Horror Vacui
Observational meditation on growing militarisation of today’s society shot by acclaimed experimental documentary filmmaker, Boris Poljak.
24'
Croatia
IFFR 2023
An immersive architectural film poem narrated by disembodied voices that pay ode to seminal literary texts. Center, Ring, Mall offers perspectives on three urban structures, each representing the illusion of utopian promise. The viewer is drawn into a realm of sensualised concrete matter and abstract textures where 16mm grain expressively juxtaposes 3D images of paused time.
– Ol Marin
IFFR 2023
- 18'
- Netherlands
- 2023
- Director
- Mateo Vega
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Countries of production
- Netherlands, Peru
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 18'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, Dutch, Spanish
- Producer
- Mateo Vega
- Sales
- Mateo Vega
- Screenplay
- Maxime Garcia Diaz, Lila Bullen-Smith, Mateo Vega
- Cinematography
- Sam Broekman
- Editor
- Mateo Vega
- Production Design
- Kotryna Buruckaite
- Sound Design
- Olmo van Straalen
- Music
- Mateo Vega, Maja Chiara Faber
- Local Distributor
- LI-MA
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Vacation
A lo-fi tech folkloric tale about a naïve student stranded on volcanic shores.
25'
United States
IFFR 2023
- Director
- Mateo Vega
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Countries of production
- Netherlands, Peru
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 18'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, Dutch, Spanish
- Producer
- Mateo Vega
- Sales
- Mateo Vega
- Screenplay
- Maxime Garcia Diaz, Lila Bullen-Smith, Mateo Vega
- Cinematography
- Sam Broekman
- Editor
- Mateo Vega
- Production Design
- Kotryna Buruckaite
- Sound Design
- Olmo van Straalen
- Music
- Mateo Vega, Maja Chiara Faber
- Local Distributor
- LI-MA
Programme IFFR 2023
Short & Mid-length
Just as long as it takes. The Short & Mid-length film programme offers a unique showcase of films under 63 minutes.
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An affecting meditation on the pain experienced by refugees forced to live in limbo.
12'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2023
3 Lieder
Timeless, silent film vignettes based on songs from Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe. A tribute to early film.
7'
Germany
IFFR 2023
3 Peonies
Flowers are stuck down and covered by tape: a wry comment on 20th-century modernist art.
3'
United States
IFFR 2023