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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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. -
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… -
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… -
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… -
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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Blue Roof
A playful film that does not only play with colour and vertigo, but also with expectations. -
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. -
Film details
- Country of production
- Malaysia
- Year
- 2007
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2008
- Length
- 11'
- Medium/Format
- DV cam NTSC
