Hungry Ghost is a visualization of the never-ending desire that haunts us humans, unable to live in the present, but always shifting between our past and projected future. The film offers a glimpse into the grim and hazy underworld of insatiable human craving, but also tries to convey a sense of hypnotic beauty through rhythm and pacing.
Based on contemporary remediations of 19th century 'philosophical toys' such as the phenakistiscope and the zoetrope, loops are the essential building blocks of the film, resulting in a tangible form of moving image art.
Director: Guido Devadder
Editing & Color grading: Guido Devadder
Sound: Kaitlin McSweeney
Festival Awards: Hallucinea Film Festival (France - Special mention) - Brazil New Visions Film Fest (Brasil - Best experimental short) - Pupila Film Festival (Brasil - Best experimental short, Best original concept, Best soundtrack) - Off the Reel (USA - Best Experimental) - El Ojo Iluso (Venezuela - Mejor VideoArte Animado) - Ibrida Festival (Italy, special Mention) - Cinetoro Festival (Colombia, Honorable Mention) - Animocje (Poland - Special Mention Music Video), Encuentro Para Cinéfagos VIII (Venezuela - Mejor Video Arte)
Other festival Selections:Leuven International Short Film Festival (Belgium) - Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival (Canada) - Bogotá Music Video Festival (Colombia) - Animakom Fest (Spain) - Bizarrya Short Film Festival (Portugal) - Ribalta Experimental Film Festival (Italy) - Asheville Fringe Art Festival (USA) - Ghent Short International Film Festival (Belgium) - Animatiba Festival Internacional de Animação de Curitiba (Brasil) - Attaque(e)r Le Visible, VIDEOAKTION#3 (Germany) - Anibar (Kosovo) - Viborg Animation Festival (Denmark) - Turku Animated Film Festival (Finland) - Flipbook Film Festival (Macedonia) - Brasil Experimental (Brasil) - The Animattikon Project (Cyprus/Greece) - L’Étrange Festival (France) - Denver Digerati (USA) - Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image (USA) - British Indie Festival Film & Music (UK) - CinemaZERO (Italy) - Experimental Superstars (Serbia) - Brighton Animation Festival (UK), Fest Anča (Slovakia)