Deeply, Madly
Be carried by the waves, until they break. A woman muses on her fear of falling.
27'
Netherlands
IFFR 2023
descending notes is an erotic cosmic story about trans love, inspired by Donny Hathaway’s A Song for You: “I love you in a place where there's no space or time.” This interplay of resonance and dissonance sees three 'transing beings' circling one another, learning to live in transformation and give each other breath. Artist, filmmaker and writer Lou Lou Sainsbury co-wrote and co-starred with Ada M. Patterson and Raffia Li.
– Christiaan Boesenach
IFFR 2023
- 18'
- Netherlands
- 2022
- Director
- Lou Lou Sainsbury
- Premiere
- World premiere (festival)
- Countries of production
- Netherlands, United Kingdom
- Year
- 2022
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 18'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, Chinese
- Producer
- Sabel Gavaldon
- Production Company
- Gasworks
- Sales
- Lou Lou Sainsbury
- Screenplay
- Lou Lou Sainsbury, Ada M. Patterson, Raffia Li
- Cinematography
- Lou Lou Sainsbury, Gabi Dao
- Editor
- Lou Lou Sainsbury
- Sound Design
- Lou Lou Sainsbury
- Cast
- Lou Lou Sainsbury, Ada M. Patterson, Raffia Li
Also in this combined programme
Fin. Finito. Infinito.
In this blend of documentary and science fiction, a society prepares for the end.
8'
Spain
IFFR 2023
The Glistener
A young man has a date at a restaurant. Once seated, he can’t distinguish fantasy from reality.
8'
Netherlands
IFFR 2023
Greetings From Wormhole 61
An ambitious businesswoman travels the galaxy with a truck driver, conversing about ordinary, hard-working people.
14'
Netherlands
IFFR 2023
- Director
- Lou Lou Sainsbury
- Premiere
- World premiere (festival)
- Countries of production
- Netherlands, United Kingdom
- Year
- 2022
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 18'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, Chinese
- Producer
- Sabel Gavaldon
- Production Company
- Gasworks
- Sales
- Lou Lou Sainsbury
- Screenplay
- Lou Lou Sainsbury, Ada M. Patterson, Raffia Li
- Cinematography
- Lou Lou Sainsbury, Gabi Dao
- Editor
- Lou Lou Sainsbury
- Sound Design
- Lou Lou Sainsbury
- Cast
- Lou Lou Sainsbury, Ada M. Patterson, Raffia Li
Programme IFFR 2023
RTM
IFFR puts the spotlight firmly on films and makers from our city on the River Maas. The selection was made by this year's RTM curators: Cheryl Ashruf, Noemi Biro and Nizar el Manouzi. Discover a programme chock-full of short and longer films, documentaries, talks, music and performances. RTM revolves around talented artists and stories from 010 with an impact far beyond, revealing the riches of Rotterdam in all its glory.
Read more about this programmeThe Antarctic Gardener
A woman creates life where it cannot be while the forces of Antarctic nature rage all around.
24'
Netherlands
IFFR 2023
Book and Knife
Culinary shadow play, where three women and a restaurant follow various recipes to prepare soto/saoto.
15'
Netherlands
IFFR 2023
Bouw Museum Boymans
Six-episode, silent documentary about the construction of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen between 1932 and 1935.
82'
Netherlands
IFFR 2023