Flores Falsas

En La Profundidad de la Superficie

In an extended panoramic view—an "audioscopy" of Algiers—the camera’s eye scrutinizes various buildings and city-center neighborhoods with an intimate approach. "I want to show Algerian society’s openness to the world and to modern means... as well as its contradictions regarding tradition." One might think that filming is merely about capturing images; yet for Hassen Ferhani, filming is first and foremost about welcoming presences—allowing the world to emerge with all its density, fragility, and silences. He does not frame to confine, but to liberate; he frames to offer a space where people, gestures, and voices can find their true rhythm. This kind of cinema dictates nothing: it stands back—attentive and open—allowing itself to be surprised by the most unpredictable aspects of reality, and it is in this act of letting go that beauty is born.

A partially improvised and experimental choreographic installation performed by Alexander Ekman and dancers from the Royal Swedish Ballet. Based on Ingmar Bergman's TV-series "Scenes from a Marriage"

"Labyrinth" is a groundbreaking multi-screen 45-minute presentation produced for Chamber III of the Labyrinth at Expo 67 in Montreal, using 35 mm and 70 mm film projected simultaneously on multiple screens. A film without commentary in which multiple images, sometimes complementary, sometimes contrasting, draw the viewer through the different stages of a labyrinth. The tone of the film moves from great joy to wrenching sorrow; from stark simplicity to ceremonial pomp. It is life as it is lived by the people of the world, each one, as the film suggests, in a personal labyrinth. Re-released in 1979 as "In the Labyrinth" by the National Film Board of Canada in a 21-minute single projection format.

As a working bellboy in 1946, Carl yearns for more. When world-renowned director Charles Cameron steps into the hotel, he gives Carl an offer he can’t refuse. How far will Carl go to earn the appreciation that he deserves?

Doppelgänger

Fleeting moments of connection.

Filmed on Wednesday, March, 27th 2024. I tried capturing something more serene with A Moment In Time. Shooting the steps of my porch with life going on around it.

On a day in the field, a young woman questions her relationship when she catches a man taking photos of her.

Manila Madness is a performance film-screen dance presentation that runs down the life of the urban streets of Manila in the Philippines, through a ritualistic performance of a young masked woman seeming endless passage to find the ultimate destination of life and death.

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Harlen’s a young girl who curiously follows a pair of pink hands through a mirror. She becomes part of a beautiful world where absolutely everything is controlled by The ominous Man with The Bunnyhead.

Considered to be artist Martin Blaszko's only incursion into film. Through the experimentation with various film techniques, the artist speaks of the laws of geometry which are an important part of his work, and other obsessions of his, such as, bipolarity, the monumental, and the city as a source of aesthetic emotion.

One night, a supernatural figure emerges from the darkness to find a human who is grieving the death of his mother. As the figure watches closely, it soon discovers the value of human love and its strength to bring people together.

A journey to an unknown star, a children's theatre play, an untalented writer and the fear of becoming the worst version of oneself. A mixture of live-action footage and animated scenes. A stream of (un)conscious stereotypes.

Misha, Dalton, Jaxon, Hamlet, and David are young aspiring actors who move to Hollywood to follow their dream, but wind up testing their fate with consequences beyond their wildest imagination. Each of the actors have been hand picked by 'The Master'. A dark, mysterious teacher who promises to teach them the ultimate secret to success. Without knowing it, the young faithful dreamers are set to the test of their lives. They are hypnotized, mentally and physically abused and brainwashed as The Master slowly steals away any human instinct and empathy from them and applies a strange animal behavior instead. He calls it his unique acting technique. But in spite of all their hopes, dreams and aspirations The Master is never planning on giving them the secret to success. He has his own dark agenda. He is the hungry wolf in the jungle waiting for the right moment to prey on little girls. Just like the fairy tale of 'Little Red Riding Hood'.

History as immersion and dispersion in the fragments of the past, a visionary journey accompanied by the voice of Patty Pravo. Presented at the Taormina Festival '97.

Flowers, seeds, turmeric, blood and watercolor on Super 8 film.

Rose petals, azaleas, clivia, magnolias, geraniums, Japanese quince, rosemary, seeds, blood and acrylic on 16 mm film.

Friendship is a mysterious island at the Archipiélago de las Guitecas (Chile) which does not exist on the map. People from the south know the island by rumors that link Friendship to miraculous healings and UFO phenomena. Toto Island is part of the same archipelago to which Shingo traveled with an improvised manual for basic communication, containing ready made phrases in Spanish regarding the purpose of his trip. The manual, an old radio and his video camera would be the only means to establish contacts and collect information on the Friendship enigma.