AN EVENING OF SHORT FILMS celebrating the year of light and light festivals
Wednesday December 2 Bonisteel Library
7:30-9:00 PM
The floor will be cleared for floor seating. Bring a pillow if you want.
(The library as a study venue will not be available, but popcorn will be.)
La Luna
Pixar computer-animated short film, written and directed by Enrico Cararosa. Inspired by Antoine de Exupéry & Italo
Calvino.
Film Link
Loi Krathong Thailand
Yi Peng festival in Northern Thailand. For Northern Thai Buddhists, this is a time to
forgive and receive blessings during a long ceremony and lantern
release.Film Link
Afterglow-Night SkiingNight skiing performance in Alaska with deep powder
and custom-made LED suits.Film Link
James Turrell: A Light Artistwho wants his work to be LIGHT
Film Link
Lyons: Festival of
LightsThe Festival of Lights extends the traditional festival of the 8th of December, when the residents of Lyon (France) celebrate the Virgin Mary.
Film Link
How Electric Lightchanged the night…
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Bioluminescent Forest
Artists Friedrich van Schoor and Tarek Mawad
personified the forest to accentuate the natural
beauty by creating luring luminescent plants and
glowing magical mushrooms that speaks volumes to any visitor that enters the minds of the artists through viewing
"bioluminescent forest".Film Link
Hogmanay—ScotlandHogmanay is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous with the celebration of the New Year.
Film Link
Eighth Blackbird
Meanwhile: Incidental Music for imaginary puppet plays.
Created by Manual Cinema.
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Light & the Little GirlA visual poem by Guy Pooles
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Las Luminarias—Spain
In honor of Saint Antony the Abbot, the patron saint of animals, horses are ridden through the bonfires on the night before the official day of honoring animals in Spain. The tradition which is hundreds of years old is meant to purify and protect the animal along the year.
Film Link
Transcend the Box
—by dandypunk
An adventure that completely destroys the
concepts of thinking "inside/outside the box"
Film Link
Polar NightA time-lapse movie shot entirely in Finmark, Northern
Norway by Borsting Photography Film Link
FILMS (in alphabetical order)
Afterglow. Prod. Mike Brown. Vimeo. Sweetgrass Productions, 11 Oct, 2014. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/108679294>.
Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremony. Prod. CCTV. Youtube. Spring and Autumn, 14 Sept. 2014. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii-n_QSS0og>
Biolumiscent Forest. Dir. Friedrich van Schoor and Tarek Mawad. Vimeo. 3hund, Web. 02 Dec 2015. <https://vimeo.com/115082758>.
Diwali—Festival of Lights. Prod. National Geographic. Youtube. National Geographic, 19 May 2010, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrrW3rO51ak>.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay. Prod. Skyline Productions. Vimeo. Edinburgh's Hogmanay, 13 Oct. 2009. Web. 2 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/7047011>.
Festival Of Lights / Fête Des Lumières, Lyon, 2014. Prod. Ville de Lyon. Vimeo. Pioucube, 8 Jan. 2015. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/116250771>.
Festival of Lights Berlin. Prod. Festival of Lights Berlin. Vimeo. René Hiepen, 10 Oct. 2014. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/108551855>.
How Electric Light Changed the Night. Prod. Deep Look. Youtube. Deep Look. 20 Jan 2015. Web. 02 Dec 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mllam3nKTv4>.
James Turrell. Prod. Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. 2013. Web. 02 Dec 2015. <http://www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/past/exhibit/4819>.
La Luna. Dir. Enrico Casarosa. Pixar, 2011. YouTube. Animated Short Film, 6 Aug. 2015. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzNio77XA8k>.
Lanterns. Dir. Dayne Arnold. Vimeo. Dayne Arnold, 27 Nov. 2012. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/54363450>.
The Light and the Little Girl. Dir. Guy Pooles. Vimeo. Jih-E Peng, 13 May 2014. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/95141298>
Luminarias. Dir. Jorge Cosmen and Guido Manuilo. Vimeo. Jorge Cosmen, 9 Feb. 2012. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/36522159>.
Lux Aerterna. Dir. Cristóbal Vila. Vimeo. Cristóbal Vila, 10 Jan. 2013. Web. 02 Dec. 2015.<https://vimeo.com/57125220>.
Meanwhile (Incidental Music for Imaginary Puppet Plays). Dir. Manual Cinema. Vimeo. eighth blackbird. 17 Oct. 2012. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/51620619>.
The Polar Night. Dir. Borsting Photography. Vimeo. Borsting Photography, 13 May 2014. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/95142152>.
Pursuit of Light. Prod. NASA. Youtube. NASA Goddard, 1 May 2012. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tE5XJzZ-Rw#t=17>.
Transcend the Box. Perf. Flippingmonk. Vimeo. a dandy punk, 1 Dec 2013. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/80747930>.