A VR character forced to sign out when the city goes blackout.

(IMDb) A man has lost his memory. He has no idea who is is, why he has woken up in a grungy motel room, or why people are trying to kill him.

Blackout is a film about time: specifically, the loss of time as experienced by a recently sober, 23 year-old person. The anonymous narrator of the film discusses her history of experiencing blackouts through drinking; covering a five-year time period that culminated in an entire three-day time-loss, her last bender. She also discusses levels of sobriety and her desire to continue to explore various recreational drugs. The narrator declares her intention to live her life alcohol-free, while simultaneously not wanting her identity to be defined through her problematic relationship with alcohol. The narrative is open, stark and direct: a dark insight, flecked with humor. Visually, the work stutters through black moments, punctuated by originally recorded, hand-processed 16mm color film, deploying multiple exposure and other in-camera, experimental techniques.

What would you do if you knew the sun was about to expire and life as we know it would be changed forever? Blackout is a short film that takes place in the approximate 8 minutes it takes for light to reach Earth from the Sun as two strangers, Sampson and Darryl, discuss what they wish they could have done differently had they not taken sunlight for granted.

In a futuristic Rio de Janeiro nothing seems to have changed. Abuse of authority, violations of rights, racism and machismo still set the tone of the government's relationship with the favela. This time, however, something seems to be about to change.

Blackout is a short, animated documentary about the 2003 power failure in much of the eastern seaboard of the U.S and Canada for up to 4 days.

Beginning in 1965 with Black Is, Tambellini launched a series of politically charged experimental films that explore the expressive possibilities of black as a dominant color and idea. For the most part Tambellini’s seven “black films” are made without the use of a camera but rather by carefully manipulating the film itself by scorching, scratching, painting and treating the film stock as a type of sculptural and painterly medium.

The loss of a love can sink you to unknown places of pain. Blackout is the moment when the world stops to find yourself in the depths of your thoughts.

This film, like an action painting by Franz Kline, is a rising crescendo of abstract images. Rapid cuts of white forms on a black background supplemented by an equally abstract soundtrack give the impression of a bombardment in celestial space or on a battlefield where cannons fire on an unseen enemy in the night.

Just Because you decide to forget the past doesn't mean the past will forget you

When Imani gets chosen to give a speech on "Black History Month", her insecurities take a toll on her and she begins to question her identity in her community

A young woman comes home one night and parks her car in the garage. Suddenly a blackout happens and she is trapped in the dark, but she is not alone... (IMDb)

How dependent will we be in the future on technology, advertising, internet? What if it all turns off in one fell swoop?

Marta wakes up in the middle of a boundless space from which she can't escape. Suddenly, SIA's voice will make her remember.

Three Young People go to the "Red Zone" of a futuristic London in this low budget underground feature.

In a futuristic Rio de Janeiro nothing seems to have changed. Abuse of authority, violations of rights, racism and machismo still set the tone of the relationship between public authorities and the favela. This time, however, something seems to be about to change.

A vision of darkness in eighteen films.