A powerful invocation of Inuit life and mythology. Experimentally treated Super-8 footage of the snowy landscapes in Nunavut (Canada) poetically accompanies the voice of Inuk Elder Naulaq LeDrew as she recalls past rituals practiced by her tribe and measures the changes wrought by colonial violence.
– Adrian Martin
Also in this combined programme
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Sinisukka 1948
An experimental dance choreography that goes beyond human bodies and into a micro-universe of relational aesthetics. -
Blues
A bowl of blueberries slowly disappears: light, colour, action, time – cinema. Gottheim’s first one-take film. -
Ultramint
A work of strange, almost perverse sensuality, organised in clusters of analogies and contrasts. -
3 Lieder
Timeless, silent film vignettes based on songs from Robert Schumann’s Dichterliebe. A tribute to early film. -
Fear Factor
A reflection on the perils triggered by cultural appropriation and stereotypical representations of black bodies. -
Per una selva oscura
The dark forest beloved of poets, cinematically recreated in a timely, materialist and apocalyptic vein. -
Untitled Part 9: This Time
Images of Bamiyan in Afghanistan alternate with children telling crazy stories. A chronicle of displacement. -
Film details
- Country of production
- Canada
- Year
- 2020
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 11'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
