
70 MIN / COLOR / FRENCH + ENGLISH / SURROUND
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WORLD PREMIERE
FIDMarseille
- International Competition -
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FIDMarseille Interview
English / Français
Cineuropa
49 world premieres on the agenda at FIDMarseille
Screen Daily
FIDMarseille 2022 unveils line-up
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SPANISH PREMIERE
NOVOS CINEMAS E07
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA DE PONTEVEDRA
- SECCION OFICIAL -
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LATIN AMERICAN PREMIERE
Festival Internacional de Cine Documental Buenos Aires | FIDBA #10
- International Competition -
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CALIGARI Interview
English / Español
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NOMOTOPOWELL Work in Progress - Pitching at
Ji.Hlava IDFF 2021 : New Visions Forum: US
Variety
U.S. Documentaries Selected for
Ji.hlava Film Festival’s New Visions Forum
NOMOTOPOWELL explores the unnamed histories of lost settlements and human skulls around a village in Florida. Structured as a travelogue, and combining landscapes with abstracted archival texts and voices, the film summons the spirits that haunt a shape-shifting territory, reflecting a violent national residue without ever leaving the village.

WORLD PREMIERE
FIDMarseille
- International Competition -
—
FIDMarseille Interview
English / Français
Cineuropa
49 world premieres on the agenda at FIDMarseille
Screen Daily
FIDMarseille 2022 unveils line-up
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SPANISH PREMIERE
NOVOS CINEMAS E07
FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA DE PONTEVEDRA
- SECCION OFICIAL -
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LATIN AMERICAN PREMIERE
Festival Internacional de Cine Documental Buenos Aires | FIDBA #10
- International Competition -
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CALIGARI Interview
English / Español
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NOMOTOPOWELL Work in Progress - Pitching at
Ji.Hlava IDFF 2021 : New Visions Forum: US
Variety
U.S. Documentaries Selected for
Ji.hlava Film Festival’s New Visions Forum
SCREENINGS
07.07.2022 | 14:00 | Variétés 2
09.07.2022 | 12:30 | Cinéma Artplexe
10.07.2022 | 19:00 | Variétés 1
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FIDBA #10 | Festival Internacional de Cine Documental Buenos Aires
30.11.2022 | 17:00 | Cine en el Kirchner
01.12.2022 | 17:00 | Centro Cultural General San Martín
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NOVOS CINEMAS 07ᵉ | Festival Internacional de Cinema de Pontevedra
14.12.2022 | 21.30 | Teatro Principal de Pontevedra
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NOMOTOPOWELL [a] GMAIL
CREDITS
A film by
Brent Chesanek
Cinematography
Owen Levelle
Brent Chesanek
Original score
Chris Zabriskie
Narration
Alessandro Magania
Daniel B.C. Powell
Wendy Kay White
Krysta Wallrauch
Ana M. Beranek
Re-recording Mixer
Kevin T. Allen





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CITY WORLD is an investigation into the whereabouts of an unseen child narrator, set in the lifeless suburbs around Orlando, Florida. Told by mixing documentary footage with fantasy elements, the boy's tale slowly swivels from a possible theme park ride into his own harrowing familial reality.
69 MIN / COLOR / ENGLISH / STEREO
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WORLD PREMIERE
Seattle International Film Festival
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INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
CPH:DOX | Main Competition
Seattle International Film Festival
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INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
CPH:DOX | Main Competition


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AWARDS
BEST DOCUMENTARY - CINEMA AT THE EDGE (2013)NOMINATIONS
DOX AWARD - CPH:DOX (2012)NARRATIVE GRAND PRIZE - IndieMemphis (2012)
SCREENINGS
CPH:DOX (Denmark)Seattle International Film Festival (USA)
Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montreal (Canada)
DOXA Vancouver (Canada)
IndieMemphis (USA)
Starz Denver Film Festival (USA)
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (USA)
Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival (USA)
Cinema At The Edge (USA)
Southern Alabama Film Festival (USA)
Hammer To Nail Screening Series (USA)
Cinema Zuid (Belgium)
Visions.MTL (Canada)
CREDITS
A film byBrent Chesanek
Produced by
Yvette Granata
Justin Strawhand
Original score by
Chris Zabriskie
Narrated by
Sean Kaufman
Edited by
Brent Chesanek
Stacey Foster
Sound design & mix by
Steven Dressler
Casting by
Zan Ludlum



EXODUS DAMAGE is a music video shot on film for John Vanderslice, from his album PIXEL REVOLT, released on
Barsuk Records.
All still photography was shot on 35mm film. Most of it is by John Vanderslice himself.
The Super 8mm film was mostly shot in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.
Chris Zabriskie shot additional Super 8mm footage in the Pacific Northwest of America. Zabriskie also served as Producer and Co-editor.
Thomas Aske Berg plays the lead. He shot a roll of 35mm film with the broken Russian rangefinder as we were shooting his scenes in Brighton Beach.
5min 5sec / Super8mm + 35mm



FEATURED IN:
Sundance Film Festival Insider
Money for Nothing: A History of the Music Video from the Beatles to the White Stripes
Top 100 Videos of All Time
by Saul Austerlitz
PASTE Magazine Issue 23
MTVu Video of the Year nominee
DoCopenhagen Top 50 Videos 2005
Sundance Film Festival Insider
Money for Nothing: A History of the Music Video from the Beatles to the White Stripes
Top 100 Videos of All Time
by Saul Austerlitz
PASTE Magazine Issue 23
MTVu Video of the Year nominee
DoCopenhagen Top 50 Videos 2005








24 MIN / ENGLISH + RUSSIAN / COLOR / STEREO / 2009
BRETHREN ARISE is a three-part meditation on solitude, environment, and big box retail.
The film was inspired by a song of the same name by Chris Zabriskie, which features throughout the film.

AWARDS:
Zero Film Festival Los Angeles (WINNER Best Experimental)
Zero Film Festival New York (WINNER Best Experimental)
SCREENINGS:
Art Basel Miami Beach 2010 (Miami, FL USA)
Singapore International Film Festival (Singapore)
Zero Film Festival LA (Los Angeles, CA USA)
Zero Film Festival NY (New York City, NY USA)
Canyon Gorge International Film Festival (Oregon USA)
River's Edge International Film Festival (Kentucky USA)
Costa Rica International Film Festival (Montezuma, CR)
Spark Art Space (Syracuse NY)
Cinecycle (Toronto, Canada)
Cable Car Cinema (Providence RI, USA)
WAMC's "The Linda" Performing Arts Center (Albany, NY USA)
The Hexagon (Baltimore, MD USA)
Anthology Film Archives (NYC, NY, USA)
Videology (with live score by Julia Kent) (Brooklyn, NY USA)
CREDITS:
a film by
Brent Chesanek
Photographed by
Jason Cacioppo
Music by
Chris Zabriskie
Featuring
Ben Toht, Amelia Martin, Meghan Doherty, Alessandro Magania, Stass Klassen
Sound design & mix
Jeff Hinton


