Der Fährmann places us as passengers on an eerie railroad trip around Europe, from the darkness of night until dawn. A feeling of ethereality pervades the film, accentuated by the dense granularity and high contrast of celluloid. A live sound performance accompanies this film.
Also in this combined programme
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Not (a) Part
An animation of dead bees contact-printed directly onto negative film, a dirge for the rapid decline of these essential creatures. -
I Felt Like the Sound of a Harp
Chemist Humphry Davy’s experimentation with nitrous oxide serves as a source of inspiration for this multilayered play of chemistry and celluloid. -
Goldman Crash
A post-apocalyptic film crafted from earlier post-apocalyptic films that asks: Did Hollywood predict the attack on the World Trade Center?
Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 13'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
