Comical short film by IFFR regular Moullet on the loss of human interaction in transactions and the rise of terminals and machines in the modern era. A drily humourous statement on efficiency and society’s increasingly business-like nature. Screened before A Useful Life.
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 civi
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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
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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
Every man needs a hobby: a dog and its owner prepare for a dog fight. Beautifully shot, simultaneously tender and gruesome. Screened before The Lor
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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, ever
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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
- France
- Year
- 2010
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 14"
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi
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