Blue
A woman lies awake at night. Nearby, a set of scrolled theatre backdrops unrolls to reveal two alternate landscapes.
12'
France
IFFR 2019
In the desert, a man extracts stones from a mountain and breaks them. His perpetual labour becomes an act of meditation, a demonstration of human dignity in its most austere form. At once poetic and yet purely documentary, this desolate scene points out humanity’s place in the universe.
Screens before Walden.
Screens before Walden.
IFFR 2019
- 12'
- France
- 2019
- Director
- Driss Aroussi
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 12'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Sisyphus
- Language
- Arabic
- Producer
- Antonio Magliano
- Production Company
- Prima Luce
- Sales
- Prima Luce
- Screenplay
- Driss Aroussi
- Cinematography
- Stéphanos Mangriotis
- Editor
- Fatima Bianchi
- Sound Design
- Bertrand Wolff
- Cast
- Mustapha Aroussi
- Director
- Driss Aroussi
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 12'
- Medium
- DCP
- International title
- Sisyphus
- Language
- Arabic
- Producer
- Antonio Magliano
- Production Company
- Prima Luce
- Sales
- Prima Luce
- Screenplay
- Driss Aroussi
- Cinematography
- Stéphanos Mangriotis
- Editor
- Fatima Bianchi
- Sound Design
- Bertrand Wolff
- Cast
- Mustapha Aroussi
Programme IFFR 2019
Say No More
An invitation to the viewer to rediscover the compelling sensation of collective viewing, and the notion of togetherness in silence.
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Everything happens at the edges of the frame here. The action is minimal: two lines build up an undulating pattern and unfurl again.
6'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2019
Het geluk van honden
An observation on sheperd dogs during their training for police work. But these unfathomable dogs also observe us.
23'
Belgium
IFFR 2019