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
A photograph shows men staring out of a window. The stage is a bombed building. All the men wear military uniforms. Taken by a Magnum photographer in 1982, the image proves to be a teasing enigma. Arabic newspapers claim it as evidence of Bangladeshi fighters in the PLO (Fatah faction). (LUX)
Also in this combined programme
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
Jillian Dressing
While looking in a mirror, a woman adjusts her hair and clothing. The film examines the construction of female appearance. (Circuit)
3'
New Zealand
IFFR 2017
- Director
- Naeem Mohaiemen
- Countries of production
- United Kingdom, Lebanon, Bangladesh
- Production Year
- 2016
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 6'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Naeem Mohaiemen
- Sales
- LUX
- Screenplay
- Naeem Mohaiemen
- Cinematography
- Naeem Mohaiemen
- Editor
- Naeem Mohaiemen
- Sound Design
- Aninda Kabir Avik, Marcelo Añez
- Music
- Naeem Mohaiemen
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