In the middle of Brussels, a tiny nature reserve, caught between two railway lines, lies dormant in the dead of night. As the morning light slowly rises, so does the dawn chorus, merging with the ever-present urban drone. Nature awakens to meet man in this gentle study of sound and image.
Also in this combined programme
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Z = |Z/Z•Z-1 mod 2|-1: Lavender Town Syndrome
In this tongue-twister of a tale, camera zooms break open the domestic cocoon and pull us into the world of Pokémon.
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Waste No. 4 New York, New York
Ghostly, 16mm footage of Fresh Kills in New York, the world’s largest rubbish dump. A final portrait of Western civilisation.
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Kasiterit
Solar-powered A.I. Natasha informs us of the complex dynamic between labour and geology on Bangka Island, Indonesia, where most tin comes from.
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Ocean II Ocean
From subway cars dumped in the ocean to fossils in marble slabs, eternally spiralling into each other to the tune of steel drums.
Film details
- Country of production
- Belgium
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 10"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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