Short Films: Two

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Meshes of the Afternoon

“symbolic picturization of man’s subconscious” as one woman drifts into sleep, her dreams begin to explore the seemingly simple events of her day.

- Maya Deren – 1943-  14 mins – USA – B/W film -

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Stumble Then Rise On Some Awkward Morning

Freeform black and white animation featuring the  Silver Mt Zion track – “Stumble Then Rise On Some Awkward Morning”, inspired partly by the computer animation work of Glen Marshall and the grainy found footage used by the band.

Kurtis Hough – 2006 – 6 mins – US – B/W Animation

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The Chain

The Chain was one of 30 animated short films by 30 internationally acclaimed animators who participated in the ‘30/30? Human Rights Animation Project to highlight the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. A bleak look at human nature and the futility of war.

Phil Mulloy – 1997 – 12 mins – UK – Animation

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Faded Reminders Of A Journey Through A History Of Unbuilt Cities

FADED REMINDERS is a film based in architectural, historical and narrative fictions during a journey across Europe. As a visual landscape the film uses modernist architecture as a filmic terrain on which to overlay a fictional but personal narrative, which alternates between versions of history which are both real and imaginary.

Siobhan Wanklyn – 2009 – 6 mins – UK – Colour Film

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Polvo

Abstract animation, designed especially for a darkened cinema, Polvo is based on imagery and thoughts collected whilst listening to the Nine Inch Nails track ‘Corona Radiata’ that also forms the soundtrack for this piece. The soundtrack , the production files and the final film are all release under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 licence.

Adam Proctor – 2008 – 8 mins – UK –  Animation

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Khoda

What if you watch a film and whenever you pause it, you face a painting? This idea inspired Reza Dolatabadi to make Khoda. Over 6000 paintings were painstakingly produced during two years to create a five minutes film that would meet his high personal standards. Khoda is a psychological thriller; a student project which was seen as a ‘mission impossible’ by many people but eventually proved possible!

Reza Dolatabadi – 2008 – 5 mins – Animation