The Captured Light of an Instant
“I make landscapes out of what I feel. I make a holiday of sensation”, writes Fernando Pessoa in The Book of Disquiet. Filmmaker Lichun Tseng embraced this idea in The Captured Light of an Instant. She captured many moments on 35 mm film, turning them into a layered experience in which time and place coalesce. Restlessness becomes concentration.
All Short films at IFFR 2017
Also in this combined programme
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Everything Turns…
Open investigation of number mythology. An almanac of time, space and place on Super-8 film, humorously referencing Hans Richter.
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Luna e Santur
Luna e Santur was inspired by a paranormal encounter. Masked figures engaged in a mysterious, passionate ritual filtered through stroboscopic
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350 MYA
The Tafilalt region in the Sahara Desert was once the Rheic Ocean. 350 MYA conjures the ocean’s presence in the landscape: deep time in the f
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The Last Train
Footage from the trailer of Kereta Api Terakhir, found in the archive of Lab Laba Laba, melts into a soup of highly imaginative imagery o
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Highview
Highview consists of four, partially overlapping, 16mm images that fully coalesce into a colourful abstract painting, but also often create a
Film details
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 20"
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
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