A series of cinematic portraits of Jacques Larose shot in domestic spaces in the former gold-mining town of Saint Bathans, New Zealand expand into a tapestry of glistening natural light and vaporous movement, created via a painstaking process of in-camera layering effects.
Also in this combined programme
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Star Ferry
Time is condensed in 35mm imagery of the metropolises Hong Kong and Tokyo, melding together impressions of city life by day and night.
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Inside the Machine
Performative optical sound film with three 16mm projectors. Humans and machines merge on screen; this is how cinema works.
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Comfort Stations
A found set of images and sounds with an instruction text make a special type of film. Comfort Stations manifests itself as some sort of psychologi
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An Empty Threat
Fully handmade 16mm film with deep black blots in various shapes and sizes, sequenced into a variety of visual rhythms. Soundtrack by Stephen Vitie
Film details
- Country of production
- Canada
- Year
- 2016
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 20"
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
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