Bending to Earth
Aerial shots survey what appears to be a dystopian future, revealed as man-made storage sites for radioactive waste in Rosa Barba’s atmospheric 35mm film.
15'
USA
IFFR 2016
Radio at Night is an assemblage of distorting and looping audiovisual material, including industrial documentation, medical imaging, news broadcasts, footage of birds and fish, and a specially composed soundtrack sung in C minor. It grapples with the anxiety and pleasure of seeing and sensing in an era saturated by technology.
Also in this combined programme
Ghost Rabbit & The Casket Sales
Quiet moments of everyday life are interrupted by a jagged remix of a native song in Arnont Nongyao’s playful poem on the current situation in Thailand.
7'
Thailand
IFFR 2016
The Masked Monkeys
Satirising ethnographic documentary, OJOBOCA documents the training of masked monkeys whose performances take us to where shadows, dreams and death meet.
30'
Germany
IFFR 2016
The Mess
Computer-animated video taking us to the threshold of a utopian labyrinth. A solitary female figure has to clean up the mess it inadvertently spawned.
14'
USA
IFFR 2016
- Director
- James Richards
- Countries of production
- Germany, USA
- Production Year
- 2015
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 8'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- no dialogue
- Producer
- James Richards
- Production Company
- Walker Arts Centre
- Sales
- LUX
- Screenplay
- James Richards
- Cinematography
- James Richards
- Editor
- James Richards
- Production Design
- James Richards
- Sound Design
- James Richards
- Music
- James Richards
- Cast
- James Richards
- Website
- https://lux.org.uk/work/radio-at-night
Programme IFFR 2016
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13'
Germany
IFFR 2016
Analysis of Emotions and Vexations
The moods of the Polish poet, musician and artist captured in a sober, yet impressive pencil-drawn animation.
14'
Poland
IFFR 2016
Bending to Earth
Aerial shots survey what appears to be a dystopian future, revealed as man-made storage sites for radioactive waste in Rosa Barba’s atmospheric 35mm film.
15'
USA
IFFR 2016