A woman has found a way of getting the verbal harassment of men out of her system. She transforms their aggressive formulations into a wordless glissando lament, which gradually becomes hilarious and creates an opening in the fraught situation.
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80 Million
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A Forest Within a Forest
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Our Protection
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Austerity Measures
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This Mekas brothers’ parody features Lapland’s Minister of War. He is asked for his opinion on Vietnam. -
Señal de humo
We see cameras recording what appears to be a tense situation. We can picture the news. A mass of people marching; police, smoke, fire, flags. -
Two Islands
Staten Island and Hart Island, New York. Two enormous landfills. One for scrap metal, the other for the unclaimed dead. -
Ice/Fire
This elegant study of materials shows the elements of water and fire reinforcing each other until they have returned to their original states. -
NabelFabel
A woman’s fighting spirit comes alive in a poetic close-up of her face. A pure expression of the art of survival. -
The Folded Edges Across the Rim
Waitress Marlene’s ordinary day changes into a mystical experience thanks to leopard print spandex, moving colours and a musical mantra.
Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2004
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 4'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
