All About My Sisters
A searing portrait of Jin, filmed by her sister. Abandoned as a baby, Jin, now a young woman, faces multi-generational family trauma.
174'
USA
IFFR 2021
Freewheeling film celebrating both sexual and stylistic fluidity. Phoenix literally changes colour as the characters circle one another. A medical student who sometimes rents out a room in his house receives a visit from a young woman he was romantically involved with the previous summer. But he shows little interest in her – mainly because he’s now in love with Harry.
In Phoenix there are no fixed categories, either in relation to sexual orientation or film style: fluidity is the norm. The main character, for example, is bisexual; and his short-haired female visitor looks pretty androgynous. The film’s style is equally fluid, with some passages in monochrome shades, black and white and a pastiche of 1980s video clips. At times Phoenix becomes a silent film, with intertitles or script notes appearing on screen. The man in the story is referred to as 1, the woman as 2. In addition, the film features a lot new-wave style music, much of which was composed by director/polymath Bram Droulers.
IFFR 2021
Programme IFFR 2021
A special edition of Bright Future in which each programmer presents a fresh feature debut from the cutting edge of filmmaking.
Still: Phoenix
Read more about this programmeA searing portrait of Jin, filmed by her sister. Abandoned as a baby, Jin, now a young woman, faces multi-generational family trauma.
174'
USA
IFFR 2021
The sensation of being overwhelmed by nature shot in aesthetic black and white. With an undercurrent of spiritual connectedness.
79'
Netherlands
IFFR 2021
Poetic film essay on Syria – a country that for many now only exists in memories, or dreams.
83'
Canada
IFFR 2021