Once Removed
Bassel Abi Chahine, a self-described reincarnation of a dead soldier from the Lebanese civil war, recalls past details with remarkable precision.
29'
Lebanon
IFFR 2020
Delivered in poker-faced monotone, Maryam Jafri examines ownership in our age of image circulation. Step by step, with humour and persistence, she walks us through the licensing conundrum of her ready-made sculpture that transforms from object-for-sale into artwork-for-sale, photo-for-sale and finally a video-for-sale with superimposed watermarks.
IFFR 2020
- 12'
- United Kingdom
- 2019
- Director
- Maryam Jafri
- Premiere
- World premiere (festival)
- Countries of production
- United Kingdom, Denmark
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 12'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Ali Roche
- Sales
- Maryam Jafri
Also in this combined programme
Les quatre récits d'Alice
True story? Myriam Jacob-Allard's grandmother was carried away by a tornado as a child. The artist tries to find out her own way.
5'
Canada
IFFR 2020
A Screen Test for an Adaptation of Giselle
The ballet Giselle reimagined as an ecofeminist thriller. Digital footage, VHS, animation and deep AI represent a newly hybridised world.
9'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2020
Single Copy
An experimental biography of Chung-I, one half of a once-conjoined twin, whose body is digitally scanned and cast in ceramic.
21'
Taiwan
IFFR 2020
- Director
- Maryam Jafri
- Premiere
- World premiere (festival)
- Countries of production
- United Kingdom, Denmark
- Year
- 2019
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 12'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Ali Roche
- Sales
- Maryam Jafri
Programme IFFR 2020
Bright Future Short
Experimental and artists' short films, including sound//vision with live A/V performances.
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Mysterious miniature about the reproduction of contaminated, screen-printed images as patches on a woman's clothing; with melancholy audio collage.
4'
Colombia
IFFR 2020
American International Pictures
Screened in 16mm, this experimental travelogue is quintessentially Vivian Ostrovsky, exploring themes of transit and movement in a dreamy style.
5'
France
IFFR 2020
Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Art of Bodybuilding
Arnold Schwarzenegger, presented here as a living work of art, gives his vision on classical sculpture, body and mind, ideal beauty and more.
8'
Netherlands
IFFR 2020