Captivating, handmade flicker film in which garden spirits flirt with spring’s fresh green weeds. Colourful flower petals free themselves from melting ice cubes and cavort. Roots and leaves writhe hypnotically, adding movement to nature’s calm. New flowers replace the leaves that disappeared.
Also in this combined programme
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Once Removed
Bassel Abi Chahine, a self-described reincarnation of a dead soldier from the Lebanese civil war, recalls past details with remarkable precision. -
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. -
Single Copy
An experimental biography of Chung-I, one half of a once-conjoined twin, whose body is digitally scanned and cast in ceramic. -
Mariam Jafri vs. Maryam Jafri
A humorous tale of the journey a ready-made sculpture takes down the rabbit hole of stock photo copyright and image ownership. -
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.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 7'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
