From Downtown to Uptown – 2020 Shorts

Monday, 10/18, 5:15 PM

Lines of Force
Director: Dan Browne, Experimental, USA, 2 min.
The theory of general relativity states that all matter is condensed energy.

I Say “See” Twice In The Same Sentence, So Please Change To
Director: Josh B. Mabe, Experimental, USA, 5 min.
Charleston & Chicago mostly. Super 8 mostly.

Belief and Crossroads
Director: Yeonu Ju, Experimental, Korea, 15 min.
A crowd of people gathered to see something. Their eyes are busy confirming their beliefs.

Mirage
Director: Jack Cronin, Experimental, USA, 7 min.
A study of the contrasting landscapes with the city of Las Vegas, Nevada and the Red Rock Canyon.

Camera Sick
Director: Jeremy Moss, Experimental, Morocco, 15 min.
The earth spins while bodies and cameras wind and rotate on its surface.

Under the Paving Stones, the Beach
Director: Amanda Katz, Documentary, USA, 16 min.
On Brooklyn’s East River waterfront, a new park built on tenuous ground, a new residence converted from a formerly industrial shell, a promise of lives of convenience.

The Reversal
Director: Jennifer Boles, Animation, USA, 11 min.
The Reversal animates thousands of glass-plate negatives with a haunting, time-traveling sound collage to evoke the reverse-engineering of the Chicago River and the invisible histories of our capital-driven landscapes.

Fallout Dogs
Director: Julia Oldham, Experimental, Ukraine, 20 min.
A cinematic portrait of Chernobyl guided by the movements and activities of the stray dogs that live in the exclusion zone and the people who take care of them.