Abu Ammar Is Coming
A picture shot by a Magnum photographer proves to be a teasing enigma. Arabic newspapers claim it as evidence of Bangladeshi fighters in the PLO (Fatah faction). (LUX)
6'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2017
At the film's heart, poetry, memory and identity are at play as Madi Piller follows the path her grandfather took through the highlands of Peru. The vast and silent landscape of the Andes becomes the backdrop for reflections and insights into her sense of belonging. (Vtape)
Also in this combined programme
all-around junior male
A portrait of a young Nunamiut athlete, focusing on the materiality of film and its surface textures. (Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre)
8'
Canada
IFFR 2017
Black and White Film
A woman reveals her naked body and gradually paints it. When she has become invisible, the film fades to total darkness. (Light Cone)
9'
USA
IFFR 2017
The Invader and the Origin of the World
Inspired by the painting L'origine du monde by Courbet. We see a naked woman on a beach in Southern Europe, while a strong, charismatic African man washes ashore.
4'
Belgium
IFFR 2017
- Director
- Madi Piller
- Country of production
- Canada
- Production Year
- 2016
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 9'
- Medium
- File
- Language
- Spanish
- Producer
- Madi Piller
- Sales
- Vtape
- Screenplay
- Madi Piller
- Cinematography
- Madi Piller
- Editor
- Madi Piller
- Production Design
- Madi Piller
- Website
- Vtape.org
Programme IFFR 2017
Bright Future Short
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Red colours the Californian landscape; red is the blood that flows and leaves a trail to the Basque Country. "Everything of value is defenceless."
14'
USA
IFFR 2017
350 MYA
The Tafilalt region in the Sahara Desert was once the Rheic Ocean. 350 MYA conjures the ocean’s presence in the landscape: deep time in the folds of space.
5'
Morocco
IFFR 2017
Abu Ammar Is Coming
A picture shot by a Magnum photographer proves to be a teasing enigma. Arabic newspapers claim it as evidence of Bangladeshi fighters in the PLO (Fatah faction). (LUX)
6'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2017