A portal, a sorceress, a fictional device to portray existence as a moment encapsulated inside an instantaneous photograph to present fragmented biographical elements —family disintegration, rootlessness, scars, two loyal companions, the promises of a new land—subverting the notion of a home-movie and transform it into a pilgrimage tool of self-discovery, mirroring the fragile nature of memories.
Two generations dialogue through the images they filmed of their children, a reflection of the emotional bond that arises from their involvement with what was shot.
Maccaia
Fulano de Tal
This film, which was shot on Super-8 and camcorder, is an exploration on forgotten and abandoned sacred sites in England, one of them being the Celtic cross that stands behind a church in Eastbourne.
365 jours
A short Super 8 visual diary shot by French photographer Claude Nori along the Italian coast in 1982. This experimental short captures the unscripted days and casual interactions of Italian beachgoers. It was created to inspire and serve as the creative foundation for Nori's celebrated later work, "L'été italien", a photography book featuring images from these exact beaches.
A visual poem shot on Super 8 through the streets and shops of Amsterdam.
June 1971 - in a fluid landscape completely below sea level, a young biology student dies during the last year of his studies, leaving behind an unfinished scientific collection. More than fifty years later, a group of ecologists and volunteers are trying to understand and document the same environment as it is today.
A poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonised history and how it impacts into the present offering insights into how various individuals deal with the traumatic legacies of British colonialism and its race-based policies. The film’s consultative process, with ‘Respecting Cultures’ (Tasmanian Aboriginal Protocols), offers an evolving shift in Australian historical narratives from the frontier wars, to one of diverse peoples working through historical trauma in a process of decolonisation.
Will More arrives by boat to a "genuine Mediterranean island" and is welcome by "thousands of Chinese girls" who take him to their place and tell him a story about his "ego", which he must immediately look for. Thus he gets to a "wonderful palace", where he meets a hermaphrodite odalisque who materializes the image of his other self and offers him a new and even more fantastic story.
A dough-eyed newcomer to New York is sent on a mental spiral of his own self-worth when he is asked to take photos of a random couple in a park and he finds out what it truly means to be a New Yorker.
It’s the year 1990. America is on the verge of another Great Depression. A Hitler-like President puts into action his mad scheme to wipe out the federal deficit by dispatching extermination squads. Can the terribly violent genocide be stopped before all non-conformists are destroyed?
According to Scottish mythology Selkies are mythological beings capable of changing from seal to human form by shedding their skin. This film follows the story of such a creature who chooses the sea over her land dwelling sweetheart.
A young woman is on the verge of committing suicide when things take an unexpected turn.
The project originated during a workshop in La Rochelle, where a group of women "took possession" of the film to create a work where the camera could be used by each participant at her own discretion, guided by her own "desiring" gaze. According to Fréderique Gros, this "lived wandering" was later reshaped during editing to try and articulate the transition between the internal and external worlds.
A super 8 film. A woman in search of precious items left behind by someone special. Una mujer en busca de objetos preciosos dejados por alguien especial.
Filmed on Super 8 in Paris, Portrait de Rosa, à la française portrays an intimate love story through quiet images and gentle emotion.
A lonely mime takes desperate measures in order to find the audience he deserves.
An original ghost story from the rugged coastline of Mendocino County, California. Shot and animated on Super 8 film.