HIGH
HIGH is an abstract and experimental look at anti-drug culture and drug addiction, utilizing DARE psas from the 1980s among other elements of found footage.
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High
Super. Eight. High. Sky. Miles. Super Eight. Miles High. Birds in the Sky. Byrds on High. A Doco of the corner of Smith & Greeves Sts., Fitzroy, Oct.8, 2003, 1:00 pm.
König für eine Nacht
Count Lerchenbach, the King's Adjutant, changes places with his master, King Ludwig I, in a romantic assignation with the beautiful Countess Rosenau.
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Gerd Dudenhöffer - Sackgasse
The Flexipede
A two-minute computer animation of a fantastical centipede having a spot of bother with a mischievous segment.
Selection
SELECTION documents a KISZ (Hungarian Young Communist League) chapter at an oil refinery that is interested in hiring a musical act as entertainment for young workers. The documentary shows the group discussing their criteria for the band, as well as their interviews with the individual bands. It is quickly apparent that the group isn’t interested in any sort of musical talent or the potential audiences’ interest. Rather, they are focused on ideological or moral issues that may be perceived as negative, such as groupies or outfits that are seen as too trendy. They settle on the musical group that is potentially the easiest to control, the youngest band. SELECTION works as a larger metaphor for what censorship was like in Socialist Hungary and was banned from being publicly screened until 1982.
A Phantasy
An animated film drawn entirely in pastels. Various fantastical plant-like things "grow" from the ground, eventually launching five spheres. The spheres drift in space while changing shapes and come back down to another setting, which eventually becomes more fantastical and symbolic than the opening one. The soundtrack has a jazz slant, with an ensemble of four saxophones and synthetic sound (i.e. sound created by drawing directly on the soundtrack).
Song Without End
The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt, whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences.
The Pink Side of Black
In a conventionalised, excessive world where people conformistly wear black, the new classmate Rosa attracts attention by bringing colour into the class. Nero fears for homogeneity and coherence, so he starts making efforts to assimilate Rosa. Rosa stands up self-confident for her identity, going on to wear coloured clothes. As Nero rans out of patience for Rosa's behavior, he plans to force Rosa to integrate against her will. When suddenly the light expires and everybody feels threatened getting lost in black, Rosa wearing colour is the needed escape. A parable about conformism and the importance of diversity in society.
David Lynch, A Hollywood Enigma
Creator of absolute freedom, David Lynch constructed his work as an enigma to be deciphered between dream and reality. A cult director from his first films ("Eraserhead", "Elephant Man", "Blue Velvet"), Lynch forever changed the world of television with his series "Twin Peaks", before tackling the lies of Hollywood in "Mulholland Drive". Tracing the life of the most influential filmmaker of his generation, this documentary explores the hidden meaning of a relentlessly consistent filmography and delves beneath the dark, teeming surface of the American Dream.
Der Aufreißer
A man who awakens in a woman's apartment being questioned by her pre-teen daughter regarding his intentions towards her mother.
The Strange Case of Embroidered Shoes
Колония Ланфиер
Sever do Vouga... Uma Experiência
Short film on the creation of an agricultural cooperative in the village of Sever do Vouga.
Freakbeat
Synthétiseur
Sophie takes a trip to the suburbs of Montreal to get away and hopefully find a boyfriend. This film is a humorous and quirky tale about what to do when you are depressed, have no money and desperately need to make a change.
Memorabilia
Just like our memories, the stories we honor tonight were immortalized through a very unique vision of its creators. The winner takes it all.