“The Early Shot - (O Primeiro Tiro)”
Documentary
Gustavo Jardim
32’, DV, 2007
In June of 1967, newspapers and radio stations through out the world announced that Israel was ready to invade Jordan. Meanwhile, frightened inhabitants of a small town in Brazil were preparing to defend their land. Are the two stories connected?
4:00 PM
“Rain On Long- Lost Roofs”
Fiction
Rafael Conde
15’, 35mm, 2006
The reunion of a couple and their recollection of a broken love.
“Córdis”
Experimental
Roberto Bellini
15’, HD Video, 2009
Made in the small town of Cordisbugo, Minas Gerais the video works on the opposition between the bucolic landscape and concreteness of the urban scene. At night walls and light poles mixed in the darkness. Day time the colorful landscape announces the dyeing bodies that moved before.
“Motel Hotel”
Experimental
Marcos Bonisson
3’29”, 2008
A drive through the landscape of Motels and Hotels.
“Near Home - (Perto de Casa)”
Documentary
Sérgio Borges
9’, DV, 2009
A short walk near home with the filmmaker’s sons.
“The Road to Calvary - (Rua da Amargura)”
Fiction
Rafael Conde
14’, 35mm, 2003
Two brothers trying to make ends meet.
“Thick Salt - (Sal Grosso)”
Experimental
Directed by André Amparo and
Ana Cristina Murta
06’, DVCAM , 2006
A barbecue with Nietzsche, Brazilian writer Hilda Hilst and the musician Jorge Mautner. The film was produced using original texts by Nietzsche, Hilst and Mautner as subtitles and with images recorded without the cast’s permission. The music was recorded during a rehearsal without the musician consent.
“Ash Wednesday – (Quarta-Feira de Cinzas) ”
Experimental
Rivane Neuenschwander and Cao Guimarães
6’, HDV, 2006
After carnival, on a melancholy Ash Wednesday, the ants start their multicolor profane party to the rhythm of samba played on match boxes.
“Peiote”
Experimental
Cao Guimarães
4‘, Super 8, 2007
A child possessed by hybrid entities ( Mexican extreme fighting and Japanese super heroes) offers a dance to the native’s ancestors.
“Moto Continuo”
Experimental
Eduardo Zunza e Marcelo Braga
2’15”, 2009
Movement of a mechanism that once initiated continues indefinitely…
“Emptyness - Vazio”
Experimental
Cláudio Santos
2’58”, 2008
The convergence of digital media permits a vast universe of paths and possibilities. A faster near future is about to be constructed. Images of the deserts of Arizona and New Mexico work as an analogy of an empty page, where one can start from scratch. Is possible to create visionaries opportunities in a world dominated by technology?
“Following The Light”
Experimental
Eduardo Zunza
3’3”, 2009
A view of Angola
“The Indispensable Ones – (Os Imprescindíveis)”
Documentary
Carlos Magno
5’22”, 2003
The video documents the creation of a sculpture by American artist Chris Burden at the Inhotin Institute in Minas Gerais.
10:00 PM
PÉ DE SERRA FORRÓ ALL STARS
8:00 PM
“Beam Drop”
Documentary
Pablo Lobato
5’30”, 2009
The video documents the creation of a sculpture by American artist Chris Burden at the Inhotin Institute in Minas Gerais.
“Mistake - Engano”
Fiction
Cavi Borges
11’, 35mm, 2008
A man. A woman. A city. Two sequence Shots.
“Canosa One”
Documentary
Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa
17’, Mini DV, 2008
A documentary about film curator Fabiano Canosa.
“Passage - (Trecho)”
Documentary
Clarissa Campolina and Helvécio Marins
16’, 35mm, 2006
The movie follows the footsteps of Libério through brazilian highways. This audiovisual diary recounts a journey made eight years ago. The questions and memories of the character are transformed through the passage of time, by the landscape and the experience of making the film.
Authentic Roots Music from the Northeast of Brazil featuring: Rob Curto-accordion, Mike LaValle-zabumba, Scott Kettner-pandeiro, Nanny Assis-triangle, plus special guests. The sertão comes to Park Slope, Brooklyn for
a night.
schedule
Saturday, November 21st
