SHORTS PROGRAM

SCREENING JUNE 24–27, 2021
AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE

HIFF and the Handmade Film Collective are pleased to present a retrospective of the films of Karel Doing. The philosophy of universal connectedness, and cooperation between humans and the natural world, are present in much of Doing's work. This is visible from the very organic and mesmerizing Wilderness Series to the more foreboding world of the Mulch Spider's Dream, through to his creation of phytography, a process in which plants develop their own image when placed on film emulsion. Even in the found-footage film Liquidator we are reminded that just as film from the early 20th century decays and disappears, the people whose likenesses are preserved in the emulsion are gone as well. Nature is never far away, even in the urban landscapes seen in Reve Rive. From the kinetic to the serene, this collection of Doing's work is an entrancing experience. —Herb Theriault