Phosphoros
Phosphoros is a hand-painted direct animation on 16mm film and original soundtrack emphasizing materiality, movement, and light. "Phosphoros" is an Ancient Greek epithet of Hecate, meaning "bringing or bearing light." *Please note this is a 2.5k HD film transfer; the automatic 2.2Mbps FF screener transcoding compromises clarity significantly. An alternative higher data rate 720p screener is available upon request.
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Abinadi MezaDirector
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Abinadi MezaSound
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Project Type:Animation, Experimental, Short
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Genres:Abstract, Color, Art
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Runtime:3 minutes
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Completion Date:April 3, 2023
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Production Budget:0 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Shooting Format:16mm
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Abinadi Meza (US/MX) is a Latinx-Indigenous artist and filmmaker based in Austin, Texas. His films have been presented at: Anthology Film Archives, New York; Athens International Film & Video Festival; Atlanta Film Festival; Aurora Picture Show, Houston; Blaffer Art Museum, Houston; Blue Star Contemporary, San Antonio; Bogotá Experimental Film Festival; Cosmic Rays Film Festival, Chapel Hill; Crossroads Festival, San Francisco; Festival ECRÃ, Rio de Janeiro; Flatpack Festival, Birmingham; Houston Cinema Arts Festival; Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival; Mientras Tanto Cine, Montevideo; Minneapolis Institute of Art; Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara; non-syntax Festival, Taipei; Salt Lake City Film Festival; ULTRAcinema, Tepoztlán Mexico; and Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, among other places.