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
Ziarah takes to the sea in search of the remains of Tupaia, a nobleman indispensable in liaising between the Māori and James Cook’s ship in 1769. On an uninhabited Indonesian island where Tupaia is believed to be buried, Bridget Reweti telescopes then and now, relating history to contemporary ecological problems. (CIRCUIT)
Also in this combined programme
Birth of the Alseides
7'
Canada
IFFR 2019
Chromaticité I
People flee in terror before the force, or remain riveted to their seat, in the clutches of fear.
11'
France
IFFR 2019
Dutchman’s Photographs
A series on the movement of walking barefoot through the ocean waves, produced using several hundred photographs.
7'
Japan
IFFR 2019
- Director
- Bridget Reweti
- Premiere
- International premiere
- Countries of production
- New Zealand, Indonesia
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 10'
- Medium
- File
- Language
- Indonesian
- Producer
- Mark Williams / CIRCUIT Artist Film and Video Aotearoa New Zealand
- Sales
- CIRCUIT Artist Film and Video Aotearoa New Zealand
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