Mum, I’m Sorry
Mum, I'm Sorry
The objects found in people’s pockets – photos, pieces of paper – tell the stories of their owners’ lives, their hopes and their pasts, according to forensic scientist Dr Cristina Cattaneo. Wallets with phone numbers, school reports, university IDs and passports, boxes of medication, T-shirts of European soccer teams, rings, telephones and memories.
Also in this combined programme
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The Tree
Meticulously edited, frame by frame, The Hare Krishna Tree comes to life, more than 40 years after the images were shot. -
Walled Unwalled
At a Berlin studio, researcher Abu Hamdan recorded stories about court cases that revolved around sounds, heard or experienced through walls. -
Specialised Technique
In this found footage film with its distinctive soundtrack the filmmaker studies the colonial perspective, returning authorship to the dancers. -
The Protagonists
Dao makes a plea for ‘Domestic Cinema’: plants, a metronome, a clumsy animatronic hand and colorful smoke bombs become characters in her film. -
Perfect Cut
Diamonds, forever an object of desire, are also the hardest substance on the planet, carving winding lines into our retina.
Film details
- Country of production
- Italy
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 17'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
