Silent Things is a short film about an autistic young man and his girlfriend who undergo a turbulent test of character after his friendship with a teenage girl comes between them. Set on the windy coastline during a kite-flying session, it explores issues of freedom, trust and friendship.
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.
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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
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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 moder
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First Snow
Captured and simultaneously accelerated, the fleeing moment of the first winter snowfall on a residential street in Moscow.
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Vanishing Point
A graphic experiment exploring the metamorphosis of shapes, perspectives and dimensions.
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Battery Cage
A playful animation depicting how chickens in a battery cage interact in defined ways and form complicated social structures.
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Sta ik
Sensitive, short fiction on the old body that no longer works, while young people take their mobility for granted.
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Landscape, Semi-surround
Semi-surround landscape projected on 16 screens, showing rhythmically-edited moving images of the passing landscape framed though a train window.
Film details
- Country of production
- UK
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 12"
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
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