Cinemascoop - July 5th edition 2010
Whether the films are narrative or documented, traditional or experimental each make a reference to cinematic language in their own unique way.
Cinemascoop shows a range of bold to brave films from docs to fiction.Artists
Story Case (10:00, 2009) - Né Barros
Story Case deals with empty places and people with no history, in the sense of a yet to be seen narrative, yet to be performed. Similar to the body in dance, the individuals in Story Case reveal themselves to us and with the flow of time we document them until they are..
The Double (58:00, 2010) - Marianna O’Reilly
On April 9th 2009, maverick video-maker and self-professed ‘outsider’ Arkhip Ippolitov failed in his bid to commit suicide. The investigation that followed revealed a man on the fringes of sanity who had all but erased his identity in favour of living out his..
Sympathische Verlierer/Likeable Losers (19:30, 2010) - Thomas Schumacher
Likeable Losers is a documentary short about Peter Kröning, a masters graduate from the Berlin University of the Arts, living and working in the German capital as a sculptor. His figurative works depict humorous and absurd situations which leave the viewer open to many..
Prvni a Poslednii (10:00, 2010) - Leigh Anthony Dehaney
TOPHAT is drawn towards a familiar place, or so it seems, and ponders about new memories. Sifting through artifacts from former lives remains a roll of film. "Perhaps?" TOPHAT wonders. Inspired by "Jack and the Beanstalk", Friedrich Nietzsche, and the Super 8..Boys don’t cry (3:00, 2010) - Kim Engelen
Black space. the camera is approaching five rotating men untill a close-up. one by one they say one single phrase, which may expose ‘your’ love for cinema and life.The one who said No...The one who said Yes! (39:00, 2009) - Houman Einollahi
Since Iran is a religious and traditional country, choosing a spouse usually is done the traditional way. but some people would like to choose their spouse in a less traditional manner and more with today’s customs, which is in contrast with the traditional and..RUNSCAPE (24:18, 2010) - GUTIERREZ + PORTEFAIX
RUNSCAPE is a political response to the current privatization and militarization of our cities. When running remain the only unbounded space in the urban field, a young man is constantly running in Hong Kong back alleys and left over spaces, revealing alternative route..
Cinematic shivers (7:00, 2010) - Sarah Janssen
How do we define a film? If it consists of single photographs, where is the difference between both media? And, is there something in-between? “Cinematic shivers” consists of still photographs which are animated to short sequences. Are they moving photographs? Or do..
Mein Sascha (14:00, 2010) - Markus Kaatsch
A film about young and old love in a simple, touching drama. Weightless the film glides along on passion and approaches the painful realization of having missed an important moment forever.
Artists of the Great Western Divide (30:00, 2010) - Diran Lyons
’Artists of the Great Western Divide’ takes a look at three artists - Paul Buxman, Matthew Rangel, and John Spivey - and their creative response to the San Joaquin Valley of Central California. The film was a collaborative project with the Sequoia..
La Settimana prossima (15:00, 2009) - Andrea Alberto Monzani
La Settimana Prossima (Next Week) puts you right into the situation of a man, Andrea, who stares into the drawn lines of his pencil to relive a reality he lost on a ordinary family day. It’s a journey through the illusions of a man, whose only reason to live is..
Soaring Through The Starlight (4:12, 2010) - Nils Mühlenbruch
Artist KRAUSE, in search for her alter-ego in a vast and gloomy metropole, confronts her counterpart with destructive consequences.
Arancelesa (15:00, 2009) - Melo Viana
The production of Latin American cinema is unknown even to the Latin Americans. The ARANCELES (tariff, duty, imposition) placed on the distribution set in jail all the creativity and virtuosity of the cinema most inventive and realistic of the world. So, in Brazil is..