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Preview The Films We'll Be Screening at Nuits Sonores

Can’t make it to Lyon? Watch the trailers and read up on the the films we’ll be screening… Plus Spike Jonze’s Scenes From The Suburbs premiers in Paris!

Our second event of the year has officially started in Lyon, France where we’re exhibiting our own selection of installations, scenography, films, and more alongside the Nuits sonores electronic music festival. Check out the timings and locations of the events scheduled through June 5th here, and read up on our short film series below.

Life, death, and the space in between—robots, love, and science fiction are all themes that encompass the films we’ll be screening June 3-4 at the Museum for Contemporary Art in Lyon. Included in that list are I’m Here from beloved film director and Creator Spike Jonze, a sci-fi short from French electronic musician and producer Jean-Baptiste de Laubier, and Creator Danny Perez and Animal Collective’s psychedelic thriller/visual album ODDSAC. If you’re in France, be sure to RSVP for the film screenings here, otherwise watch the trailers below. Luckily, you can find two out of the three full versions online…

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Spike Jonze: I’m Here (2010)
Running time: 29 minutes

After the success Spike Jonze’s short film I’m Here had at last year’s event series, we’ve decided to let French audiences in on the story. This tale about a lonely robot unfolds into a beautiful story about unconditional love and heartbreak that will tug at the heart strings of even the most emotionally stinted among you. In addition, it outlines an interesting model of futuristic dystopia where robots make up the bottom rung of a warped American caste system. See NYC audiences react to the film here, or watch online via Absolut’s virtual move theater.

Jean-Baptiste de Laubier: It Was On Earth That I Knew Joy (2009)
Running time: 35 minutes

Jean-Baptiste de Laubier’s short film is set in 2090, in the middle of “life extinction.” A virus has been unleashed taking everyone in its path, wiping out 70 percent of the world’s population. A robotic narrator tells us that the Army forbids anyone from going outside, and that he remembers a woman he used to know, but can’t remember her name. Oversaturated shots of his former life fill the screen, as the audience inevitably wonders: Is life worth living if you can’t remember your past? Watch the film in its entirety here.

Danny Perez and Animal Collective: ODDSAC (2010)
Running time: 54 minutes

Last fall we debuted a behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Animal Collective and Danny Perez’s visual masterpiece ODDSAC, which also delved into the long-time creative partnership between the director and band. Because of its mind-melting visuals, spastic cinematography, and non-narrative nature, we tend to think ODDSAC means something different for everyone, which is exactly why you’ll want to take this one in.

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PARIS TEASER

After Lyon, we’ll be moving on to Paris from June 9-11 to continue our French invasion at the newly reopened La Gaîté lyrique—an international cultural institution dedicated to digital arts and new music. Read up on our Paris programming here, and take a sneak peak at one of the films we’ll be showcasing.

Spike Jonze:Scenes From The Suburbs (2011)
Running time: 28 minutes

Back in March we wrote about the release of this trailer for Scenes From The Suburbs directed by Spike Jonze and written in collaboration with Win and Will Butler from Arcade Fire. The short is based off Arcade Fire’s 2010 Grammy-winning album The Suburbs—the trailer features the song “Month of May”—and it made its US premiere at South By Southwest, also back in March. The story centers on a group of teenagers, whose fun-loving summer vacation has been darkened by the arrival of soldiers on the block. Do you love humanity? You’ll have to watch the movie to find out.