Poor Magic effects a beautiful yet terrifying rendition of contemporary consciousness, gesturing towards civilisation’s listless drift beyond the corporeal, and technology’s infinite desire to penetrate and artificially replicate human essence. Computer-generated crowd simulations run berserk in dreamlike repetition, while a 3D endoscopic journey takes us through the body’s most intimate passages.
Also in this combined programme
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Antes do lembrar
Antes do lembrar explores the act of telling and recounting stories around prehistorical places in Brazil and how man recreates the world around them. -
Liquid Landscape
After her Dust Poetry from 2014, Nan Wang, member of the Rotterdam Filmwerkplaats, has once again created an exceptional visual tr -
Song X
A group of teenagers conducts a cremation ceremony for a man who is entering the afterlife while still being sought by the military for deserting. -
Wrong Revision
Based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s short story The Devil and Tobacco (1916), Wrong Revision introduces a curious account of the devil’s introduction to Ja
Film details
- Country of production
- Canada
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 8'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
