A short and powerful documentary about a strange ritual. Exceptional is the fact that all usual documentary information such as interviews and voice-over have been left out. All alone, the viewer has to take on the images of an excited crowd that seems to be shaking a religious object disrespectfully. It’s an experiment for the maker and undoubtedly for the viewer too. The power of puzzlement.
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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Blue Roof
A playful film that does not only play with colour and vertigo, but also with expectations.
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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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Film details
- Country of production
- Malaysia
- Year
- 2007
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2008
- Length
- 11"
- Medium/Format
- DV cam NTSC
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