Sakura focuses on the integration of man-made technologies with people’s appreciation of a natural phenomenon already manipulated by human intervention. As a subjective take on the blossom viewers’ ad hoc camera-phone digital editing in action, the work alternates between recording this behaviour and participating in it.
Also in this combined programme
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The Garden of Earthly Delights
Handmade 16mm collage and photogram film inspired by Stan Brakhage and Hieronymous Bosch.
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The Parable of the Tulip Painter and the Fly
Baroque film miniature inspired by an old Dutch master.
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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
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The Beautiful Garden
A poetic video work that gives the past of black-and-white photography a renewed vitality.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Japan, UK
- Year
- 2007
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 7"
- Medium/Format
- DV cam NTSC
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