Center, Ring, Mall
A dreamy 16mm triptych about the lost promises of urbanity.
18'
Netherlands
IFFR 2023
In this very timely observational meditation on the growing militarisation of today’s society, we are watching what is really happening aboard a US aircraft carrier, as well as behind the scenes of a military parade. With his trademark long-take sequences, using a free-associative editing style, acclaimed experimental documentarist Boris Poljak creates an atmosphere of anxiety and loneliness, perfectly in tune with the fear of the uncertain future that we all feel.
– Ivan Ramljak
IFFR 2023
- 24'
- Croatia
- 2023
- Director
- Boris Poljak
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Croatia
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 24'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- no dialogue
- Producers
- Hrvoje Selec, Matko Buric
- Production Company
- Hrvatski Filmski Savez
- Sales
- Split Screen
- Screenplay
- Boris Poljak
- Cinematography
- Boris Poljak
- Editor
- Damir Čučić
- Sound Design
- Ruzina Frankulin
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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
- Boris Poljak
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Croatia
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 24'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- no dialogue
- Producers
- Hrvoje Selec, Matko Buric
- Production Company
- Hrvatski Filmski Savez
- Sales
- Split Screen
- Screenplay
- Boris Poljak
- Cinematography
- Boris Poljak
- Editor
- Damir Čučić
- Sound Design
- Ruzina Frankulin
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