His Last Gesture
Hilka, a snake charmer, is engaged to perform at the Palace Garden. She is romantically involved with Baron Ilfingren. The circus director and Holfer decide to get rid of the gambler by accusing him of cheating, as they
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The Central Gesture
Based on a text by Lisa Robertson (from her bracing book Nilling), a meditation on how cities are bound not by geography but laws and rules designed to exclude. Who is fully human and who works for minimum wage, or no wa
Usual Gesture Drama
A Generous Gesture
Salmawi and Mima dream of joining the Acting Institute, but they are faced with impossible admission exams. They try to enter the world of acting through any other door, but with every attempt, they are accompanied by ba
Notes on Gesture
A Visual essay of indexical failures that examine the bliss of ineffable gestures…
The Saimaa Gesture
A documentary film about a tour of three Finnish rock bands around Saimaa lake system in a steam boat in 1981. The bands (Juice Leskinen Slam, Eppu Normaali and Hassisen Kone) are shown playing songs in their gigs and, i
The Slightest Gesture
Writer and pedagogue Fernand Deligny influenced a number of artists and French intellectuals. His work on autism influenced Deleuze and Guattari's theory of the rhizome. Francois Truffaut turned to his ideas to complete
The Art of Gesture
In a disused chapel, a man is tortured in strange circumstances
The Stand: How One Gesture Shook the World
It is one of the most iconic images of our time: two African-American medal winners at the 1968 Olympics standing in silent protest with heads bowed and fists raised as “The Star Spangled Banner” is played. This documen
The Body is a Gesture
An AI computer-vision system reconstructs footage of humanity in different contexts - business, love, city, joy, protest. The next-frame-prediction technology is trying to predict the future based on just a couple of sec
A Very Large Gesture
Ted Pelkey has been trying to build an 8,000 square-foot garage in his front yard for nearly ten years. His town doesn't seem to want him to, leading Pelkey to channel his frustration in an unusual way.
Thanks for the Gesture
A story about a man and his dog, this film is a wrought urban drama about the gritty realities of life on the street. Middle-aged Michel wanders the streets of Paris aimlessly until he happens upon an abused dog. When th
A Problematic Gesture Toward Auteur Theory
Anagnorisis (noun). A critical moment in a plot or story, wherein the protagonist discovers their true self, leading to the resolution of that plot or story. In this plot or story, our protagonist - a brilliant Auteur -
In a Gesture of Refusal
A Gentle Gesture
The film tells the story of three women who retreat to a flat by the sea. Together, during one day and one night, they endure the suffering one of them is forced to go through. A film about being carried through life's d
Study of Color and Gesture
A Gesture Fight in Hester Street
A comical fight between two Hebrews; one a pushcart man, and the other a suspender peddler.
San Joaquin is a Gesture
When passing through San Joaquín, a Venezuelan town, and seeing its street vendors, one understands the symbolic value of the gesture and its collective significance...
Movements of the Body - 1st Movement: The Gesture
Movements of the Body is an animated trilogy illustrating movements of the mind through movements of the body's parts. The 1st movement: The Gesture captures the essence of postures and movements.