With beautiful camerawork, the maker very visually and minutely follows the flow of the drainage system in, through and under Singapore: what it carries along with it, and how this lifeline and the fine mesh of the network can apparently no longer be controlled by man. Special mention at the Venice film festival.
Also in this combined programme
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Kreis Wr.Neustadt
Hilarious overview of architectural failures. A road movie that provides new insights, but goes nowhere. -
A Free Moment
Tell el-Full, location for King Hussein’s summer palace, which before 1967 was in Jordan but now is part of Israel, seen through an ingenious camera… -
Le songe de poliphile
A trip to the core of the unconscious, inspired by both the ideas of India as a ‘dreamlike world’ (Jung) and ‘the unconscious of the… -
Polvo
The grim story of Mexico City: a metropolis that can eat you alive. An exciting essay about the huge city with an exceptional soundtrack.
Film details
- Country of production
- Singapore
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 21'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
