An airfield in an unknown suburb; a lake beneath the city burns the streets; mountains throw rock into the gardens. In the crater of a volcano in Fogo, a model Brazilian city is lifted and dissolves. Two people find each other in this landscape, fifty years apart.
All Short films at IFFR 2017
Also in this combined programme
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Whipping Zombie
In a Haitian village there is a dance, the whipping zombie ritual. Men whip and fight until they die, to be reborn in the infinite cycle.
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Pattern Language
Highly organised, richly layered patterns move in accordance with sound frequencies and rhythms, towards the construction of an endlessly changing
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Waypoint, Follow, Orbit, Focus, Track, Pan
During a trip across Croatia, eteam uses a drone camera to study the art of camouflage .
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On the Origin of Fear
Deep-seated traumas of Indonesia are rooted out when a man dubs the roles of both perpetrator and victim over a docudrama on the 1965 attempted cou
Film details
- Countries of production
- Brazil, Portugal, USA
- Year
- 2016
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 14"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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