A collection of short films celebrating light and light festivals @ICA.

1. AN EVENING OF
SHORT FILMS
celebrating the year of
light and light festivals
Wednesday December 2
Bonisteel Library
7:30-9:00 PM

3. La Luna
Pixar computer-
animated short film,
written and directed
by Enrico Cararosa.
Inspired by Antoine
de Exupéry & Italo
Calvino.
Film Link

5. Loi Krathong
Thailand
Yi Peng festival in Northern
Thailand. For Northern Thai
Buddhists, this is a time to
forgive and receive
blessings during a long
ceremony and lantern
release.
Film Link

8. Afterglow-Night Skiing
Night skiing performance in Alaska with deep powder
and custom-made LED suits.
Film Link

11. James Turrell: A Light Artist
who wants his work to be LIGHT
Film Link

14. Lyons:
Festival of
Lights
The Festival of Lights
extends the traditional
festival of the 8th of
December, when the
residents of Lyon (France)
celebrate the Virgin Mary.
Film Link

16. How Electric Light
changed the night…
Film Link

19. Bioluminescent
Forest
Artists Friedrich van Schoor
and Tarek Mawad
personified the forest to
accentuate the natural
beauty by creating luring
luminescent plants and
glowing magical mushrooms
that speaks volumes to any
visitor that enters the minds
of the artists through viewing
"bioluminescent forest".
Film Link

21. Hogmanay—Scotland
Hogmanay is the Scots word for the last day of the year and is synonymous
with the celebration of the New Year.
Film Link

23. NASA
—pursuit of light
Film Link

26. Eighth Blackbird
Meanwhile: Incidental Music
for imaginary puppet plays.
Created by Manual Cinema.
Film Link

29. Light & the Little Girl
A visual poem by Guy Pooles
Film Link

31. Las Luminarias—Spain
In honor of Saint Antony the
Abbot, the patron saint of
animals, horses are ridden
through the bonfires on the
night before the official day
of honoring animals in
Spain. The tradition which is
hundreds of years old is
meant to purify and protect
the animal along the year.
Film Link

34. Lux Aerterna
a short film by Cristóbal Villa
Film Link

37. Berlin Festival of Lights
Film Link

40. Transcend the
Box
—by dandypunk
An adventure that
completely destroys the
concepts of thinking "inside/
outside the box"
Film Link

43. Diwali
India’s Festival of Lights
Film Link

45. Polar Night
A time-lapse movie shot entirely in Finmark, Northern
Norway by Borsting Photography
Film Link

48. Beijing Olympics
a light show like no other…
Film Link

51. FILMS (in alphabetical order)
Afterglow. Prod. Mike Brown. Vimeo. Sweetgrass Productions, 11 Oct,
2014. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/108679294>.
Beijing 2008 Opening Ceremony. Prod. CCTV. Youtube. Spring
and Autumn, 14 Sept. 2014. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii-n_QSS0og>
Biolumiscent Forest. Dir. Friedrich van Schoor and Tarek Mawad.
Vimeo. 3hund, Web. 02 Dec 2015. <https://vimeo.com/115082758>.
Diwali—Festival of Lights. Prod. National Geographic. Youtube. National
Geographic, 19 May 2010, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=HrrW3rO51ak>.
Edinburgh's Hogmanay. Prod. Skyline Productions. Vimeo. Edinburgh's
Hogmanay, 13 Oct. 2009. Web. 2 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/7047011>.

52. Festival Of Lights / Fête Des Lumières, Lyon, 2014. Prod. Ville de Lyon.
Vimeo. Pioucube, 8 Jan. 2015. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/
116250771>.
Festival of Lights Berlin. Prod. Festival of Lights Berlin. Vimeo. René
Hiepen, 10 Oct. 2014. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/
108551855>.
How Electric Light Changed the Night. Prod. Deep Look. Youtube. Deep
Look. 20 Jan 2015. Web. 02 Dec 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Mllam3nKTv4>.
James Turrell. Prod. Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Solomon R.
Guggenheim Foundation. 2013. Web. 02 Dec 2015. <http://
www.guggenheim.org/new-york/exhibitions/past/exhibit/4819>.
La Luna. Dir. Enrico Casarosa. Pixar, 2011. YouTube. Animated Short Film,
6 Aug. 2015. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=AzNio77XA8k>.

53. Lanterns. Dir. Dayne Arnold. Vimeo. Dayne Arnold, 27 Nov. 2012. Web. 02
Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/54363450>.
The Light and the Little Girl. Dir. Guy Pooles. Vimeo. Jih-E Peng, 13 May
2014. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/95141298>
Luminarias. Dir. Jorge Cosmen and Guido Manuilo. Vimeo. Jorge Cosmen,
9 Feb. 2012. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/36522159>.
Lux Aerterna. Dir. Cristóbal Vila. Vimeo. Cristóbal Vila, 10 Jan. 2013. Web.
02 Dec. 2015.<https://vimeo.com/57125220>.
Meanwhile (Incidental Music for Imaginary Puppet Plays). Dir. Manual
Cinema. Vimeo. eighth blackbird. 17 Oct. 2012. Web. 02 Dec. 2015.
<https://vimeo.com/51620619>.

54. The Polar Night. Dir. Borsting Photography. Vimeo. Borsting Photography,
13 May 2014. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/95142152>.
Pursuit of Light. Prod. NASA. Youtube. NASA Goddard, 1 May 2012. Web.
02 Dec. 2015. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tE5XJzZ-Rw#t=17>.
Transcend the Box. Perf. Flippingmonk. Vimeo. a dandy punk, 1 Dec
2013. Web. 02 Dec. 2015. <https://vimeo.com/80747930>.