International Competition

Kudzu Vine

Josh Gibson
Screening time  
25.02. / Monday, 20:00 - 22:00 Theatre 2  
27.02. / Wednesday, 13:00 - 15:00 Theatre 1  
01.03. / Friday, 13:00 - 15:00 Theatre 1  
03.03. / Sunday, 12:00 - 14:00 Theatre 3  
03.03. / Sunday, 16:00 - 18:00 Theatre 5  
03.03. / Sunday, 22:00 - 00:00 Theatre 4  
This ode to the climbing, trailing, and coiling species Pueraria lobata evokes the agricultural history and mythic textures of the American South, while paying tribute to the human capacity for improvisation.

Through images of kudzu-covered forms, photographed in black and white and radiating with the luminance of early cinema, this ode to the climbing, trailing, and coiling species Pueraria lobata evokes the agricultural history and mythic textures of the American South, while paying tribute to the human capacity for improvisation. This ode to the kudzu vine poetically highlights its ties to the history and the people of the South.

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Josh Gibson

Josh Gibson is an independent filmmaker and the Associate Director of the Duke University Program in the Arts of the Moving Image and graduate faculty member in the Duke University Program in Experimental and Documentary Arts. His films and videos have screened nationally and internationally in film festivals and on television and have won several awards. His current projects involve the integration of documentary practice with artisanal hand-processed celluloid manipulation.

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Kudzu Vine

USA
2011, 19', video

Directed by:
Josh Gibson

Screenplay by:
Josh Gibson

Cinematography:
Josh Gibson

Edited by:
Josh Gibson

Music:
Anthony Kelley

Producer:
Josh Gibson

Produced by:
Josh Gibson Productions

Festivals & Awards:

Los Angeles Film Festival 2012 - Best Documentary Short; Indie Grits Film Festival 2012 – Best Short Film; Crossroads Film Festival 2012 - Best Experimental Film; Big Sky International Documentary Film Festival 2012 - Artistic Vision Award; Black Maria Film Festival 2012 - Stellar Jury Award; Indie Memphis Film Festival 2011 - Special Jury Prize