The Portrait
An artist feels lost in today’s world. Artist, where are you?
Also in this combined programme
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Appearances
Unknown people gazing out of the photograph or caught unawares. Static, yet in motion, these portraits seem to be between life and death.
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Arbor Vitae
Film shows insight into the metaphysical coherence of life, gives existence a soul like the tree of life.
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Blinded by Light
The story of a man’s struggle to learn to see. A dramatic monologue of someone who lost his sight at the age of ten months.
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The Fourth Watch
The ancient Greeks divided the night into four sections; the last section before morning was called the fourth world.
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Power
A statement against power relations in society, but it can also be seen as a symbolic battle for life and personal survival.
Film details
- Country of production
- Russia
- Year
- 2000
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2001
- Length
- 18"
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
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