Double-Take: Leader of the Syrian Revolution Commanding a Charge
Two similar paintings filmed in detail. The original depicts the French colonial overlord, the copy the Syrian resistance leader who fought the French. A fascinating story highlights the discrepancy concerning specific choices and questions about the colonial past and how we deal with it are brought sharply into focus.
Also in this combined programme
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Consider the Belvedere
A detective story like no other, Feyrer and Henderson’s sculptural objects serve as criminal and investigator in this playful whodunnit where the crim
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Analysis of Emotions and Vexations
The moods of the Polish poet, musician and artist captured in a sober, yet impressive pencil-drawn animation.
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The Mesh and the Circle
Fragmentary film examines empirical thinking and the tactile; full of brilliant visualisations and analogies. A fascinating labyrinth of a film.
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Poem and Stone
The various colours, smells and flavours of Teheran are almost tangible. Can memories and the desire to be somewhere be captured in images?
Film details
- Country of production
- UK
- Year
- 2014
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 11"
- Medium/Format
- File
