“Blackworms” @ Oberhausen
BLACKWORMS
This is not a film by Khavn
SYNOPSIS
A young woman faced with the crimes of her past suffers punishment of a Dantean nature. But what was her crime? And why does the saying “After everything, nothing” resonate through her life?
Director & Producer: Khavn De La Cruz
Writer: Joseph Nacino
Cinematographer: Albert Banzon
Editing & Sound Design: Lawrence S. Ang
Music: Juan Silos Jr. and Ariston Avelino
Production Design & Production Management: Kristine Kintana
Cast: Donna Miranda
Production Company: Filmless Films
Year: 2009
Country: Philippines
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OBERHAUSEN
In the course of more than five decades, the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen has become one of the world’s most respected film events – a place where filmmakers and artists such as Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Roman Polanski, Alexander Kluge and Werner Herzog, and more recently Ulrike Ottinger, Romuald Karmakar, Pipilotti Rist, Jean-Pierre Jeunet and François Ozon have presented their first films.
Up until today, the Festival continues its tradition of launching up and coming filmmakers and setting trends – whether it’s the early recognition of short videos, the support of music videos, the exploration of new digital formats or its openness for the interaction between art and the short form.
Due to its unconventional view of short film, the Festival has always been very successful in resisting being pinned down to a certain image. It has nevertheless managed to instigate various political and aesthetical developments, for instance through the Oberhausener Manifest, perhaps the most important group document in the history of German film. Careful programming and a pioneering choice of subjects has helped the Festival to build up its exclusive position in an increasingly unpredictable market.
Furthermore, in cooperation with its media partners, ARTE, 3sat, Ki.Ka (the children’s channel of ARD and ZDF, 2000- 2007) and INTRO, the Festival has helped to open up new audiences for short films. In their short film programs, ARTE and 3sat have been cooperating with the Festival for years, while in 2001 MTV televised 25 short films from the programmes of the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen.
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