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LES NOUVEAUX ALCHIMISTES - 1

LES NOUVEAUX ALCHIMISTES - 1

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October 10, 2024 | 17 H

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Nemo 1 | Albéric Aurtenèche
2024 - Short Film - 12 minutes - Canada - Documentary
Nemo is the name of the famous captain in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, named by Jules Verne, based on the Latin word meaning "Nobody, no one." On the shores of Chittagong, Bangladesh, the cargo ship Nemo 1 is beached amongst hundreds of others. A journey among steel giants being dismantled by tiny men.

Go Between | Chris Kennedy
2024 - Short Film - 7 minutes - Canada- Experimental
Looking down at the Brisbane River – a play of masking and superimpositions.

Dérailler | Marielle Dalpé
2024 - Short Film - 4 minutes - Experimental
A contemplative and aesthetic train journey as changing landscapes pass by the window.

Positive Transparencies | Marianne Thodas
2023 - Short Film - 7 minutes - Canada - Experimental
Capturing the tension that arises from the destruction and reconstruction of 17 individual analog 35mm slides. Set in the coastal landscapes of Hornby Island, the film transforms the natural world, creating dynamic sequences that emulate a process of artistic disintegration.

Revolving Rounds | Johann LurfChristina Jauernik
2024 - Short Film - 11 minutes - Austria - New Media
A cyclical film in both form and content, and shot in an agricultural field on the outskirts of Vienna, this 3D film begins and ends the same way, following a planimetric path alongside three greenhouses as the early morning sun beams across the surrounding landscape.

The Great Thaw | Michaela GrillKarl Lemieux
2024 - Short Film - 45 minutes - Canada / Austria - Documentary
What does it mean to represent the visual traces of environmental destruction? How can we communicate the temporality of global warming in a temporal medium? With the thawing permafrost and its effects on various ecosystems, the gravity of the situation is felt, alluding not only to potential futures but also to a very tangible and disastrous present.