Not Just a Pretty Picture
Combined programme
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IFFR 2009
Natural beauty, not purely as an innocent backdrop, but as a source of rapture and ecstasy in which unknown paths are trodden.
In this combined programme
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Sakura
Sakura focuses on Hanami in Tokyo, revealing people’s individual responses to the cherry blossoms. -
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Handmade 16mm collage and photogram film inspired by Stan Brakhage and Hieronymous Bosch. -
The Parable of the Tulip Painter and the Fly
Baroque film miniature inspired by an old Dutch master. -
The National Parks Project: Gros Morne
In an attempt to encourage awareness of nature among Canadians, Peter Mettler was allowed to roam the Gros Morne National Park with his camera. The… -
The Beautiful Garden
A poetic video work that gives the past of black-and-white photography a renewed vitality.