Skip to main content

Phosphenia! a hypnotic film experience

XINEMA Program 9

Image: Dave Biddle, still from B.I.I.R.D. W.A.T.C.H.E.R.S., 2023, digital video, courtesy of the artist

This event has passed

Explore the chasms of the human subconscious and confront the creatures of cannibalistic psychedelia. If you haven’t entered into deep slumber by the end of the program, something has gone terribly wrong…

 

Screening:
Anthropophagy (2022), Rafael Zen, 3 min
A references to Oswald de Andrade’s influential Anthropophagic Manifesto, challenging the ethical implications of a local market that exploits international students, artists, and thinkers.

The Fantastic Adventures of Cloudman (2011), Phoebe Parsons, 14 min
Will Cloudman make it through these adventures in psychedelia and mixed media to save the planet, or possibly the universe?

B.I.I.R.D. W.A.T.C.H.E.R.S. (2023), Dave Biddle, 17 min
Committed to keeping communities focused on the future by enforcing a strict No Meditating policy in public spaces.

Piciformes (2023), Pablo Garcia Garcia, 9 min
Two maintenance workers of a flower shop remember a horse named princess.

 

Filmmakers in attendance, Q&A after the screening.

 

XINEMA is an ongoing series that showcases emerging and established filmmakers within and around “Vancouver”, BC to strengthen and preserve the local experimental film scene.

Director

Various

Country of Origin

Canada

19+
55 min

Book Tickets

This event has passed.

Also Playing

Agatha's Almanac

Dir. Amalie Atkins
86 min

Shot over six years on vibrant 16mm film, Agatha’s Almanac is an artful documentary portrait of filmmaker Amalie Atkin’s octogenarian aunt, who has fashioned herself an endearingly simple and self-sustaining lifestyle on her Manitoba farm.

International Village 9
CycleMahesh
CycleMahesh film image; a person and a bicycle in a field on fire

CycleMahesh

Dir. Suhel Banerjee
61 min

Suhel Banerjee's documentary blends realism and reconstruction to tell the story of migrant worker Mahesh, who cycled 1,700 kilometres to return home during the COVID lockdown. A poignant look at one of India’s most significant social issues: migration.

International Village 8

particle dance

Dir. Hiromoto Oka 岡博大
145 min

A poetic tribute to the artistic innovations of Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. particle dance captures the humility and beauty of Kuma’s balancing act between tradition and experimentation, as he seeks to reconnect humans with their natural environment.

VIFF Centre - VIFF Cinema
Seeds
Seeds film image; man carrying a baby

Seeds

Dir. Brittany Shyne
123 min

Shot over nine years, Brittany Shyne’s Sundance-winning documentary is a tender portrait of Black farming families in the American South. A moving meditation on land, legacy, and the strength it takes to hold on.

International Village 10