FRIDAY JANUARY 15, 2021
SHORT FILM BLOCK 1
THE SURREALISTIC EDGE
7 PM-9 PM EST US screening
7 PM-9 PM GMT UK screening
THE CHAMBER OF GENESIS,2020
Director Konstantin Pavlenko
Kazakhstan. 15 minutes
An obvious surreal story takes you into the depths of Genesis. You are facing for answers to eternal questions in the film, probably that after watching 15 minutes you will think about the sense of life more, or maybe not. The post-apocalyptic Calvary, a dead chicken, a baby carriage in ruins and many other images will feed your soul while watching the film
CIRCULAR; 2019
Directed by Collectif A BAo A Qou
France, 13 minutes
A hermit wants to create a man by the force of his dreams and impose it on reality. Loosely based on Jorge Luis Borges’ “The circular ruins”, Circular is a journey into creation. Co-written by a filmmaker, a composer and a saxophone player, it is a piece in which music and visual art were conceived simultaneously and are deeply intertwined in an experimental score.
LET THE WORLD GO ON SLEEPING,2019
Director Michael Charles Slavich
US, 12 minutes
Depicting a vision, Let the World go on Sleeping grounds us in an unfamiliar dream. Greeted by a chain of mothers and fathers, a man must make peace with his world in order to save it.
VISION OFF; 2019
Director Quentin Lestienne
France, 12 minutes
A man living alone remembers moments with his ex-wife. He will go beyond his memories and will project himself in his visions
THE ALLURING SWAY; 2020
Director Martin Del Campo
US, 7 minutes
A track in 3 parts created for an experimental art short film with the same title.
VOICES; Final Cut 2020
Director Odd Magnus Grimeland
Norway, 5 minutes
A man wakes from uneasy sleep, disturbed by the door dog of evil chance at his gate. A nightmarish and strangely familiar scene returns to haunt him yet again.
DREAM DIARIES;2019
Director Rich Warwick
UK, 3 minutes
Based on a dream that occurred on December 20
HER INFINITY 2019
Director Evan Patrick
US, 12 minutes
Her Infinity is a kitschy thriller that examines the psychological ties between cults and social media. The film follows Tiffany as she attempts to inform her cult leader of her departure to become an influencer.
RAINBOW IN THE DARK; 2020
Director Ben Mosca
US, 5 minutes
A cosmic psa announcement
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A FEATURE PRESENTATION
MAGNETICK PATHWAYS
9 PM-11 PM EST US screening
9 PM-11 PM GMT UK screening
MAGNETICK PATHWAYS; 2018
Director Edgar Pera
Portugal, 97 minutes
Portugal is ruled by an authoritarian plutocracy and one man, Raymond Vachs (Dominique Pinon- Delicatessen) descends into a night of drunken soul searching and humiliation after his beloved daughter is wedded to one of the power elite Stars Dominique Pinon, Alba Baptista Albano Jerónimo, Iris Cayatte, Marina Albuquerque, Ney Matogrosso, Paulo Pires (II)