black box intro Looking for something a bit different? Black Box showcases a selection of short and feature-length experimental films, pushing the boundaries and testing the limits of moving image production. The abstract and the figurative, and the photochemical and the digital collide, opening up new ways of seeing and experiencing the world. This year’s programme features recent films by Black Box favourites such as Esther Urlus, Robert Todd, Siegfried Fruhauf, Billy Roisz, and Baba Hillman, as well as some exciting new discoveries from around the world. Please note, the films in each individual programme may not screen in the order listed.
Nothing a Little Soap and Water Can’t Fix
Fuddy Duddy
When Time Moves Faster
Black Box Shorts: (Dis)appearances
Black Box Shorts: Dissecting Movement
64 min/Mixed digital and analogue/Contains flashing images
71 min/Mixed digital and analogue/Contains flashing images
WED 28 June 20:40 Filmhouse 3 SUN 2 July 14:15 Filmhouse 3 PRICE: £8.00 (£6.00 concs)
TUE 27 June 20:40 Filmhouse 3 SAT 1 July 16:05 Filmhouse 3 PRICE: £8.00 (£6.00 concs)
At the edges of perception - what do we see when vision is disturbed?
Moving images or images of movement?
Suspended between appearing and disappearing, presence and absence, the legible and the illegible, the films showcased here explore perceptual limits and the spaces between. A gradually deteriorating VHS tape, fragments of old colour 16mm film stock, traces of memory, glimpses of light and shadow, forms emerging and dissolving – our attention is moved from the figurative to the abstract, finding focus and then losing it again. [U]
We often take for granted the movement of film images. This programme of short works asks us to reflect on the different ways in which movement can be dissected and examined. A digital interpretation of a sequence from Man Ray’s first film, choreographies for camera, and journeys by car and by train are just some of the focal points. From fluid or jerky rhythms to blurred and fragmented impressions, locomotion can be a transformative and creative tool. [12A]
Answer Print Mónica Savirón/USA/2016/5 min Degrees of Separation Bea Haut/UK/2017/3 min Deletion Esther Urlus/Netherlands/2017/12 min Double Dapple Mary Stark, David Chatton Barker/UK, Canada/2016/3 min Einst Jessica Johnson/Canada/2016/12 min Finding Focus Laura Hindmarsh/UK, Australia/2016/5 min Fuddy Duddy Siegfried Fruhauf/Austria/2016/6 min/Contains flashing images Girl Becomes Snow Ryan Betschart, Tyler Betschart/USA/2017/8 min ¡PíFIES! Ignacio Tamarit/Argentina/2016/4 min The Separation John Woodman/UK/2016/6 min
(100ft) Minjung Kim/South Korea, USA/2016/3 min Camouflage Yuka Sato/Japan/2017/8 min Duet Tests 1, 7, 8, 10 Jeremy Moss, Pamela Vail/USA/2016/12 min Luna e Santur Joshua Gen Solondz/USA/2016/11 min Moving Across Opposite Directions Guli Silberstein/UK/2016/6 min/ Contains flashing images Reason’s Code Simon Payne/UK/2016/7 min Soramimi Julia Laird, Daisy Dickinson/UK, Japan/2016/4 min Toutes Directions Billy Roisz, Dieter Kovacic/Austria/2017/13 min When Time Moves Faster Ana Vasof/Austria/2016/7 min
Edinburgh International Film Festival 71st edition | 21 June -2 July 2017
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