"The temptation of hope keeps us here."
First in “Film Letter” series, which explores unspoken emotions through a combination of archival visuals and personal letters that has been never sent.
A Cine-Poem. A journey through Paris. A memory film. Three stories, dedicated to one pioneer of cinema.
Set in an alternate, post-apocalyptic 1976, a filmmaker follows a worn and disillusioned photographer who, despite the circumstances, continues to make pictures.
Oliver, an elderly gardener with Alzheimer's, discovers a Super 8 film reel he recorded decades ago, during the early days of his relationship with Julia, his late wife. As he watches the images from the past, his memories blur with the present, and he finds himself torn between reality and the recollections of a love that still blooms in his mind. While searching for answers that never come, Oliver confronts the fleeting nature of life and the beauty of memories that withstand the passage of time.
Mr. Lobster visits a long-lost friend.
A single misstep — crushing a cicada beneath his foot — plunges a young man into unsettling paranoia.
Convinced that a museum art sculpture is misaligned, a determined tourist challenges the gallery’s security protocols in an attempt to adjust the positioning of the central piece.
A short experimental film shot on Super 8, inspired by the music of Richard Wagner.
A traumatized cheer captain races to stop a masked killer and the new tourist attraction aimed to exploit her tragedy from a year earlier.
A badboy meets his dream car...
Served as the inspiration for Jerry O'Sullivan's 'Gut Pile'.
In 1975, soon after the end of the Vietnam War, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che fled the country on a small boat. After nine days at sea, they docked in the Philippines, where they were utilized as background extras for “Apocalypse Now.”
A SOV remake of The Exorcist, made by children.
Skip Liberty enlisted in the Army in 1968. During his tour in Vietnam he shot 3,100 feet of Super 8 film, over 3 hours worth. Upon returning to the states the film was placed in storage, Skip had never seen the footage he shot. Until now.
A choreography of discarded lottery tickets and the repetitive rhythms of various Parisian PMU’s. As if by chance, we meet Mostefa, a regular who doesn’t believe in luck.
Served as the inspiration for Jerry O'Sullivan's 'Gut Pile".
Three bands and crew (a combined total of 13 individuals), 2 Dodge Ram extended cab vans, one equipment truck, one PA system traverse the continental US for six months. A road documentary shot from the inside of the last Black Flag tour ever (the 1986 “In My Head” US tour.) Featuring behind the scenes proceedings and live performances from Black Flag, Painted Willie, and Gone. David Markey was along for the entire trip as the drummer / singer for Painted Willie, documenting the six month tour with his Super-8 camera as it happened. Also features roadie Joe (“Planet Joe”) Cole, soundmen Davo Claasen and Dave “Ratman” Levine, and the tour manager who kept it all together, Mitch Bury. A crucial turning point in American underground rock. The end of the line for a trail blazing American band. Shot in 1986 and completed by director David Markey in 1991 for We Got Power. (futuristika.org)
Short by Jomard Muniz de Britto
This documentary short-film follows the story of The White Bus Cinema based in Southend-on-Sea. They keep the process of projecting real celluloid film alive by showing films from their archive of over 3,000 films, ranging from Super 8, 16mm, and 35mm prints. The film argues why it's important to continue the shooting and projection process of film in our current age of digital shooting and projection in modern Hollywood, amidst the chaos of studios removing films from their streaming services.
Two friends, hiking in the Yorkshire Dales, take the Cove Road home. But is the Cove Road out to take them?
Accumulated life experiences. The expansion of an edge south of my watch.
Mother
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