The dog days or dog days of summer were historically the period following the heliacal rising of the star system Sirius, which Hellenistic astrology connected with heat, drought, sudden thunderstorms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs, and bad luck. In this issue, we turn to man's faithful companion to get you through the hot, sultry days of summer. We occasionally crank up the temperature and our dog looks out through its dichromatic vision at our blazing hot vignettes of our shared planet. On Earth, something is always burning these days and we know who the culprits are. It is definitely not the dogs that are mad. These films will make you sweat and for sure send a hot fever upwards to the skies, to Sirius, our beloved star in the Canis major constellation.
In the history of art and religion the myth of Paradise is based on the notion of exclusivity. Edith Stauber thoroughly demythologizes this premise with her animated documentary Enter Paradise for €3.20 : Linz´s Parkbad outdoor swimming pool is portrayed as a more democratic model for a G
In a barren post-apocalyptic wasteland, a creature and his dog find a radio that may lead them to new life.
A broken narrative, a cinematic translation from the Acephale Trilogy by José Luis Serrano, where the dogs of the explorer Amundsen, a Cuban poet inspector who investigates industrial accidents and H.P. Lovecraft cross their paths.
With YouTube videos of dogs, chatbot dialogue windows and iTunes visualizers, See a Dog, Hear a Dog considers the defects and value produced by attempts at communication among humans, animals and machines, both directly and as mediated by one another. Through this, the film becomes an analytical tra
A man and his tiny dog have something in common: obsessive compulsive anxiety disorder. Throughout their quest to heal, they dissect into pieces their surrounding - in its upbringing, fears, and constant inner conflict. A memory is recalled; a memory filled with fear, violence, war, love and a past
Los Rezagados (Left Behind) tells the story of the animals and caregivers at a non-profit shelter in the city of La Paz, Mexico. Against obstacles such as zero government help towards the safety and wellbeing of companion animals, the lack of an adoption culture in the area and the prejudices agains
Léon is old, his body is letting him down. And so he sleeps. Yet above all, Léon dreams. Of love and sausages, of freedom and running wild. A real dog's life.
Kate Prigge of the Monell Chemical Senses Center studies what things smell like—to us, to canines, and to machines. By using many different sensing technologies, from mass spectrometers to working dogs, she is honing in on the smells that signal health and disease. In her latest work, Prigge i
An expanded view of the lunch crowd at an open-air restaurant, from a bird's-eye of the exterior to the depths of the interior.
A darkly comic and twisted story set in the backdrop of the 60s Space Race, Joshua Tuthill's Black Dog sees the relationship between a pair of brothers disintegrate after the loss of a parent. Utilising the dry comedic sensibility of stop motion animation, Tuthill evokes David Lynch in his Cain and
For unknown reasons, Irish puppy Robin was dumped at a dog pound in Cork. One year later she has become a Swedish family dog. A documentary about an Irish puppy who was left at a dog pound in Cork, Ireland. A year later, his new owner in Sweden ponders how he found his way to her family.
Lek and the Dogs was conceived as a crossover project between narrative film, contemporary art piece, performance and documentary. The narrative was inspired by the award-winning play Ivan And The Dogs by Hattie Naylor, based on the true story of Ivan Mishukov, who walked out of his apartment at the
End of August. In the afternoon. Boubou, age seven, is getting bored in the campsite. Around her, heatwave and nap. Her parents are making 'their love' in the caravan. She decides to run away in the bushes and invites Dani to play with the storm.
Not easy is the life of Laika, a female dog living on the outskirts of a Russian city. After her capture and retraining, she becomes a pioneer in astronautics. Other animals follow Laika into space, launch.
In order to live and film at dog's height, Giulia and Clara were taken out walking by Penelope, Muriel, Philo and Aurelie for a few weeks. The relationships between these women and their dogs accord gracefully. They are made of rituals and chance and reinvent their daily life. Since the beginning of
In a stray-dog refuge in Morocco, time seems to stand still for the 750 animals waiting to be adopted, their lives following a precise, monotonous routine.
