In celebration of being awarded the Young Amsterdam Art Support Award, Michael Bucuzzo and Astrid Ardagh are showcasing a selection of their films at Filmhuis Cavia. The lineup provides a thought-provoking journey across various thematic terrains, from the existential crisis of a hijacked airplane to the omnipresence of the Arctic winter. Expect a mixture of experimental visuals, personal reflections on memory, and philosophical inquiries into our relationship with technology, nature, and identity. The directors will be present for a Q&A after the screening.
 

Stress Eating Time
Michael Bucuzzo | 2023 | NL | 11’ | no subs

Crushed under the unbearable weight of time, an airplane has an existential crisis and hijacks itself. Air travel cinema is reappropriated to explore the suspended zone between arrival and departure, life and death, technology and spirituality.
 

Har du sett ho
Astrid Ardagh | 2023 | Norway | 15’ | EN subs

Set on a remote Arctic island where the sun doesn’t shine for two months every winter, the film is a poetic investigation into our relationship to darkness and the cycles of nature.
 

A sneak peek of Astrid Ardagh’s film
Astrid Ardagh | 2024 | Norway | 20’ | EN subs
 

Eudora
Michael Bucuzzo | 2015 | US | 10’ | no subs

Eudora explores the family home through the eyes of a returning spirit: my grandfather. Eudora uses its images as a resurrection force to examine the ambiguity of memory and reality, and its further degradation through the act of recollecting.
 

We Always Aim Higher
Michael Bucuzzo | 2022 | NL | 10’ | no subs

In a flow of digital feeds, a dedicated manager enforces the company credo: We’re more than a team. We’re greater than a family. Every day we improve, correct, and optimize. We Always Aim Higher.
 

A forgotten childhood
Astrid Ardagh | 2022 | NL | 11’ | EN subs

Compiled from home movies shot by Astrid’s father during her childhood, the film takes the viewer on a journey through time and place. Drawing parallels from different cultural and historical perspectives the narrator questions where our lost memories go.