Movies: Light

A Short Christmas film set in the 1980's. A young boy befriends a strange man living in the forest. After the boy passes away, on the following christmas a mysterious light appears in the sky. The light catches the mans attention as well as the siste...

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With a static camera Tan films the dense night-time traffic in West Los Angeles from her temporary studio location at the Getty Center. Undercutting the cinematic quality inherent in this view of teeming traffic, the upright frame instead suggests a ...

Street lights and telephone wires speak the language of God....

In this film, Takamori Saigo, known as the last true samurai, comes back to life and wanders around in towns in Kagoshima. A light animation by TOCHKA....

Three survivors fight to escape a monstrous alternate universe with only one key to get out....

Isolated in her room, a girl marks the passage of time, waiting for a special day....

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On a film set a light fixture breaks down. The two electricians Olaf and Stefan are called to replace it. The gaffer is not there, so Stefan sees his chance to prove himself to everyone. Olaf on the other side has made muffins and wants to eat them w...

Shadow tells the story of Mirage, whose love for his family deepens after a tragic incident injures his parents. Years later, their bond is tested when hidden truths emerge, throwing Mirage into inner turmoil...

An archival fiction feature about the eternal battle of the sexes, in which two star-crossed lovers trapped in a kingdom of shadows fight to keep their love alive as they gradually fall in hate. Their names are Forever Man and Forever Woman. They ar...

Take a look inside Jimmy's life and his ways....

Light is a fascinating phenomenon. Without light, there would be no cinema, no film – and no life. So light is at the origin of everything, and yet it remains invisible to the eye until it hits matter. This moment is – quite literally – the starting ...

Short experimental light animation by Tochka....

After the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011, I witnessed many changes. Towns were lost in a moment. Children living in Fukushima couldn’t go out and play freely. This work was made from the pictures drawn in the landscapes of ...

Twilight sets in along the coast of Jard-sur-Mer....

After a power cut one night, Stan thinks he is seeing things. All alone, he must face what lurks in the dark....

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A study of light and shadows on a late summer afternoon....

editing experiments with a light source. my first experience with editing. originally made in march 2023...