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28 Jan – 7 Feb 2027

I Felt Like the Sound of a Harp

Laura Phillips | United Kingdom | 2019 | 17' | | IFFR 2020

The film evokes stories and images from dissociative states, while drawing parallels to the research of chemist Humphry Davy (1788-1829) on the effects of laughing gas. Devised as a multi-layered audio-visual composition, the film merges past and present, oral history and sensory images, and a variety of analogue and digital processes.

Also in this combined programme

  • Not (a) Part

    An animation of dead bees contact-printed directly onto negative film, a dirge for the rapid decline of these essential creatures.

  • Goldman Crash

    A post-apocalyptic film crafted from earlier post-apocalyptic films that asks: Did Hollywood predict the attack on the World Trade Center?

  • Der Fährmann

    A high-contrast film that places us in the front seat of a ghostly train ride, accompanied by a live sound performance.
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Film details

Country of production
United Kingdom
Year
2019
Festival edition
IFFR 2020
Length
17'
Medium/Format
Digital