39th edition 2024 short & midlength films
The Instability of Clouds
Zazie Ray-Trapido
An American residential area with its houses and nicely kept gardens. After a traumatic experience, two neighbours bond and hash over the story that still haunts the neighbourhood.
Zazie Ray-Trapido holds a MFA in Film/Video from the California Institute of the Arts. Her work expands on traditional documentary and narrative formats, engaging with analog film techniques, archives, and performance. The Instability of Clouds is her third short movie.
A word from the selection committee:
The Instability of Clouds opens on one of the tens of thousands suburban American towns. A mere few shots are enough to set the scene, our subconscious - over-saturated with images of nondescript American suburbs - quickly conjures up the off-screen world itself; and as the two characters appear, viewers have already decided on their past and present. Two desperate housewives share their secrets about a tragedy that occurred years ago in the neighbourhood. But suddenly, Zazie Ray Trapido shifts gears. Like a worn record, images spin out of control, abandoning any narrative structure; the houses vanish, giving way to an almost slapstick air-house tour. The young filmmaker experiments, toys with conventions, and invites us to reflect about nature and residential areas, present and future, through time and space.
― Clairemma Blot
- Interprétation
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Lucas BRAHME, Diane, Nancy
- Scénario
- Zazie RAY-TRAPIDO
- Photographie
- Zazie RAY-TRAPIDO, Leonardo PIRONDI
- Son
- Zazie RAY-TRAPIDO
- Montage
- Zazie RAY-TRAPIDO
- Décors
- Zazie RAY-TRAPIDO
- Production
- Zazie RAY-TRAPIDO, Leonardo PIRONDI
CONTACT :
Zazie RAY-TRAPIDO
zazieraytrapido@alum.calarts.edu