Sydney Film Festival
Dendy Opera Quays
19.06.08
Introduced by Solange Farkas , Director Videobrasil and MAM. Presented with Sydney Film Festival and The Brasilian Consulate with support from the Australian Film Commission.
VIDEOBRASIL JURY SELECTION
Investigative depth and apprehensions concerning contemporary society mark the prizewinning works at the 16th International Electronic Art Festival SESC_Videobrasil. The jury was composed of David Cranswick (Australia), director of d/Lux/MediaArts in Sydney; Jean-Paul Fargier (France), cinema critic and lecturer; Martin Mhando (Tanzania), filmmaker, curator, and academic; Berta Sichel (Brazil), director of the Audiovisual Department of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid; and Daniela Bousso (Brazil), director of Paço das Artes and Museu da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo. In addition to the prize-winning works on this programme, awards were also conferred for the loops As mãos do Epô (Ayrson Heráclito, Brazil-BA) and Jerk off 2 - Projeto dízima periódica (Alice Miceli, Brazil-RJ).
The video The Chemical and Physical Perception, in the Eye of the Cat, in the Moment of the Cut (Marcello Mercado, Argentina) received honorable mention.
