Project Detail

Films To Break Projectors

Synopsis

‘Films to Break Projectors’ glues, scrapes and splices 35mm, 16mm, and super 8 film to create defective and unprojectable celluloid sculptures.
Hi-res scanning and digital stop motion reanimates the material and reveals its potential motion and colour music within, where traces of ambiguous narratives emerge from the complex loops.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Experimenta Strand

Details

Year
2016
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
5 mins 7 secs
Format
35mm, 16mm, 8mm, Digital
Director
iloobia
Producer
Tim Grabham
Editor
Tim Grabham
Sound
iloobia, dissolving path
Audio Mix
Paul Pascoe
Film Images
© cinema iloobia 2016

Production Status

Production Company

cinema iloobia

Tim Grabham
312 Portland Road
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 5LP

Sales Company

c/o cinema iloobia

Tim Grabham
312 Portland Road
Hove
East Sussex
BN3 5LP

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

See also

You may also be interested in other relevant projects in the database.

Cocoon Cocoon

Director: Yiwei Chen

Year: 2024

A girl wakes up alone in the dark and surreal night, triggering fragmented memories of neglect by her caregivers.

The Art of Walking Backwards The Art of Walking Backwards

Director: Victoria Davis

Year: 2025

A tribute to British-French-Polish avant-garde artists Franciszka Themerson and Stefan Themerson.<br /> The director revisits the work of the Themersons, some 15 years after TRACES, her previous film about the couple - collecting new memories and featuring contributions from Michael Horowitz, Barbara Right, Nick Wadley.

The Wickywock and the JubJub Berry The Wickywock and the JubJub Berry

Director: Cat Johnston, Joseph Wallace

Year: 2025

In a woodland glade, an exhausted mythical creature is suffering from insomnia. When a small, verbose forest sprite appears and offers a sedative, it sounds like a perfect solution, but the fatigued Wickywock is too impatient to heed the Sprite’s terms.