by Marine Hugonnier, LAFVA 2007

Shot on the river Niger, close to the city of Niamey, this film features Damoure Zika and Moussa Hamidou, who were Jean Rouch's principle actor and sound engineer, respectively.

The film is set during 'Cinema day', a day during which people in Niamey could see as much films as they want with only one ticket. This day also coincides with an unofficial 'Holley' ceremony, an animist Songhay

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by Rachel Reupke

Formally based on the production of royalty-free stock footage, 10 Seconds or Greater maps the logical progression of a director through a check list of popular scenarios designed to illustrate such commercially lucrative concepts as ‘communication’, ‘relaxation’ and ‘healthy life-style’.

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Derek

by Isaac Julien

Derek was supported by Film London, More4 and marked the inaugural year of the Jarman Award.

Ah, Liberty!

by Ben Rivers, LAFVA 2007

A family’s place in the wilderness, outside of time; free-range animals and children, junk and nature, all within the most sublime landscape. The work aims at an idea of freedom, which is reflected in the hand-processed Scope format, but is undercut with a sense of foreboding. There’s no particular story; beginning, middle or end, just fragments of lives lived, rituals performed.

by Hannah Collins, LAFVA 2006

Current History explores the present unique and transitional period of events in the lives of villagers of Beshencevo in central Russia.

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