ANALOGICA SELECTION 13 // streaming program // 1
Education Lost by Francisco Álvarez Ríos // super8 / 2022 / Ecuador / 12’ 31’’
Education Lost forges an adverse portrait of Ecuador and its social distances. The film introduces a subjective wandering through out the turbulent paths of an unfortunate nation. Francisco Álvarez Ríos (Ecuador) is the director and curator of the Cámara Lúcida International Contemporary Film Festival. In his work as an film artist, he investigates reality and its fugues, approaching it from different explorations around the demystification of the image. |
Thanatophobia by Ieva Balode, Michael Higgins // Latvia, Ireland / 2022 / 11' / sound / 16mm to digital
Fear of the unknown, fear of the dark, fear of the enemy, fear of death since the beginnings of mankind have been both a driving force of humanity as well as a stumbling block. It is an instinctive force that has made humanity join up in communities in search of safety and shelter from a danger lurking in the darkness, however the finality of things is always inevitable. How does one overcome fear of their own fatality? Ieva Balode (born in 1987, Riga, Latvia) is an artist and film activist working with analog, photochemical film. With her works she takes part in international exhibitions and festivals presenting her work both in installation, as well as cinema and performance situation. As a curator she is a founding member of Baltic Analog Lab - artists collective She is also a director of experimental film festival Process happening in Riga from year 2017. |
La noirceur souterraine
des racines -The subterranean blackness of roots- by Charles-André Coderre / 16mm / 2022 / Canada / 10 Shot in Quebec (Canada), La noirceur souterraine des racines (The subterranean blackness of roots) is a 16 mm film triptych which uses several processes specific to analog cinema. The film seeks to show the sensory experience of the invisible life of stones, plants, and the nature that surrounds us. Charles-André Coderre lives and works in Montreal. He makes films and works on 16mm live projections for several film and music performances. His films are distributed by Light Cone (Paris), CFMDC (Toronto) and Vidéographe (Montréal). Since 2017, he co-organizes the OK LÀ! music & expanded cinema series in Verdun (Canada). |
Thread by Abigail Smith // 35mm / 2022 / Usa / 2’ 6’’
thread uses machine sewn techniques to create abstractions on film that explore the medium’s relationship to motion and mechanics, the relationship between passing film through a sewing machine and film passed, or “threaded” through a camera or projector. Abigail Smith is an experimental filmmaker, collage artist, field recordist, archivist and master librarian based in Santa Fe New Mexico. Smith is also a co-founder of No Name Cinema and performs flute and percussion in free-improv ensembles. |
PR 1 // 37min. // 14 DEC
Education Lost by Francisco Álvarez Ríos / super8 / 2022 / Ecuador / 12’ 31’’ Thanatophobia by Ieva Balode / 16mm / 2022 / Latvia / 11’ 10’’ The subterranean blackness of roots by Charles-André Coderre / 16mm / 2022 / Canada / 10’ Thread by Abigail Smith / 16mm / 2022 / Usa / 2’ 6’’ |
PR 2 // 15 DEC
Fathers' Land by Francesco Di Gioia / found footage / 2021 / Italy / 11’ 24’’ 164 San Antonio Abad by Yuula Benivolski / 16mm / 2023 / Canada / 6’ 20’’ Land Changes Hands, but the Bees Remain in the Hive by Roger Horn / super8, found footage / 2022 / South Africa / 10’ 54’’ A field guide to coastal fortifications by Tijana Petrovic / 16mm / 2023 / Usa / 24’ 16’’ |
PR 3 // 16 DEC
Between Two Lights by Bruno Aroesty / 16mm / 2023 / Mexico / 7’ 38’’ River by Penny McCann / 16mm / 2023 / Canada / 2’ 57’’ A Body Appeared at the Lake Today by Brian Ratigan / found footage / 2022 / Usa / 4’ 44’’ Dear Gerald by Jasper Rigole / found footage / 2023 / Belgium / 11’13’’ 16 One by Holden Treadway / 16mm / 2022 / Usa / 2’ 5’’ Parts by Michael Lyons / 16mm / 2023 / Japan / 4’ 47’’ |
PR 4 // 17 DEC
Reconstruction by Igor Polikarpov / 16mm / 2023 / Russian Federation / 10’ 45’’ They rise, these sponge fortresses by Guillaume Vallée / 35mm / 2022 / Canada / 7’ 13 Showtime! By Michael Fleming / 35mm / 2022 / Holland / 14’ |
PR 5 // 18 DEC
Bye Bye Now by Louise Bourque / 16mm / 2022 / Canada / 8’ 27’’ The Great Kind Mystery by Ella Morton / super8, 16mm / 2023 / Canada / 16’ 10’’ Skyscraper film by Federica Foglia / 16mm / 2023 / Canada, Italy / 7’ 23’’ |
PR 6 // 19 DEC
Man Made by Elian Mikkola / 16mm / 2022 / Canada / 8’ 8’’ Like a Lighthouse by Richard Peter Tuohy / 16mm / 2023 / Australia / 12’ Seen//Unseen by T.J. Blanco / 16mm / 2023 / Usa / 7’ 23’’ Paris Tour by Sophie Bouloux / 16mm / 2023 / France / 3’ 52’’ Fair winds and following seas by Alina Tretinjak / super8 / 2022 / Austria / 2’ 50’’ Soleil puissant soleil by Andrea Saggiomo / super8 / 2021 / Italy / 1’ 41’’ |
ANALOGICA 13
ideazione, programmazione Vincenzo Mancuso / Analogica Selection 13 Maja Pilati, Luciano Stoffella, Derise Herst, Vincenzo Mancuso / produzione e traduzioni Eva Lageder / moderatrice Martine De Biasi /
ufficio stampa Valentina Cramerotti / graphic design Laura Barretta / supporto tecnico e allestimento Martin Prast, Daniel Mahlknecht / una produzione Analogica
ANALOGICA 13 è realizzato in collaborazione con Waag / Weigh Station / Fas - Film Association of South Tyrol / FotoForum
e sostenuto da Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano - Cultura Tedesca - Ufficio Film e Media / Comune di Bolzano / Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio
ideazione, programmazione Vincenzo Mancuso / Analogica Selection 13 Maja Pilati, Luciano Stoffella, Derise Herst, Vincenzo Mancuso / produzione e traduzioni Eva Lageder / moderatrice Martine De Biasi /
ufficio stampa Valentina Cramerotti / graphic design Laura Barretta / supporto tecnico e allestimento Martin Prast, Daniel Mahlknecht / una produzione Analogica
ANALOGICA 13 è realizzato in collaborazione con Waag / Weigh Station / Fas - Film Association of South Tyrol / FotoForum
e sostenuto da Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano - Cultura Tedesca - Ufficio Film e Media / Comune di Bolzano / Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio