Fresh Kills in New York is the world’s largest rubbish dump where, among other things, the Twin Towers can be found. This ghostly, 16mm footage provides a final portrait of Western civilisation at this ‘archaeological dig’. New York is also surrounded by many ‘potter’s fields’: cemeteries for the poor and the unknown.
Also in this combined programme
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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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Murmur
In the early morning, nature awakens to the sounds of the city. Urban bustle and birdsong merge into a familiar murmur.
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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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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.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Finland
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 20"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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