A man move into a new flat. We quickly noticed that the quiet space is only furnished by him and a couch. At dusk, an unlikely visitation disturbed his first night in.
ADAM is a coming-of-age story about a teenage girl, Elizabeth, and her best friend Adam, the dog. Elizabeth has never met her father, and her single parent mother is usually away on business trips. Elizabeth is the only child, and craves a genuine connection with someone. Due to her many bad experie
"It must be about one week since it happened...." A deserted beach in the morning, empty alleyways in the midday heat, panoramas of a grid of streets where no movement can be perceived from the distance. What looks like the normal downtime in the rhythm of a Southern European coastal city's day &mda
A dream logic, black comic exploration of climate change and its insidious effects on the human psyche. Convinced that civilization is on the brink of collapse, two women set out on a journey through New York City parks in search of a river that will take them to a far away island. But does the rive
Light patterns that show up around the Sun, technically called parhelia, are a natural phenomenon that has fascinated mankind for at least 2300 years, since Aristotle's time. In cold regions, sunlight interacts with small ice crystals suspended in the atmosphere and, under certain conditions, gives
Wolves From Above is a meditation on a pack of wolves filmed from the air.
Always wanted an extra fluffy rabbit, a legless cat, or a dog on two legs? Dr Schönbacher's new app makes it easy for you to design and order your own! The Breeder tells the story of a scientist who uses genetic modification to design custom-made pets. These hyper-cute creatures melt hearts wor
With a pulsating sound comes an Austrian still life stripped bare: summer holidays, backwoods, boredom. Two girlfriends ponder the future and shoot the breeze. Frustrated by the eternal monotony, they channel their adolescent insecurities into spontaneous outbursts of aggression. Playing to that on
A portrait of the lives and rituals of the native people of the Totonac village of Veracruz illustrates the rhythms of their pre-industrial and deeply spiritual lives. An ethnography in the best sense of the word, Jose Álvarez's film transports us to the Totonac village of Zapotal, Santa Cruz
Contrary to what the title of the film suggests, River Plate is not set in the stadium of the eponymous Argentinian soccer club, but instead, along the gravel banks of a flowing river bed in northern Italy, where a group of swimmers has gathered on a hot summer day. Nonetheless, references to sports
It's a hot day at the municipality's lido. A place where the whole village meets to satisfy their daily need for fries with sausages and to cool off in the lukewarm water of the lake and the pool. In his roughly twelve-minute debut film, Benjamin Laabmayr shows the village swimming pool as a site of
Şaban voluntarily feeds stray animals in the city of Van. A lover of animals, Şaban makes an effort to feed stray dogs out of working hours in the secluded streets and regions of the city. He contributes to their nourishment by taking the leftovers collected from his home, relatives and neighbors to
"Dogsledding lives at the intersection of skill and chaos…" PULL is a short documentary film that delves into reflections on journeying the cold Northern Canadian landscape by dog sled.
This film is about the separation of two lovers Whiskey a pug and Soph his Master. It's about how a dog feels when his master leaves for higher education.
THE MEETUP is a typical boy meets girl story with the help of his best friend, his dog.
Saaghi and her two friends have come to the largest park in Teheran to take pictures of the one-in-a-century total eclipse announced later in the afternoon. Mischievous and rebellious, they steal a camera stand, lie to their parents and discuss boys as well as an upcoming party. Their wanderings lea
Pollution, global warming, overpopulation, for Jean-Claude and Maddy, there is only one solution: to leave the earth and ask for help from extraterrestrials. But when a little green man comes along to save them, things don't quite go as planned.
Magical snapshots captured in uncut takes: In three short films, documentary filmmaker Peter Roehsler captures the everyday summer-time life of people and places in their wondrous momentariness. Three miniatures of life presented as inquisitive observations of incidental matters. In A Window Is A Mi
A downtrodden house dog escapes into the woods at night to follow the psychedelic temptations of the natural world.