27 thoughts about my father
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
In a world where teleportation has replaced planes, a wacky crocodile named Fiona tells of life on the CAPS: an island-turned-refugee-camp for illegal immigrants caught mid-teleportation. Themes of displacement, biotechnology and privacy are evoked through the augmented reality of a raucous birthday party in the Moroccan quarter of the CAPS. Mixing the languages of reality TV, advertising, documentary and high-end commercial aesthetics, Bennani explores the potential of storytelling through magical realism and humour.
IFFR 2019
- 26'
- Morocco
- 2018
- Director
- Meriem Bennani
- Premiere
- World premiere (festival)
- Countries of production
- Morocco, Switzerland
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 26'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French
- Producer
- Ayla Mrabet
- Sales
- Meriem Bennani
- Screenplay
- Meriem Bennani
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E-Ticket
Frantic re-cataloguing of a personal archive and a vehicle for the re-birth of forgotten images in 35mm still photographs, obsessively tape-spliced together in evolving rhythmic patterns.
13'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2019
Primeiro ato
Real life invades the theatrical bubble in this urgent drama, in which two Brazilian theatre students swap acting lessons for street protest.
19'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Meriem Bennani
- Premiere
- World premiere (festival)
- Countries of production
- Morocco, Switzerland
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 26'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- Arabic, English, French
- Producer
- Ayla Mrabet
- Sales
- Meriem Bennani
- Screenplay
- Meriem Bennani
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.
Read more about this programme27 thoughts about my father
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