Timecapsules presents “Cinema Ephemera” at the Nati Frinj 2nd – 4th November

NATIMUK AND THE ‘NATI-FRINJ”

Deep in the heart of the Wimmera, Victoria’s drought beleaguered grain growing district is the sleepy two horse / one pub hamlet of Natimuk (Pop: 500 greater district) . Even if the grain silo’s aren’t brimming with bounty, for the last two biennial “Nati-Frinj” festivals, they have been brought to life with giant video and aerial performance routines…

 

Each Nati-Frinj festival is gaining more momentum and this November its time for its return.
http://www.natimuk.com/html/2007.html is the page for the 2007 program which should be finalised over the course of September 2007 so STAY POSTED

On the weekend commencing on the evening of Friday 2nd and finishing on the early evening Sunday 4th there will be performances, film screenings, exhibitions, featuring a major performance work on Natimuk Lake and a cool party on the Saturday night… If you need to sleep over there is plenty of camping space at the Arapiles National Park.

THE ARAPILES

The Arapiles is perhaps one of the greatest geological wonders of Victoria (imagine a condensed Grampians) a wall of rock spires vaulting out of an otherwise flat landscape. It is a mecca for rock-climbers internationally and another great reason to come out here.. Even the marsupials are chilled out and fearless… Enjoy your Sunday morning post party recovery having brunch on top of the peaceful soul-enriching pinnacles that overlook golden harvest-fields Dont worry about climbing though, you can reach the top easily by car via the reverse slope

CINEMA EPHEMERA

Just make sure you come back in time for Cinema Ephemera as I will be presenting a 145 minute program on the Sunday afternoon 1.00 – 3.30pm… though there will be a local film presentation and a film and live score performance called Subsonic earlier during the weekend..

The Program is…….

Chromophobia – Raoul Servais 1966 (9.26)
A kids story about authoritarianism in which the invading grey forces of control, outlaw all colour in a small town. A child, artist, and a jester set in wheels an inevitable rainbow revolution. Though based on childhood experience of Nazi occupation, Chromophobia is prescient of the psychedelic youth-quake of 68-69.

 

Storytime – Terry Gilliam 1968 (9.00)
The first animation and first film by the Director of “Monty Python’s” cinematic output. Featuring a series of vignettes, trademark “off the wall” antics and plot tangents; all culminating a beautifully tasteless exploration of the Christmas Card.

 

The Isle of Flowers – Jorge Furtado 1989 (12.31)
Bittersweet exploration of the human race through the economic life-cycle of a common tomato. The film employs a unique usage of scientific relativism and educational film style to show the disgraceful state of the poor in Brazil and to expose the primordial dynamics of what we now call globalization.

 

Giselle Kerozene – Jan Kounen 1989 (5.00)
Amazing stop motion animation of three broom-flying transvestite witches battling over a fetish object through the ultra-modern section of Paris. Debut short from the director of “Blueberry” and “Dobermann”.

 

Une Mission Ephemere – Piotr Kamler 1994 (8.09)
A perpetual unveiling of an extra-terrestrial realm within the confines of an Orb, Some aspects of 70’s science fiction and designer sensibilities being most evident.

 

O No Coronado – Craig Baldwin 1992 (40.00)
Craig Baldwins’ least known work is an exploration of the conquering of America by the brutal forces of the Spanish Inquisition. Using his trademark style of blending found footage, live action and poetic narrative, he explores the underlying machinations of colonial power and the decimation of one civilization by another from the 16th Century through to the modern day.

 

El Capitan – Fred Padula 1971 (60.00)
Screening especially for the Arapiles rock- climbing community…. A special presentation of this visually stunning and psychologically revealing climb, miraculously shot on 16mm film. A straight forward document of a three day escalation of “El Capitan”, (Yosemite Valley’s famed kilometre high cliff-face), the film revels in its sheer grandeur, unadorned by extra vocal narrative.