Around About
A 70s enigma, a free-form-film poem, Luisa Cividin moves through spaces as Roberto Taroni smokes.
5'
Italy
IFFR 2024
Close ups of leaves and flowers, rapid jumps from motive to motive, the beauty of slight haziness and the light dancing to its own tune. In the words of Kai Oka: “This was done on a trip to visit my sister in the countryside. Inspired by Brakhage, I let the camera roam around freely.”
– Olaf Möller
IFFR 2024
- 6'
- Norway
- 1974
- Director
- Kai Oka
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Norway
- Year
- 1974
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 6'
- Medium
- Super 8
- Language
- silent
- Producer
- Kai Oka
- Sales
- Kai Oka
- Cinematography
- Kai Oka
- Editor
- Kai Oka
Also in this combined programme
Before and After Zeno
The magnum opus and only sound film from Kai Oka is an elliptical journey.
7'
Canada
IFFR 2024
Camera car
Doing the American thing: riding around in a car as a pure cinematic act.
23'
Italy
IFFR 2024
Documentary
A split screen. Simultaneous reflection and action. A woman dances, the same woman reflects on dancing.
10'
United States
IFFR 2024
- Director
- Kai Oka
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Norway
- Year
- 1974
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 6'
- Medium
- Super 8
- Language
- silent
- Producer
- Kai Oka
- Sales
- Kai Oka
- Cinematography
- Kai Oka
- Editor
- Kai Oka
Programme IFFR 2024
Cinema Regained
A sphere of collective remembrance and imagination offering restored classics, documentaries on film culture, and explorations of cinema’s heritage.
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Pregnancy becomes ritual in Antoinetta Angelidi’s film of her son’s birth, finished 28 years later.
16'
Greece
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Agarrando pueblo
An invasive film crew attempts to make a gritty documentary on some Cali slums.
27'
Colombia
IFFR 2024
Alberto Giacometti
A sensitive and insightful documentary on the art of Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
53'
Switzerland
IFFR 2024