Yu Araki is interested in questions of authenticity via remaking, rearranging and reinterpreting. This contemplative film about an expert griller working at one of the oldest Robatayaki restaurants in Japan, subtly refers to indigenous Ainu culture, as well as the environmental movement in contemporary society.
Also in this combined programme
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Lullaby
The film consists of four new renditions of traditional Thai lullaby tunes in Chehe dialect, focusing on the current religious and cultural disharmony -
Divinations
An idiosyncratic collection of objects on adhesive tape is brought to life by an old magic lantern. What do these shapes and images tell us… -
two moons
Typical for Benning, in Two Moons the title is an exact description of the film’s content – and its governing principle, structure and concept. -
L’ultimu sognu
Deep inside the wild nature of Corsica, a woman leads her lonesome life, with menacing forebodings of the future passing through her dreams. -
A Woman in Trouble Is a Temporary Thing
A fictional film portrait of Victoria Legrand of the band Beach House, set in a vague dystopian space.
Film details
- Country of production
- Japan
- Year
- 2020
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 16'
- Medium/Format
- Digital
