DOTMOV FESTIVAL 2005

HAPPENING

DOTMOV Festival 2005 is a digital film festival with an aim to discover talented creators and provide them with an opportunity to show their work. Selected works from the entry throughout the world will be screened at SOSO which is produced by an online magazine Shift for a month, from November 1st to 30th, 2005. This year’s total submission was 364 works from 28 countries, and 36 works were selected by guest creators. All selected works for this year will be shown on web site from November 1st (finished). During the festival, a lot of related audio & visual events will also be scheduled.
Moreover, there are two special screening programs; the latest DVD collection “SLIDE” which has just released this Nov in Europe, produced by a Paris based Japanese visual artist Yuki Kawamura, and the carefully selected films from more than 1000 films library of the “openART” project, which promotes visual exchange between Japan and Europe. It is also displayed as special exhibition program for visitors to play at the venue an interactive animation “Micro Plantation” by Akinori Oishi who takes an active part in Europe.

SCREENING PROGRAM　


  • Morning of the end
    04:20 | 2005 | Japan
    Dir: Yuji Arai
  • Like a symbolical poem, Yuji Arai’s “Morning of the end” starts with dreary flutters of a fly, deserted lands, harsh winds as keen as razors and a last leaf hung on a tree. But the mellow music leads us right into the last morning of this visionary world, which is ever so dreamy. I can’t be sure that what I think would exactly match the director’s intention, but I think the director wanted our deserted souls to have a last drop of hope in them, through a naked child’s struggle against devastated earth and its end. At the very end, the ringing sound of a girl’s bicycle that running across the field brought me out of my own dream. This piece is a perceptive, impressive and beautiful production.
    Selected and commented by Sugarcube


  • Collision
    02:30 | 2005 | UK
    Dir: Max Hattler
  • As a matter of fact, the digital movie privately produced cannot help becoming short movie no matter how of the technology came off.The system requirements of the image software shows the current state of digital movie. It doesn’t become something useful at all in “Lowest system requirements”, and it begins to move in high spec such as “Recommended system requirements”. Though VJ movement at year 95 was technically primitive, the image in the abstract expression was completed enough in one point of uniting with the sound. The “Collision” on 30 seconds of 2 minutes by Max Hattler attracted attention while there are some works in lack the balance of the sound and the image in the perfection. I would think highly of the clear will to aim at independent film works, not the imitation of a music clip existing.The creation of the image with this political work remind me of Japanese respectable music clip program “Minna no Uta” by NHK, rather than sending message directly. It also reminds of Japanese traditional installation of sounds and visual “Fire Works”, and many other things are awaken with the national flag scattering around. This work was standout in the rousing power of the image.
    Selected and commented by Jiro Ohashi


  • Vishnu en Provence
    05:50 | 2005 | France
    Dir & Music: Tristan Mendes France
  • Timeless, poetic & thought provoking.
    Human sculpture as unsettling as it is entertaining.
    “Super/Natural”.
    Selected and commented by The Designers Republic


  • Echopraxia
    01:29 | 2005 | Hong Kong
    Dir: Fu Pok Yan
  • Very simple but inspiring.
    Impressive use of digital video technology.
    Selected and commented by Yoshi Sodeoka (c505)


  • Birds
    04:02 | 2005 | Japan
    Dir & Music: Toshiaki Hanzaki
  • Beautiful hand drawn animation is mixed and layered to create a piece of work that is familiar yet original. It was nice to see an analog departure from all of the digital work being done nowadays. The textures, colors, and overall visual style create a raw short film that is reminiscent of the days of Terry Gilliam.
    Selected and commented by Motion Theory


  • Mano – Cycle
    01:00 | 2005 | France
    Dir: Lindsay Patrick
    Music: Yosuke Hayashi
  • It doesn’t have to be deep, to be thought.
    The sun’s out. A little house with some bush.
    Your hand is on the mouse.
    Airplanes are cutting up the sky.
    Clickety-clack.
    Selected and commented by Fork

  • Acoustic
    06:50 | 2005 | Japan
    Dir: Antenna
    Music: Raymond Team

  • Gate vision
    05:24 | 2005 | Japan
    Dir: Kazuhiko Kobayashi

  • Love History
    14:02 | 2005 | Spain
    Dir: Chuchu Nunez
    Sound: Aitor Amozarrain

  • Fancy
    04:35 | 2004 | Japan
    Dir: Susumu Yamaguchi
    Music: KONNO

  • Gestalt
    05:25 | 2003 | Germany
    Dir: Thorsten Fleisch

  • Panulirus
    01:30 | 2005 | Japan
    Dir: Tatsuki Saito

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