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IFCT showcases a wide range of new cutting-edge experimental films, many of which have never before been presented in the United States. The films range from visually rich and dynamic and though-provoking to very short 1-3 minute strikingly intense experimental cinema.
Sitcom with Artists like You and Me Directed by Duo van der Mixt (Cristian Rusu & Mihai Pop) Romania
The film (experimental documentary) consists of a series of 4 sitcoms featuring 4 visual artists of both genders and of different generations. The main idea of the film is the bantering: any artist can be bantered, without any hard feelings. The film is a barefaced trenchant comment on the relation and distance between the artists (seen as part of the elite) and the audience.
Scenes from a Shanghai Hotel Directed by Geoffrey Weary Australia
A Russian woman living in Shanghia is expelled from China after the Communist Revolution in 1948. Her story begins in a hotel room in Shanghai and ends on a suburban street in Sydney, Australia. Performative, fictional, and documentary elements are blended into a work that is suggestive and open to multiple readings.
Chapitre I Directed by Brice Katakawa France
He is to write the first chapter of his next book at the latest tomorrow...but he still has written only one word.
Flicker Directed by Christina von Greve & C-Schulz Germany
50.000.000 cant be wrong Directed by Susanne Burner Germany
50,000,000 CAN’T BE WRONG shows groups of people expressing longing and despair through their mimics, gestures and screaming. However, the object of their desire, their idol, is missing. He/she is off-frame, withheld from the viewer. All traces referring to him/her are erased from the footage. What's left is the reflection in the faces of the fans.
Dreaming of Air Directed by Markus Rauchenwald Austria
Slow days as a foreigner in Spain. Also starring rainy weather.
Work in Progress Directed by Alexander Derben Germany
Portrait of the artist Stephan Derben. The film is based on thousands of photos by Michael Hauri
All possible worlds-the day after nothing happened Directed by Lorma Marti Germany
17th century dutch landscape painting can be seen as a projection on the landscape. Hunting at possible outcomes as much as describing real situations, it represented a view and a preview at the same time.
it is necessary to be in a good mood to laugh with Cioran Directed by Claude Ciccolella and Mike Reveau Peiffer France
The images are accompanied in voice by a diverting text, words made by the incongruity of irony
Form Follows Bicycle Directed by Marlies Stöger Austria
This film tries to present the bicycle stand as a fascinating design object by giving an exemplary overview of the representatives in Austria
Gelati, Gelati Directed by Benoit Gehanne
Glanz and Glimmer Directed by Ela Mergels
In Memorium Directed by Carlota Flieg Portugal
Everyday the same route, everyday the same flowers. It is affecting my sleep now, I am afraid. In fact I have no fear but respect
The Miraculous Mandarin Directed by Frank Stassen The Netherlands
The video shows an unusual solo-interpretation of Bartok's
musictheatre-piece "The Miraculous Mandarin" ,which tells about a
problematic murder for robbery of a Chinese Mandarin by three thugs and a
streetgirl.
Rilke Directed by Annette Otto The Netherlands
Space Potato Directed by Anna Lange The Netherlands
Fan Directed by Emma Harding UK
Old man Harry struggles to cross the room on walking sticks. In the same room a ladybird makes a similar journey, when Harry arrives and switches on a fan the ladybird is blasted from the face of the earth
Just an Ordinary Day (Ein Ganz Gewohnlicher Tag) Directed by Christian Schulz Germany
This art film confronts the audience with the topic of fear of death and dying. Often speaking without words it seeks a way of stepping into dialogue about this existential theme
Exit Exit Directed by Erik Urlings The Netherlands
Reality and dream are merging during a seemingly endless car ride on the Amsterdam traffic circle (A10). An intense experience of traffic and land- and cityscape. The always moving camera and the unearthly soundtrack turn cars, lights and scapes into melancholy.
Nowhere Directed by Naoki Yoshimoto Japan
Experimental film from Japan with Digital FX
Le bonheur est un promo (Happiness is on sale)Directed by Antoine Revel-Mouroz France
In life the beginning and end are always the same.
The Cup-Cop Directed by Axel Arft
He Tangoes She Directed by Alyssa Ovadis
A reflection on destiny and the passion of life. This passion is expressed through a walk, the walk of life and the tango as a dance.
Birds Directed by Mark van den Berg
An experimental short about the beautiy of the open society where ordinary movements can become dance
Endlich Frieden Krieger Directed by David and Christoph Parzer Austria
Have you ever heard a boom- not the world but the sulky ear-piercing noice? Not bound to any language boom
Bleu Fonce Directed by Marie-Caroline Hominal Switzerland
The tunnel through which a train without driver is passing is used as a metaphor for themes that often recur in my work- unrest, accidents, boredom, and transit. Blue fonce is a train that never reaches its destination
The Long Overtone Directed by Miguel Machado Portugal
A cine poem in five movements. There is a fragment and memory, mise-en-scene of color and unity, silence and a overall rumour
I Remember the Sun Directed by Iain Bonner Australia
A film about memory and imagination about the conflict of how things are and the way you want them to be. It tells the story of a middle aged woman's fight to regain control of her life after her circumstances take her to new dark places
Under the Staircase Directed by Richard Negre
The workshop wall under the staircase. I take souvenir picture at the end of each painting.
Silent Room Directed by Joana Dilão , with collaboration of João reis Brandão
Experimental film about the experience of
watching a silent film.
Eyes open and keep looking into the blinding source of light that reduces figures and objects
in this film to narrow silhouettes. All there is is light...
Blue Box Berlin Directed by Nina Hoffman
Blue Box Berlin turns the city into a movie set, reminiscent to the Hollywood studios that seamlessly imitated houses and landscapes. The piece chronicles the current marketing strategies of large corporations that create the illusion that one can be in London, Paris and Bratislava all at the same time with a new hairstyle and a new car. These advertisements bring globalism directly to Berlin in the form of life sized posters meant to represent a projection of our dreams and desires. Hence people become actors and the city is a playground. In addition to prompting us to buy, these advertisements literally become a perfect fictional background.
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