42nd Brooklyn Arts Council International Film Festival
11 Years of Absence
Directed by Iva Radivojevic, 9 minsAfter leaving Yugoslavia with her mother and sister in 1992, Iva lives her life in foreign lands. Over time communications with her father became less frequent and more distant, eventually leading to her parents separation. Having not gone “home” in 11 years, she returns char... more
5 Cents a Peek
Directed by Vanessa Woods, 7 mins
Five Cents a Peek is a filmic interpretation of a poem by Sharon Olds wherein the circus becomes a metaphor for a woman’s performance in, and for, the world. The film incorporates animation, archival circus footage and distortions of the female form to explore ideas of ... more
Absolute Zero
Directed by Alan Woodruff, 27 mins
A steam locomotive pulls a ramshackle string of carriages through the blazing heat of the Australian desert.
One of the wagons is a refrigerated cooler used for transporting animal carcasses from the outback abattoirs to the markets in the city. Inside this otherwi... more
AGNIESZKA 2039
Directed by Martin Gauvreau, 12 mins
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Almost, Brooklyn
Directed by Daniel Garcia, 13 mins
An old man gets into a taxi and sets out to visit Brooklyn for the first time, but the trip goes not as planned, and the cab driver is forced to deal with perhaps his most unique passenger yet.
Un vieil homme prend un taxi et se met en route pour Brooklyn, pour la ... more
The Appearance of Things
Directed by Jim Tassopulos, 135 mins
The Appearance of Things is an ensemble drama set in contemporary Los Angeles revolving around an avant-garde production of Oscar Wilde's Salome where women play all of the central roles -- the traditionally male roles of King Herod and Jokanaan (John the Baptist), as wel... more
Aqualibrae
Directed by Chanya Hetayothin, 2 mins
The Cycle in nature which can't be defeated.
Archer House
Directed by Dina Gachman, 17 mins
Sam Archer never fit in with her traditional southern family. She doesn't dress like them, she's messy, her nail polish is chipped, and she hates country music. Her older sister, Grace, though, has lived up to their parents' ideal: blond, trendy, prissy. Most importantl... more
"Being There"
Directed by ted Lee, 5 mins
'Being There' is a 16mm crawl through space and color.
A 16mm Space Crawl Through And Through
Bending Space: Georges Rousse and The Durham Project
Directed by Kenny Dalsheimer; Penelope Maunsell, 56 mins
What happens when a visionary French artist meets the creative spirit of a former Tobacco Road town in the midst of a downtown revitalization? A singular grassroots arts project emerges that confounds expectations and takes the city of Durham, North Carolina by storm as b... more

