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FLicKeR wins Best Film at the Era New Horizons International Film Festival
Nik Sheehan's feature documentary FLicKeR has won the prize for Best Film in the International Films on Art Competition at the Era New Horizons International Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland.
The film tells the story of Brion Gysin, creator of the dream machine – a 100-watt light bulb, a motor and a rotating cylinder with cutouts. Gysin believed that his dream machine would provide a drug-less high that would revolutionize human consciousness.
Gysin's invention attracted the likes of Marianne Faithfull, Iggy Pop and William Burroughs, but others argued over whether or not it could be recognized as an absolute piece of 20th-century art or not. The question is: "Does perception of art end when you close your eyes or is that when it just starts?"
Era New Horizons is a festival of films that go beyond the limits of conventional cinema. It seeks to provide a home for directors who go against the current, for individualists who use their own style and their own inimitable language. This year's festival took place from July 23 to August 2.
Watch a preview of FLicKeR.
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