Independent Exposure - 11th Season Premiere

Mon, Jan 30
8pm
$6.00

Started in Seattle in 1996, Independent Exposure has presented the =

short films and videos of over 1500 artists from all over the world =

and the program has been seen in 43 countries plus Antarctica!
This month's program presents 12 unique and diverse works from =

Canada, Bulgaria, Australia, England, and the United States, and =

features 4 Bay Area artists.

Here are the details for the Eleventh Season Premiere Edition of =

INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE:
www.microcinema.com/programResult.php?program_id=3D%20518

1. Epic Drag directed by Dave Griffiths, United Kingdom, 2005, Video, =

1:00
A heroic smoking feat becomes lateral frieze under the gaze of spycam =

Panavision.

2. Man directed by Annika Glac, Australia, 2004, 35mm, 05:30
It could be one man's story, or the story of every man. Told through =

the portraits of seven men, from the ages of 80 to 3 weeks of age, =

Man is a film about the fragility of life.

3. Marvelous, Keen Loony Bin directed by Lizzi Akana, Berkeley, =

Animation, 2005, 5:37
A day in the life of the headless, limbless, faceless, and brainless.

4. Chronic directed by Joe Kelly, Canada, Experimental, 2003, 16mm, 3:30
Chronic is an experimental dance film that explores body machine =

ideas. It is inspired by the work of Etienne-Jules Marey and Eadweard =

Muybridge and other photographic pioneers who studied motion with =

photography.

5. A Very Small Guardrail directed by Andrew Evashchen, United =

States, Experimental Documentary, 2005, DV, 6:01
In this short parody of an opening sequence montage, an object of =

seemingly little importance has a brief moment of significance.

6. Communications Factory directed by Jennifer Sachs, United States, =

Animation, 2004, hand-drawn animation, digital compositing, 6:30
Isolated by her job at a communications technology plant, a lonely =

young woman discovers escape through an unexpected use of her =

company's product. Inspired by true events.

7. The Option of War directed by Nick Fox-Gieg, San Francisco, =

Animation, 2005, 6:30
In this animated adaptation of an early Kafka story, a soldier is =

taken prisoner in the night by a pack of jackals. Offering a pair of =

scissors, they demand that he use the makeshift weapon to kill his =

sleeping friends.

8. Schindler's Lift directed by Boris Despodov, Bulgaria, =

Documentary, 2004, DV, 4:30
Norway, September 2004. A young filmmaker Boris Despodov met a famous =

Danish film director J=F8rgen Leth. They decided to make a movie =

together. The film has been shot for a day in the hotel's lift, which =

was Schindler's Lift.

9. traces directed by Claudia Leger, San Francisco, Narrative, 2005, =

16mm, 5:00
Signs that remain to show the former presence of a person or thing no =

longer there.

10. Love Is directed by Dave Schlafman, United States, Animation, =

2004, 3:17
This music video explores love during the nuclear destruction of our =

planet. Boston-based band, Mollycoddle provided an innocent song =

about children falling in love.

11. Silver Seeds directed by Kimberly Collmer, United States, =

Animation, 2004, DV, 9:13
Using stop motion animation, Silver Seeds displays a place of =

technicolor brightness, fabricated gardens, glittering garbage, and =

places far away from home.

12. Torsten Kretchzmar directed by Steffen Frech, San Francisco, =

Music Video, 2003, DV, 4:04
Torsten Kretchzmar the German electro pop performer is described as =

the love child of Kraftwerk and Sprockets and is now bringing you the =

next best German word since Fahrvergn=FCgen with his project =

"Entschlossenheit".

Venue:

111 Minna Gallery
111 Minna Street
San Francisco
415-864-0660

Additional Info:

415-864-0660
http://www.microcinema.com