Sky Hopinka: Redefining potential territories
Inspired by Hollis Frampton’s experimental work Nostalgia, this film plays with notions of sharing traditions and knowledge, while an overhead projector displays fragmented landscapes.
LORE
- Sky Hopinka
- 2019
- United States
- 11 min
Sky Hopinka: Redefining potential territories
With an inspired artistic vision, this feature film spoken mainly in Chinuk Wawa follows the thoughts and wanderings of Sweetwater Sahme and Jordan Mercier.
MAɬNI – TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE
- Sky Hopinka
- 2020
- United States
- s.t. English
- 80 min
Panorama - Horizons
Experimental filmmaker Miko Revereza delivers an intimate and introspective depiction of migrant identity, examining his relationships with his family and his art.
NOWHERE NEAR
- Miko Revereza
- 2023
- Philippines, United States, Mexico
- s.t. English
- 96 min
Panorama - Horizons
With a visual approach built on static shots, Kimi Takesue explores the behaviour of tourists visiting Laos.
ONLOOKERS
- Kimi Takesue
- 2023
- United States, Laos
- 72 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Quiet as It’s Kept holds a contemporary, experimental and sensory mirror up to Toni Morrison’s first novel, The Bluest Eye, which explores the lives of Black women in the US.
QUIET AS IT'S KEPT
- Ja'Tovia Gary
- 2023
- United States
- s.t. French
- 26 min
Panorama - Against the Grain
Publicity stills of old Hollywood overlap with the frenetic narration of a trial to explore the imprint that cinematic culture leaves on the collective imagination.
STILL FILM
- James N. Kienitz Wilkins
- 2023
- United States
- s.t. French
- 72 min
Sky Hopinka: Redefining potential territories
Using archival footage of the Indigenous-led occupation of Alcatraz, Sunflower Siege Engine reminds us that the battle for sovereignty is ongoing.
SUNFLOWER SIEGE ENGINE
- Sky Hopinka
- 2022
- United States
- 13 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
Comparing the exploratory voyages of the 15th century with the ambitions of virtual reality, this film suggests a common goal of expanding reality.
VISION OF PARADISE
- Leonardo Pirondi
- 2022
- Brazil, United States, United Kingdom
- s.t. English
- 17 min
Sky Hopinka: Redefining potential territories
The tension of colonial America is conveyed through the juxtaposition of moving images, a reflection on identity and belonging, and a poem by Walt Whitman.
WHEN YOU'RE LOST IN THE RAIN
- Sky Hopinka
- 2018
- United States
- 6 min