A Lovely Uncontrollable Thing | Docs | San Francisco Shorts 2026

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THIS PROGRAM INCLUDES THESE FILMS:

A Lovely Uncontrollable Thing

Aging Into The Future

Her Pockets

Mall Video Store

Painting Cathedral Rock

Rolling Film, Rocking History, Al Maysles Captures the Beatles

Vanishing Seattle Presents: The Grand Illusion Cinema

When Memory Turns into Sound

A Lovely Uncontrollable Thing offers a profile of artist Victoria Moore as she shapes a life grounded in nature, craftsmanship, and personal growth. Known for jewelry and tools created from self-forged Damascus steel, Moore’s work blurs the line between utility and art, strength and delicacy. As she transforms raw materials by hand, she also redefines happiness and success on her terms, proving that a meaningful life is built one piece at a time.

Year
2025
Runtime
11 minutes
Country
United States

Director
Ashley Seering

8 films in package

Mall Video Store

A candid portrait of video store in Michigan launched in the streaming era.

A Lovely Uncontrollable Thing

A Lovely Uncontrollable Thing offers a profile of artist Victoria Moore as she shapes a life grounded in nature, craftsmanship, and personal growth. Known for jewelry and tools created from self-forged Damascus steel, Moore’s work blurs the line between utility and art, strength and delicacy. As she transforms raw materials by hand, she also redefines happiness and success on her terms, proving that a meaningful life is built one piece at a time.

Aging Into The Future

Aging means watching your friends and family pass away. Can robots fill the holes they leave behind?

Her Pockets

Her Pockets explores the deeper issues of gender inequality and social norms through the hidden history of pockets. For women pockets are never guaranteed but from jackets to trousers functional pockets are a staple in men’s dress and signal their power and privilege in the public arena. Her Pockets reveals how gender roles and social status are manifested in the clothes we wear.

Painting Cathedral Rock

Painting Cathedral Rock, is a meditative experimental work in which painting, performance, and film converge to explore landscape, ritual, colonialism, and the fragile boundaries between spectacle, spirituality, and perception.

Rolling Film, Rocking History, Al Maysles Captures the Beatles

Al Maysles tells the story of how he shot the Beatles coming to the USA for the first time.

Vanishing Seattle Presents: The Grand Illusion Cinema

After 55 years, The Grand Illusion Cinema in Seattle's University District moved out of its original location. In 2023, the building that housed the cinema for decades was sold for $2.3 million, and the new landlord declined to renew their lease beyond February 2025. As The Grand Illusion searches for a new home, its vibrant history and legacy will live on.

When Memory Turns into Sound

WHEN MEMORY TURNS INTO SOUND highlights the creative works of two Luthiers (guitar makers), Dave and Geoff, and their Mentor/Mentee relationship that spans for over 10 years. They work out of a beautiful workshop in the middle of Philo, CA, close to the coast and Mendocino.