23rd Madurai Film Festival 2021 : Animation, Music Videos and Experimental films

23rd Madurai Film Festival 2021
Animation, Music videos and experimental films

The Fox of the Palmgrove
Dir: Divakar SK;08:56 mins; German, Tamil with English subtitles; 2019; India; animation

A random television visual triggers the memories of an old man in which we go through a sequence of random events that summarizes his entire life.

Bloodslide - Pica (Official Video)
Dir: Evan Pearce, Josh Tokarsky; 05:11mins; English; 2021; Canada; animation

The music video depicts Pica - the compulsive appetite for substances considered outside the realm of the acceptable consumables such as ice, hair, metal. Both of the elements, nature and human body are deeply connected, existing in an undisturbed and sublime state. The digitization of these elements using machine learning and medical imaging highlights the divergent attributions of value we assign to these elements in the digital space, and the fact that we - like those who suffer from Pica - are constantly fighting an appetite to consume these digital ghosts.

Kapaat
Dir: Janvi Madabusi; 14:00 mins; Marathi with English subtitles; 2021; India; experimental

As a 10 year old kid loses his favorite cupboard (kapaat) to a dowry transaction he sets out on a quest to buy a new one.

Not Far Out
Dir: Beran Ergün; 11:46 mins; Portuguese with English subtitles; 2021; Germany; experimental

For his training, an extreme swimmer goes to the sea at dawn. On this day the waves are very rough, and the man has problems to keep his head above the water. In what will probably be his last moments he makes an unexpected discovery. 

The bird
Dir: Perrine Lamy-Quique; 05:33 mins; 2020; France; experimental

A man. A woman. A bird. The water and the sky of our memories.

Angel
Dir: Lina Asadullina; 13:36 mins; Russian, Tatar with English subtitles; 2021; Russian Federation; experimental

The year is 2027! A young woman tenderly cares for her one-year-old child, enjoying every moment of his presence or thinking that she is enjoying …… ..?! Or maybe, she is saying goodbye?!

Fallen Friends
Dir: Russell Lake, JazzElle; 04:01 mins; English; 2021; United States; music video

The verse relays two allegories... and the chorus sings out a heartfelt response.

Devoid of Sense: Dark Side of Your Soul
Dir: Maxim Vorobyev; 03:25 mins; English; 2021; Russian Federation; music video