Analog

There could hardly be a more telling contrast between the analog and digital eras than the beautifully blurry memories captured in a Polaroid picture and the thousands of pin-sharp photos on an iPhone. In this ambitious visual essay, Willem Baptist explores the visionary genius of Edwin H. Land, the inventor of the Polaroid camera. Even today, all sorts of people are keeping his instant dream alive. Former Polaroid employee Stephen Herchen moved from the United States to Europe to work in a laboratory developing the 2.0 version of Polaroid. Christopher Bonanos, the author of Instant: The Story of Polaroid, tells us, "When I heard Polaroid would stop making film, it felt like a close friend had died." Artist Stefanie Schneider, who is working with the last of her stock of Polaroid film, is using the blurring that occurs with expired film as an additional aesthetic layer in her photographic work.

Featuring legendary recording engineer Steve Albini, 'Document: A film about Malojian' captures the energy of a band at the top of their game, as they rush to complete their third album, "This is Nowhere", in just four days.

Un aspirante a cineasta de 21 años se sienta a comentar viejos vídeos caseros mientras contempla la vida, el paso del tiempo, y el cine como medio en sí mismo.

A further endulgance into analog media

A short educational documentary on early electronic composition and synthesizers.

An experimental VHS dance film

The zero-frame is a frame on a film roll that is not meant to be used as part of that frame is usually exposed to light. This film is composed of zero-frames, taken over the course of 3 years.