A heavy drinker fills his torn pockets with empty tin cans. Every time he turns around, there are new cans of beer to be found on the street. Jaap Pieters: ‘For me, the tin can man is a metaphor for human pursuits. We make a fuss about things we think to be important – material or not – but whatever we pick up and put in our pockets, immediately falls out again.’ Presented by Filmbank, Amsterdam.
Also in this combined programme
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Passage to the North
Enchanting mixture of drama, humour, text and image.
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Die Distanz zwischen mir und meinen Verlusten
Looking for a humourous metaphor for a self-chosen identity, Odenbach uses found footage, music, text and video fragments.
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Inktpot
In the dunes near the Belgian coastal resort of Koksijde, a bunker is transformed into a giant ink pot.
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Women’s Liberation Demonstration NYC, August 26, 1970
Street interviews with participants in one of the first feminist demonstrations in New York (1970).
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Symphonie Diagonale
This classic by Eggeling is one of the first abstract animation films from film history. The film was conserved in 1994 by film maker Gösta Werner.
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Engels Smoking His Signature, Signing the Universe
In this conceptual video work, made up of three parts, the director makes statements about his own work.
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Giraglia
Film based on the music written by Pierre Henry for the ballet Messe pour le temps présent by Maurice Béjart.
Film details
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 1991
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2006
- Length
- 3"
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
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