From its earliest manifestations, cinema has provided us with portals into other worlds. For a new perspective on what you thought you knew, Experimenta invites you on a journey of surreal possibilities. With narratives that defy logic, characters that shrink, and landscapes that travel backwards, the Experimenta Vanishing Point Cinema Program promises to challenge viewer’s expectations with films, videos and animations from around the world.

Experimenta Vanishing Point Cinema Program Venues:

:: Australian Centre for the Moving Image, ACMI Cinemas
:: Fed Square Outdoor Screen

Australian Centre for the Moving Image
ACMI Cinemas
Federation Square, Melbourne

14-18 September 2005
Bookings ACMI Box Office: 03 8663 2583

Fictional Detours
Curated by Experimenta
Unclassified 18+
Wed 14 September, 7pm
Repeat screening Sun 18 September, 5pm
$13/$10

Take the road less travelled, encounter the absurd, and collide with impossible madness. Drawing from a collection of Australian and international shorts, Fictional Detours takes traditional narrative and turns it on its head.

Aural Gazing – Japanese audio-vision
Curated by Philip Brophy
Unclassified 18+
Thu 15 September, 7pm
$13/$10

From shimmering midday sun on a Venetian beach, to the algorithmic chaos of Tokyo’s cityscape, Aural Gazing celebrates how ‘being somewhere’ surpasses the mere act of looking. No stories unfold here. Instead, sit back and immerse yourself in a series of synaesthetic reveries by solo and collaborative artists. This session will be introduced by Philip Brophy, filmmaker, curator and composer.

Land of the Giants
Courtesy Twentieth Century Fox
Classified G
Fri 16 September, 7pm
$13/$10

The Spindrift, Suborbital Flight 612 New York to London, hits a space warp and crashes in a strange fog… apparently back on Earth. After pilots Steve and Dan are almost run over by a giant-sized car, they realize something is amiss. Prepare for the very best in Lilliputian adventure as Experimenta brings you two classic episodes of the legendary 60's TV series, Land of the Giants.

Festival Nemo
Curated by Gilles Alvarez, Artistic Director Festival Nemo
Unclassified 18+
Sat 17 September, 5pm
$13/$10

Direct from Paris, Festival Némo is fast becoming France’s definitive audio-visual festival for the latest adventures in moving image. In this program, curated exclusively for Experimenta Vanishing Point, Festival Némo offer a fresh crop of shorts from Europe’s innovators.

Némo is a co-production of Arcadi and the Forum des Images (Paris), in partnership with Repérages magazine. This program is supported by The Embassy of France in Australia and Alliance Française de Melbourne.

Alice
Jan Svankmajer (Czech Republic)
91mins, 1988
Unclassified 15+
Sun 18 September, 3pm
All tickets $5

In a wonderland populated by an array of superbly animated puppets, pieces of steak crawl, babies transform into piglets, and Alice not only shrinks but becomes her own doll. Czech surrealist Jan Svankmajer’s definitive version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is a distinctive vision which remains true to the absurd and menacing spirit of Lewis Carroll’s work.

Fed Square Pty Ltd
Outdoor Screen
Federation Square, Melbourne

Throughout September 2005
Free!

June Bum Park (Korea)
Hiraki Sawa (Japan)
William Wegman (USA)
Daniel Crooks (Aus)
Julie C. Fortier (France)