15 Days
A camera-shy film journalist decides to inflict an experiment on himself: to film himself for 15 days. Halfway through his ordeal he opens up.
90'
Japan
IFFR 2020
Zumiriki (Basque for 'island in the middle of a stream') takes us back to the blissful freedom of playing in nature, losing all track of time. Inspired by his father's home movies, a man goes back to the most adventurous spot from his childhood days, a small island. This location has meanwhile disappeared underwater, due to the construction of a dam. It doesn't prevent this determined latter-day Robinson Crusoe from installing himself in a primitive hut, with passing animals as his sole companions.
Zumiriki not only offers an endearing autobiographical reverie, but also a performative reflection on the passing of time and its conceptual conservation through photography and film. The tree hut becomes a metaphorical camera where the filmmaker (and former director of a film festival) spends his days in total freedom. Appropriately, the inventive Alegria was responsible for the script, direction, photography and editing.
IFFR 2020
Programme IFFR 2020
Waiting for a film to start, it has already begun – in our mind. This programme cultivates the viewer’s patience, both in the cinema and outside.
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90'
Japan
IFFR 2020
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15'
India
IFFR 2020
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42'
Belgium
IFFR 2020