Two

16mm, DV | 8 min | USA | 2018

Logline:
The conversation—between sound and image, seasons come and gone, natural and altered landscapes, and an unseen man and woman—begins as a duet between a video diary and a field recording, and ends as an archive of the possibilities hibernating in each moment.

Synopsis:
Two filmmakers set out to create an audio archive for possible use in future projects. She records ambient sounds, vocally annotating them with a brief description; he films the environments through which they pass. The time frame is indeterminate, but wintry branches stripped of their leaves give way to summer greenery, a rain-soaked stretch of highway yields to an overgrown lawn drenched in sunlight, observed by a motionless cat. The woods and rivers feel primeval, long predating the construction of an abandoned house that has fallen into ruin. A passing truck rumbles from the past through the present and into the future. Years later, will her outstretched arms still be reminiscent of the naked tree branches, the way they were that day? Will they discover missed clues about their future in the muffled sound of their footsteps and the footprints, single file then side-by-side, imprinted in the moss? In this archive of sound and image, love is a series of moments made sacred by the present. While nothing is resolved, perhaps in the hushed interplay between the woman and the man, between her sounds and his images, "the end and the beginning were always there." (T.S. Eliot, The Four Quartets)

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[awards & festivals]

• Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival // Athens, Greece // November 10 2021 [received April 5 2021] ★HONORABLE MENTION AWARD★
• Mientras Tanto CINE 16 // Montevideo, Uruguay // October 22 2021
• [Fünfter Löffel] - Bringing the Noise Back // Berlin, Germany // July 6-24 2021
• Demetera International Film Festival // Paris, France // May 10-17 2021
• SPHERE WORLD CINEMA CARNIVAL // Kolkata, India // May 20 2021
• Fargo Film Festival // Fargo, ND // March 18-28 2021
• San Antonio Independent Film Festival // San Antonio de Ibarra, Ecuador // March 20-23 2021
• The Holy Art Gallery - Identity - {room 3} // London, UK // January 29-February 7 2021
• Screener Short Films // London, UK // February 4 2021 [received January 21 2021] ★HONORABLE MENTION AWARD★
• HELIOS Sun Poetry Film Festival // Mexico City, Mexico // January 31 2021
• Video Art Festival Miden - Carry On // Kalamata, Greece // January 1-31 2021
• Calcutta International Short Film Festival // Kolkata, India // December 20 2020
• Colectivo Deshumanización // Lima, Perú // October 31 2020
• Mindfield Film Festival // Albuquerque, NM // September - October 2020 [received November 12 2020] ★SILVER AWARD-BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT★
• 3rd Photometria in Motion // Ioannina, Greece // September 13 2020
• Rhizome DC-Virtual Microcinema Experimental Shorts // Washington, DC // August 6-31 2020
• Video Raymi [9] - Festival Internacional de Videoarte del Cusco // Cusco, Peru // August 28 2020
• Besides The Screen Festival // Porto, Portugal // August 13 2020
• Experimental Forum // Los Angeles, CA // July 2020 [received June 15 2020] ★HONORABLE MENTION AWARD★
• The Art of Brooklyn Film Festival // Brooklyn, NY // June 6 2020
• Short Movie Club Film Festival // Minsk, Belarus // March 14 2020
• 23rd Rencontres Internationales Traverse ~ Projections // Toulouse, France // March 12 2020
• Brussels Independent Film Festival // Brussels, Belgium // February 14 2020
• [Fünfter Löffel] - Gece Faslı // Istanbul, Turkey // February 7 2020
• New Jersey Film Festival - Rutgers University // New Brunswick, NJ // January 31 2020 [received Ferbruary 17 2020] ★HONORABLE MENTION AWARD★
• Concurso Internacional Juan Downey 2019 - Bienal de Artes Mediales Santiago // Santiago, Chile // January 26 2020 ★Finalist Nomination★
• [Fünfter Löffel] - Karga Space // Istanbul, Turkey // December 22 2019
• Cinecipó // Belo Horizonte, Brazil // December 2019
• FIVA’9-Festival International de Videoarte // Buenos Aires, Argentina // December 2019
• Artpro International Video Art Festival // Dhaka, Bangladesh // December 2019
• Harkat 16mm Film Festival // Mumbai, India // December 2019
• FROSTBITE International Indie Festival // Colorado Springs, CO // December 1 2019 [received December 1 2019] ★BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM★
• CODEC Festival Internacional de Cine Experimental Y Video // Mexico City, Mexico // November 2019
• XII International Short Film Festival "VISION” // Kemerovo, Russian Federation // November 2019
• ULTRAcinema // Oaxaca, Mexico // November 2019
• 64th Cork Film Festival // Cork, Ireland // November 2019
• 32nd Festival Instants Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques // Marseille (Friche la Belle de Mai), France // November 2019
• Avant Edge Film Festival // Chicago, IL // November 2019
• White Unicorn International Film Festival // Kolkata, India // November 2019
