Slow Action considers the possible future Utopias evolving in isolated environments, and takes Ben Rivers to four islands: Lanzarote – one of the world’s driest, Japan’s ruinous concrete-packed Gunkanjima, Polynesian Tuvalu which only just scrapes above sea level and the fictional Somerset – post-apocalyptic remnants of the former British Isles. Beautifully filmed, gloriously soundtracked, this is biogeography at its lushest.
Also in this combined programme
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It, Heat, Hit
A riot of ‘blink and you’ll miss ’em’ edits and improbable juxtapositions. Meanings are slippery, familial relations unclear, but Laure’s in complete -
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Mercúrio
At this pace, no one belongs to no one, everything changes before our eyes. Everything but mercurial, Aguilar’s filmmaking is powerful, precise & emot
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 45'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
