Three experimental works curated by aemi for Cork International Film Festival 2023 including the world premiere of Lisa Freeman’s Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss produced as part of the aemi/SIRIUS Film Commission 2024. Alongside that are the grabbed, interstitial moments of Laida Lertxundi and Ren Ebel’s In a Nearby Field and a singalong psychedelic interpersonal journey by way of Jodie Mack’s epic Dusty Stacks of Mom.
Film information
Lisa Freeman, Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss, 2023, Ireland, digital, 13 mins
Laida Lertxundi, Ren Ebel, In a Nearby Field, 2023, Spain, 16mm/digital, 16 mins
Jodie Mack, Dusty Stacks of Mom, 2013, United States, 16mm/digital, 41 mins.
Running time: 70 mins
Lisa Freeman, Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss
Lisa Freeman’s new film; Approx 1 Second of a Sweet Kiss charts the tender interactions between strangers in sun-drenched urban and interior spaces. Gestures of bodies push up against sounds to create an evocative and dizzying tension.
Laida Lertxundi, Ren Ebel, In a Nearby Field
A man, a woman and their young daughter live together in an apartment in the Basque Country. Domestic chores and everyday gestures are superimposed onto lush, green landscapes.
Jodie Mack, Dusty Stacks of Mom: The Poster Project
Interweaving the forms of personal filmmaking, abstract animation, and the rock opera, this animated musical documentary examines the rise and fall of a nearly-defunct poster and postcard wholesale business; the changing role of physical objects and virtual data in commerce; and the division (or lack of) between abstraction in fine art and psychedelic kitsch.
