17th Cinema on the Bayou Virtual Film Festival

EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS 1

Expired February 7, 2022 5:00 AM
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11 films in package
LE SILENCE A DISPARU (DISAPPEARING SILENCE)
The silence subtly disappeared sometime in mid-January 2019, following a traumatic event that occurred one year before.
VODNIK MANY YEARS AFTER THE RAINSTORM
In San Francisco, many years after his hideous crimes, the fiendish water creature Vodník emerges from Czech folklore to recount his beguiling tale.
Closed captions available
UPWARD MEMORIES
A brief observation in prose.
LA MUSIQUE DES OISEAUX (THE MUSIC OF BIRDS)
Closed captions available
2020
A film for 2020, a year to remember.
4913 COLORS
I was inspired by seeing the artwork “4900 Colors” at the The Met Breuer retrospective Gerhard Richter: Painting After All one week before the museums closed due to the pandemic.
MEMORY IS A DYING HORSE
Trying to freeze time is an illusion.
ORIGAMI
Origami plays with perspectives and dimensions.
LA CLAQUE
Whether amateurs or elite athletes, cheerladers are always hypersexualized in pop culture.
STATU QUO
n a world in suspense, a common history is written. Without seeing each other, without touching, bodies move to the rhythm of boredom.
FLOATERS
A strange haunted man seems to be wandering in the mountains.
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Trying to freeze time is an illusion. Whatever we do, life unfolds in one direction. Memory is a dying horse is yet another desperate attempt to challenge the irreversibility of time. A sparse, raw, somehow childish collage of reminiscences filmed on Super 8 between Syria, France and Canada. The whole is accompanied by musical explorations.


Filmed on Super 8.


Director's Biography:


Samer Najari lived in Damascus until he moved to Montreal in 1994. He has obtained a BFA in film production at Concordia University in 2000 and completed a residency at Le Fresnoy in France in 2003. His short films and feature film have been presented and prized in different international festivals.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    28 minutes
  • Country
    Canada
  • Premiere
    Louisiana Premiere
  • Director
    Samer Najari
  • Producer
    Samer Najari
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