Perfect Cut
Diamonds are forever imagined as an object of desire that circulates as condensed wealth. They can easily carve through a lens or blind our eyes, severing our fetishistic attachment to the glitter of commodities. A perfect cut, carving lines into our retina, separating screen and lens, stone and fluid.
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Mum, I’m Sorry
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Specialised Technique
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Walled Unwalled
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The Protagonists
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Trailer
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Film details
- Country of production
- Belgium
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 8"
- Medium/Format
- File
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