Anito
The Ati-atihan festival incorporates animism, folk Catholicism and ancestral beliefs, coming together and transforming into contemporary madness.
9'
Philippines
IFFR 2020
Apparatus weaves the development of gender and identity within the indigenous culture in Aotearoa, the Māori name for New Zealand. Samoan artist Tanu Gago juxtaposes mesmerising footage of boys in their varied development of selfhood and actualisation with imagery of sculpted men from a different time and space, tracing the colonial influence on the expression of masculinity.
IFFR 2020
- 19'
- New Zealand
- 2018
- Director
- Tanu Gago
- Premiere
- European premiere
- Country of production
- New Zealand
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 19'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Tanu Gago
- Production Company
- FAF SWAG
- Sales
- Tanu Gago
- Screenplay
- Tanu Gago
- Cinematography
- Tanu Gago
- Editor
- Tanu Gago
- Production Design
- Tanu Gago
Also in this combined programme
Daughter
Daughter depicts a nuanced, sincere dialogue between an immigrant mother and daughter and their search for serenity.
5'
USA
IFFR 2020
Duilian
Inspired by the untold story of Chinese poet and revolutionary Qiu Jin, Wu Tsang re-enacts and decodes the counter-narrative through deliberate mistranslation.
26'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020
From Its Mouth Came a River of High-End Residential Appliances
A journey through Hong Kong's dragon gates as research into contemporary fengshui practices while contemplating the mythology and selfhood.
13'
Hong Kong
IFFR 2020
- Director
- Tanu Gago
- Premiere
- European premiere
- Country of production
- New Zealand
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 19'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Tanu Gago
- Production Company
- FAF SWAG
- Sales
- Tanu Gago
- Screenplay
- Tanu Gago
- Cinematography
- Tanu Gago
- Editor
- Tanu Gago
- Production Design
- Tanu Gago
Programme IFFR 2020
Sacred Beings
Sacred Beings is an attempt to recontextualise contemporary queer culture by re-examining the notion of gender fluidity and spiritualities outside the Western perspective.
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Watsamon Tri-yasakda documented the hidden identities of youth under the strict uniformity dictated by the normative standards of Thai society.
Thailand
IFFR 2020
Anito
The Ati-atihan festival incorporates animism, folk Catholicism and ancestral beliefs, coming together and transforming into contemporary madness.
9'
Philippines
IFFR 2020
Apparatus
Apparatus is an exploration of colonial influence on the development of masculinity within the indigenous culture in Aotearoa by Samoan artist Tanu Gago.
19'
New Zealand
IFFR 2020