A film about the Seers of Kerala. Vipin Vijay wanted to make a very personal film about the oracle séances, based on the influence of the diaries of his grandfather, who was himself a Seer. The opulent substance and structure of the oracle séances at the temple, an old ritual, is filled with dance, narrative and ritual cleansing. The film investigates personal religious experience, philosophy, theatrical and collective ecstasy and the functions that all these have in the community as a whole.
Also in this combined programme
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Untitled:001-Darkness
Ten composers and twelve design studios cooperated to make twelve one-minute segments of a digital film. -
Significance and Back
Image and sound together form a musical whole in this series of observations of everyday life. -
Scrub Solo 3: Soliloquy
Whirlwind frame scratch in which dancer Bud Blumenthal takes on almost Baconian forms. -
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Film details
- Country of production
- India
- Year
- 2001
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2002
- Length
- 30'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP PAL
