Joer 2002 - 481

An investigation and study of the Yi ethnic minority's "Tiger Day" ceremony that applies the holistic principles of anthropological human research, while looking for the sociocultural causes of drug dependence behavior for local ethnic groups. The film establishes another methodology different from scientific methodology, that is, to defeat the addiction of human biology with the power of culture. "Tiger Day" changed the traditional characteristics of simple description and interpretation, and was involved in exploring the direct application purpose of the film and putting it into practice, thus opening up a new direction for film and television anthropology. Nominated for a Special Award at the 16th Belfast Public Health Conference Film Festival in 2005.

Three male native speakers endlessly correct a woman's foreign pronunciations of English, French and Polish. It seems that the absolute pronunciation of the national texts is represented at its best in the cacophony of three languages overlapping female and male recitations of the anthems. These nonsensical exercises of the mouths problematize the meaning of certain politically charged words.

The video presents a year long documentation of walking in Jarry's park in Montreal. The toy-like looking extensions for the arms are made of maple wood and leather. These paradoxical prostheses do not facilitate the bodily movements. On the contrary, they present grotesque attachments that communicate the very impossibility of undertaking any unrestrained journey through time and space.

During the 10:00 minutes of this silent video there is a close up image of the eye that most of the time looks straight into the camera lens. The eye occasionally blinks, looks down and is covered with an eyelid for a few seconds. It is a paradoxically peaceful video. There is a certain promise and visual tension that something is about to happen, but nothing ever happens. The image of the eye fades out to black after ten minutes. The question remains: is this videotaped omnipresent eye providential or ominous?

A solitary fisherman carves and sketches to pass the time. But this day his drawings seem to have a life of their own. Fish fly off the pages and leap into the sea. An island appears on the watery expanse, and the poles around his boat begin to move ominously. His own creation seems to give rise to a strange, surreal and ultimately fragile two-dimensional world, guarded by a tribe of stiltwalkers.

Short documentary from a 2002 graduate of the Beijing Film Academy. Showcased at the 2002 edition of the Toronto-based Worldwide Short Film Festival (WSFF).

Key West is located near the southern tip of Florida, not far from Key Largo. In contrast to Key Largo (John Huston, USA 1948), Key West has no need of gangsters to reveal this paradise on earth to be an illusion. Looking back from a distance of nearly 50 years, it is sufficient to reconnect those images which – each in itself – represented a longing view of this paradise: images of boat-like cars sailing down the highway, of bikini-clad girls on the beach, of surfers riding the waves. A moral lesson? Possibly.

Satara is a study of a moving figure in black and white, returning at the end to a real world of colour. Like Plaza Continuum the video is music driven, with images shaped to the hurdy-gurdy music of Rémy Couvez.

Faces of Death inspired "Voodoo" mondo

An interactive installation addressed to one person at the time, filmed with 8 surveillance cameras, in which each visitor was invited to confide and then contractually sell a personal secret.

The year is 200X, and the DESTRUCTIVE FIST, an artificial fist modified for combat, has become the only weapon and weapon of choice. There are three people who once spent the same youth, but their fates were divided. Akutsu, who abandoned his heart to protect his beloved and acquired the strongest fist, Kagan, who believes in kindness over strength, and Chirico, who was Kagan's sister and Akutsu's lover. A fierce battle begins between Akutsu, who wants to get Chirico, and Kagan, who wants to bring Chirico back, with either of them fighting to the death.

Short film by Liang Yue.

Short film by Shi Qing.

Video documentary about the December 2001 crisis in Argentina.

Film about the construction of a satellite station in Yugoslavia in 1970s, found in 2000 at a flea market and recorded again, but from the other side of the screen.

Charlotte wrote her diary in hospital between 1998 and 1999. Four years later, the film relates this text to the daily lives of anonymous people she met on the streets of Paris.

An exciting day in the life of a rookie lawman. He has never had to fire his weapon, respects his superiors, and is always ready for any emergency - day or night.

A red woman writing and then eating her words.