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A walk on the wilder, avant garde side of cinema. Includes the short film showcases Whirl Of Confusion and Human Nature

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FILM IST. A Girl & A GunDouble Take
(Country: US; Director: Mary Helena Clark)
The director says, this is :"Notes from the distant future and forgotten past. An ethereal flower and disembodied voice guide you through the spaces in between." Showing in Whirl Of Confusion.

(Country: UK, France; Director: Ken McMullen; Writer: Ken McMullen; Cast: Bernard Stiegler, Gabriella Wright, Dominique Pinon)
Exploring the power of cinema, both as an inspiration and as a manipulator.

(Country: Indonesia; Director: Edwin; Writer: Edwin; Cast: Joko Anwar, Clarine Baharrizki, Ladya Cheryll, Andhara Early, Carlo Genta, Pong Harjatmo, Wicaksono)
Ideas of disoriented identity are explored in this exploration of Chinese-Indonesian experience. Screening at London Film Festival with shorts Trip To The Wound and Hulahoop Surroundings.

(Country: Austria; Director: Chris Haring, Mara Mattuschka; Writer: Mara Mattuschka, Chris Haring; Cast: Stephanie Cumming, Luke Baio, Katharina Meves)
A dream-filled night in a Parisian hotel. Showing in Human Nature.

(Country: Argentina; Director: Alejo Moguillansky; Writer: Alejo Moguillansky; Cast: Edgardo Castro, Julia Martínez Rubio, Alberto Suárez)
A man goes on the run from his ex-wife and the men she has sent to track him down.

(Country: Germany; Director: Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller; Cast: Elisabeth Masé, Ralph Kostrzewa)
Blurs, flashes and stroboscope montages disintegrate reality into shadowy images that inflict pain on the retina, apparently... needless to say this comes with a warning that it is not suitable for epileptics. Showing in Whirl Of Confusion.

(Country: US)
Casting an experimental eye over a parlour game. Showing in Human Nature.

(Country: Belgium, Germany, Netherlands; Director: Johan Grimonprez; Cast: Ron Burrage, Mark Perry)
As Cold War tensions rise and the world teeters on the brink of destruction, Alfred Hitchcock meets his double.

(Country: Argentina; Director: Federico León, Martín Rejtman; Writer: Federico León, Martín Rejtman; Cast: Fabián Arenillas, Ulises Bercovich, Luca Damperat, Brian Sichel, Luis Sichel, Julian Zucker, Mario Zucker)
Comic exploration of method acting, as seen through the eyes of a teacher trying to school children in the technique.

(Country: UK, Pakistan, India; Director: Karen Mirza, Brad Butler)
Avant garde documentary, exploring political themes.

(Country: US; Director: Lewis Klahr)
Surreal collage. Showing in Whirl Of Confusion.

(Country: Czech Republic; Director: Jan Nemec; Writer: Jan Nemec; Cast: Karel Roden, Tammy Sundquist, Jan Budar)
The director reveals how he shot footage of the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and managed to smuggle it out.

(Country: Austria, Germany; Director: Gustav Deutsch; Writer: Gustav Deutsch)
Gustav Deutsch, the maestro of found footage filmmaking, excavates silent movies from archives worldwide (including the Kinsey Institute) to weave together a stunning vision of the natural and mythological order of the universe, love between the sexes, and weapons of mass destruction.

(Country: US; Director: David Gatten)
The director says: "A single piece of paper, a second stab at suture, a story three times over, a frame for every mile. Words by Charles Darwin." Showing in Whirl Of Confusion.

(Country: Germany; Director: Jana Debus)
Portrait of the filmmaker's schizophrenic brother. Showing in Human Nature.

(Director: Hollis Frampton)
Seven-part series exploring the relationship between filmmaker and viewer.

(Country: Austria; Director: Josef Dabernig)
An afternoon at an Alpine hotel. Showing in Human Nature.

(Country: UK, France; Director: Laure Prouvost)
Exploring the nature of the viewer - created especially for London Film Festival this will be shown on a continuous loop.

(Country: Canada; Director: Oliver Husain)
A puppet play based on incidents from a road trip. Showing in Whirl Of Confusion.

(Country: Russia, Netherlands; Director: Victor Alimpiev)
Described by the festival as a "cryptic performance" this work will be shown for free on a continuous loop.

(Country: USA, Spain; Director: Laida Lertxundi)
Poetic look at an afternoon's repose in southern California.

(Country: US; Director: Akosua Adoma Owusu; Writer: Adowa Adu-Gyamfi, Akosua Adoma Owusu)
Portrait Ghanaian hair salons, exploring the legacy of the country's colonial heritage.

(Country: Austria; Director: Friedl vom Gröller)
A chance meeting in a Parisian street leads to a revelation. Showing in Human Nature.

(Country: UK; Director: Sarah Turner)
The director retraces her route along the Trans-siberian railway that proved to be her last trip with a friend, exploring the impact of the past on the present.

(Country: Portugal, France; Director: Eugène Green; Writer: Eugène Green; Cast: Leonor Baldaque, Adrien Michaux, Beatriz Batarda, Diogo Dória, Eugène Green, Francisco Mozos, Ana Moreira)
An actress rediscovers herself on a film shoot in Portugal.

(Country: US; Director: Jim Trainor)
Animation drawing on the myths of the ancient Moche civilisation. Showing in Human Nature.

(Country: UK, Norway; Director: Greg Pope)
This film has been shot, literally, with a gun. Showing in Whirl Of Confusion.

(Country: Argentina; Director: Matías Piñeiro; Writer: Matías Piñeiro; Cast: Julia Martínez Rubio, Romina Paula, María Villar)
Post-modern thriller-cum-playful-fable centres on a group of friends in a Buenos Aires house.

(Country: UK; Director: Paul Abbott)
Read what Paul Abbot says about this film on his website Showing in Whirl Of Confusion.


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