• Syracuse International Film Festival // Syracuse, NY // October 2019
• Film Crash Film Festival // Los Angeles, CA // October 2019 ★FIRST PRIZE EXPERIMENTAL FILM★
• NewFilmmakers NY // Anthology Film Archives, New York City, NY // October 2019
• Oaxaca Filmfest // Oaxaca, Mexico // October 2019
• Intermediaciones-VI Muestra De Videoarte Y Video Experimental // Medellín, Colombia // October 2019
• 31st Girona Film Festival ~Experimental Art~ // Girona, Spain // September 2019
-25 September 2019 (Fundació Valvi)
-26 September 2019 (Fundació Valvi)
-27 September 2019 (Fundació Valvi)
-28 September 2019 (Fundació Valvi)
• Arizona Underground Film Festival // Tucson AZ // September 2019
• PLAY Festival de Videoarte y Cine experimental // Corrientes, Argentina // September 2019
• LLAWN Festival // Llandudno, Wales // September 2019
• EFICE (Eneagrama Festival Internacional de Cine Experimental) // Córdoba, Argentina // September 2019
• Marienbad Film Festival // Mariánské Lázně, Czech Republic // August 2019
• Syracuse University Art Galleries ~NOT A METRIC MATTERS~ //Syracuse, NY // August 15-November 24, 2019
• CineAutopsia, Bogota' Experimental Film Festival // Bogota', Colombia // August 2019
• London Experimental // London, UK // August 2019
• EXiS (Experimental Film and Video Festival in Seoul) // Seoul, South Korea // July 2019
• Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival // Seattle, WA // July 2019
-25 July 2019 (The Factory Luxe)
-26 July 2019 (The Factory Luxe)
-27 July 2019 (The Factory Luxe)
-28 July 2019 (The Factory Luxe)
• Revelation Perth International Film Festival ~Experimental Showcase~ // Perth, Australia // July 2019
-7 July 2019 (Luna Cinemas, Leederville)
-9 July 2019 (Luna Cinemas, Leederville)
-14 July 2019 (Luna Cinemas, Leederville)
• We Make Movies International Film Festival // Los Angeles, CA // July 2019
• LA Underground Film Forum (LAUFF) // Los Angeles // July 2019 ★HONORABLE MENTION AWARD★
• Pugnant Film Series // Athens, Greece // July 2019
• CROSSROADS 10, SFMOMA // San Francisco, CA // June 2019
• FILMADRID // Madrid, Spain // June 2019
• Laterale Film Festival // Cosenza, Italy // June 2019
• 52nd WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival // Houston, TX // [received June 2019] ★SILVER REMI AWARD, BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM★
• 21st Moviate Underground Film Festival // Harrisburg, PA // May 2019
• Southern Cone International Film Festival (FICCSUR) // Valparaíso, Chile // May 2019
• 11th Magmart International Videoart Festival // Naples, Italy // May 2019
• London Greek Film Festival // London, UK // May 2019
• The Hazel Eye Film Festival (HEFF) // Nashville, TN // April 2019
• Ibrida Festival ~PERCEZIONI~ // Forli’, Italy // April 27 2019
• Lucca Film Festival & Europa Cinema // Lucca, Italy // April 2019
• Tallahassee Film Festival ~DOC SHORTS 2: VISIONS~ // Tallahassee, FL // April 6 2019
• Passagem Videográfica ~Open Window Exhibition~ // São Paulo, Brazil // March 30 2019
• Denver Underground Film Festival // Denver, CO // March 24 2019
• Indie Visions // online // [received March 31 2019] ★BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILM-MARCH★
• Cineteca Universidad de Chile - Isla Magnética // Santiago, Chile // December 1 2018
• CinqueTerre FilmFest // Riomaggiore Castle, La Spezia, Italy // October 19 2018
• UWM Union Cinema - Save the Archives Film Festival // Milwaukee, WI // September 20 2018
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Cannes Short Film Corner // May 20-25 2019
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market // February 2-7 2019
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Mindfield Film Festival // Albuquerque, NM // August 26th - 27th 2021 [finalist - live annual festival]
67th Columbus International Film and Animation Festival // Columbus, OH // April 2019 [finalist]
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Austin Arthouse Film Festival // Austin, TX // December 1 2021 // [semi-finalist]
Blow-up Arthouse Film Festival // Chicago, IL // November 8 2021 // [semi-finalist]
Alternative Film Festival // Toronto, Canada // March 22 2021 // [semi-finalist]
Meraki Film Festival // Berlin, Germany // January 31 2021 // [semi-finalist]
FilmArte Festival // Madrid, Spain // March 11 2019 // [semi-finalist]
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Filmstrip International Film Festival // Iasi, Romania // November 3 2020 [selected]
Buenos Aires International Film Festival // Buenos Aires, Argentina // February 15 2020 [selected]
Dumbo Film Festival // New York City, NY // March 7 2019 [selected]
Moscow Shorts // Moscow, Russia // January 13 2019 [selected]
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Miami Independent Film Festival (Mindie) // Miami, FL // Film Selected ~ screening cancelled ★SPECIAL MENTION - SHORT FILMS★ [event date not specified/2020]
VORTEX Festival de Cine Experimental // Mexico City, Mexico // Film Selected ~ screening cancelled [event date September 24 2020]

