Get Closer
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Stop-motion collage of scraps of photographs of three children all taken at the same table in 1989. At the end, the pieces fall into place revealing a photo of the same kids in 2008. Intimate, moving reflection on time’s inexorable progression.
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Two Faces
Hermine Freed caresses and kisses her mirror image in an attempt to reclaim her body in a male-dominated society. -
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Jo
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Colin Is My Real Name
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Cela avait commencé par un accident
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Arid Edge
Bike ride through the rugged Atacama desert in Northern Chile, the driest in the world. Phil Dadson finds calm in the seemingly endless emptiness.
Film details
- Productieland
- Japan
- Jaar
- 2008
- Festivaleditie
- IFFR 2015
- Lengte
- 2'
- Medium/Formaat
- File