FESTIVALS - Black Maria Film + Video Festival (USA) - set II – short films /105 min./KINETIC SANDWICH / ERIC DYER, BALTIMORE / USA /2002 / 3’
This high-energy fi lm transforms an everyday food item into a cosmic experience as it
penetrates the multiple layers of a deli sandwich.
L’EAU LIFE / JEFF SCHER / BROOKLYN, USA / 2007 / 3’
L’EAU LIFE, is ”a celebration of summer and water” that is composed of hundreds of
watercolor painting come to life.
THE HAND THE FOOT / ERIC KUEHNAPFEL / USA / 2005 / 2’05”
This lively and whimsical photo collage/hand-drawn animation plays off of Leonardo
da Vinci’s famed pen and ink drawing ”Vitruvian Man” (1487).
HALLUCI / GOO-SHUN WANG / USA / 2007 / 3’45”
In this illusionistic digital animation, a tipsy character fi nds itself in a baffl ing staircase with
mobius strip properties that prevent escape.
IRAQI, KURDISTAN / ED KASHI / USA / 2008 / 12’
Documented by photojournalist Ed Kashi during a seven-week stay in 2005, Iraqi Kurdistan
is presented through thousands of time lapse stills that simulate motion.
THE MANTIS PARABLE / JOSH STAUB / USA / 2005 / 5’/
The Mantis Parable is a tender digital animation which depicts the tale of a humble
caterpillar trapped in a bug collector’s jar.
THE SPIRIT OF GRAVITY / VICTOR BELLOMO, DAVID PACE / USA / 2003 / 5’45”
The animation is composed of thousands of collaged photographic images with music
by the filmmaker inspired by the philosophy, imagery and humour of ”Thus Spoke
Zarathustra”.
DEMOLITION 7 / RICHIE SHERMAN / USA / 2005 / 10’
A demolition derby in rural Pennsylvania where contestants intend to demolish their rivals’
vehicles. The madness continues until all but one car remains intact, is declared the winner,
and wins some money.
NIBBLES / CHRISTOPHER HINTON / CANADA / 2003 / 4’34”
Nibbles is a hilarious hand-drawn animation about a crazed fi shing caper which is mostly
a romp from one junk food joint to the next en route to an anglers’ lakeside shack.
ONE RAT SHORT / ALEX WEIL / USA / 2006 / 10’
A sensitive New York City subway rat is drawn into a horrific Brave New World below the
skylight where the plight of his brethren involves him in a saga of love and loss.
SPUTNIK 5 / SUSANNA NICCHIARELLI / ITALY / 2009 / 9’
The Soviet satellite Sputnik 5 was launched in 1960. The payload of dogs, rats, mice and
insects were used to test survival in space. This droll, yet poignant digital animation pays
tribute to their travails by creating their imagined conversation.
HERE / FRED WORDEN / USA / 2005 / 11’
Employing appropriated material and visual effects, HERE is also a collision between a Sir
Laurence Olivier film and the Georges Méliès film A TRIP TO THE MOON.
BLACK SOUL / MARTINE CHARTRAND / CANADA/ 2006 / 9’47”
This haunting painted animated short dives into the heart of Black culture as a young boy
traces his roots through the animated stories his grandmother shares with him about the
events that shaped their cultural heritage.
UTOPIA VARIATIONS / GREGG BIERMANN / USA / 2008 / 5’
Actress Judy Garland’s classic Hollywood rendition of ”Over the Rainbow” is digitally
fractured progressing backwards and forwards…
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE / GREGG BIERMANN / USA / 2005 / 7’30”
A snippet from the beloved Hollywood musical ”The Sound of Music” is transformed.
Kino Muza 2.00 p.m. tickets: 10 zl
