Canibal

China’s most famous documentary maker spent months in a municipal asylum, where patients are sometimes incarcerated for decades. This four-hour documentary is respectful and poignant, and manages to find surreal beauty and love in what seems like a hell.

Poetic travelogue in breathtaking countryside of Sri Lanka counterpointed with the journey of two simple men and a mysterious coffin heading towards a village where embarrassing rumours about the deceased woman have already spread. Meditative and thought-provoking.

Protagonist is Onno’s answering machine. Onno is not available. Lots of friends and relatives leave a message, but Onno doesn’t ring back. We see what the callers see. But we don’t see Onno. Clear and precise film about a man who had everything but didn’t want it anymore.