In the Kingdom of Shadows

Canada 2006. Dir Francisca Duran. 6min.

Set in metal type, a passage from Maxim Gorky's review of the Lumières melts into a pool of molten lead.

How to Conduct a Love Affair

USA 2007. Dir David Gatten. 8min.

'An unexpected letter leads to an unanticipated encounter and an extravagant gift. Some windows open easily; other shadows remain locked rooms.' David Gatten

The Parable of the Tulip Painter and the Fly

USA 2008. Dir Charlotte Pryce. 4min.

A saturated cine-miniature inspired by Dutch 17th-century painting.

Deep Six

Finland 2007. Dir Sami van Ingen. 7min.

The film image of a loaded truck, careening free of its position in the frame, speeds along a mountain road towards an inevitable fate.

De Tijd

Netherlands 2008. Dir Bart Vegter. 9min.

Computer animated abstraction in three dimensions. Slowly evolving geometric forms suggest sculptural figures and waning shadows.

Horizontal Boundaries

USA 2008. Dir Pat O'Neill. 23min.

O'Neill's dizzying deployment of the 35mm frame-line is intensified by Carl Stone's electronic score. A hard and rhythmic work, thick with superimposition, contrary motion and volatile contrasts, reminiscent of his pioneering abstract work of prior decades.

Easter Morning

USA 2008. Dir Bruce Conner. 10min.

Conner's freewheeling camera chases morning light in a hypnotic blur of colour and multiple exposures. This final work by the artist and filmmaker rejuvenates his rarely seen 8mm film Easter Morning Raga (1966). With music by Terry Riley.