A sailor dreams of a homeland he has never had: day after day he constructs his new native land, shaping it to the substance of his soul. This video deals with the notion of what we call ‘home’ and ‘foreign’ while simultaneously dealing with issues related to language and translation.
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Das Gestell
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Eaves Apart
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See a Dog, Hear a Dog
Analytical tragicomedy about humans and their desire to communicate with others, animals and machines. Luckily technology provides ingenious algo
Film details
- Countries of production
- Italy, Netherlands
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 9'
- Medium/Format
- File
