Exploring geological epochs and kingdoms of life, Realms voyages through deep time from the primeval ocean to a post-human future. The film employs visual storytelling, seeking to replace the anthropocentric worldview with greater attention to the complex interrelationships and dependencies between organisms, and between animate and inanimate nature.
Also in this combined programme
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Blue
A woman lies awake at night. Nearby, a set of scrolled theatre backdrops unrolls to reveal two alternate landscapes.
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Screen
A mesmerising accumulation of floating imagery reverses the relationship between the hypnotised subject and the hypnotist, and between the spectator a
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Way Up in the Sky
What do you do when you wake up and heaven signals that the end of the world may be nigh?
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Mais un oiseau ne chantait pas
Scratched directly on 35mm film stock, this abstract film is a visual interpretation of a violin piece based on a Bosnian popular song.
Trailer
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Film details
- Country of production
- Finland
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 20"
- Medium/Format
- DCP 4k
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