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The Art-Qaeda’s Project
London PremiereWei-Ming Ho | Taiwan, Province of China | 7 mins
In a weird atmosphere, the images set out for an exciting adventure. Did the project represent the visual signals, an extraordinary parade or a silent protest? By means of guerrilla art action, this project presented the conversation between the images and the city environment.
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Slippery Slope
European PremiereLisa Seidenberg | United States | 9 mins
An assemblage of images on the theme of water, ranging from various iconic film scenes, from Leni Riefenstahl’s both lush and disturbing footage of the Berlin Olympics, to old home movies and disaster news footage from Hurricane Katrina and the South-Asian Tsunami. The beautiful and the tragic, the sentimental, and the historic, wash over our senses. Water - an essential element of life, and a destroyer.
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Bye Bye Now
London PremiereAideen O'Sullivan | 15 mins
An amusing and poignant documentary about the fate of the Irish phone box, which has gone from the centre of society to the verge of extinction. Bye Bye Now! is a bitter sweet tribute to the phone box, a historical document and a barometer of how much we've changed. A roadtrip around Ireland in honour of the phonebox.
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The Cockerel’s Egg
World Premiere Watch trailerPeter W. Allen | Australia | 1 mins
'The Cockerels Egg' tells the true story of a bizarre animal trial that took place in 1474. In the town of Basle, on the Swiss, French and German border a rooster was arrested and put on trial for laying an egg. The bird was charged with witchcraft for this unnatural act. Both the rooster and its egg were found guilty and sentenced to burn at the stake. 'The Cockerels Egg' is a very short animated film that takes a humorous look at the event and some of the superstitions that encouraged this extreme response.
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Beam Drop
World PremiereTim Marrinan, Richard Dewey | 10 mins
For over 40 years Chris Burden has pushed the limits of sculpture, establishing himself as one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary art. His provocative performances in the 1970s shook the art world and have since become iconic. Over the next three decades Burden continued to redefine sculpture with an exciting array of assemblages, installations, scientific models and kinetic works.
This film takes an in depth look at the creation of Burden's latest large-scale work, Beam Drop Antwerp. Regarded by many as Burden’s most visually exciting piece Beam Drop Antwerp consists of hundreds of steel construction beams dropped from a height of more than 150 feet into a pool of wet cement. Created in front of a live audience at Antwerp's Middelheim Museum, the piece is a massive, spectacular, violent, thought provoking, beautiful and potentially dangerous work. It stands as a highlight in a celebrated career spanning four decades.
In documenting the preparations, the execution and the finished piece this film gives a fascinating insight into the artistic process of one of the most original talents in contemporary art. We examine the technical challenges involved, the inspiration for the piece and how it relates to Burden’s broader body of work. The film culminates with close up view of the piece’s creation from every angle, placing the viewer right at the heart of the action.
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UK Premiere Watch trailerEckhard Kruse | Germany | 9:55 mins
The earth's land surface measures 149 million squares kilometres – about three football fields per person. But how are we using this space? Everyone wants to go and live in the same nice places. So, there it's getting really tight ...... The film looks at the earth's inhabitants in all the places they live, wide and tight, and raises a wry smile at some very strange behaviour.
Background / director's statement:
The film is based on material I have collected throughout recent years. When travelling, I usually have a video camera with me, capturing everything that looks interesting to me – often without knowing what might finally become out of it. After spending a week in Japan in 2007, I started to further work out the idea to have a look at the 'tightness' on this planet and to contrast it with nature and wideness. The film somewhat homourously tries to investigate human behaviour and why we are often so negligent about what happens to nature or to people in other parts of the world. After a somewhat playful start und various lighthearted observations it moves towards an end with a clear message: Everybody has to take responsibility for what is happening on our planet.
Countries appearing in the film: Australia, Costa Rica, Germany, Greece, Japan, Malaysia, Nepal, Thailand, Tibet, Turkey, USA.
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Blue Night Club
World Premiere Watch trailerCássio Pereira dos Santos | Brazil | 14 mins
Juliana and Edgar are engaged and live in the Brazilian countryside, in the state of Minas Gerais. Like hundreds of people from their region, the couple makes a living working hard in the coffee plantations near their town. This film is a short portrait of the daily life of this couple during the coffee harvest period. A simple tale about finding joy within and through a relationship. Heartwarming.
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Paintbrushes and Panels
UK PremiereVivian Ostrovsky | Brazil, United States | 15'51 mins
This short documentary was made for an exhibition in Rio of the work of Paulo Werneck, one of Oscar Niemeyer’s collaborators. Werneck was the first to introduce mosaics into Brazilian Modernist architecture. A piece of art itself the film is a montage of sounds and music that skillfully invokes the context of the artist’s work in Rio and Belo Horizonte during the 50s and the 60s, as well as Brasilia at the time of its construction in 1960. An inventive collage of archival footage, music and Werneck’s modernist mosaics.
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My Uncle Bluey
Britt Arthur | Australia | 16 mins
No-one in Britt's family ever spoke about her uncle, and they hadn't seen him for thirty years. He was the 'black sheep' of the family. He owed everyone money and before he left he actually pulled a gun on Britt's dad. At least that is what Britt had heard. Thirty years and 1000 miles later, Britt discovers her uncle had finally found a new family in an aboriginal community in a remote corner of Australia. 'My Uncle Bluey' is a personal story about the things that tear families apart, what brings them back together, and how your family is your family. Always.
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