‘In ictu oculi (In the blink of an eye) is a work about the vulnerability of life on the appearance of absolute control that we are trying to create around us, and on violence as something perpetually dormant but always perceived as something extraordinary or extraneous.’ (GA)
Also in this combined programme
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Populus tremula
The process from tree to match proves to be the perfect metaphor for the route from state to individual capitalist. Recorded on beautiful 16mm. -
The Anarchist Banker
After the credit crunch: an intense meeting between a talk show host and a banker. Individual freedom proves to be a terribly slippery concept. -
Babel
A boy, a girl, a major city. In this super-aesthetic fairytale, fast-paced Shanghai appears to be a fickle goddess of fortune. -
Wasteland
Echoes of Monty Python resound in this animation on the food industry. Where does our food come from? We’d rather not know! -
Crises of Capitalism
A provocative jewel of radical thought from Professor David Harvey, playfully and astutely animated via the supercharged visual synthesis of Andrew Pa
Film details
- Country of production
- Spain
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 10'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
