MONOGRAPH SHORTS PROGRAM
A Refocus Film Festival Short Film Block
Featured still from I Snuck Off the Slave Ship
TRAILER OF THE FILM THAT WILL NEVER EXIST: PHONY WARS
(2023, France, Switzerland) Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
The final film from one the most significant voices in film history remains as enigmatic and boundary pushing as his long and varied body of work. This trailer was for an adaptation of Charles Plisnier’s 1937 novel Faux Passeports, creating a book of collages based on the chapters as the months passed.
JILL, UNCREDITED
(2023, UK, Canada) Dir. Anthony Ing
Repurposing footage from over 80 films and television programs, with over 2000 to choose from, this film spotlights the work of Jill Goldston, one the most prolific background actors to ever work in the industry.
THE DEBUTANTE
(2022, UK) Dir. Elizabeth Hobbs
Adapted from Leonora Carrington's short story of the same name, we follow a spirited young woman who persuades a hyena from London Zoo to take her place at a dinner dance being held in her honor.
I SNUCK OFF THE SLAVE SHIP
(2019, USA) Dirs. Lonnie Holley, Cyrus Moussavi
A collaboration with artist and musician Lonnie Holley, this sci-fi documentary adapts and is set to Holley's devastating song, “I Snuck Off The Slave Ship,” adding a new frequency to Afrofuturist time travel.