Four Toronto Films

UK 2007. Dir Nicky Hamlyn. 18min.

During a residency in the Canadian city, Hamlyn made this suite of films that explore a direct relationship between subject matter and camera apparatus. Three scrutinise aspects of the urban locale, the other an accelerated view of Koshlong Lake.

21 Alleys

USA 2007. Dir Robert Todd. 9min.

A residential street, seen through the passageways that separate its dwellings, is the focus of this understated study of gentrification in a Boston neighbourhood.

Last Days in a Lonely Place

USA 2007. Dir Phil Solomon. 22min.

Solomon has created a sombre elegy for a departed friend from fragments of movie soundtracks and anomalous images liberated from Grand Theft Auto. A soul drifts through unpopulated (virtual) spaces and we see absence.

Lossless #2

USA 2008. Dir Rebecca Baron, Douglas Goodwin. 3min.

Witness the dematerialisation of an avant-garde standard as incomplete digital files, downloaded from file sharing networks, induce trouble in the image.

Trilogy: Kettle's Yard

UK 2008. Dir Jayne Parker. 25min.

Linear Construction, Woman with Arms Crossed and Arc refer back to a quartet of films made with musician Anton Lukoszevieze almost a decade ago. This new anthology for solo cello was shot at Kettles Yard and incorporates items from the museum's collection which open up metaphorical space and meaning.

The Miracle of Don Cristobal

USA 2008. Dir Lawrence Jordan. 12min.

An alchemical melodrama composed of engravings from 19th-century adventure stories. The illustrations are conjured into motion as improbable sounds collide with a Puccini aria.
Mark Webber