An unknown ritual. A young woman plays with her headscarf with, in the background, the second Mecca of the Middle East: the holy grave of the 13th-century Sufi Hodji Ahmed Yassavi. His inner quest was ‘jihad’, a word that acquires a new resonance thanks to the clear colours and tight choreography of the film maker.
Also in this combined programme
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1974 in California
The story of a Scottish immigrant girl in the early 1970s who fell in love with a priest. -
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Room 1040 San Francisco
In this latest episode in the series Doppelgänger, Gibbons is followed by his double. Confused about who he now is, he has holed up in… -
No, I Never Lipsync’d
For 18 years, this film maker has lip-synced the same songs and she still doesn’t know the lyrics. An embarrassing display. -
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De werkgever
A short farewell conversation with a former employer motivated a reconstruction in front of the camera. -
Shape Shift
Using a simple technique with two cameras set up facing each other, a body is released from its fixed form.
Film details
- Country of production
- Kazakhstan
- Year
- 2006
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2006
- Length
- 5'
- Medium/Format
- DV cam PAL
