MCC2009: Addicted to Plastic (Ian Connacher, 2008)

Agosto 31st, 2009 admin

Official Section (SO)
Canada, 2008
Director and writer: Ian Connacher
Cinematography: Ian Connacher e Gad Reichman
Editing: Martyn Iannece, Gad Reichman e Kevin Rollins
Music: Oliver Johnson
Running time: 85 min

For better or for worse, no ecosystem or segment of human activity has escaped the shrink-wrapped grasp of plastic. Addicted to plastic is a global journey to investigate what we really know about the material of a thousans uses and why there’s so darn much of it. On the way we discover a toxic legacy, and the men and women dedicated to cleaning it up.

Vancouver International Film Festival
Official Selection IDFA 2008
Documenta Madrid 2009

Official site

Monday October 26th 12:30 DOMUS
Thursday October 29th 12:00 DOMUS
Friday October 30th 17:30 DOMUS

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MCC2009: Calling E.T. (Prosper de Roos, 2008)

Agosto 30th, 2009 admin

Official Section (SO)
The Netherlands, 2008
Director and writer: Prosper de Roos
Cinematography: Rob Hodselmans
Editing: Jos Driesen
Music: Jeroen Goeijers
Running time: 67 min

a documentary on a group of people who’re preparing for the unimaginable; what if we earthlings make contact with extra terrestrial intelligence!

Official Selection IDFA 2008

Official site

Monday October 26th 11:00 DOMUS
Thursday October 29th 16:00 DOMUS

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MCC2009: 15 experiments on peripheral vision (Adele Horne & Paul VanDeCarr, 2008)

Agosto 13th, 2009 admin

Official Section (SO) / Laboratory (LAB)
USA, 2008
Director, writer, cinematography and editing: Adele Horne, a collaboration with Paul VanDeCarr
Running time: 29 min

This film is a series of short experiments, each of which explores peripheral vision in a different way: attempting to capture it on film, conducting perceptual experiments, and telling stories about what is seen from the corner of the eye.

Festival de Cine de Huesca 2009

Adele Horne’s official site

Tuesday October 27th 10:30 DOMUS
Wednesday October 28th 16:00 DOMUS
Thursday October 29th 18:15 FUNDACIÓN LUIS SEOANE
Friday October 30th 17:00 FUNDACIÓN LUIS SEOANE

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MCC2009: Naming Pluto (Ginita Jimenez, 2008)

Agosto 12th, 2009 admin

Official Section (SO)
UK, 2008
Director, writer and producer: Ginita Jimenez
Company: Father films
Running time: 13 min

Father Films presents Naming Pluto, a 13min documentary about Venetia Burney Phair, the
English 11year-old who named the planet Pluto in 1930. 77years later, in 2007, Venetia sees the
newly demoted Pluto, for the first time through a telescope.

Official site

Wednesday October 28th 17:15 DOMUS
Thursday October 29th 10:20 DOMUS
Friday October 30th 17:15 DOMUS

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