The panopticon, the all-seeing eye, is a philosophical model of control and discipline often applied in society, from which Fern Silva’s meandering, associative filmmaking style could hardly be more distant. The Watchmen therefore not only reveals the consequences of the concept, but also opens opportunities for escape.
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Atlante 1783
A romantic, rough-edged Mediterranean landscape. Atlante 1783 searches for clues in Calabria, where the 1783 earthquake re-wrote geology and -
Latency Contemplation 2
Seoungho Cho’s internal visions and his perception of the outer world come together in a fluent meditation on space, place and sound. -
Only the Beloved Keeps Our Secrets
Images of ritual and dance collected online overlap to obscure one another in Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme’s video, which contemplates the -
The Remnant
In 1659 Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch Commander of the Cape in South Africa, planted a hedge of indigenous wild almond trees. Its remnants still exist.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 10'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
