Not a children’s film. Two little boys are playing a game in which the difference between life and death is not always clear. The film maker simply and inventively uses the classic horror film idiom of making a film that is both more serious and more playful than this genre.
Also 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.
Film details
- Country of production
- Philippines
- Year
- 2007
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2007
- Length
- 33'
- Medium/Format
- Mini DV NTSC
