New Directors Shorts Program 1
New Directors/New Films 2015
March 18 - 29, 2015
Five short films by exciting new talents from around the world: San Siro (Yuri Ancarani, Italy, 24m), Boulevard’s End (Nora Fingscheidt, Germany, 15m), Blue and Red (Zhou Tao, Thailand, 25m), Nelsa (Felipe Guerrero, Colombia, 13m), and The Field of Possible (Matías Meyer, Mexico/Canada, 10m).
San Siro
Yuri Ancarani, Italy, 2014, DCP, 24m
This portrait of Milan's famed stadium is both clinical and otherworldly, casting game-time preparation as the subliminal, collective ritual of our day.
Boulevard’s End
Nora Fingscheidt, Germany, 2014, DCP, 15m
Venice Pier, where L.A. meets the ocean, draws people to play, flirt, and dream. Two immigrants recount their long journeys to this place shared by so many. North American Premiere
Blue and Red
Zhou Tao, Thailand, 2014, DCP, 25m
From anti-government protests in Bangkok to rural areas in China, the march of human life is bathed in vibrant colors as if under a microscope, in what the artist dubs an “epidermal touch.” World Premiere
Nelsa
Felipe Guerrero, Colombia, 2014, DCP, 13m
An obscure, trancelike tour of a place as menacing as it is incomprehensible. North American Premiere
The Field of Possible
Matías Meyer, Mexico/Canada, 2014, DCP, 10m
A single shot charts a Montreal residential building over the course of four seasons, deriving poetry from observation. World Premiere
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