Using a special printing technique, Esther Urlus makes the film images look hand-drawn. She was inspired by Late-Medieval sketches of falling horses and studies
for spectacular battle scenes. The historical pastel colours are based on the Medieval ‘Epiphanie
medicorum’, a urine colour wheel used for medical diagnoses.
Also in this combined programme
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Instructions on How to Make a Film
A quest on performance, educational voice-over, analogue filmmaking, ASCII, language, ethics of ethnography and narrative storytelling under a metapho -
Midnight Orange
Filmed in the Paigah tombs in India,Midnight Orange tells of unresolved crescendos, thwarted anticipations and unmanaged escalations through arch -
Mal-Fekata
Inspired by early cinema, Kidanu explores the construction of images and space using analogue film technology. Diorama with echoes of Addis Ababa. -
Ceniza verde
A film painted with the light of a sun-drenched spot in Sierras de Córdoba where history manifests itself as an apparition. -
the eyes empty and the pupils burning with rage and desire
Minimalist expanded cinema performance with two modified 16mm projectors. An exploration of film emulsion without image, sound or narrative. -
The Sound Drifts
Hypnotising audio tracks dance to the soundtrack of Canapa’s previous film about Jérôme Noetinger, Metamkine’s sound artist.
Film details
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 7'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
