An attempt to grasp the relationship the translator Bertani has with distance. He worked as a farmer all his life, understands more than 100 languages, but never visited the countries of which he wrote. He speaks about the world and the frontiers of knowledge, we observe his home in detail: language as a true gateway to other worlds.
Also in this combined programme
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Electrical Gaza
The Gaza Strip as a myth: isolated, timeless, almost inaccessible, extremely tense. The accompanying animation adds a fictional layer.
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A Simple Story, Mine, Yours and M’s
The director, who was born in Tehran during the Iran-Iraq war, works out her personal history. Painful, yet not sentimental.
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Escape Scenes
Julia Feyrer takes her sculptures for a ride across the city and lets the wind take them apart in this charming 16mm silent film.
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Here There
Elegant minimal animation feels like a summer breeze from Croatia. A simple seaside sketch book evolves into abstractions full of shifting planes and
Film details
- Italy, Netherlands
- Year
- 2014
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 15"
- Medium/Format
- File
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