Found Footages
9.5.2024 | Thursday | Salt Galata | 16:30
36
Rezan Uğurlu
Rezan Uğurlu
9' 24'' | 2023 | Digital
Turkey
36 consists of diapositive photo frames of a promotional catalog created for a nuclear power plant in France in the 1980s. With thirty-five of the thirty-six squares in the catalogue, a dialogue is established between the past, present and future. The film takes only the feelings at its center as it takes a stroll through the institute.
Turkey
36 consists of diapositive photo frames of a promotional catalog created for a nuclear power plant in France in the 1980s. With thirty-five of the thirty-six squares in the catalogue, a dialogue is established between the past, present and future. The film takes only the feelings at its center as it takes a stroll through the institute.
forms with space and distance and hills
Jason Moyes
Jason Moyes
3' 12'' | 2022 | 8mm
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Exploring the relationship between electricity pylons and the landscape. Hand processed super 8mm film with audio from the English sculptor and artist Barbara Hepworth.
Ill Composto
Josh Drake, James Hollenbaugh, Jeremy Moss, Caleb Smith
Josh Drake, James Hollenbaugh, Jeremy Moss, Caleb Smith
3' 38'' | 2023 | 16mm
United States
United States
A collaborative Dadaist/exquisite corpse film on the theme of waste by four members of the Harrisburg-based collective Moviate.
Process: A found, expired 100’ roll of 16mm color negative film was split into four parts and photographed separately by each participant. Then each section was developed in a homemade b&w developer from the participant’s own compostable waste. The negative was then printed to 16mm color print stock on a makeshift DIY contact printer along with found optical sound. Lastly, it was assembled in the Dadaist poetry method by cutting the printed film into pieces, placing them into a large wooden box with holes, randomly pulling strips of film out through the holes one at a time and splicing them together in that order.
Long Time No Techno
Eugenia Bakurin
Eugenia Bakurin
3' 44'' | 2022 | Digital
Germany
Germany
The footage used in the video comes from the archive of the Odesa Film Studio, which was the first film studio established in the Russian Empire. During the Soviet era, many films were shot there, which shaped the childhood of millions of people. However, today the film studio, like many other cultural monuments in Ukraine, is threatened with destruction by the Russian army.
The video features dancing moments from children's films of the 70s and 80s, which provide a glimpse into a carefree time of adventure, fantasy trips, and freedom. These scenes serve as illusions of a time that has since passed.
Minutiae: One Film, Two Cuts
Miljana Nikovic
Miljana Nikovic
6' 6'' | 2022 | Digital
Serbia
Serbia
Progression of 122 words through their sound and meaning, pared with 60 found footage clips from 1950s TV-commercials. Each of the inserts appears twice as a pattern of déjà-vu cognitive associations, evoking a multitude of emotions from banal dailiness, flashbacks, or behaviors, slowly leading us from one particular feeling to its opposite.
Reversal
Diane Nerwen
Diane Nerwen
6' 34'' | 2023 | Digital
United States
United States
REVERSAL combines images and sounds from movies released or broadcast in 1973, the year the Supreme Court decided Roe v Wade. In the strange new reality ushered in by the Dobbs decision, the slogan "We won't go back" is recalled with bitter irony. This collage piece evokes the spectre of regression and repression that has followed the Court's decision.
The Big Job
John Dawson
John Dawson
2' | 2022 | Super 8, 16mm
United States
United States
“The Big Job” is an experimental action/adventure film made with found footage and direct camera less animation. It has the look and feel of a coming attraction, TV opening for a cheap spy/cop show or a cheesy action film. Lots of color, texture, motion and action in this one. This short film is 100% hand made on found footage and is a one man production made in 2022. Drawing, painting and scratching directly onto 16mm and super 8 footage is the way that this film was produced. The music comes from Bensound.com. Norman McLaren, Len Ley and Steve Woloshen were all great influences and inspiration for this work.
The Big Job
John Dawson
John Dawson
2' | 2022 | Super 8, 16mm
United States
United States
“The Big Job” is an experimental action/adventure film made with found footage and direct camera less animation. It has the look and feel of a coming attraction, TV opening for a cheap spy/cop show or a cheesy action film. Lots of color, texture, motion and action in this one. This short film is 100% hand made on found footage and is a one man production made in 2022. Drawing, painting and scratching directly onto 16mm and super 8 footage is the way that this film was produced. The music comes from Bensound.com. Norman McLaren, Len Ley and Steve Woloshen were all great influences and inspiration for this work.
Trouble with Johnny
Paul Echeverria
Paul Echeverria
4' 33'' | 2023 | Digital
United States
United States
Trouble with Johnny explores the recurrence of loop, tempo, and flicker. The project uses found footage as a method for emphasizing the cinematic collisions between audio and visual composition. Working within the margins of structural filmmaking, Trouble with Johnny creates a visceral experience of fragmented sounds and cyclical imagery.
Likewise, Trouble with Johnny functions as a parody of the mainstream movie industry. The source material derives from the 1980’s coming of age film, The Karate Kid. Throughout the story, the main antagonist, a bully who goes by the name “Johnny”, is revered by a dedicated clique of subservient underlings. Applied as an experimental technique, the repetitive use of the word “Johnny” draws attention to the stereotypical and recurring tropes found in many teen movies.
