Experimental Shorts: The Act of Seeing
Synopsis
The seven short films in this program radically push towards new and singular forms of expression. Through the use of archival footage, historical recreation, and dreamlike narratives, these films grapple with the past and the future of cinema — and the world. Featuring works by Marisa Hoicka, Isadora Neves Marques, María Salafranca, Valentin Noujaïm, Chi Jang Yin, Alison McAlpine, and Kevin Jerome Everson.
Teen Girl Fantasy (Canada) is a poetic archival excavation of the complex cultural signals surrounding teen girlhood. In My Senses Are All I Have to Offer (As minhas sensações são tudo o que tenho para oferecer) (Portugal), Lourdes and her girlfriend Lana can communicate telepathically using “sensory pills.” Black Shadow (Negra sombra) (Cuba) is a delicate and deeply moving portrait of Maria, a griveing woman. In To Exist Under Permanent Suspicion (France), a woman has fantasies of burning the skyscraper in which she works. Newly discovered archival images of postwar Hiroshima mix with contemporary footage of the city in I Was There, Part II (U.S., Japan). In Perfectly a Strangeness (Canada, Chile) three donkeys wander an abandoned landscape and come upon an observatory. And Hazel (dual) (United States) is a dual-screen recreation of Eddie Hazel’s famous 10-minute guitar solo on the song “Maggot Brain” by Funkadelic.
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Teen Girl Fantasy [short film]
Synopsis
A poetic march through the cultural archive of teen girlhood, this film stitches together disparate found footage into an imagined narrative where girls navigate threatening forces, challenge complex expectations, clock the adults, and wage small rebellions.
This film screens as part of the Experimental Shorts: The Act of Seeing program.
Film Credits
- Marisa Hoicka
- Marisa Hoicka
- Marisa Hoicka
- Marisa Hoicka
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My Senses Are All I Have to Offer [short film] As minhas sensações são tudo o que tenho para oferecer
Synopsis
Lourdes and her girlfriend Lana can communicate telepathically using “sensory pills.” After dating for some time, Lourdes brings Lana to meet her parents at their country house, where they confront their relationship and the limits of their telepathy.
This film screens as part of the Experimental Shorts: The Act of Seeing program.
Film Credits
- Catarina de Sousa
- Isadora Neves Marques
- Isadora Neves Marques, Margarida Lucas
- Marta Simões
- Ágata de Pinho, Isadora Alves, Mário Afonso, Albano Jerónimo
- Fá Maria
- Catarina de Sousa, Isadora Neves Marques
- Foi Bonita a Festa
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Black Shadow [short film] Negra sombra
Synopsis
In this short, we see a delicate and deeply moving portrait of Maria, a grieving woman. Small fragments of Maria’s life and surroundings help give the work a sense of poetry and mystery that lingers long after the end of the viewing experience.
This film screens as part of the Experimental Shorts: The Act of Seeing program.
Film Credits
- María Salafranca
- María Salafranca
- María Salafranca
- María Salafranca
- María Yero
- María Salafranca
- Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (EICTV)
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To Exist Under Permanent Suspicion [short film]
Synopsis
A woman has fantasies of burning the skyscraper in which she works. This film is a dreamlike and extremely mysterious portrait of a person alienated by their environment.
This film screens as part of the Experimental Shorts: The Act of Seeing program.
Film Credits
- Manon Messiant
- Valentin Noujaïm
- Valentin Noujaïm
- Alex Brack
- Kayije Kagame
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