2008 Edition Experimental Films @ Brooklyn Film Festival

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2008 edition, experimental films by title (16)

APROP
Dir: Aitor Echeverria, Spain, 6 min, 2007, Experimental
Sleep becomes interrupted by the familiar touch of another body. A finger brushes across a back as a sigh sends the invitation for play. When viewed... more »
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DAYS WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
Dir: Jan Zajicek, Czech Republic, 4 min, 2008, Experimental
A wild love affair that culminates in a tragic end is captured entirely in one shot by a motion-controlled camera. Time is frozen when the angel of... more »
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DEAF MAN, THE
Dir: David Kurs, United States, 9 min, 2007, Experimental
In an era of technological improvements for deaf people, such as the cochlear implant, the destiny of the deaf is examined through one man's experie... more »
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ETHNOGRAPHY OF NO PLACE
Dir: Rachel Lears & Saya Woolfalk, United States, 14 min, 2007, Experimental
Ethnography of No Place is a series of mock documentary videos that depict an imaginary world. Constructed from household materials (fabrics, sounds... more »
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FLYING LESSON
Dir: Rosane Chamecki, Phil Harder, Andrea Lerner, United States, 4 min, 2007, Experimental
Two women bat their wings, preparing to take off. They practice the dream of flight. ... more »
full details quick view award: Best Experimental

GUBI - THE BIRTH OF FRUIT
Dir: Philippa Herrmann, South Africa, 8 min, 2007, Experimental
The first tribe to roam the earth relies on food from the heavens. When Nok's belly grows full after sharing her fruit with Nto, the Queen of the tr... more »
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LAST LETTER
Dir: Ted Ciesielski, United States, 5 min, 2007, Experimental
A stark urban landscape of rooftops, billboards, and highways provide the backdrop for an open love letter that never reaches its recipient: a young... more »
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MACHINE WITH WISHBONE
Dir: Randall Okita, Canada, 6 min, 2007, Experimental
Live action techniques using innovative camera choreography, photo sculpture, and kinetic sculpture depict the story of a stoic mechanical wishbone... more »
full details quick view trailer award: Audience Award

MUGS
Dir: Ronnie Cramer, United States, 4 min, 2007, Experimental
One hundred celebrity mug shots morph into one another. A minimalist electronic soundtrack heightens the hypnotic effect the images create.... more »
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NEW EDUCATIONAL SERIES - CANARIES IN COLOUR
Dir: Jill Kennedy, New Zealand, 3 min, 2007, Experimental
Canaries is a nostalgic pastiche of found graphic material from AV learning programs of the 1970s. The birds take on a life of their own as the view... more »
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NIGHTWALKING
Dir: Ellen Blom, Netherlands, 12 min, 2007, Experimental
The deaf and blind are the main characters of a lyrical depiction of the handicapped. Their movements are enhanced by painterly piano accompaniment... more »
full details quick view award: Spirit Award

REPLICANTS: USER, THE
Dir: Edouard Salier, France, 4 min, 2007, Experimental
Fingers control a flip book that reveals a series of pictures. With each flashing image, spectator access is denied. People, signals of the digital... more »
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ROASTBEEF
Dir: Francois Begin & Miryam Bouchard, Canada, 6 min, 2007, Experimental
A woman becomes inspired to perform an enticing dance for a butcher who cuts roast beef. ... more »
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SIDE EFFECTS MAY INCLUDE
Dir: Shad Clark, United States, 4 min, 2007, Experimental
The voice-over of an antidepressant commercial spills across several successive spots as the increasingly disconcerting list of possible side effect... more »
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TIME PATROL
Dir: Jasmin Jodry, England, 3 min, 2007, Experimental
Grey suited men patrol a metropolis in order to steal time from civilians. They are vicious vampires of time: they need minutes as a drug to fuel th... more »
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WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
Dir: Sidse Carstens, Denmark, 10 min, 2008, Experimental
The phrase window of opportunity may be defined as "a short period of time which may be acted on or missed completely." Four characters meet pinnacl... more »
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