Maat
A razor-sharp, playful impression of contemporary life, filled with personal stories and with activism dripping from its pores.
30'
United States
IFFR 2021
Visual artist Basir Mahmood has long held an interest in labour, performance and codes of the film industry, having produced several films in Lahore, Pakistan with local ‘Lollywood’ crews. In Sunsets, everyday he revisits such a film set, but it seems something more sinister is going on this time. A scene depicting domestic violence is acted out repeatedly, but as in real life, its action is obscured, happening out of sight.
Winner Ammodo Tiger Short Award, IFFR 2021.
- 15'
- Italy
- 2020
- Director
- Basir Mahmood
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- Italy
- Year
- 2020
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2021
- Length
- 15'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- no dialogue
- Producer
- Leonardo Bigazzi
- Production Company
- Fondazione In Between Art Film
- Sales
- Basir Mahmood
- Screenplay
- Basir Mahmood
- Cinematography
- Mani Boss
- Editor
- Basir Mahmood
- Cast
- Naila Bhatti, Shehar Bano, Aisha Khalil
- Website
- http://basirmahmood.com/
Also in this combined programme
Terranova
Cities do not repeat themselves; they transmute. Some are philosophical ideas. The Terranova universe was filmed partly with a camera obscura.
50'
Cuba
IFFR 2021
- Director
- Basir Mahmood
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Country of production
- Italy
- Year
- 2020
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2021
- Length
- 15'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- no dialogue
- Producer
- Leonardo Bigazzi
- Production Company
- Fondazione In Between Art Film
- Sales
- Basir Mahmood
- Screenplay
- Basir Mahmood
- Cinematography
- Mani Boss
- Editor
- Basir Mahmood
- Cast
- Naila Bhatti, Shehar Bano, Aisha Khalil
- Website
- http://basirmahmood.com/
Programme IFFR 2021
Ammodo Tiger Short Competition
The power of short. Twenty-two films from the Short & Mid-length selection compete for one of three equal awards.
Still: Plant (879 pages, 33 days)
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An archaeologist returns to Normandy for a dig. There all her doubts, thoughts and memories meld.
28'
France
IFFR 2021
earthearthearth
Impressive, 35mm journey through the Andes is a hypnotic, sensory meditation on ‘our’ earth. Improvised music by Jason Sharp.
30'
Canada
IFFR 2021
Er is een geest van mij
An attempt at mourning futures that never arrived. We see urban ruins, consuming fires and microscopic images of bodily decay.
6'
Netherlands
IFFR 2021