"Congratulations"; 16mm found footage; color; 2:00 (2001)
director,
editor, sound design: Usama Alshaibi
(w/ Piotr Tokarski)
This film was made by two communists.
"...Intercut
found footage of elderly men onsatge, basking in applause, yet stripped
of any context it becomes a bizzarre comment on meaningless celebrity."
-Fred Camper, Critics Choice, Chicago Reader, March 23, 2001
screenings:
Michigan Indie Fest (2003)
Movieside Film Festival (Chicago 2002)
Projections in Heaven (Chicago 2001)