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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Morzh

Moira Tierney | USA | 2006 | 3' | | IFFR 2007

‘I went to Russia as part of a touring programme of American Avant-Garde Film; we went to Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg in Siberia and ended up at Lake Seliger eating fish and mushrooms. In Moscow we stayed in Yasenevo, a huge suburb. Every morning when we got up, the gent in this film was there, regular as clockwork. The day I decided to film him, though, there was no sign of him – I thought, after all, this fella is not really serious. Until he appeared, exactly an hour later, and I realised that the clocks had been put forward and the joke was on me …’ (M. Tierney)

Also in this combined programme

  • L’Eye

    A compact ironic pamphlet about the capitalist look and Italian top models.

  • Sunbeam Hunter

    Poetic impression of a journey after the shadows or if necessary an echo before it disappears into the clouds.

  • July Fix

    Give a dog LSD and sent him into a field of flowers and the effects couldn’t be more colourful than this film.

  • 0106

    DIY stands for do-it-yourself. That is the motto of this high-speed little film that captures something domestic in every image.

  • Flying Saucey!

    In the tradition of slapstick with food from the earliest film comedies. And just as much fun.

  • The Red and the Blue Gods

    Small handmade film with a grand cosmic story about coloured gods who touch the sun.

  • Echoes of Bats and Men

    With a small bat as the protagonist and its nocturnal flight over historic and industrial Rhode Island.

  • For Them Ending

    Idiosyncratic impression of fall in New England, recorded before he was to die.

  • Rattles and Cherries

    Small-scale silent comedy with the filmmaker herself in the leading role as a striptease artist and mother to be.

  • Harmony

    Fantastic variation on creation in which animals are given consciousness and feelings of guilt by their maker.

  • Shalmont Field

    Short and apparent classic. The female film maker plays both the good and the bad cowboy for the final shoot out.

  • The Ontological Cowboy

    A sign by the motorway to Kiev causes quite a commotion. A fictional film based on a dramatic event.
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Film details

Country of production
USA
Year
2006
Festival edition
IFFR 2007
Length
3'
Medium/Format
16mm