Cuban documentary about the relationship between a dog and its owner. For three days, the camera records the preparations for dogfights and the amount of aggression lurking in these ponderous animals becomes clear. A man needs a hobby. Maya was screened as part of the 2010 Cannes Shorts competition. In Rotterdam screened before The Lord’s Ride.
Also in this combined programme
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Tiong Bahru
Lyrical and musical in its style, Tiong Bahru (Civic Life series) delves into ideas of identity, community and heritage within the Singaporean civic s -
Toujours moins
Typical Luc Moullet: dryly comedic narrative about our cold society, in which room for inter-human relations continually decreases. Screened before A -
The Earrings
A poetical film from southern Kyrgyzstan where two mothers let their son and daughter meet for the first time, with thoughts of marriage. Screened bef -
Varfix
Cartoon bombs explode in an abstract animation. The images were selected for their contrast to the music. Witty visual art. Screened before Hot as Hel -
Les voisins
There’s nothing more annoying than the sound of a lawn mower. It’s worse than a thousand insects buzzing around you. In a village, everyone’s mowing. -
Drexciya
Guilty landscape. A carefully observed decrepit swimming pool, silently relates a myth from Africa’s traumatic history. Screened before Imagine, the S
Film details
- Country of production
- Cuba
- Year
- 2010
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 13'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi PAL
