The Great Silence
Arecibo, the world’s largest radio telescope, is located in Esperanza, Puerto Rico, which is also home to a critically endangered species of parrots. The telescope functions as an ear that is capable of capturing signs of extraterrestrial intelligence. The witty messages from the parrots remain unnoticed.
All Short films at IFFR 2017
Also in this combined programme
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The World
The Man Who Fell to Earth, pared down and flipped. Animals, furniture and empty vehicles are left awaiting disaster in abandoned landscapes.
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Little Doorways to Paths Not Yet Taken
An intimate exploration of a studio, cluttered with all sorts of technological paraphernalia, presents an indirect portrait of the composer Laurie
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An Epilogue
By evoking the Mechanical Turk, a legendary chess playing automaton, Sanborn addresses the problematic relationship between art and technology.
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What Is an Apparatus?
A slightly ludicrous collection of tales illustrated by shots of nuclear submarines, postmodern architecture, robots, scrapyards and supermarkets.
Film details
- Country of production
- Puerto Rico
- Year
- 2016
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 16"
- Medium/Format
- File
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