“All you need to know is that he loves quail eggs.” This is what Vonna-Michell’s father told him about French sound poet Henri Chopin, who subsequently has been the subject of a decade-long research project. Vonna-Michell’s rapid-fire monologue ties together the debris of this research in an opaque cabinet of wonders.
Also in this combined programme
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Who’s the Daddy
Exceptional animation in bright neon colours, full of suppressed sexual desire, fear and perversion, presented with disarming openness and humour.&
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Fruits of the Loom
In search of unrealised paradises, a communist and a capitalist break into summer homes to build a new future.
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of Violence
Heather Phillipson uses close-up pillow talk and casual camerawork to engage a dog − as an involuntary participant − in intimate digres
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You Are an Amazement
Semi-autobiographical, experimental narrative film tells the story of a woman growing up battling mental and emotional disability, but with a power
Film details
- Country of production
- Sweden
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 13"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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