I… Dreaming Alice

Dad is gone. Dad is a ghost. Dad is a thing ... spinning in his own skin.

A project that plays at being a bestiary, but also a diary, but also a tragic tale. Film made by manipulating Super8mm footage, Cinexin tapes and drawings without fate nor destiny.

A collage film composed of archival materials invites viewers to the depths of the seas and oceans to encounter the surreal world. The observer, who has taken a walk underwater, finds himself the object of intense scrutiny with growing unease. The film was made in collaboration with composer Raquel García-Tomás.

"Concluding with a citation of French cinematic pioneer Gaston Velle’s 1904 film of the same name, Ginard’s darkly celebratory film presents an impressionist vision of rebirth and transformation" (sfcinemateque.org)

A precise stop-motion collage created from fragments of photographs, films, and illustrations presents impressive and sometimes horrific flashes of human and animal imagery, metamorphoses of bodies, and insect fantasies. The rhythmic visual composition is accompanied by a distinctive sound texture.

A series of comical and lyrical ghostly appearances captured by a Super 8 camera as a spectral catalyst and microscope.