Tina Ulevik
Screening History
"China Life" (2008)
Mini DV; completed on DVD & mini DV; 4 mins 54 secs. 'China Life' was filmed on location in Suzhou & Shanghai, China and is accompanied by music from the Finnish band 'Since November' who produced a special version of their song 'Empty Shuttle' exclusively for the film. The film explores glimpses of China seen through the eyes of a foreign traveller evoking the surreal landscapes of ancient & modern China and also acts as a metaphor for searching & belonging.
"Sara Pain" (2007)
Digital video & video 8 mm completed on DVD and mini DV; 5 mins, 11 secs. Experimental film/Music video for Kompleksi (Finland) Follows the story of an ill-fated character in the song by the Finnish underground electro act Kompleksi.
- 2008 21st Stuttgarter Filmwinter Festival, Stuttgart, Germany, January 17-20
- 2007 'Sydney Shorts' TVS/Channel 31 Television, Sydney, Australia
- 2007 Part of Sydney Underground Film Festival contingent @ Verge Arts Festival,
- 2007 Oulu Music Video Festival, Oulu, Finland
- 2007 'Disco _r.dance', The Foundry, London, UK
"Xenophobic Site" (2006)
Digital video & super 8 film completed on DVD; 5 mins 27 secs. Filmed on location at the sites of two concentration camps in Germany, Xenophobic Site portrays a visually and sonically experimental re-imagining of this dark part of history.
- 2007 Platforma Video 7, Athens, Greece, December 7-12
- 2007 Online screening: www.hdfest.com/experimental
- 2007 'Sydney Shorts' TVS/Channel 31 Television, Sydney, Australia
- 2007 'Project' Film Night Another Roadside Attraction, London, UK
- 2006 Hell on Reels [Astoria Moving Picture Festival] New York, USA
"Internecine" (1992-96)
Super 8 film on video; 5 mins A Spul Films Production. War is a perversion of the right to exist. An experimental anti-war film. 2003 Screen Me! Film Festival, Katoomba, Blue Mountains, Australia
- 1998 Edge of the World Film Festival, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia;
- 1997 Bathurst Film Festival, NSW, Australia-AWARDED Best Sound
- 1992 Matinaze-Australian & Japanese Video Art-Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia.
- 1992 Graduation exhibition-Sydney College of the Arts, Balmain, NSW, Australia.
"Subject to Change" (1997)
16 mm on video; 6 mins; A Spul Films Production Visual experimental record highlighting Sydney's rapid change & face lifting-redevelopment versus preservation of culturally & historically significant sites.
- 1998 Local Eyes Film Festival, Enmore Theatre (Newtown Festival) NSW, Australia; Best Film Open Section;
- 1998 Edge of the World Film Festival, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- 1998 Bathurst Film Festival, NSW, Australia
- 1998 Pumpkin Factory Film Night, Katoomba, NSW, Australia
- 1998 Channel 31 Television screening
"Salute!" (1996)
16 mm on video; 2&1/2 minutes. A soldier wanders around a desolate military site consumed by his subconscious thoughts.
- 1997 Golden Eye Awards-Nominated for best experimental film-University of Technology, Sydney
- 1997 Bathurst Film Festival, NSW, Australia? 1997 'Walking the Street' Shop front Screening (Newtown Festival), Sydney, Australia
- 1996 Matinaze-Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia
- 1996 Experimenta Media Arts Festival-Melbourne, Vic, Australia
"Sachsenhausen" (1995)
Super 8 film on video; 5 minutes. Filmed in one take, documents the present existence of a concentration camp, outside of Berlin, Germany
- 1996 Matinaze-Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia
- 1996 Experimenta Media Arts Festival-Melbourne, Vic, Australia
"Destiny" (1994)
super 8 film on video; 4 mins A solitary figure wanders around an uninhabited site.
- 1995 W.O.W Film Festival- Valhalla Cinema, Glebe, NSW, Australia.
- 1995 Exposure Film Festival-Chinatown Twin Cinemas-Brisbane, Qld, Australia
"Desolate" (1991)
video; 3 minutes The beauty of a desolate space is revealed--in reference to Gaston Bachelard's "The Poetics of Space"
- 1992 Matinaze- Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney, Australia