Belladonna
A number of somber talking heads frankly describe their most personal and perverse attitudes on sex, violence and other family matters.
13'
USA
IFFR 2020
Gritty, sensorial and hypnotic: a figurative and psychedelic experimentation with film language and voyeurism, the film offers a unique take on transgressive cinema. Play Boy combines pre-existing images to create moral transgression. The recycled images are textured and worn, and in its peepshow-like looped format, looking feels both seedy and pleasurable.
IFFR 2020
- 13'
- USA
- 1984
- Director
- Tessa Hughes-Freeland
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1984
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 13'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Tessa Hughes-Freeland
- Sales
- Film-Makers' Cooperative
- Screenplay
- Tessa Hughes-Freeland
- Cinematography
- Tessa Hughes-Freeland
- Editor
- Tessa Hughes-Freeland
Also in this combined programme
Bread
Bread hones in on the symbolic role of food, specifically in the way that it highlights gendered imbalances of power in the entertainment industry.
16'
USA
IFFR 2020
Mixed Messages
An experimental video collage that examines gender-stereotyping in popular culture, concluding with a post-modern version of the Pandora myth.
20'
USA
IFFR 2020
Saute ma ville
A young Chantal Akerman goes berserk in her kitchen and, while singing, trashes it. A burlesque pamphlet against household chores with May 68 undertones.
11'
Belgium
IFFR 2020
- Director
- Tessa Hughes-Freeland
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1984
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 13'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Tessa Hughes-Freeland
- Sales
- Film-Makers' Cooperative
- Screenplay
- Tessa Hughes-Freeland
- Cinematography
- Tessa Hughes-Freeland
- Editor
- Tessa Hughes-Freeland
Programme IFFR 2020
Beth B: War Is Never Over
Filmmaker Beth B personally provides context to her recent portrayal of provocative artist Lydia Lunch, from the vantage point of female identity, power and sexuality.
Read more about this programmeAmnesia
A chilling cautionary tale, Amnesia is a stark and uncompromising portrayal of the escalation of xenophobic sentiment in a neo-conservative climate.
1'
USA
IFFR 2020
Barbie
Barbie returns from shopping. She takes her groceries out of the bag and takes out a little Barbie doll which she then fries and eats.
10'
USA
IFFR 2020
Belladonna
A number of somber talking heads frankly describe their most personal and perverse attitudes on sex, violence and other family matters.
13'
USA
IFFR 2020