Right Below the Everest

Thomas Haemmerli is about to celebrate his fortieth birthday when he learns of his mother's death. A further shock follows when he and his brother Erik discover her apartment, which is filthy and full to bursting with junk. It takes the brothers an entire month to clean out the place. Among the chaos, they find films going back to the ...

Runtime

1h 24m

Director

Thomas Haemmerli

Cast

Erik Haemmerli, Bruna Haemmerli, Jörg Haemmerli

A visual documentary of Einstürzende Neubauten, the German underground band, by Japanese cult director Sogo Ishii, made during their 1985 tour of Japan. The band makes an elaborate and remarkably choreographed appearance in the ruins of an old ironworks which was scheduled for demolition; footage of same was incorporated into the movie...

Runtime

58m

Director

Gakuryu Ishii

Cast

Mark Chung, N.U. Unruh, Alexander Hacke

"Meat Joy is an erotic rite — excessive, indulgent, a celebration of flesh as material: raw fish, chicken, sausages, wet paint, transparent plastic, ropes, brushes, paper scrap. Its propulsion is towards the ecstatic — shifting and turning among tenderness, wildness, precision, abandon; qualities that could at any moment be sensual, co...

Runtime

6m

Director

Carolee Schneemann

Cast

Jacques Seiler, Claudia Hutchins

What would happen if the world were suddenly without people - if humans vanished off the face of the earth? How would nature react - and how swiftly? On the edge of Europe, the deserted village of Chernobyl reveals the surprising answer after an unplanned experiment. Chernobyl was abandoned by people after the worst nuclear disaster in...

Runtime

49m

Cast

Paul McGann

An inspiring 75min DIY documentary film on new art and the young artists behind it. It was all filmed on the heat of live action of the first NOVA Contemporary Culture Festival, July and August 2010 in São Paulo, Brazil.

Runtime

1h 15m

Director

Isaac Niemand

Cast

Mulheres Barbadas, Felipe Brait, Tofer Chin