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With poetic visions of worlds that cease to exist or worlds that spontaneously come about, all imbued with breathtaking beauty, we invite viewers to sharpen their gaze, often in silence.
Sponsor: Northwest Film Forum
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(1 review)
Painful...much like the dentist, May 31, 2009
By oneflashoflight
“I generally look forward to the shorts at SIFF, and I understand that art is subjective (there's no need to list my artistic credentials here just trust that I've got them!!), but this was the longest hour-and-a-half of my life. At least the root canal was followed by a month's supply of” … full review
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Packaged Films
Mexico, 1998, 7 min.
Shot in black-and-white 8mm film, this first short from Mexican Enfant Terrible Carlos Reygadas (Silent Light) is a Bergmanesque, surrealist story of a man, a coffin, and a cliff. …
USA, 2009, 2 min.
A wonderfully wistful hand-drawn animation involving bats and dreams. …
USA, 2009, 15 min.
Two skateboarders, Jack and Cleo, are harassed and thwarted by a pack of card-playing, dancing freaks while on their mission to deliver a package. …
USA, 2007, 3 min.
Over the staccato beats of a jackhammer, the filmmaker locks his camera’s gaze on the street in front of his home as it was dug out, paved over, then ripped apart again, revealing a restless array of mysterious geometries. …
Japan, 2007, 6 min.
An examination of the cinematographic space from within and without. A continuously repeating camera movement, like a mantra, leading to new observations and insights. …
USA, 2008, 23 min.
First screened in 2003, this shape-shifting portrait of Los Angeles examines the “divisions between individual frames arranged one above the other on motion-picture film.” Presented with a fresh soundtrack by Carl Stone and a new 35mm print. …
USA, 2008, 10 min.
A sound recording of Puccini’s “La Boheme” is paired with a continuous hand-held pan, guided by the music, and intercut with shots of flowers and wood fires, exemplifying the lyricism in Puccini's music. …
Germany, 2007, 12 min.
An isolated high-security prison in the Mojave Desert—the Secondary Housing Unit, or SHU—is shown at dusk as searchlights are gradually lit, along with other lights in the evening sky, reminding us of the functional mechanisms of Disney and Hollywood. …
USA, 2008, 7 min.
A powerful, pulsating “direct animation” in which slide film is processed with ink, instant lettering and symbols. With music provided by Cabaret Voltaire. …
USA, 2009, 4 min.
Somewhere between a 1950s sock hop and the Wild West, two Technicolor lovers meet to belt out a tune from “West Side Story.” …
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