Lonely Demons
Combined programme
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IFFR 2007
A varied programme with short films by largely Filipino film makers who primarily share their approach to work. The existing order – whether that is in Singapore or the Philippines – does not interest them and they don’t allow it to tame them.
Working rapidly with digital equipment has become second nature for several of these film makers (certainly Khavn de la Cruz), so that at a young age they already have an impressive filmography. There is an unreal documentary among them and nor is there an ordinary fiction film. They don’t like rules. You can’t really use them for fighting demons anyway. ( GjZ )
In this combined programme
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Life Projections
A video wants to be a film, as the world’s second biggest oil spill just happened in the heart of the filmmaker. -
By the Suez Canal
Short film poem. A woman walks along a military fence. The historic waterway remains out of reach. -
In Solitude, a Camera-Eye
The nocturnal eye of the camera looks out over a quiet street in the suburban America. It is also a night in Malaysia. With silent… -
When the Rain Ended
The muddy scene outside a shop on a tropical rain day. -
An Open Letter to All the Terrorists of the World
As short as a commercial and sad as a poem. As funny as a short film by Khavn. Not political. Or is it? -
My Demon Brother
X’ho follows in the footsteps of the famous cult film maker Kenneth Anger in order to shock the authorities in Singapore with diabolical eroticism. -
Rambling from the Sea
Filmmaker moved to the Philippine island of Guimaras for a major oil disaster. He found a major storyteller. Without teeth and without stopping. -
Oldeastside
Filmmaker friend demolishes the masterpiece Batang West Side by Lav Diaz. Diaz looked at it and approved. -
Buog
A little boy is beaten out of the house and meets a toy comrade in a deserted lighthouse dwelling. Exciting.