Populus tremula
How the economy’s all-encompassing nature resounds in something as small as a match. Beautiful word and image experiment developed from research into the ‘match king’ Ivar Kreuger (1880-1932), the inventor of short-term capital and monopolism. His Swedish Match factories operate to this day.
Also in this combined programme
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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. -
In ictu oculi
A peaceful landscape, with a perfectly laid table covered in delicious food and drink. The ideal occasion for a fabulous meal… -
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
- Countries of production
- Sweden, USA
- Year
- 2010
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 9'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
