Site Specific_Shanghai 04
Oliver Barbieri is one of the most important contemporary Italian photographers. In this work, he provides the viewer with a bird’s eye view of the city of Shanghai. At the same time, this is a film about staying silent, because that is what the West did with the drastic developments that China has faced in recent years: from the bloodbath at Tiananmen Square (1989) to the painful birth of an economic superpower. See also the programme Global II.
Also in this combined programme
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Turtely
Slightly bizarre portrait of an illegal Filipino worker and her pet, a tortoise. Both are a limited in their freedom of movement.
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Obreras saliendo de la fábrica
An atmospheric portrait of four women who leave the factory where they work to go to the beach.
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Hotel California
Portrait of a Chinese refugee in France with a surprising twist. Nominated for the Prix UIP Rotterdam.
Film details
- Country of production
- Italy
- Year
- 2006
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2006
- Length
- 13"
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi PAL
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