The SAT Fest collection of immersive short films is back for a fourth edition from January 25 to March 3, 2017 in the Satosphere!
The selection combines our most recent local favourites with the best 360° artworks from last fall’s call for international films, all created by a dozen artists from 7 countries, such as: Laszlo Bordos (HU), Jóhann Johannsson (ISL), Fusako Baba (JP), Roman Zavada (CA), Sean Caruso (CA) Beeple (US), Fraction (FR), Nicolas Noël Jodoin (CA), Joël-Aimé Beauchamp (CA) and Julius Horsthuis (NL).
January 25 to March 3, 2017 – Tuesday to Friday – 7 PM
Regular rate: 18$ (+ web service fees) – Buy your ticket online here (and at the SAT)
Length : 40 minutes
TRANSPARENT MACHINE
Beeple (US)
Standing Wave (US) ![]() ![]() Transparent Machine is a 360° adaptation of a previous film, also directed by Beeple. It explores the contradictions within our actions and beliefs regarding transparency.
Visuals : Beeple (FFD Remix) (US) /video> |
ESCAPE
Laszlo Bordos (HU)
Jóhann Johannsson (ISL) ![]() ![]() The film combines figurative content and abstract visuals that take us through a journey of floating bodies. They echo the multiplicity of human destiny and our never-ending quest for a significant path.
Visaels : Laszlo Bordos (HU)
► VISIT LASZLO BORDOS’S WEBSITE /video> |
FLOWER OF AFTERIMAGE
Fusako Baba (JP)
Asako Miyaki (JP) ![]() ![]() This film explores a parallel universe. It slowly guides us to the moment when, by straying away from the secret pathway, a mysterious space opens up, in which sounds and shapes appear from the hidden beauty of flowers.
Visuals : Fusako Baba (JP)
► VISIT FUSAKO BABA’S WEBSITE /video> |
CERNUNNOS
Sean Caruso (CA)
![]() ![]() Edging between science and digital art, Cernnunos tells a subtle and playful story about the CERN and Large Hadron Collider. Will Man be able to control the technology he created, or will technology destroy him, himself, his great works, and all of human race?
Visuals and audio : Sean Caruso (CA) /video> |
RESONANCES BOREALES
Roman Zavada (CA)
Dominic St-Amant et Bruno Colpron (CA) ![]() ![]() Resonance Boreale (here in a short film version) is a film in which the music of pianist Roman Zavada dialogs through his instrument’s vibrations with northern lights filmed in 360°. Plunge at the heart of the boreal forest!
Visuals : Dominic St-Amant & Bruno Colpron (CA)
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ISOMETRIC
Fraction (FR)
Julius Horsthuis (NL) ![]() ![]() Isometric tells the story of a slow descent into the deepest depths, a world made of constant recombinations, like Julius Horsthuis’s work on the infinite nature of fractals. In this imaginary world, you travel in a distorted way, surrounded by illegible patterns.
Visuals : Julius Horsthuis (NL)
► VISIT JULIUS HORSTHUIS’S WEBSITE /video> |
TIM
Nicolas Noël Jodoin (CA)
Joël-Aimé Beauchamp (CA) ![]() ![]() Excerpt from the film tim; in it, you will plunge inside tim’s inner world (by accompanying him in his existential quest) and so fall with him through the dreamlike landscapes of his universe.
Visuals : Nicolas Noël Jodoin (CA)
► VISIT NICOLAS NOËL JODOIN’S WEBSITE /video> |
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IMMERSIVE FILM + SUPPER Combine your immersive experience with a culinary experience (starter + main course). Starter choices : Potage parmentier, Pain plat garni, Endive grillée , Maquereau en escabèche ou Oeuf mollet et verdure. ► see the whole menu ► buy your combo |