Movies: José Val del Omar

  • 1955
    Water-Mirror of Granada

    Water-Mirror of Granada (1955)

    Water-Mirror of Granada

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    Experimental, cinematic symphony of Granada, José Val del Omar's birthplace....

    Water-Mirror of Granada
  • 1961
    Fire in Castilla (Tactilvision from the Moor of the Fright)

    Fire in Castilla (Tactilvision from the Moor of the Fright) (1961)

    Fire in Castilla (Tactilvision from the Moor of the Fright)

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    A short, experimental documentary featuring sculptures by Alonso de Berruguete and Juan de Juni. Shot within the Valladolid National Museum, the film is an excercise in what Val de Omar called "Tactile vision"....

    Fire in Castilla (Tactilvision from the Moor of the Fright)
  • 1995
    Galician Caress (of Clay)

    Galician Caress (of Clay) (1995)

    Galician Caress (of Clay)

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    This film was reconstructed and completed in 1995 by Javier Codesal for the Filmoteca de Andalucia, from the montage and the sound that Val del Omar had outlined before his death, after having returned to a project abandoned twenty years before with ...

    Galician Caress (of Clay)
  • 1938
    Película familiar

    Película familiar (1938)

    Película familiar

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    A short documentary depicting the director's family....

    Película familiar
  • 1934
    Christian Feasts, Secular Feasts

    Christian Feasts, Secular Feasts (1934)

    Christian Feasts, Secular Feasts

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    In 1934, the Spanish filmmaker José Val del Omar traveled to the region of Murcia, where he documented the celebration of several popular festivals, both religious and secular, as part of his contribution to the itinerant educational program promoted...

    Christian Feasts, Secular Feasts
  • 1935
    Vibration of Granada

    Vibration of Granada (1935)

    Vibration of Granada

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    This is a short film that, although a documentary in appearance, has very little to do with the generic conventions of that form. It would seem, then, that what we have here is the embryo of what he was subsequently to call the "elementary": an abstr...

    Vibration of Granada
  • 2022
    Cosmic Chant. Niño de Elche

    Cosmic Chant. Niño de Elche (2022)

    Cosmic Chant. Niño de Elche

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    The film aims to answer two questions: What is flamenco? Who is the singer Niño de Elche? This child prodigy, who inspired artists such as C. Tangana, started challenging the rules of flamenco in his adolescence, which led to a violent confrontation...

    Cosmic Chant. Niño de Elche
  • 1975
    Variations on a Pomegranate

    Variations on a Pomegranate (1975)

    Variations on a Pomegranate

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    This short reel is a kind of cinematographic still-life: on the basis of an arrangement of pomegranates, the fruit emblematic of Granada, it combines animation (single-frame or stop-motion cinematography) and picto-luminic techniques which in turn dr...

    Variations on a Pomegranate
  • 2004
    Throw Your Watch to the Water

    Throw Your Watch to the Water (2004)

    Throw Your Watch to the Water

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    2004 Spanish experimental documentary focusing on the work of Jose Val del Omar...

    Throw Your Watch to the Water
  • 1996
    Tríptico elemental de España

    Tríptico elemental de España (1996)

    Tríptico elemental de España

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    The Spanish experimental filmmaker José Val de Omar turns three of his short films into a unitary work, full of meaning: Acariño Galaico; Fuego en Castilla; and Aguaespejo Granadino; creating a total journey through the world of the senses....

    Tríptico elemental de España
  • 1932
    Estampas 1932

    Estampas 1932 (1932)

    Estampas 1932

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    The film documents the actions taken by the Misiones Pedagógicas, active in the 1930s, to bring culture and development to rural areas of Spain....

    Estampas 1932
  • 2010
    Val del Omar Laboratory

    Val del Omar Laboratory (2010)

    Val del Omar Laboratory

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    Documentary about the life, concepts, philosophy, and filmic techniques of master experimentalist José Val del Omar....

    Val del Omar Laboratory
  • 1964
    Festival en las entrañas

    Festival en las entrañas (1964)

    Festival en las entrañas

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    In 1963, the Ministry of Information and Tourism commissioned filmmaker José Val del Omar to make a series of ten shorts on the campaign Festivales de España for the New York World's Fair in 1964. With the excuse of documenting the shows of this cult...

    Festival en las entrañas
  • 1982
    Experiencias PLAT en Super 8

    Experiencias PLAT en Super 8 (1982)

    Experiencias PLAT en Super 8

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    In the 1970s, Val del Omar started to film frequently in Super 8. These reels, in the form of essays and notebooks, include the fabulous experiences with image and light that he investigated in his PLAT laboratory, and a series of private recordings ...

    Experiencias PLAT en Super 8