Mum, I'm Sorry
The objects found in someone’s pockets – photos, pieces of paper – tell the story of the owner’s life and hopes.
17'
Italy
IFFR 2019
At the Funkhaus studios in East Berlin audio investigator Abu Hamdan recorded stories about court cases that revolved around sounds. Witnesses heard these through walls like in the Oscar Pistorius case. Here, on the threshold of observation, the barrier between public and private becomes diaphanous. No wall is impenetrable.
IFFR 2019
- 21'
- Germany
- 2018
- Director
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Country of production
- Germany
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 21'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, Arabic
- Producer
- Jarred Alterman / Studio Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Production Company
- Studio Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Sales
- Studio Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Screenplay
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Cinematography
- Jarred Alterman, Jarred Alterman
- Editor
- Jarred Alterman, Jarred Alterman
- Production Design
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Jarred Alterman
- Sound Design
- Shakeeb Abu Hamdan
- Music
- Shakeeb Abu Hamdan
- Cast
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Also in this combined programme
Perfect Cut
Diamonds, forever an object of desire, are also the hardest substance on the planet, carving winding lines into our retina.
8'
Belgium
IFFR 2019
The Protagonists
Dao makes a plea for 'Domestic Cinema': plants, a metronome, a clumsy animatronic hand and colorful smoke bombs become characters in her film.
8'
Canada
IFFR 2019
Specialised Technique
In this found footage film with its distinctive soundtrack the filmmaker studies the colonial perspective, returning authorship to the dancers.
6'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Country of production
- Germany
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 21'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, Arabic
- Producer
- Jarred Alterman / Studio Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Production Company
- Studio Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Sales
- Studio Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Screenplay
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Lawrence Abu Hamdan
- Cinematography
- Jarred Alterman, Jarred Alterman
- Editor
- Jarred Alterman, Jarred Alterman
- Production Design
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Jarred Alterman
- Sound Design
- Shakeeb Abu Hamdan
- Music
- Shakeeb Abu Hamdan
- Cast
- Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Programme IFFR 2019
Bright Future Short
Experimental short films and sound//vision, with live A/V performances.
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An investigation into a plane crash becomes the entry point to a web of seemingly unrelated events that appear to be deeply entangled.
28'
Netherlands
IFFR 2019
Aykan
Impressions of a city divided: no use trying to keep afloat in the tangle of images stitched together into a stereoscopic whole.
10'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2019
Birds in the Earth
Examination of the deeper questions concerning ownership of Sámi land through dance performances by two young ballet students.
11'
Finland
IFFR 2019