A short burlesque. A playful film that doesn’t only play with colour and vertigo. Albert is a security man and that isn’t always an exciting job. Sometimes he enjoys the view from the roof of the building. A blue roof. One day a burglar manages to escape his attention and he gets the sack. The blue roof calls.
Also in this combined programme
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Bilal
It comes down to the contrast. Just as simple as effective. A young man sings as if standing on a minaret. He’s done his best with his Mohawk haircut.
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Trip to the Wound
A boy and a girl have a strange conversation on a bus. And then suddenly it’s not strange that they touch each other scars.
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Thou Shalt Not Wait
She is filled with expectation and it takes a long time before she realises she will have to carry on waiting.
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When I Backed Home, No Mother in Front of the Door
The title is also a description of the film. Domestic images, but then upside down. A simple yet effective intervention.
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Half Teaspoon
If your wife does her best to make the best cup of coffee, you’d better look up from the television. It just so happens that the bus driver does liste
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As I Lay Dying
A feverish dream of a young boy. Played by the young talent (Wong Zi Jiang) who can also be admired in the competition film Flower in the Pocket.
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Shaking the Gods
An excited crowd tugs and jokes at beautiful shrine being carried around. Don’t ask why, but look at this strange phenomenon.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Malaysia
- Year
- 2007
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2008
- Length
- 15"
- Medium/Format
- Mini DV PAL
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