Según el lugar común, en experiencias cercanas a la muerte llegamos a ver las imágenes de nuestra vida proyectadas en el tiempo condensado de un instante. A través de las metáforas del agua y del paseo, las películas de este programa presentan distintas formas de visualizar el flujo de pensamiento y la concatenación de las imágenes en la memoria.
Open call / moving images / video installation / still images experimental digital cinema / experimental photography
Collective exhibition in a Parisian gallery, March/May 2023.
This curatorial proposal wishes to explore the artistic production of visual forms from algorithms and conscious work with interfaces, in an introspective framework that seeks to identify the specificities of each creative process.
This call is exclusive to filmmakers based in the Los Angeles metro area. We are looking for strange and experimental shorts to be featured in The New Film Underground Volume 6 screening on Feb. 25th in downtown Los Angeles.
SUBMISSION IS FREE
FIlms must be 15 min. or less. Filmmaker must indicate their zip code in the submission. Again, only filmmakers based in Los Angeles County, Orange County, San Bernadio County, Riverside County, Ventura County.
Graced with beauty, humanity, irony, and touches of humour, Jumana Manna’s sophomore feature witnesses the afterlife of a unique event that captured headlines worldwide: the first complete withdrawal of a nation’s seed collection from the “doomsday vault” (officially known as the Global Seed Vault), which is burrowed deep beneath the Arctic permafrost as an agricultural safeguard should disaster strike. The film traces the journey taken by the Syrian backup seeds:
Monthly festival / A/V event "Live Soundtrack" is seeking for short or feature films without dialogue, which will be accompanied by alternative soundtracking and live performances by various electronic / ambient/ electroacoustic musicians, during the 8th season of the event (April - December 2023). Festival organiser is the curator of the musicians for each event, but a collaboration with the original composer of the film is also possible, if in Europe!
Found footage filmmaking is a practice involving reappropriating and remixing previously shot or created materials for new, innovative purposes. Filmmakers working in this tradition utilize many different methods of transforming moving images—from physically manipulating motion-picture film to juxtaposing disparate content through clever editing to glitching digital video and video game software—to critically examine its original meaning, context, and cultural significance.
Fechas:
De Jueves, Enero 12, 2023 (Todo el día) hasta Sábado, Marzo 18, 2023 (Todo el día)
Thirty years ago, VHS tapes containing striking Commodore Amiga animations started showing up at parties, micro cinemas, and living rooms across the country. Each copy was made to satisfy the audience's thirst for more of these narratively diverse films showcasing fairy tales, dinosaurs, consumption, play, politics, and even the Bosnian War. Those holding their tapes were left hungry in their pursuit of figuring out the true identity of its creator, Nanny Lynn. In the late 2010s, renewed interest led to the discovery of Lynn Ochberg, an Octogenarian Grandmother living in Florida whose oeuvre of animated wonders was created for her grandchildren.
