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Origins in Avant-Garde Film: Shorts Program

Presented by International House Philadelphia and Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA) at The Ibrahim Theater at International House

April 16, 2011

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The earliest experimental films were tied inextricably to certain painters, collagists, and photographers living principally in Paris, Berlin, and Munich during the twenties. These innovative figures were working within a loose network of new and unorthodox ideas about art practice and art itself. The apparatus of cinema allowed the visual arts new kinetic properties and these artists were quick to identify and explore ideas of motion and change. "Rien que les heures" (Nothing but Time), dir. Alberto Cavalcanti, France, 1926, 16mm, 45 mins, b/w, silent. "Amor Pedestre" (Love a Foot), dir. Marcel Fabre, Italy, 1914, 16mm, 10 mins, b/w, silent. "Ritimi di Stazione, Impressioni di Vita N.1 Rhythms" (Impressions of Life # 1: Railway Station), dir. Corrado D’Errico, Italy, 1933, video, 10 mins, b/w, silent. "Rennsymphonie" (Race Symphony), dir. Hans Richter, Germany, 1928, 16mm, 5 mins, b/w, silent. "La Marche des Machines" (The March of the Machines), dir. Eugene Deslaw, France, 1929, 16mm, 9 mins, b/w, silent. "Life and Death of 9413 – A Hollywood Extra", dir. Robert Florey, US, 1928, 16mm, 11 mins, b/w, silent. "L’Histoire Du Soldat Inconnu" (The History of the Unknown Soldier), dir. Henri Storck, Belgium, 1931, 16mm, 10 mins, b/w, silent. Part of the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts.