The latest abstract animation by London-based Sebastian Buerkner examines the fluid state between standing and falling, between waking life and spiritual ascendance. Borrowing its title from a song by 16th-century composer John Dowland, the film contemplates the place of spiritual transcendence in modern life.
Also in this combined programme
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Undisclosed Recipients
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Poem
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Spermwhore
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Deseos
Fictional correspondence between a Columbian and a Lebanese woman demonstrates how laws and religion determine the dominant discourse on sexuality.
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2015
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 5'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
