Venue: The Groucho Club
26 May 2011 7:00 pm
Strips
UK PremiereFelix Dufour-Laperriere | 6 mins
Masculine noun, shortened form of striptease. From "strip", to remove, to take away, and "tease", to entice, to tempt. And then all this in the plural. ...read more
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UK Premiere Watch trailerEckhard Kruse | Germany | 9:55 mins
Compiling shots from different parts of the world, the film takes a humourous look at - somehow very strange - human behaviour. ...read more
Paintbrushes and Panels
UK PremiereVivian Ostrovsky | Brazil, United States | 15'51 mins
A collage of archival footage and music about Paulo Werneck, one of Oscar Niemeyer's collaborators. ...read more
Undertow Eyes – BEST SHORT FILM LIDF 2011
Petra Costa | Brazil | 20 mins
Vera and Gabriel have been married for sixty years. In Undertow Eyes they reflect on their own story: the first flirtations, the birth of their children, life and aging. In the act of remembering, images from their family history and from the present intermingle, creating an affectionate and oneiric tone. Through the couple’s recollections and ...read more
Stranger
UK PremiereChristophe Hermans | Belgium | 12 mins
Sophie lives alone. She spends her time between small jobs and moving flat. She creates a sculpture of her body, to fill the empty space of her life. ...read more
Face
European PremiereAdele Wilkes | Australia | 26 mins
'Face' focuses on Beautiful Agony, on ongoing collaborative art project that collects video self-portraits of faces during orgasm. A filmmaker who has been working behind the scenes on the project decides to experience the other side of the lens, turning the camera on herself for the first time. This intimate and confronting documentary features a ...read more