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Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12 PM
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DIRECTOR: TAKASHI ISHIDA
JAPAN
An experiment in parallel forms that converge and overlap, Ema/Emaki 2 reconsiders the basic ways in which sound and image are synthesized through perception. ( 6 min )
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Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12 PM
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DIRECTOR: LEN LYE
NEW ZEALAND
Lye created this film about the beginnings of organic life in 1929, inspired by the totem of a tribe which believes that grubs are ancestors of humans. ( 9 min )
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Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12 PM
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DIRECTOR: TOMAS SCHATS
NETHERLANDS
In Schats' subtle "clear-line drawings" of man's opportunities and limitations, the seemingly personal becomes extraordinarily universal. Duim: a thumb nail, Lantaarnpaal: a lamppost, Windvlaag: a gust of wind, Schoorsteenhuisje: a house, Rijwind: a moped passing by, Boom: a tree. ( 3 min )
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Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12 PM
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DIRECTOR: JIM TRAINOR
UNITED STATES
The story of a Peruvian POW outmaneuvered by a blood-sucking priestess. ( 10 min )
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Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12 PM
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DIRECTOR: BARRY DOUPE
CANADA
A series of episodic narratives, role reversals and associations that highlight the rift between mind and body. ( 29 min )
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Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12 PM
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DIRECTOR: JENNY PERLIN
UNITED STATES
U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan C. Crocker compared the war in Iraq to a three or five-reel movie, depending on where one is living. So begins this hand-drawn meditation. ( 2 min )
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Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 12 PM
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DIRECTOR: NAOYUKI TSUJI
JAPAN
Black-and-white drawings with lingering shadows of children set the stage for this dark and mysterious animated film. In a sparse and haunting soundtrack, teardrops mingle and mutate into fields of daises and slow drips turn to bunnies hopping down a woman's legs. ( 18 min )
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