MINIMAL SWAY WHILE STARTING MY WAY UP
A film by Stéphanie Lagarde
2021 | Digital Video | Color | 25fps
As an intelligent elevator discovers the world, we get to know the invisible links between extreme heights –the mega-tall tower, speculative object and symbol for social, cultural and economical domination– and extreme depths –the deep mine, place of natural wealth extraction and colonial exploitation. As doubts, fears and desires melt in the consciousness of the elevator, existence becomes a battle to justify itself.
Awards:
2021 Best Short Film - Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing (CN)
2022 National Award - Leiden Shorts, Leiden (NL)
Selections:
2021 Short and Medium-Length International Competition - RIDM, Montreal (CA)
2021 Film Market - Dokleipzig, Leipzig (DE)
2021 Explora Official Competition - Cortocircuito, Santiago de Compostela (SP)
2021 International Competition - Winterthur International Short Film Festival, Winterthur (CH)
2021 Bild ist Data ist Bild - Kasseler Dokfest, Kassel (DE)
2021 International Competition - Beijing International Short Film Festival, Beijing (CN)
2022 Short Film Market Picks - Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, Clermont Ferrand (FR)
2022 Dutch Competition - Go Short, Nijmegen (NL)
2022 Installations -Turku Video Art Festival, Turku (FI)
2022 Perspective Program - Akbank Short Film Festival, Akbank (TU)
2022 Urban View Competition - Short Waves, Poznan (PL)
2022 New Signs Competition - Lago Film Fest, Revine Lago (IT)
2022 Meta-versus-me / National Competition - Leiden Shorts, Leiden (NL)
2022 Going Nowhere - Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Winnipeg (CA)
2022 Expedition - Vienna Shorts VIS, Vienna (AU)
2022 On Phenomenology International Competition - VideoEx, Zurich (CH)
2023 Video Power 10 Years Program - Transitions, Maastricht (NL)
2023 Machine Perspectives - Onion City Experimental Film Festival, Chicago (US)
2023 Video Power Program - Hamburg International Short Film Festival, Hamburg (DE)
2023 VIDEONALE.19 - Videonale, Bonn (DE)
2023 Erde Ohne Boden - Festival Werkleitz - Mein Schatz, Halle (DE)
2023 Soirée de projection - CHANTIER: Excavations & Espaces Artificialisés, Montreal (CA)