International Programme #4
Wednesday 23 August
9pm
Kang-Wei Chen, Taiwan, 2004, 6’55
“As queer as a clockwork orange”. One man’s intensely tangled descent into the bizarre.
The Mirage
Kathy Whitney, Canada, 2005, 5’30
One night in a strange bar far, far away from here.
Elephant: OK
Srinivas Bhakta, Singapore, 2005, 5’12
A lost elephant with an identity crisis has to prove himself to the powers that ‘bee’.
Black Pig White Pig
Zhang Gong, China, 2005, 4’36
An utterly macabre analogy for the power struggles that have defined and defiled history.
Nocturne
Guillaume Delaunay, France, 2005, 4’30
They sleep by day, but by night they creep, crawl, stalk and slither. The dark illuminated.
Before
Gabor Ulrich, Hungary, 2004, 3’30
A grim picture of darkening perspective; where once he saw dryads, he sees skeletons.
Collision
Max Hattler, UK, 2005, 2’50
A kaleidoscopic flag waving hypnotic assault on the senses.
Dreamer
Olga Marchenko, France, 2005, 4’30
Nocturnal laundry incites the wrath of neighbours as the moon and stars fall from the sky.
A Shadow In The Soul (Com Uma Sombra Na Alma)
Fernando Galrito and Joao Ramos, Portugal, 2004, 10’00
Trust is abandoned and suspicion is rife in this film noir world of intense chiaroscuro.
The Kiss Thief
Elena Madrid, Switzerland, 2004, 5’51
Desperate times call for desperate measures, and this guy needs a pair of lips, fast.
From The Life Of Mothers
K.Dufkova, Czech Republic, 2005, 7’00
An illustration of the unique experience of parenting, and how difficult it is to let go.
Ichthys
Marek Skrobecki, Poland, 2005, 16’45
The service may be slow, but the surrounds are stunning, and the cuisine entirely unique.
