, Paul Horn
Producers: Harald Hund, Paul Horn
Scriptwriters: Harald Hund, Paul Horn
Editor: Harald Hund
DoP: Oliver Schneider, Ludwig Löckinger
Production Designers: Harald Hund, Paul Horn, Moritz Muhrhofer
Sound Production: Andreas Hamza

Hungerford: Symphony of a London Bridge

• Alex Barrett /
• UK /
• 2009 /
• 3 mins

Contemporary city symphony that delicately fuses film, music and architecture in a stylish and visually stunning ode to London.

Director: Alex Barrett
Producer: Rahim Moledina
Scriptwriter: Rahim Moledina
Editor: Alex Barrett
DoP: Peter Harmer
Music: James McWilliam

I Know Where I’m Going

• Ben Rivers /
• UK /
• 2009 /
• 25 mins

Quirky anthropological essay of a journey from London to the Isle of Mull, painting intimate portraits of the colorful characters encountered along the way.

Director: Ben Rivers
Producer: Ben Rivers

night side

• Rebecca Meyers /
• USA /
• 2008 /
• 4 mins

The simple beauty of everyday spaces and moments glimpsed in muted tones and a wintry atmosphere.

Director: Rebecca Meyers

Papal Broken-Dance

• Marie Losier /
• USA /
• 2008 /
• 6 mins

Hilariously kitsch 1960s-style music video shot in 8mm and HD, starring the eccentric Genesis P-Orridge in a boxing ring.

Director: Marie Losier
Producer: Marie Losier
Scriptwriter: Marie Losier
Editor: Marie Losier
DoP: Marie LosierBen Kasulke
Production Designer: Marie Losier
Sound Production: Marie Losier
Music: Genesis P-Orridge from Psychic TV

Parallax

• Christopher Becks /
• Canada, France, Yemen, Bangladesh /
• 2008 /
• 6 mins

“The apparent displacement of an observed object due to a change in the position of the observer.”

Director: Christopher Becks

Simultaneous Contrast

• Chris Kennedy /
• USA, Canada /
• 2008 /
• 6 mins

Exploration of a perceptual phenomenon by filming various urban locations through a screen of alternating graphic patterns.

Director: Chris Kennedy
Editor: Chris Kennedy
DoP: Chris Kennedy

Exótica

• Sergio Cruz /
• Mozambique /
• 2009 /
• 5 mins

Tracing a path from ancient customs to contemporary social interaction, this film demonstrates the unifying force of music and dance.

Director: Sergio Cruz
Producer: Sergio Cruz
Exec Producers: Barry Hale, Uzma Choudhry
Editor: Sergio Cruz
Production Designer: Sergio Cruz
Sound Production: Sergio Cruz
Music: Steven Rowlands, Zentex, Makond traditional music

Flux Terchelling

• Camille & Manolo /
• France /
• 2008 /
• 5 mins

Mythology and symbolism combine in a breathtaking journey along a deserted beach.

Director: Camille & Manolo
Editor: Camille
Sound Production: Nicolas Lespagnol-Rizzi

here and there

• Roger Deutsch /
• USA /
• 2008 /
• 15 mins

Autobiographical documentary concentrating on the transitory moments of travel and the feeling of being neither here nor there.

Director: Roger Deutsch
Producer: Roger Deutsch