Towards a Six-Dimensional Cinema

Échos

A compilation of light cones of electric torches.

A microscopic view into American youth in suburbia through the eyes of Robert, a young man who becomes fixated on his own identity after moving back to his small Texas town.

Produced during the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from Great Britain to Mainland China in the wake of cataclysmic regional changes, Simon Liu’s dizzying, claustrophobic Let’s Talk captures the anxiety of an uncertain future.

Jonas Mekas recites poems of his, both in English and Lithuanian. Exclusive Mekas interview by the poet Sparrow. The legendary poet-film critic and film diarist waxes philosophical in rare extended setting exhibiting his transcendental poetic humor. Jonas attacks the crass world of TV advertising and sell-out commercial filmmakers. Contributes zen anecdotes and filmmaking advice. Choice clips include Mekas' Film Diaries with deceivingly formalist amateur "home movie" style, but in small bursts of expression in a quick collage. Footage from Jonas' homeland as well as clips of famed pop figures John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Tiny Tim.

Now I shall sing the second kingdom there where the soul of man is cleansed, made worthy to ascend to Heaven. (Purgatorio: Canto I)

Mountainous images accompanied by the song "Suzanne" by Leonard Cohen.

Erin. He thinks he's in 4th period math. Oh he's wrong

Experimental video art compiled from video taken on an LG Env3 flip phone circa 2009-2010

Experimental self portrait

In a lifeless urban landscape where time itself has stopped its crawl, a mad ballet is commencing and a newly hatched butterfly is about to die.

Two instants separated by 99 days conflict with each other.

Filmed at Masonboro Island, an undeveloped barrier island in southeastern North Carolina, “Tides” contemplates the liminal space between the modern technological world and that more ecological dimension we label as “nature” or “the environment.”

Unfolding depicts the gendered space of the launderette as both a site of oppression and possible resistance. “I was interested in making a film about women’s work spaces; the launderette is a functional space, but it is also a place where women meet socially. I got to know the women, took my Bolex (a wind-up camera) and after a while I felt comfortable enough to start filming. It made me aware of the way in which documentaries can be a form of control. On the one hand, it was a straightforward documentary and, on the other, it questioned my role as maker. It took a long time to make and was extremely rigorous.” (Alia Syed)

An urban fairy tale in which three characters negotiate a space where myth and reality constantly collide. Syed uses the character of The Lady of Shallot as the films’ central theme. Interweaving sections of the poem ‘The Lady of Shallot’ by Tennyson, with her own text, the film explores feelings of isolation and the desire to connect.

David’s beach experience within a motion image.

Shot between Hong Kong, Japan, and the US, this short is Joshua Gen Solondz’s most ambitious work to date, a portrait of the home and the world that is dense, textured, creepy, anxious, noisy, silly, and confounding, but always tender.

Le Gigot

A perspective on everyday things.

An investigation about human intervention in nature, from the subjective point of view of the camera, the environment and its transformation are observed.