SELF-PORTRAITS
Panorama
Solitary artists before and behind the camera. With a healthy dose of self-knowledge they portray themselves, at times vulnerable, at times sincere but always very recognizable and self-conscious.
TV-X-PERM.
Michael Brynntrup
VIDEO / 00:03:20 / GERMANY / 2002
My self-portrait as a homosexual for Arte TV. Being homosexual as an assignment. Elastic reality as a program.
GOLDEN MELODIES
Mourad Cheraït
VIDEO / 00:09:00 / GERMANY, TUNISIA / 2001
Mourad Cheraït is the main character in his own film. With a certain amount of self-mockery he describes his craving for attention and the emptiness remaining after the applause.
THE FINE ARTS
Cooper Battersby, Emily Vey Duke
VIDEO / 00:03:38 / CANADA / 2002
“I hate the fine arts, I hate…. and am disgusted by the fine arts, because, um, the fine arts are always made with artifice.”
AJENO DE SI
Marieke van der Lippe
VIDEO / 00:24:00 / SPAIN / 2001, 2002
The longing for love and an unhealthy degree of affection during a stay in Spain.
PRESIDENT
Kazumi Kanemaki
VIDEO / 00:11:00 / JAPAN / 2001
Reading books and thinking about becoming a president at home won’t let you to be a president.