Sat, Feb 18 / 7 pm
Directed by Werner Herzog
2010, France, USA, Germany, Canada, 90 min
Director Werner Herzog takes us deep behind the frontier of an extraordinary place. Having gained unprecedented access despite the tightest of restrictions, he has captured with specially designed 3D cameras the interior of the Chauvet Cave. This is where the world’s oldest known cave paintings were discovered in 1994. In this mesmerizing film he reveals to us a breathtaking subterranean world and leads us to the 32,000 year old artworks.
Plays with:
Gloria Victoria 3D / Directed By Theodore Ushev, 2012, Canada, 6 min / Recycling elements of surrealism and cubism, this animated short by Theodore Ushev focuses on the relationship between art and war. The film presents imagery of combat fronts and massacres, leading us from Dresden to Guernica, from the Spanish Civil War to Star Wars.
Generously sponsored by IATSE 856.
