Existing between spy thriller and prank call, this charmingly facetious video by artist Frank Heath is about a man at a payphone desperately trying to retrieve his SD card, which is hidden in a hollow coin. Referencing an incident involving a Soviet spy, secrecy and public space dovetail in this hilarious art film comedy.
All Short films at IFFR 2017
Also in this combined programme
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Eye Farm
What we eat shapes how we see. The video by artist Beny Wagner explores the relationship between agriculture and perception through the parallel to
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DOA (Dead on arrival)
An inescapable film about the wide range of possibilities of being simultaneously dead and alive; as exemplified in medicine, history, literature a
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Indefinite Pitch
A pathetic movie pitch slips into the murkiness of memory, and histories best forgotten or purposely ignored. (JNKW)
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2016
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 12"
- Medium/Format
- File
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