MSPIFF41 Shorts Program 2: Environmental Experimental
Films are listed here in screening order.
The Future Innu (L'innu du futur)
Directed by Stéphane Nepton. Canada. 2021. 6 min. Documentary Short.
An ode to the land in relation to one person’s double identity as an urban indigenous person.
What Travelers Are Saying About Jornada del Muerto
Directed by Hope Tucker. USA. 2021. 14 min. Documentary Short.
Visitors to the first atomic bomb detonation site contribute to the collective memory.
Murmur of Icebergs
Directed by Sio San Un. Macau. 2021. 18 min. Documentary Short.
Distances between the Arctic Ocean and the Pearl River Delta are changing. Is it real or a bed dream?
To Live and Die in the Shadows
Directed by Shannon Silva. USA. 2021. 6 min. Documentary Short.
Through a chance horizontal gene transfer, ferns acquired a light sensor that allowed them to survive in low light.
Memory of Water
Directed by James Byrne. USA. 2022. 7 min. Fiction Short.
A visual poem about navigating the past and wondering if things could have been different.
A Landscape to be Invented
Directed by Josh Weissbach. USA, Greece, Ireland. 2020. 12 min. Fiction Short.
Other than the ocean, the rest of the planet was bathed in purple, probably caused by the sun's radiation.
Joyful
Directed by Simantini Chakraborty. USA. 2021. 7 min. Documentary Short.
An audio-visual exploration of finding joy in the turmoil that surrounds us.
Naya
Directed by Sebastian Mulder. Netherlands. 2021. 25 min. Documentary Short.
The first wolf in Belgium in 100 years walked there from East Germany, then takes a mysterious turn.