Shorts: Think for Yourself
September 4, 2010 No CommentsScreening: Mon. Sept 6 @ 8:00 pm
Total Runtime: 84 mins.
Arena (20 mins — Spain)
Jonash does not know what sunlight is. He has never seen a tree or the sky. He has never left his room. He does not need to. But that note makes him think, and the simple idea of having an option becomes powerful. ~~ Arena, A Biography of a Revolution
Defect (14 mins — Australia — Student/The International Film School Sydney)
Jan’s plans to help Marie – a middle-aged intellectual – escape from communist Czechoslovakia are derailed when the man that is to take them across the border doesn’t turn up. Sensitive to Marie’s mounting distrust and fear of being found out, Jan strives to find a solution only to be interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a stranger. Believing the stranger is secret police, and desperate for Marie’s welfare, Jan resorts to violence and murder. When a second visitor knocks on the door, enquiring about her husband, who, along with her, has been searching for the whereabouts of their missing son, Jan can only stare helplessly as he realises what he has done.
Watchers (2 mins — USA)
Who watches the watchers?
Arithmetic: Annie’s Life in Numbers (14 mins — Canada)
One may be the loneliest number, but it’s compromise-free
Liminal Introspect (3 mins — Romania)
An interlude between indeterminate lapses of nothing.
Visual Alan Audio Vega (15 mins — French Guiana)
Alan Vega unveils his universe through the epilepsy of a video not inept.
This experimental documentary is based on the confidence of a veteran music electro-punk front of a camera. This interview was commonplace transformed into vibratory waves to bring the words to the level of emission of physical thought. The goal is to reach the energy that is perceived in the music of Alan Vega. From there, it is to go beyond, in the origin of the force that inspired this person for so many years.
Audio Visual Alan Vega transforms the ritual of the interview in sensory experience.
Credits (6 mins — USA)
A man, a woman, and a movie theater — a tale of love and grace.
Park Pros (10 mins — USA — Student/NYU)
Jonathan is convinced he is destined for greatness, only to find that his job as a Parking Garage Attendant may not be the fastest way to get there.
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