IFCT Schedule Los Angeles

November 7th 2007

7pm-11pm Admission is Free!

Echo Park Film Center

1200 N. Alvarado Street (@ Sunset Blvd)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

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The Int'l Fest of Cinema and Technology

Foreign Film Shorts

7pm-8:45pm

 

¿Quién es Pilar? (Who is Pilar?) Directed by Andrea Appetito &
Christian Carmosino

Italy, Pilar reads on the newspaper chronicles that a man, unjustly accused of corruption, committed suicide by throwing himself from the Overlook. She is devastated by the news and she is so attracted to the man's dignified and desperate face, that she decides to marry him.

Four Brothers and A Funeral Directed by Sara Proudfoot -Clinch

London Four brothers are set to send their father on his journey into the next life when their lives are turned upside down by the unexpected arrival of Sunny. Not only is she beautiful but she carries with her dark secrets from the past

Arma Cesar Mendonca

Brazil, A short short from Brazil

This Little Spark Matthieu Silberstein

France One night. A square in Paris.A young girl lost on a bench. A guy who passes by. And this flame which doesn't want to die out.

Energy Hunter Directed by Albert Arizza

Spain In the year 3740, Truk and his assistant aboard their spaceship melies X111 are on their way to deserted earth searching for energy

Cellulaire Directed by Christophe Lenoir

France, A mysterious voice chooses its victims- it poisons them and invites them to play

Dream Catcher Directed by Dessislava Stoycheva

Bulgaria, It is not a secret that the invisible things on Earth are visible from above.

The Remorse Directed by Yann Sinic

France, Portrait of an ordinary woman who at the moment of her death discovers she hasn’t known how to live

Ainhoa y el Mar (Ainhoa and the Sea) Directed by Karlos Alastruey

Spain, Ainhoa and the Sea is a Short Fiction movie aimed to reflect upon how the human beings face the death of a loved one

Fame is a Four Letter Word Directed by Raphael Sammut

Australia, A woman wakes up to find that she is face to face with her secret desires. A whimsical look at what happens when you are confronted by your inner ambitions. Would you be intimidated by the opportunity that has been presented or would you jump at the chance and take off running?

Corridor Circus Directed by Just Phillppot

France The story is about a father and son, playing the same act in a Paris circus in the 40s

No Loitering Directed by Julie Delaittre Vichnievsky

France/Scotland A teenage boy walking around city

Dammi il La Directed by Matteo Servente

Italy A priest succumbs to the urge of recounting the story of an inexplicable friendship to a blocked composer who visits his church every morning.

Genome World Directed by Chang-young Lee

South Korea A science fiction film from Seoul

Perle Directed by Brigitte Yoshiko Pruchnow

Germany, A 10 year old girl goes to thailand to bury her grandmother

 

 

The Int'l Fest of Cinema and Technology

Experimental Film Shorts and Animation: Focus on Imagery

9:00pm-10:45 pm

(content should be considered R-rated)

A Cat's Tail Directed by A Sonia Di Gennaro and Alan Moult, Motion Blur

UK, A bit of a bad hair day for a lovestruck pet pussycat who pushes his luck

Flow Directed by Scott Nyerges

US, Meditating on the creeks and rivesr of austin, during the spring and summer as rendered in paint and pixels

72 Hours from Now Directed by David Procter & Peter King


UK, A girl wakes up in a post apocalyptic world

Ballast Directed by Ulrich Fischer

Switzerland, Experimental images

Ancient Rhythm Directed by Lane Last

USA This hybrid work is developed around both video and audio material simultaneously as it plays with the spectre of a human form and the fluid space of cognition.

Le Roi Se Leve (The King Rises )Directed by Charlotte Harvey

US. A girl recites Hamlet verse on a train in France

El Cuadro Directed by Javier Ideami

Spain, A girl contemplates a framed pictre of a volcanic landscpae that gradually captures her until she appears inside. Once there the atmosphere will start to absorb the girls personality and will become her prison

Chrysalide Directed by Pierre Jourde

France, Experimental film about man climbing out of a box.

Des Fois/Stress by Yoav Parish

Switzerland, Music Video

Aerotenseli by Nicola Cionini

Italy, Music Video

fin, Directed by Kuo Tzu-Lung

Taiwan, With the fading voice, the beautiful, the ordinary, the playful, the lonely, turn and repeat, turn and repeat… They seem to vanish, but they do not really perish… And the clock ticks, on and on and on…

O O Directed by Kuo Tzu-Lung

Taiwan, An ordinary morning-birds chirping, man sleeping,getting up, coffee. A beautiful day awaits him but something on his body is not the same.

Argumente Directed by Philipp von werther

Germany, Argumente is a satire on the role of media as an instrument of propaganda.In mass media, the interpretation of the author becomes information for the viewer.

My own world part 2: 1977 Directed by Daniele Carrer

Italy, Newspaper with blood and barbie doll and narrator

Jogginggehenmuseaction Directed by Nadja Marcin

"Look here you beautiful world!"

Version Volume Directed by Mary Roditi

US, Animation about jean-michel basquiat

Kross Kolateral Directed by Klee Miller

US, Animated photos with jazz music

More About Eve Directed by Sumitra Phoenix

Australia, Australia 1971. Eve, a young artist, led by an inner impulse, hitches a ride on a yacht. Blurring the boundaries of reality, Eve finds a deep connection with the natural world.

Chalazae Directed by Samantha Krukowski

US, Microscopic and macroscopic worlds evoked by eggs.

White Blackout Niels Schrader

The Netherlands, This film splits the beamers light into its digital components, renders artificial light in its original color valies and translates the computers inherent calculation process

Smithsonian Directed by Rosalie Kenny

US, The displays at The Smithsonian Museum seem creepier on 8mm

Tweeluik José Vonk

The Netherlands, Abstract co-ordination in two parts: DUTCH LIGHT and NYMPHAION.

Cam Girl Directed by Tatiana Doroshenko

Australia, Rae, a self confessed mysandrist and scopophiliac, battles her demons by making herself the centrepiece of a self-devised experiment in voyeurism. Until one day, a meeting with a stranger compels the conclusion of her experiment: a fragile equation between confession, exposure and trust.

Always There Directed by David Corbet

Australia, Always there is a character-based dance work that deals with memory, love, loss and being alone. How do the relationships we have had continue to inhabit our bodies and our routines? What remains with us? With me? Even when my bed is empty, why do I feel your warmth? How can I move on when you’re always there?

 

Dream Catcher

White Blackout

A Cat's Tail

Who is Pilar?

Tweeluik

Fame is a Four Letter Word