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2021 FVNMAS Festival - Program 4 - Transits and Transformations

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16 films in package
Lazos de Familia (Family Ties)
A video diary about family dysfunctions, preserving family album archiving, and cherishing the love of family members.
Adrian Velazquez Q & A
Adrian Velazquez discusses Lazos de Familia (Family Ties) with Amy Beste (Director of Public Programming for FVNMA) and Frédéric Moffet Moffet (Department Chair, FVNMA).
Closed captions available
m:lk
A lone figure stands silently in a calm, isolated realm until they are disrupted by a droplet that falls from a faucet above.
weiß
A nameless individual stands reclined against the tiled wall of a clinical bathroom as they observe an I.V. inserted upside down in their hand.
conch
Nestled in the snow of a dark, forest opening, a hunched figure sits idly as an otherworldy creature quietly circles around them.
orr Q & A
orr discusses m:lk, weiß and conch with Amy Beste (Director of Public Programming for FVNMA) and Frédéric Moffet (Department Chair, FVNMA).
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Eidolon
Dealing with the loss of her father, a young woman working at a laundromat reconstructs her father out of warped memories, old clothes and old death masks.
Cosmo Coffey Q & A
Cosmo Coffey discusses Eidolon with Amy Beste (Director of Public Programming for FVNMA) and Frédéric Moffet (Department Chair, FVNMA).
Closed captions available
Last One
It can be the last one, or the only one, the isolated one, the most enjoyable one.
Goodnight/Good Morning
Goodnight/Good Morning explores the early memories of a failed relationship by revisiting the places the couple fell in love.
Calla Flanagan Q & A
Calla Flanagan discusses Goodnight/Good Morning with Amy Beste (Director of Public Programming for FVNMA) and Frédéric Moffet (Department Chair, FVNMA).
Closed captions available
Once More (한마디)
An individual handling negativity during COVID-19.
Jay Jung Q & A
Jay Jung discusses Once More (한마디) with Amy Beste (Director of Public Programming for FVNMA) and Frédéric Moffet (Department Chair, FVNMA).
Closed captions available
The Genealogy of Light
"The Genealogy of Light" meditates on the disintegration of a family tape; the deterioration of a memory and the decay of a body.
Closed captions available
Zoe Butler Q & A
Zoe Butler discusses The Genealogy of Light with Amy Beste (Director of Public Programming for FVNMA) and Frédéric Moffet (Department Chair, FVNMA).
Closed captions available
The Knight in Air
A digital hand-drawn narrative animation about the experiences of taking internation flights.

"Eidolon" is about how a young woman mourning the loss of her father voluntarily guides herself into illusion. Working at a laundromat, the young woman watches time pass by in a sort of chemical haze – the deeper time sinks her into her condition, the more she ignores people and sees them as clothes. In her illusion, she recreates her dead dad out of warped memories, old clothes and death masks. Eidolon, meaning ghost, double, or apparition, is an ode to old cinema – Eidolon draws conceptual influence from the reoccurring themes in the work of Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Bresson, and Mizoguchi Kenji, while drawing formal influence from the photo roman format often associated with Chris Marker’s "La Jetée" (1962).

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    10 minutes
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Cosmo Coffey
  • Producer
    Tommy Figel
  • Filmmaker
    Cosmo Coffey
  • Cast
    Silvia: Paola Lehman Abe: Ronald Rodriguez
  • Cinematographer
    Jay Faulkner
  • Production Design
    Lilly Miller
  • Composer
    Evan de Jong