Experimental Program
Friday, April 21, 9 PM, at The Minor for our Experimental program!
Cal Poly Humboldt Students get in free!
General Admission: $12
Night ride from LA
Based on a real car ride at night from downtown LA to the desert near Palm Springs a few years ago. The footage was taken from the car by continually shooting single long exposure photos to document the ride of about two hours without any break. A love letter to the energy and vibe of the Californian way of life.
Dir. Martin Gerigk
5 minutes
Germany
Stairway DOwn
A staircase leading down into a dark basement. Traveling into it's depths, may not reveal the answers you seek.
Dir. Ryan Wallace
2:09 minutes
USA
Notice of Rejection
The protagonist appears to be unmoved by historical barbarism and societal injustice -- until Rejection hits home. Turning to social media, no one "likes", nor do they follow or even comment on his predicament. He calls the authorities, to no avail. Even a public protest fails to elicit a whisper of sympathy; it's time to let go, so he buries his passion. Having shed the burden, our protagonist turns a new leaf - he decides to see if rejection can be turned around, made benevolent, and perhaps even grow into something that changes his life.
Dir. Steven Vander Meer
13:03 minutes
USA
60 second thoughts: Volume 2
A new collection of anti-commercials created to question the answers. The three shorts in volume two include: “Last Lie”, a warning about what you should believe; “True Predictions”, a look at what to expect in ten years; and “Ubik”, a solution for your simulated worlds.
Dir. David Baeumler
3:46 minutes
USA
Woman in Gold
A man wakes up on a strange beach, and is guided by a mysterious woman through the forest. Whilst being guided, he is also being stalked by a haunting figure, who closes in on him.
Dir. Matthew Mason
6:49 minutes
USA
Retire.ai
Through text, sound and images from public surveillance cameras, we see how a recently retired AI virtual assistant spends its time.
Dir. Charles Dillon Ward
6:07 minutes
USA
The 200 Phenomena of Calgary, ALBERTA CANADA
In 2009 an anonymous notebook containing 200 stories of occult and magical phenomena was found at the University of Calgary. Since appearing online, the stories have formed new mythologies around the seemingly mundane city of Calgary.
Dir. Nicola Waugh
13 minutes
USA
Philosopher's Stone: The Planet Egg
Philosopher's Stone bounds through the surreal experience of a woman diagnosed with diminished ovarian reserve as she undergoes IVF in a seven minute phantasmagoria.
Dir. Simone Barros
6:46 minutes
USA
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