Shorts Program 2
New Directors/New Films 2019
March 27 - April 7, 2019
Featuring The Golden Legend by Chema García Ibarra and Ion de Sosa, Past Perfect by Jorge Jácome, Altiplano by Malena Szlam, and America by Garrett Bradley.
Q&As with Jorge Jácome, Malena Szlam, and Garrett Bradley on April 3 & 4
The Golden Legend / Leyenda dorada
Chema García Ibarra & Ion de Sosa, Spain, 2019, 11m
Spanish with English subtitles
U.S. Premiere
This sunlit, mystical hybrid offers a unique glimpse of a summer’s day at Montánchez’s public swimming pool.
Past Perfect
Jorge Jácome, Portugal, 2019, 23m
English subtitles
North American Premiere
In this humor-laced essay film about nostalgia, a silent unseen narrator negotiates a distinct kind of yearning for the past with a present-day melancholia.
Altiplano
Malena Szlam, Chile/Argentina/Canada, 2018, 35mm, 16m
U.S. Premiere
A mountainous landscape is rendered in vibrant, flickering color, creating an otherworldly study of Earth while recalling a ruthless planet that existed before humankind.
America
Garrett Bradley, USA, 2019, 29m
New York Premiere
Inspired by the recent release of Lime Kiln Field Day, a once-lost feature film from 1913 featuring a predominantly black cast, America masterfully captures moments of black artistry in sublime black and white 35mm. Bradley has been selected as a 2019 Whitney Biennial presenting artist.
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