Shorts Program IV: Erde

2522 Southeast Clinton Street,Portland OR 97202

03 October, 2021

Description

A collection of film shorts focusing on earth, water, and fire co-presented by MAKING EARTH COOL. We'll Find You When the Sun Goes Black Inspired by the Terella, a small magnetised model ball representing the Earth, used by scientists to investigate the aurora until the late 20th century. And by a Bertolt Brecht poem, written in exile in the 1930s: “In the dark times / Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing / About the dark times.” Music by Vessel. ZONAZONA takes place in the near-future Los Angeles, where a drought has worsened, and the water supply has stopped running. An old immigrant woman braves the city to search for water for her neighbor in need. ZONA takes place in the near-future Los Angeles, where a drought has worsened, and the water supply has The FourfoldBased on the ancient animistic beliefs and shamanic rituals in Mongolia and Siberia, an exploration of the indigenous worldview and wisdom. Against the backdrop of the modern existential crisis and the human-induced rapid environmental change, there is a necessity to reclaim the ideas of animism for planetary health and non-human materialities. Spirits & Rocks: An Azorean MythOn a volcanic island, inhabitants are caught in an unending cycle: the threat of impending eruptions, and the burden of past traumas loom over them. Some draw upon myth and religious beliefs to interpret their precarious situation, while others demonstrate resilience, rebuilding their villages from the volcanic rocks. Mirroring the ethereal atmosphere of the island’s landscapes, the film gradually takes on the appearance of the myth it recounts. Bare BonesIt is not a hazard of life, nor an accident, nor a product of the imagination, but a strange in-between. An experience of end. An experience that cannot be attributed to anyone, because it belongs to no one person. To see your world suddenly collapse is to have to reinvent everything or surrender, to reclaim your life or end it, to reevaluate your beliefs or deny them. Bare bones is a story of interpreting, extending, and questioning what makes us human. PattakiIs a brazilian filmmaker graduate from the INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL of CINEMA and TV (EICTV) in Cuba, specialized in documentary. She is creative director at the production company PÀTTÀKI AUDIOVISUAL and an associate at APAN - Association of Black Audiovisual Professionals. She was awarded with WILLIAM GRAVES FILM FUND (USA) on FIRELIGHT MEDIA (2020), IDFA BERTHA FUND 2021 and SUNDANCE 2021. She's been selected to Director's Meeting on 34ª TALENTS GUADALAJARA (Mexico, 2019). Her films move between different genres and formats, highlighting the social, philosophical and spiritual issues of the black diaspora. Her last film PÀTTÀKI was premiered in ROTTERDAM and shown in SUNDANCE, BFI, among others. LichenThis stunning otherworldly short film takes a deep dive into lichen, a species that confounds scientists to this day. Shot in macro 3D, Lichen offers us a look at this remarkable life form and asks what we might learn from it. Ancient and diverse, both an individual and a community, lichens can live in the most extreme environments, including outer space. This meditative film bridges science and philosophy, and the words of lichenologist Trevor Goward illuminate the terrain in poetic and thought-provoking ways.