In Kyrgyz courting tradition, men give women a pair of earrings as a token of their love. In this film there is a meeting between an adolescent boy and girl and their mothers, who are friends. The director uses metaphors from national poetry to reflect on the meeting instead of words. Bright colours abound, especially red. Screened before The Day I Disappeared.
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Tiong Bahru
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Toujours moins
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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
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Maya
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Les voisins
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Drexciya
Guilty landscape. A carefully observed decrepit swimming pool, silently relates a myth from Africa’s traumatic history. Screened before Imagi
Film details
- Country of production
- Kyrgyzstan
- Year
- 2010
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 15"
- Medium/Format
- DV cam PAL
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