Thursday, August 18, 2011

EXiS Festival




"Virtualities" is taking part in 8th Experimental Film&Video festival (EXiS) which is
taking place in Seoul, Korea (1-7 September)


EXiS, Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul, has achieved an outstanding position as one of the leading film/video festivals in Asian countries. It is dedicated to only avant-garde cinema, open to all possibilities given by cinematic experiences. Its main focus is to solidify experimental filmmaking communities in Korea and encourage academic approach to the surrounding culture. In 2009, EXiS held "Asia Forum", the first gathering of Asian experimental film and video making artists, curators and other members of the community. It cooperates with scholars from university insitutions, fields of fine arts and experimental musicians. EXiS, as an experimental film and video festival in Seoul, is trying to bring positive influence to the experimental filmmaking community and furthermore, expand its ideas and practices.



The films of the International Competition (EX-Now) are:


Collapse of the World Landscape (Sow-Yee Au)
Boundary (Devin Horan)
Bust Chance (Stephanie Barber)
Coming Attractions (Peter Tscherkassky)
Curious Light (Charlotte Pryce)
Endeavor (Johann Lurf)
Fúga (Gyula Nemes)
Gyre (Bjorn Kammerer)
House of Days (Peter Miller)
La Voûte (Philippe Rouy)
Las Vegas | Les Prés (Benjamin R. Taylor)
Magia (Gerard Cairaschi)
Muteki no Hito (Yasuto Yura)
Newly Risen Decay (Giada Ghiringhelli)
Oh (Anouk De Clerq)
Papillon/bacon (Caroline St-Laurent)
Phasing Waves (Paul O'Donoghue)
Praxis 8 - 12 scenes (Dietmar Brehm)
RaumZeitHund (Nikolaus Eckhard)
relocation (Pieter Geenen)
Space is the place (Eriko Sonoda)
The Achromatic Island (Sofie Thorsen)
Tokyo - Ebisu (Tomonari Nishikawa)
TRINKLER (Marie-Catherine Theiler)
Vanishing Point (Markus Keim/Beate Hecher)
Video Proposal for a Film to be Titled "Yearbook" (Brent Coughener)
VILLE MARIE -A (Alexandre Larose)
Virtualities (Yiorgos Nalpantidis)
Vladimir Kempsky's Film (Ichiro Sueoka)
Weird War (Albert Alcoz)




"Virtualities" will be screened in EX-Now 2 program on Tuesday, September 6th, 7PM 
at Cinematheque KOFA (Korean Film Archive) theatre no.2:


Oh-Anouk De Clercq
Belgium/2010/B&W/8min/HD


The Vault- Philippe Rouy
France/2011/Color/7min 10sec/DVCAM

Bust Chance-Stephanie Barber
USA/2010/Color/7min/mini-DV

Fugue- Gyula Nemes
Hungary, Slovakia/2011/B&W/5min 57sec/mini-DV

Invincible Mighty Man-Yasuto Yura
Japan/2010/ Color/6min 9sec/HDV

Curious Light- Charlotte Pryce
USA/2011/Color/4min/16mm

Newly Risen Decay-Giada Ghiringhelli
UK, Switzerland/2011/B&W/8min 5sec/HD

Virtualities-Yiorgos Nalpantidis
Greece/2010/mix/15min 34sec/HD

Magic-Gerard Cairaschi
France/2010/Color/6min 35sec/HD

Video Proposal for a Film to be Titled ‘Yearbook’-Brent Coughener
USA/2011/Color/6min 5sec/HD