the meaning of style
Commissioned for the 2011 Singapore Biennale, the meaning of style qualifies as the shortest, most perfectly formed film in the Tiger Shorts competition. Shot with Malaysian skinheads in Penang, it’s a meditative fantasy on signs, signals and butterflies, leading to pointed reflections on ‘the relationship between British colonial history and popular culture in South-East Asia’, says its maker, and to quote Jose Da Silva: ‘Fuck, it’s beautiful.’
Also in this combined programme
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Big in Vietnam
Diop, who won a Tiger Award in 2010 with her short Atlantiques, has two new films including this mysterious tale of a director who gets… -
Springtime
Maker Eisinga described this performance – which people can now watch – as ‘a liberating experience’ during which his body was taken over by insects. -
Im Freien
A three-month sojourn on Iceland linearly condensed into 23 minutes by the camera. An existentialist portrait of an awe-inspiring setting.
Film details
- Country of production
- Malaysia
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 5'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
