Kodak
In 2012, Kodak went bankrupt. Enter the mind’s eye of a blind former Kodak film technician, reconstructing the past in hallucinatory detail.
33'
USA
IFFR 2019
Finding inspiration in Kafka’s short text The Silence of the Sirens, in which he reinterprets Homer’s deadly songstresses as silent apparitions, Diana Vidrascu has created the mesmerising portrait of Céline, a young actress from Martinique living in Paris and struggling to find her place in the world. As she returns to her roots in order to explore her identity, we take the trip with her in this intimate story of origins and destinations.
Also see Artist Talk Diana Vidrascu.
IFFR 2019
- 34'
- France
- 2019
- Director
- Diana Vidrascu
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 34'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Silence of the Sirens
- Languages
- French, Creole, English
- Producer
- Diana Vidrascu
- Sales
- Diana Vidrascu
- Screenplay
- Diana Vidrascu
- Cinematography
- Diana Vidrascu
- Editor
- Diana Vidrascu
- Sound Design
- Romain Poirier
- Music
- Paul Régimbeau
- Cast
- Céline Karter, Jordan Mezence, David Kidman, Julie Hoyez, Nadia Djebbouri
Also in this combined programme
The Mental Traveller
The Mental Traveller meditates on the passing of time, external behavior and sensory realities on a psychiatric ward in Thailand.
18'
Thailand
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Diana Vidrascu
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 34'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Silence of the Sirens
- Languages
- French, Creole, English
- Producer
- Diana Vidrascu
- Sales
- Diana Vidrascu
- Screenplay
- Diana Vidrascu
- Cinematography
- Diana Vidrascu
- Editor
- Diana Vidrascu
- Sound Design
- Romain Poirier
- Music
- Paul Régimbeau
- Cast
- Céline Karter, Jordan Mezence, David Kidman, Julie Hoyez, Nadia Djebbouri
Programme IFFR 2019
Ammodo Tiger Short Competition
The power of short. Twenty-four films from the short film selection compete for one of three equal awards.
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Poignant portrait of the filmmaker’s father, who died last year, told in 27 brief contemplations, including personal moments and exceptional archive footage.
25'
Canada
IFFR 2019
ALTIPLANO
Ancestral salt flats, volcanic deserts and coloured lakes transform into a vibrating Ektachrome landscape full of evocative visual rhythms in color and form.
16'
Chile
IFFR 2019
Anteu
Aesthetically pleasing, playful narrative about a boy left as the last survivor in his village. Who will bury him when he dies?
29'
Portugal
IFFR 2019