‘A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses and individuals. A short time before he dies, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the lineaments of his own face.’ (J.L. Borges)
Also in this combined programme
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The Toxic Camera
Featuring a camera with the power to kill, a modern-day parable that weaves a narrative through Geiger-counter memories of Chernobyl. -
Orpheus (Outtakes)
Using footage from Cocteau’s Orphée, Mary Helena Clark optically prints an interstitial space where the ghosts of cinema lurk beyond and within the fr -
Film details
- Country of production
- Canada
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 28'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
