Microcinema DVDs - Autumnal Edition 2003

Catalog Number: MC-155	Type: Shorts Compilation	Genre: Mixed Genre
Copyright: 2003	Length:	Format: DVD Region: All regions
TV System: NTSC	ISBN:	UPC:
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Films In Compilation

Current directed by Brian Doyle USA, Experimental, 2001, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 In the vacated downtown of a metropolis a storm approaches and envelops – except this is no ordinary meteorological phenomenon. A digital wind blows the debris from an overflow of information – the city is now occupied by a rushing whirlwind carrying a tangled mass of communication. currentdocuments the path of this storm blowing through an abandoned city like tumbleweed through a ghost town. As devices of technology hovering in enclaves between the skyscrapers seem to monitor or perhaps even cause the storm, the city is consumed, erased by a blanket of information.
Ephemera directed by Tyler Kay USA, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, 00:03:30 Ephemera captures the fleeting beauty of a couple dancing.
Winged Devices directed by Damian Gregg USA, Animation, 2003, Maya, Adobe Photoshop, Premiere, and After Effects, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:15 Winged Devices tells the story of a cycle of life in a world of living drawings.
C-12 Redux directed by Rich Del Rosso USA, Experimental, 2003, DV, Computer Animation, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:07:00 C-12 Redux was inspired by my fascination with human biological and digital evolution. C-12 Redux is a seven-minute digital film combining analog and digitally animated video. The biological and digital evolutionary path we find ourselves on today inspires it. Created by Rich Del Rosso with vocals by Katherine Nixon.
Pinata directed by Shane Ryan USA, Experimental, 2003, DV, Color, other, 00:02:30 A boy lights a cigarette and enjoys his smoke. A girl peacefully plays target practice with her baseball bat. When people see simple daily activities like this they probably don't think anything of it. But sometimes little things mean much more than they appear to be. What's hiding behind just the smallest gesture or reaction might be an entire nightmare.
Girl Shoots 2 Boys Brawling! directed by Potter-Belmar Labs USA, Animation, 2003, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:30 A fight to the death!?!
Child Became a Father directed by Juhani Koivumäki Finland, Narrative, 2002, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:50 Your life doesn´t end when you die, if you are a parent.
Convolute directed by Peter Suchecki USA, Animation, 2002, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:02:07 A short animated collaboration between Peter Suchecki and sonic artist Tracey Cockrell, “Convolute” is a geometric fantasy that traces the interaction between a torus and eight spheres.
Chorus of Breath directed by Zarin Gul Pakistan, Experimental, 2001, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:01:20 We all as living human beings on this earth, breathe. And we do this without being aware of the fact that in this way we are kind of performing a chorus - a Chorus of breath. In this video installation I have expressed the pain of isolation through this chorus of breath.
Suffocation directed by Skye Thorstenson USA, Experimental, 2002, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:00 A dark rumination of a woman trapped in a mundane and bleak job who begins to momentarily descend into the depths of her wandering mind.
Image of a Family directed by Jordan Lindblad USA, Narrative, 2003, 16mm, Color, 00:04:19 A commentary on perfection within the white picket fence is illustrated in a series of vignettes. Looking past the fake façade the viewer is exposed to the corrupted reality often hidden from the public. In constant repetition of birth, image, and simulation the cycle perceives no boundaries between generations.
Apophany directed by Jennifer Leggett Australia, Animation, 2003, 3D, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:11 Apophany draws you into the realm of shadows where a girl's fragmented self is plagued by demons that lurk within. The young girl is drawn out of her cupboard refuge by an abrupt messenger. Objects inhabiting her environment-bottles, suitcase, manikin head and dodgem cars come alive to taunt and harass. The girl is pushed deeper within a surreal nightmare only to resurface to an unchanged world. She stands at the window to look out at her future aware that the cycle of enclosure has begun. Apophany is an exploration of haunting memories obscuring the boarder between reality and fantasy, memory and dream.
Dreaming Awake directed by John R. Killacky USA, Experimental, 2003, DV, 00:05:30 Experimental short video which is a prayer of reconciliation juxtaposing dancers with disabilities with the narrator seated in his wheelchair.
Inside FX: Otto Beingesser directed by Nyeland Newel USA, Comedy / Satire, 2003, DV, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:35 An inside look into the extraordinary life of filmmaker and visual effects artist Otto Beingesser.
Pentimento directed by Sungman Pyun USA, Animation, 2003, Computer Animation, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:46 'A journey though a subconscious world.' What shape do we make out of ordinary cloud? What makes things as the things or other things? If it is our perception, do we control over it? If not, what is behind our perception? Having these questions in mind, I looked into and grasped the images within the images made instantaneously. And, I developed them into whole another level of images moving as the method of tracing back to the core of my subconscious. For more info/comments: sungman@yahoo.com