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december 2016
marcola, oregon
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★https://mubi.com/films/two-2018
★https://www.kurzfilmtage.de/en/film/two-128355/
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▸http://www.magmart.it/fullvideo.php?i=3679
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●https://iltempoimpresso.wordpress.com/2019/06/01/two-recensione-review/?fbclid=IwAR1Cxf7dXFXMidWiEYMnhfDSfhgRD9hLhQEu-FRGJnD4-U_tA0tqERN4yQ4
●http://specchioscuro.it/abecedario-laterale-incontro-con-gli-autori-del-laterale-film-festival-2019/
●https://www.lacasaencendida.es/en/films/avant-garde-competition-1-10188

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The title of Vasilios Papaioannu's latest film points in the same direction as some of the elements that make up his cinematic language: the double narrative temporality, the double dimension of the voice in the filmed diary (text and images are interwoven with the voice-over by Emma Piper-Burket and the landscape of the field recordings) or the double polarity of the paradoxical. The poetics of Two translates the systole and diastole of TS Eliot's verse into audiovisual forms: "The end and the beginning were always there".

Ramon Del Buey, FILMADRID

“Two” is a dance of two people speaking different languages which intertwine in the cinema frame, pushing it towards its extreme possibilities. Not only that, their dialogue is purely cinematic to the extent that the signals they send to each other are fully realized only on the film, in the presence of the numerous audiovisual components that cinema can offer.

Mattia Fiorino, IL TEMPO IMPRESSO

Long walks into the woods of Oregon, recording nature’s voice for an imaginary future project. Soundscapes of reality. Some rain. Water. Echoes. A dead cat. (Patsy I miss you 😔). An imaginary future project. Maybe. Or even hidden treasures in a thrift store, somewhere in New York. Dusty old super 8 rolls; family moments that are long gone. Dreams from the past. Audio. Or image. Doesn’t matter, really. It can be a start. A middle. An end. A possibility.

Martina Mele, LO SPECCHIO SCURO

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