Babai
The Babai is the night-time bogeyman for children: traumas determine who you are, according to this claustrophobic portrait of two Russian brothers.
65'
Russia
IFFR 2020
Director Gillian Horvat, who plays a fictional version of herself, navigates the endless process required to get a first film off the ground in her fascinating feature film debut. From an innocent initial concept – the perfect murder of the unbearable partner of one of her friends – towards full-scale madness. Was she always crazy or did this project make her that way?
I Blame Society is a titillating meta-story about the camera as an excuse for abuse, artistic transgression and blurry boundaries. Losing more than her friends and loved ones, her obsession with authenticity leads her to lose sight of where creativity ends and madness begins. "No film justifies hurting others, does it?" asks her lover. Gillian doesn't agree. But what is her motive? Art or a thirst for blood?
IFFR 2020
- 84'
- USA
- 2020
- Director
- Gillian Wallace Horvat
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2020
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 84'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producers
- Mette-Marie Kongsved, Laura Tunstall, Michelle Craig, Monte Zajicek
- Production Company
- Nowhere
- Sales
- Nowhere
- Screenplay
- Gillian Wallace Horvat, Chase Williamson
- Cinematography
- Olivia Kuan
- Editor
- Sarah Beth Shapiro
- Production Design
- Liz Toonkel
- Cast
- Keith Poulson, Chase Williamson, Jonny Mars, Gillian Wallace Horvat, Jennifer Kim, Alexia Rasmussen
- Director
- Gillian Wallace Horvat
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2020
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 84'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producers
- Mette-Marie Kongsved, Laura Tunstall, Michelle Craig, Monte Zajicek
- Production Company
- Nowhere
- Sales
- Nowhere
- Screenplay
- Gillian Wallace Horvat, Chase Williamson
- Cinematography
- Olivia Kuan
- Editor
- Sarah Beth Shapiro
- Production Design
- Liz Toonkel
- Cast
- Keith Poulson, Chase Williamson, Jonny Mars, Gillian Wallace Horvat, Jennifer Kim, Alexia Rasmussen
Programme IFFR 2020
Bright Future Competition
A selection of fifteen feature-length debut films, presented at IFFR in world or international premiere.
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77'
Bolivia
IFFR 2020
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75'
Guatemala
IFFR 2020