Part science fiction, part homage to film history, this short black-and-white film fuses images of the moon with archival footage of King Mohammed V of Morocco’s face. All this swirling imagery is set to an eerie soundtrack that takes the viewer on a surreal journey. (Heure Exquise)
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Kameradin
Based on archival images from Yugoslav cinema, this film shows the fragmented experience of the woman and her broken body.
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Le cinéma en deux
At Claude Chabrol’s request, Patrice Énard arrived on the set of Dr Popal to observe and deconstruct this ‘different’ form
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Odessa Crash Test (Notes on Film 09)
A stroller is subjected to a crash test on the Odessa steps, resulting in a mad,Eisenstein-esque ride.
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The Waltons
A re-examination of John-Boy’s near-death experience at the sawmill. A homespun midnight deconstruction of an entire era of television manner
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Portrait of Karl Marx as a Young God
This absurd documentary about (political) desire consists of collages and drawings with voice-over comments from a telephone speaker.
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Oneheadword Protection
Oneheadword Protection uses stop-motion animation techniques, irrespective of whether objects, cardboard cut-outs or human bodies are used.
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Even If My Hands Were Full of Truths
Reflecting on the legacy of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, this film contemplates how memory might or might not become history.
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Geschichten vom Kübelkind, Episode 2: Kübelkind’s Kindheit
In the second episode of Kübelkind, an afterbirth leads an independent life – until child welfare comes along.
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Dutch Mountain
With his camera movements and unusual cropping of the image, Jan Dibbets moulds the flat landscape into mountains.
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I Regret
From ‘Facebook overshare’ through ‘giving your movie a shitty review’ to ‘missing your own funeral’: everyone h
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The Burglary
Vacationing with her family in Spain, a woman returns to her rented summer house, only to find it burgled.
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Slide
As our perception of speed grows faster and visual information is taken over by powerful computers, a strange spectacle arises.
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Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 12"
- Medium/Format
- File
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