Porcupine
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The sight of abandoned urban ruins is ubiquitous in contemporary cinema and art – especially since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Porcupine evokes the fragmented tale of a young man who breaks into an empty hospital to set up his online broadcast of poses and provocations; his audience includes real-life participants with anonymous tags like ‘bigballnz’ and ‘romeoazteca’. Porcupine is a sombre but hypnotic portrait with glimpses of human compassion.
– Adrian Martin
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Film details
- Country of production
- Belgium
- Year
- 2023
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 13"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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