By capturing his train trip in Germany and mounting stills of the moving train window’s point of view on 16 screens on a wall, Sonoda animates the landscape into a multi-screen visual journey deconstructing the singular screen, the linearity of the moving image and our persistence of vision.
Also in this combined programme
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Aurore
A poetic existentialist journey though the human body and soul. Jean-Julien Pous won the New Arrivals Award in 2009 with Seeking You. -
Silent Things
Exploration of the tormented relationship between love and friendship, passion and jealousy, set in the turbulent landscape of the English coast. -
Ghost of Icarus
Inspired by the city symphony genre and the Soviet montage movement, this short connects the ancient Greek story of Icarus with a trip through a… -
Battery Cage
A playful animation depicting how chickens in a battery cage interact in defined ways and form complicated social structures. -
First Snow
Captured and simultaneously accelerated, the fleeing moment of the first winter snowfall on a residential street in Moscow. -
Plank
An inspiring story that documents the life and dreams, hardships and perseverance of the 15-year-old aspiring pro skateboarder Nassim.Also screened at -
Vanishing Point
A graphic experiment exploring the metamorphosis of shapes, perspectives and dimensions. -
Sta ik
Sensitive, short fiction on the old body that no longer works, while young people take their mobility for granted.
Film details
- Country of production
- Japan
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 9'
- Medium/Format
- Mini DV NTSC
