Mariam Jafri vs. Maryam Jafri
A humorous tale of the journey a ready-made sculpture takes down the rabbit hole of stock photo copyright and image ownership.
12'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2020
Considering himself a reincarnation of a dead soldier, historian Bassel Abi Chahine has the remarkable ability to recall details from the Lebanese civil war, which mostly took place before his lifetime. Standing in front of the projected photographs from his personal collection, Abi Chahine embodies the suppressed trauma hidden to his generation.
IFFR 2020
- 29'
- Lebanon
- 2019
- Director
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Premiere
- World premiere (festival)
- Country of production
- Lebanon
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 29'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Sales
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Cinematography
- Mazen Hachem
- Editor
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Mahmoud Safadi
Also in this combined programme
Les quatre récits d'Alice
True story? Myriam Jacob-Allard's grandmother was carried away by a tornado as a child. The artist tries to find out her own way.
5'
Canada
IFFR 2020
A Screen Test for an Adaptation of Giselle
The ballet Giselle reimagined as an ecofeminist thriller. Digital footage, VHS, animation and deep AI represent a newly hybridised world.
9'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2020
Single Copy
An experimental biography of Chung-I, one half of a once-conjoined twin, whose body is digitally scanned and cast in ceramic.
21'
Taiwan
IFFR 2020
- Director
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Premiere
- World premiere (festival)
- Country of production
- Lebanon
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 29'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Sales
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Cinematography
- Mazen Hachem
- Editor
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Mahmoud Safadi
Programme IFFR 2020
Bright Future Short
Experimental and artists' short films, including sound//vision with live A/V performances.
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Mysterious miniature about the reproduction of contaminated, screen-printed images as patches on a woman's clothing; with melancholy audio collage.
4'
Colombia
IFFR 2020
American International Pictures
Screened in 16mm, this experimental travelogue is quintessentially Vivian Ostrovsky, exploring themes of transit and movement in a dreamy style.
5'
France
IFFR 2020
Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Art of Bodybuilding
Arnold Schwarzenegger, presented here as a living work of art, gives his vision on classical sculpture, body and mind, ideal beauty and more.
8'
Netherlands
IFFR 2020