Aahuti
A ritualised choreography of hands and simple objects above a section of soil offers a phenomenological journey to the essence of the cycle of life.
15'
India
IFFR 2020
The origin is the real story of a solder being killed by a bomb while greeting a civilian. The film tries to recapture that moment of contradiction and vulnerability using the techniques of 3D video, computer rendering simulators, photos and graphics to express the filmmaker's personal understanding of the subjectivity of this reality.
IFFR 2020
- 11'
- China
- 2018
- Director
- Mao Haonan
- Country of production
- China
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 11'
- Medium
- Digital
- Language
- Chinese
- Producer
- Mao Haonan
- Sales
- Mao Haonan
- Cinematography
- Mao Haonan
Also in this combined programme
All Movements Should Kill the Wind
200 kilometres from Beijing, men live among rocks that wait to be hacked, cut and sanded. Once the stone monument is in place, nobody remembers these actions.
12'
France
IFFR 2020
At the Time of the Ebb
During the annual celebration of Fisherman's New Year, Iranian trade, tradition and customs, past and present, are still very much felt today in Qeshm.
16'
Kuwait
IFFR 2020
Blue
How to overcome the locked-in syndrome of the computer screen? A meditative reflection on the urban jungle, with the colour blue as main protagonist.
5'
Germany
IFFR 2020
- Director
- Mao Haonan
- Country of production
- China
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 11'
- Medium
- Digital
- Language
- Chinese
- Producer
- Mao Haonan
- Sales
- Mao Haonan
- Cinematography
- Mao Haonan
Programme IFFR 2020
Wait and See
Waiting for a film to start, it has already begun – in our mind. This programme cultivates the viewer’s patience, both in the cinema and outside.
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A camera-shy film journalist decides to inflict an experiment on himself: to film himself for 15 days. Halfway through his ordeal he opens up.
90'
Japan
IFFR 2020
Aahuti
A ritualised choreography of hands and simple objects above a section of soil offers a phenomenological journey to the essence of the cycle of life.
15'
India
IFFR 2020
Absolute Beginners
Six gene-positive people share how they cope with the onset of Huntington's disease and how it affects their life – past, present and future.
42'
Belgium
IFFR 2020