Event

Z -- PROGRAM 1: Bronx World Film Cycle, Winter 2015

END MIDDLE BEGINNING (SCR/DIR Elizabeth von Kaenel, USA, 2015, TRT 2'27") CAT: Experimental

A short video that utilizes abstract images and movement to represent lines of Anne Sexton's poem titled "End Middle Beginning."

À MA FENÊTRE (SCR/DIR Karima C., FRANCE, 2014, TRT 2'23") CAT: Experimental

At night, when the moon is out, Karima looks out her window and lets her mind wander She makes a wish that each person opening their window, will by doing so gain some insight about themselves.

JULLERMORGEN SEÑORITA (SCR/DIR Daniel Granados, HONDURAS, 2014, TRT 15'13"). CAT: Fiction Comedy

Sebastián, his paraplegic brother Pablo and their father flee the financial crisis in Spain for Belgium, where they must adapt to a different culture and language. Their fifth-floor walkup makes taking Pablo out difficult, but Sebastián goes all out to give him affection and contact with the outside world. One day Sebastián falls in love with a young Belgian woman. His attraction collides and gets tangled up with his obligations and the language barrier. Funny and bittersweet situations ensue. (New York City premiere. In Spanish and Flemish with English subtitles)

MATERIA (SCR/DIR Dana Pala, CZECH REPUBLIC, 2014, TRT 06'03"). CAT: Dance Film

This site-specific dance video project inspired by the connection between dance and the architecture of Josip Plecnik's famous church in Prague talks about construction and the soul of a building. "In the beginning, in the very beginning... there was nothing. Nothing in particular, a formless thing becoming a real contour, a mere mass of thoughts and fantasies. Everything needs a scaffolding, a frame that holds us together This is a sacred place, a place where all beings are equal.(In Czech with English subtitles.)

IN THE DREAMS OF OTHERS (SCR/DIR Jennida Chase and Hassan Pitts, USA, 2015, TRT 5'05"). CAT: Video Art

A meta-fiction by S/N (Chase & Pitts), first in a series of location-responsive performances. Questioning the sway of cognitive and relational impact that location implicates, the narrative is loosely based on creating a narrative within imagined environment-specific rituals. A fragmented representation of a rural family, the artists inhabit a reality not their own, in the interest of pinpointing the reflection space's reflection on identity. Shot primarily at Ox-Bow Artist Residency in Michigan, USA.

PING PONG (SCR/DIR Franck Boulègue & Marisa C. Hayes. SPAIN/FRANCE. 2014. TRT 02'07"). CAT: Experimental Photo/Stop Motion

Created using hundreds of still photos and stop-motion animation. Inspired by Norman McLaren's work. Ping Pong explores absence/presence and the traces left by a body's interaction with architecture. Camera movements create choreography as the dancer ios photographed, inviting the viewer to think of the image as an expanded choreography.

ECHO (SCR/DIR Nicola Balhuizen Epp, NETHERLANDS, 2015, TRT 1'20"). CAT: Dance Film

An older man faces his aging body. He loses himself in dancing and by doing so he once again feels young. Echo won the audience award at 60secondsdance.dk in Copenhagen in 2014 and was selected for the oneminutedance programme at Cinedans Amsterdam. It won awards at the Bronze Award at the Joie-de-vivre Dance Film Competition 2015 in the UK, and has been seen screened in Portugal, Amsterdam, Mexico, San Francisco, Sweden, India, France, Argentina, the USA and JustaMinute.tv online film festival.

PART AND PARCEL (SCR/DIR Diego Barraza, EL SALVADOR, 2014, TRT 55'05"). CAT: Documentary

Is it a religion, a fitness fad, a scientific discipline perhaps? A glimpse into the origin and essence of yoga through in-depth personal views and intimate conversations with unorthodox characters dedicated to its study and practice in different forms. Dedicated to those who have been introduced to yoga or are curious about its more profound aspects, who want to be motivated and inspired to practice it as an empowering way of life. (New York Premiere. In English).