Film Format: 16mm

  • Unconscious London Strata

    …the nearest equivalent to the NON-pictorial workings of my mind which these London scenes, before my eyes and camera lens, would afford – each scenic possibility distorted from any easily identifiable picture to some laborious reconstruction of the mind’s eye at the borders of the unconscious. It was two years before I could even begin to edit; and then some visual-song of all of England’s history began to move thru this material… (SB) “Prisms, focus shift and visible grain lend a degree of abstraction to images which slowly become recognizable (and, to the British eye, familiar) buildings and house fronts……

  • Under the Lizards

    The spirit of modern Polish society is embodied in a rich cultural heritage. Internationally celebrated filmmaker and artist David Rimmer reveals Polish life through a montage of live music footage, personal interviews with artists (primarily musicians), and everyday images. This poetic documentary captures the essence of a people who have maintained an undying commitment to artistic expression despite historical challenges. Included are reflections on the emergence of jazz music at a time when it was banned by the state, the changeover from communist rule to a free marketplace, and the role of women artists in Poland. Award: Best Documentary (Arts…

  • Under White Skies

    “Under White Skies” is a visual discussion of an event, a woman’s lonely decision that is portrayed in stark black and white. Three points-of-view depicting the same event result in one reality. Time, place and order are taken out of context within an essentially narrative structure.

  • Understanding Science

    A taxonomical crash course listing, ordering, classifying phrases, words, letter and numbers. A collision course of the domesic and fragments received from “out there.” A visual assault course of home movie footage of the filmmaker’s family, drawings and text repeated and reprocessed on film, video and computer. A correspondence course from expatriot Australian de Bryun. Can we ever truly understand science?

  • Undivided Attention

    An episodic road movie, “Undivided Attention” offers experiences in cinematic metaphor and structure that contradict, tickle and soothe our desire to understand and make sense of what we see or think we see. A young couple driving in an open car take the viewer through more than twenty intriguing sequences that stimulate the visual sensibility as the film explores the relationship between intellectual and sensual knowledge. It also comments on some conventions of narrative and documentary and has some fun with film theory. “Undivided Attention” works on various levels, the most accessible being entertainment value and on a more astute…

  • Undressing Dominion

    A stylized investigation into male hysteria reveals the romance of filmmaking.

  • Unicorn

    An unexpected encounter between a small boy and a toy unicorn is intended to encourage children’s imagination through the suggestion of magic. This visual poem includes an elementary school study pamphlet which explores the art of story-telling, introduction of myth and an awareness of changing cityscapes. French and English study guide availabe.

  • Unknown Soldiers

    “In ‘Unknown Soldiers’, Veronika Soul uses experimental film techniques to create a visual and aural mélange that features children’s harrowing tales of wartime Japan, a retelling of ‘Godzilla,’ a Japanese tourist atop the Empire State Building, and a meditation on the role of the hamburger in the life of a traveller… Hers is an original, amusing and sometimes distrurbing vision of East-West relations.” – Karen Cooper, Director of Film Forum, NYC

  • Untilled Story, The

    Using stock footage from NFB’s Nature Studies, puppetry, and real-life clips, Francis Leeming and Cathy Quinn draw an analogy of women as flowers who need nurturing by positive female role models. Entitled “The Untilled Story,” the film is a pun that plays on notions of Mother Nature and Man’s Science and technology. Part of Five Feminist Minutes.

  • Bird

    This portrait of a guinea fowl is the first clear vision I’ve had of the hot-blooded dinosaurs still living among us. (SB)