A father and son are terrorised by streetcorner kids. The situation threatens to get out of hand and the father is confronted with his fears. Handheld and calm camerawork juxtaposed make the drama tangible and tense. Convincing fiction about masculinity, fatherhood and responsibilities.
Also in this combined programme
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OOIOO UMO
Call it primitive, at least it’s a funny and swinging puppet animation. And a dance to save the world. -
Getijden
For this visual essay, Doing use a variety of film formats and emotions. The camerawork is intuitive, the editing musical and associative. A joy for… -
Weiss
Sober, focused black & white animation about a human figure and his shadow, or is it his mirror image? -
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Joy
Virtuoso, lyrical fiction in one take about the disappearance of a teenage girl in a park, from the Desperate Optimists (Short Profile 2007). -
Address Unknown
A moving postcard, as it were. A woman addresses her lover in London all the way from Beijing. -
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2007
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2008
- Length
- 14'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
