Updown 1982
Short by Fabrizio Plessi.
Short by Fabrizio Plessi.
Urban life can be difficult. Here we first follow a couple who encounter one problem after another as they hunt for a flat. The estate agent is a crook and makes their job even harder. When it becomes impossible to find somewhere to rent, there’s only one thing left to do: live in a shanty town. One of the inhabitants shows us what living in that environment actually means.
The “Voice of Kenya” is the radio that symbolizes the country’s independence. Which means that being a producer there is no small issue. To get a children’s chorus to rehearse in a church, to put together a programme with champagne, or to prepare a recording of a musical edition for Christmas, these are just some of his numerous tasks…
The film paints the portrait of a poor young girl who has come from the countryside to earn her living as a maid. Her mistress mistreats her and her life isn’t easy. While her mistress is away, she searches the house. But one day, she is caught by surprise in her mistress’s bedroom…
Gilbert & Sullivan - The Sorcerer
The film tells the story of two doctors - life partners working together in the emergency room. However, the relationship between them starts to deteriorate. When Maria begins to weigh down with all these personal matters, she goes on vacation with her little nephew, away from problems ...
This rarely-screened work, evoking distant planetary landscapes, is listed by the Center for Visual Music as one of Belson’s unfinished and/or unreleased films.
Squat Theatre described this piece, which was presented both as a film and as a live show, as "an open journey through situations, styles and moods; an 'Arabian Nights' with heroes and legends written on the New York wind whistling the melody of 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.'" The 83-minute video combines drama with documentary, blurring the distinctions between theater and the everyday. In an indelible sequence that typifies the Squat Theatre's idiosyncratic cultural references, the underground pop icon Nico performs a marvelously jaded rendition of New York, New York.
A provocative documentary about the emblem of today’s Tampere, the Näsinneula tower that looms over the city. The symbol for Super Tampere could be called as the mighty Super Sledgehammer. It plays an integral role in the film that deals with the city ruining the milieu, as does the music by Usko Meriläinen.
An omnibus film consisting of three films: "Seedless Orange Syndrome (Kengo Makino)", "The Decay of All (Ayumu Matsui)" and "Material Time (Shigemasa Hatate)".
This was the second video made with reel to reel 1/2 “ tape. The work included punning titles and experimental sound work. “Floor of Records” preceded Christian Marclay’s related work. Key words: Marcel Duchamp, puns, language play, experimental sound
A documentation of Veeder's wonderful combination of gaming system and early image processing GUI.
A condensed version of twelve years of Super-8 film, partially shot in 16mm while projecting. A film diary or yearbook. Twelve years of filmmaking, twelve years of life as a filmmaker, carefully chosen and reassembled. People, places, interiors, and objects. Motion, active camera, brief shots, and exhausting the capabilities of the film camera.
A man, a tricycle driver, whose wife works in Saudi Arabia, takes care of the household chores and devotes himself to his children, the youngest of whom is mentally deficient.
The poet Ha Bin meets with Nam Mi Ri on a rainy day which brings them misfortune. The next day, Ha Bin goes to see Mi Ri but meets her fiancee, Son Du Ho, instead. Du Ho is the executive in charge of overseas business at the company of Mi Ri's father. He is also the boss of a drug smuggling ring. Mi Ri's stepmother, Kang Hye In, is the director of domestic sales at Dong Hae Trade. She combines forces with Kwon Ki Pyo, Du Ho's rival, to try and take control. Mi Ri tries to find an escape route through Ha Bin.