Vistas II /
Vistas II /
Singing in Oblivion
Eve Heller, Austria, 2021, DCP, 1.37, B&W, 13’, no dialogue
The film interweaves footage shot on location with images painstakingly lifted from antique glass negatives and printed one frame at a time in a darkroom onto 35mm film-strips.
Taxidermisez-moi
Marie Losier, France, 2021, DCP (shot on 16mm), 16:9, colour, 11’06’’, english and slovenian subtitles
Set inside the Museum of Hunting and Nature in Paris, the film sees an ambiguous and apparently playful mirroring between the taxidermied animals portrayed and a series of liminal figures between the feral and human universe.
Refractions
Vladislav Knežević, Croatia, 2022, DCP, B&W/colour, 15’27’’, no dialogue
Analogue photographs, chemical processes and digital micro-animation establish an interspace between the photographic and cinematic, the static and the moved. The form as a shape of energy transforms the view. Every moment for itself and simultaneously, eternity. The outer space and the constellations, the coldness, the doubt and the movement, chance and an attempt of conscious break.
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Vasja Lebarič, Julij Zornik, Slovenia, 2022, DCP, 1.85, colour, 11’, no dialogue
An animated-experimental film which, in accordance with the process of creation – the chemical and thermomechanical processes – features coincidences as its immanent part and thus tries to surpass the conventions of traditional animation and narration.
Hideous
Yann Gonzalez, UK, 2022, DCP, 1.50, B&W/colour, 22′, 22’, slovenian subtitles
In this romantic, queer musical, Yann Gonzalez directs singer Oliver Sim as he faces his inspirations and demons. A stirring tribute to B films, VHS tapes and 70s-80s short-film-like video clips. Nostalgia, dreams and monsters run wild on film. Gore, disco balls, an imaginary TV set and celebrity guest-stars, such as drag queen Bimini Bon Boulash and singer Jimmy Sommerville.
WARNING: Some of the films contain strong flashing light and sound signals