SHIMMER Women Athletes Volume 118

Artistry in Rhythm Short film featuring band leader Stan Kenton and vocalist Anita O'Day.

Cars, Cars! This film belongs to a group of works that constitute manifestations of Robakowski’s engaged attitude towards social reality. Here, his interests focus on the rhythm of the city, the dynamics of passing cars, recorded with a fast-panning camera set at a single point. The video recording is accompanied by Robakowski’s voice, commenting off-screen, with constantly varying intonation and speed of uttering words, on what is happening in the street. The energy of the urban landscape is contrasted with the calmness of the space in which the camera is placed, which introduces a tension that reflects the author’s emotional state.

Downhill A medical doctor is betrayed and turned against by those he trusts the most and that begins a turn for the worse

Nude Descending a Stairc...

Herndon A high-school nerd goes to his 10-year class reunion.

Quiet Room Bears Simon's weekend alone quickly turns into a nightmarish spiral into madness and horror with the arrival of a mysterious teddy bear, whose dark origins are more sinister than they seem.

Machine De Cirque

Cotton Candy Dreams A little girl by the name of Dimple sees cotton candy for the first time but can’t afford it. She goes on a beautiful journey through Dumaguete City to find a way to earn her treat. From traveling through fields to learning the 'Tinikling' dance, Dimple emerges a triumphant child but it’s actually her mother who learns an invaluable lesson.

Agrabagrabah A film about September 11, 1991/2001/2057. Shot entirely in-camera on Kodak 5285 - Ektachrome and Kodak 5205 - Vision2.

Enrollment Day Elwah Gonzales, Keanu Rafil, and Nonilon Torpez all had art within them back when they were young. But like everyone else, they had to grow up and start making decisions. Enrollment Day is a deconstruction of the growth of an artist focused on the choice to take up an entirely different path during their formative collegiate years and what happened after.