Underplayed Gems

Item Number (2012)

Item Number poster
Country
Germany, Canada
Runtime
16 min
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A short film that looks at everyday objects and their assigned numbers, questioning how we categorize and understand things. It moves through different items and their labels in a quiet, observational way.

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What happens

Item Number (deutsch Artikelnummer) ist ein deutsch-kanadischer Kurzfilm von Oliver Husain aus dem Jahr 2012. Weltpremiere war am 29. April 2012 bei den Internationalen Kurzfilmtagen in Oberhausen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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