Structuralist film that finds its form in a series of poetic, repeating loops, set atop a soundtrack of 21st-century prayer requests. The petitions resolve ‘in the air’ with blue skies, the sudden appearance of a storm, the manifestation of a weather satellite and a procession of symbolic ‘deities’. (Gary Hawkins)
Also in this combined programme
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A Minute Ago
As a hailstorm showers people on a beach, Rose’s playful video considers the enigma of losing grip on moments that used to feel so present.
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The All-Hearing
An Egyptian ode to loudspeaker libertarianism, Cairo’s omnipresent noise pollution and Sheiks’ determination to have the issue of noise heard
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YOU ME AND IT
With frantic energy, supernatural comic timing and a rogues’ gallery of actors, YOU ME AND IT traces a world where cruelty is ticklish but al
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Endless, Nameless
All is far from what it initially seems in this hand-processed Super-8 film, shot in the private garden of a high-ranking Thai army officer.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2015
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2015
- Length
- 11"
- Medium/Format
- File
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