All Films

Recurring emergence of narrative. The “loaded” image becomes the determinant feature for reading otherwise unemotional footage; a first experiment in what is an ongoing investigation.

film by Pierre Clementi

ROOM LIST is a "tour" of a room and the objects in it. The narrator tells you about his personal belongings, their origins and uses, and the systems of organization governing their placement. The film draws attention to details, demonstrating how one person structures his living space on functional as well as sentimental grounds.

Three zebras, their graphics and their environment generate the frames of this film, which, once projected, is neither a presentation of the zebras, nor a continuity of movement, but a succession of isolated effects which seem random, even though they are generated by a fully structured photographic picture. The zebras are not the film (they are not seen in the projected film), but they are the structure of the film, that is to say its score (the succession of frames).

A non-narrated glimpse of the sea's most unusual inhabitants. A musical score accompanies each creature and emphasizes its appearance, movements and unique behavior. Underwater photography reveals fish that can walk, fish that have hands, fish that swim upside down, strange fish, colorful fish, and poisonous fish.

An illustration of the possibilities around electronically manipulating the colours of moving clouds. This formal investigation also makes it possible to experiment with other technical applications such as coloured titles, animation, etc.

Land Day is commemorated by Palestinian annually on March 30. On that day in 1976, Palestinian citizens of Israel rebelled against the attempts of the ruling authorities to expropriate and colonize large swathes of their lands around six villages in the Galilee. Palestinians announced a general strike and organized marches in different Arab towns, where violent confrontations with the police erupted resulting in six martyrs amongst the demonstrators. Since then, the 30th of March was marked as a national day in which Palestinians show unity and intention to defend their land and the attachment to their national identity. Yom El Ard recounted the events of that day and documented the first anniversary activities. It features interviews with victims of violence, mayors of the affected villages and shows rarely seen footage of that era.

An elegiac memory piece on the persecution of gays in Nazi Germany.

After receiving his Ph.D. from NCSU in 1978, Turner Whitted left for Bell Labs and proceeded to shake the CGI world with an algorithm that could ray-trace a scene in a reasonable amount of time. His film, The Compleat Angler is one of the most mimicked pieces of CGI work ever, as every student that enters the discipline tries to generate a bouncing ray-traced ball sequence.

Wordless portrait of British transport, featuring cross-channel ferries, InterCity 125s, and cars.

Child at play with a rocking horse and other toys

1978–79. Slideshow, approx. 7 min. Courtesy the Estate of David Wojnarowicz and P.P.O.W, New York.

The story of the impact that the introduction of the horse had on the North American West.

A poetic fantasy on the theme of "Hamlet", the heroes of which are the passengers of a tourist bus that stopped in Elsinore.

An experimental silent film by Tom Palazzolo documenting the comings and goings of Chicago's "El" rapid transit system in the 1970s. Exact year unknown.

A story about a gullible turtle and a sneaky scorpion.

Exhibited at the fourth edition of the Salón Atenas in Bogotá, In pulso was one of the first video installations in Colombia. To make it, Llano-Mejía visited the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana's physics department to undergo an electrocardiogram, a procedure in which electrodes attached to the body send signals to a machine known as an electrocardiograph, which records the heartbeat. The artist recalls, "A doctor provided me with an electrocardiograph, which I placed on a small table next to a chair adjacent to the wall where my work was. The idea was for viewers to take their emotions with them in the form of those cardiac images." In this work and in others in which she used brain scans, Llano-Mejía interrogated the subtlest, and the most basic, signals that science and technology use to capture signs of life. Rather than presenting a traditional self-portrait, she instead proposed a subjective approximation of her persona through scientific means.

This film is a reworked version of Olle Hellbom's 1959 film with the same title.

“The difference between a computer and people is absurdity”: this phrase, one of the first heard in Matheo Yamalakis’s film, is the key to a documentary that unfolds like a joyful revelation. Yamalakis was a sensitive filmmaker whose oeuvre is still largely unfamiliar to the inquiring viewer. His camera wanders around Ios in the summer of 1976, freely, almost associatively recording aspects of a Greek island perched on the cusp between a traditional, pre-modern world and a sweeping shift in mores. Therein lies the absurd, bitter comicality of this perceptive portrayal of the island’s microsociety, which covers everyone: grotesque local dignitaries, storytelling taverna jokesters, cunning small shopkeepers, naïve tourists, young women crushed by the small-mindedness of provincial life. All are woven together in the most effortless, tenderest way, crafting a kaleidoscopic portrait of the Greek archipelago, timeless in its conception and power.

Protection In The Nuclear Age (1978, 24min) 16mm restoration by A/V Geeks. An exploration of the reality of potential nuclear attacks on the United States with an emphasis that survival is possible. It outlines key strategies for protection during a nuclear emergency, including recognizing warning signals, taking immediate cover, and understanding the effects of a nuclear explosion. The film stresses the importance of preparation, including knowing evacuation routes and creating a family protection plan. It also highlights the significance of mass, distance, and time as defenses against radiation, and encourages citizens to stay informed and ready in the event of a crisis.

The daily life of two families from Nezahualcóyotl.

This documentary presents a story about the day one hundred and forty-seven deadly twisters swept through Kentucky, Ohio, and Alabama. The funnels devastated large portions of eleven states, taking three hundred and seven lives in the United States and eight more in Ontario, Canada. It includes extensive footage of the tornadoes actually striking Louisville, Cincinnati, and Xenia. It also shows how early warning, advance preparation, and coordination in emergency operating centers have helped to save many lives.

The 2nd short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. In the 18th and 19th centuries, optical views were shown in optical boxes with magnifying lenses. The showmen organised a real spectacle, with a barker, music and sound effects. The views played with light (transparencies, perforations). A series of engravings shows the public's enthusiasm for these shows. The second part of the film is a reconstruction of such a show. First, there are views of Paris, Venice, Constantinople and Versailles, followed by various disasters: plague, floods, fires and shipwrecks.

King Lorenzo was in trouble: the echo had disappeared from his kingdom. It all happened because his neighbor, King Florindo, had ordered the mountain — the one that reflected the echo — to be destroyed. The quarrel quickly escalated, and both kingdoms prepared for war. King Florindo’s son took command of his father's army. But King Lorenzo had no sons at all — only three daughters. And then...