SFIFF Day 1, Ticket 3
Shorts 4: New Visions
Usually I don't go to the short films but it was in the same theater and right after my earlier film so I decided to go. student MFA projects sound visuals are clumsy these were experimental.
Between films I was waiting in line in the bathroom and made conversation with a lovely young British Woman. She had Jane Austen type milky, rosy skin and untreated natural hair. I asked her where she got her film festival bag. She demurely said that they gave her one because she was a film director and they thought it would be helpful to put her things into. She showed me her badge with her name and the title of her film. It's another one of film festival pleasures to have the filmmakers interact with the crowd, not hidden in a green room somewhere. I just finished talking to her and I went back into the theater and hers was the first film shown. Just that quick from her to her imagery.
Shorts Program Descriptions:
In this presentation of new experimental film and video works, a hunt in the high grass of Brazil, a trip through a Maroon village in Jamaica, and front-row tickets to a water show are just some of the places visited. From different parts of the world, these films' formal audacity are connected through observations of place and larger questions of identity, authenticity, and playfulness that arise from these locales.—Amanda Salazar, wrote the program text.
The Watershow Extravaganza. As the curtain rises, the Mighty Mortier Water Show band strikes up for a choreographed show of water fountains, neon lights, and delightful music in a performance just for us, however outdated it may seem. (Sophie Michael, UK 2016, 10 min) amusing tongue in cheek appreciation of kitsch.
If I Were Any Further Away I’d Be Closer to Home. Labor has its own rhythms, as does nature, in this silent, sharp, and observant film that blurs memories and movement into something familiar. (Rajee Samarasinghe, USA/Sri Lanka 2016, 15 min) excellent black and white no sound. harvard. making noodles black and white photography amazing. wind.
It Is What It Is. One photo starts a series of questions in this personal documentary that searches for answers among family videos and fragmented conversations that further cloud the truth. (Cyrus YoshiTabar, USA 2016, 8 min) This is a Cinema by the Bay film ok
Kindah. From deep blue coasts to the bricks of buildings, shots from the Maroon village of Accompong, Jamaica, and Hudson, New York, combine to explore history in the present—one film in a series examining the filmmaker’s relationship to the African Diaspora. (Ephraim Asili, Jamaica/USA 2016, 12 min) horrible
There Is Land! (Há Terra!). A man laughs and yells “There is land!” repeatedly as the hunter and hunted, a young woman, and the wild are discovered, encountered, claimed, and preyed upon. (Ana Vaz, Brazil 2016, 13 min) Horrible film, dizzymaking and horrible wooden reed flute shrills
Turtles Are Always Home Facades of buildings, numbers on walls, reflections of a woman in dimmed windows. All of these are precisely documented, examined, and observed in a place that is new, yet familiar. (Rawane Nassif, Qatar 2016, 12 min) good film
Bloopers If at first you can’t succeed, try again…and again…and again…and again… (Karissa Hahn, USA 2017, 3 min) Bad film
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