An Old Dog’s Diary
An Old Dog's Diary
Beautiful, introspective portrait of the Indian avant-garde painter Francis Newton Souza discusses the value of life and of art in particular. Personal journal entries and contemplative drawings from the 1950s are a marked contrast with the high prices his work commands today.
Also in this combined programme
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Remembering the Pentagons
Sensual, lyrical depiction of the filmmaker’s earliest memories of the overwhelming smells and colours of Iran. -
Vivir para vivir
The Californian desert, an ECG and sine waves: Live to Live uses bodily processes ranging from heartbeats to orgasms to create structure. -
Half Human, Half Vapor
Outsider artist Vandercar sculpted in his garden. Rumour has it that he was also adept at telepathy. After his death the spirits still seem present. -
Still Light
Homage to New Zealand poet and filmmaker Joanna Margaret Paul has the same radical simplicity as her work. Fresh, sweet film poem with a beautiful… -
A Distant Episode
A meditation on the illusion of filmmaking, shot behind the scenes of a film being made on the other-worldly beaches of Morocco in silvery black-and-w
Film details
- Country of production
- India
- Year
- 2015
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 11'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
