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  • Recent works by Tslil Tsemet (closing reception)

    Tslil TsemetThrough Art I examine the human species based upon the social and cultural values to which it is bond, and to those ideals we grasp in order to maintain our sanity. Therefore, I paint and sculpt with the use of symmetrical composition, and blur the line between Kitsch and Sacrament, and thus I sanctify so called amoral, secular, modern situations. The works play a role of mythological illustration, where the modern, western mind completes the tale.

  • Short Circuit: A New Short Film Program from France

    short circut“Short Circuit” introduces a selection of French Short films from a new filmmakers’ generation intersecting brilliant comedies, fiction genre short works that will take you on a unique journey into young film creation from France.

    Curated by Laurence Mazouni

    The program includes Florine Clap’s “La Première”, a dancer warming up before a first performance. Rocco Labbé ‘s “Portraits de Maitresses” inspired by Charles Baudelaire’s “Le Spleen de Paris”. Quentin Perez’s “Requiem for My Father”, a monologue piece that reminisces about an abusive relationship between a father and his son. In “Senshin”, Aurélien Marra depicts an intimate portrait of father-son dynamics filmed on a Martial Arts backdrop. Pierre-Loup Docteur‘s “The Viewers” relates the weird relationship between a young photographer and an actress on the decline.

     

    La Première – 3 minutes -2013

    Florine Clap

    A dancer nervously strolls backstage warming up before a first performance.

     

    Senshin – 13 minutes- 2013

    Aurelien Marra

    An intimate portrait of father-son dynamics filmed on a Martial Arts backdrop. 2013

     

    Portraits de Maîtresses – 14 minutes – 2013

    Rocco Labbé

    In the lively, glamorous and extravagant city of Paris at the end of the 19th century, four gentlemen are drinking and smoking. Each one recalls an either touching, comic or tragic story of a woman he loved. Through those lovely portraits of mistresses, each one confesses his deep failure.

     

    Requiem For My Father (Requièm Pour Mon Pere) – 14 minutes –2014

    Quentin Perez

    Through the maze of a nightmare, a young man exorcizes his bitterness.

     

    The Viewers – 17:30 minutes – 2013

    Pierre Loup Docteur

    During the fifties, the ex-movie star Uma Enoci is having a lull in her career. In order to get her back on the tracks, her agent Max Mayerling plans a meeting with a young director in a hotel room. Meanwhile, Max hires a detective, Leonard, who stays in the next room, to spy on her through a two-way mirror… As Leonard’s fascination for the actress grows, he becomes the privileged viewer of a more and more dangerous game of manipulation…

     

    Mobilization– 2:24 minutes- 2014

    Quentin Perez

    August 2nd 1914, Every French citizen subject to military service must, under penalty of law, obey the mobilization order.

     

    Queen of Spades (La Dame de Pique)– 19:50 minutes- 2013

    Pierre Loup Docteur

    During a party, Adam, a successful playwright, meets Elise and tells her one of his friends loves her. The next day, Elise receives a letter. After some thought and hesitation, she decides to meet the young man who is courting her.

     

    Choices (Des Choix) – 3minutes-2015

     

     

  • Kveto Hecko – Films on Art

    Portrait_KvetoKveto Hecko is a writer, director, producer and editor of films that deal with the various art forms: visual art, performance, theatre, photography, set design, architecture, music and even film itself. He offers a filmmaker’s point of view that goes far beyond the objective depiction of art, steps into the process of creation to enhance or transform the original artifacts, and collaborates closely with artists on the final filmic art form. His films use different film techniques and mix various film genres. Kveto Hecko comes from the former Czechoslovakia where he studied film at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava.

    Program:

    1) That’s a Movie, 6’
    2) Europe–Europe, 24’
    3) Scenographic Attack on Groningen, 47’
    4) St. Barbara’s Chapel, 20’
    5) Ekoem, 6’