Mistral is the record of an off season journey in the south of France. Bare landscapes, burnt fields, empty villages, a still life with red wine in warm room. The grammar of Schreiner’s film parallels human physiology – the camera is as fast as the human eye in its ability to capture the moment and thus constitutes consciousness through flash thoughts.
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Rosecolored Flower
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Bouquets 26-27
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L’étreinte
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Pony Changes Everything
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Heaven’s Gate
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Spaced Odditties
Pictures from a black and white documentary about the life in fresh water, recomposed on the celluloid ribbon by an image by image collage to… -
Van de koele meren des doods
A lady in a Seventeenth Century dress stands on the edge of a lake and looks out over the water. When we approach her the…
Film details
- Country of production
- Austria
- Year
- 1998
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2005
- Length
- 9'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm