Critical questions on the relation between man and nature lead us through a forest. The deeper we enter the forest, the more unsettling this relation. The texts (based on a novel by the Strugatsky brothers), the animations and the sound design trigger a hypnotising experience.
Also in this combined programme
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Newton
Is it funny or very serious after all? Newton gets a book on his head. Eureka! Gravity! So it’s serious. -
Sink
A sink in the sea symbolises the different stages of life. Sink, in stylised black-and-white, prompts reflection. -
rise
Listen with your eyes shut and you hear a story about parents and their child. Look with your ears shut and you see a street… -
Earth
The artist looks at the Earth and sees it is no good. Between the rubble, he drapes people as impotent beings and looks at them…
Film details
- Country of production
- Singapore
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 8'
- Medium/Format
- Mini DV PAL
