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
A fictional community of mysterious residential units is generated by a 3D programme. They exist in time, and yet there is no sign of life. This constellation of highly designed rooms with no clear function, shows zero activity. What seems like a promotional video for a futuristic habitat might also be an eerie premonition of afterlife.
IFFR 2020
- 18'
- China
- 2019
- Director
- Ji Jun
- Country of production
- China
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 18'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Ji Jun
- Sales
- Ji Jun
- Cinematography
- Ji Jun
- Editor
- Ji Jun
Also in this combined programme
Action, Almost Unable to Think
An ingenious visualisation of a real-life story, focusing on the inner world of this soldier, killed in an explosion while greeting a civilian.
11'
China
IFFR 2020
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
- Director
- Ji Jun
- Country of production
- China
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 18'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Ji Jun
- Sales
- Ji Jun
- Cinematography
- Ji Jun
- Editor
- Ji Jun
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.
Read more about this programme15 Days
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