Being Strong Is Hard
A barrage of images of Kurdish women activists, journalists and fighters, scored to electronic music.
4'
Germany
IFFR 2024
Finnish artist Tuomas A. Laitinen’s Dossier of Tentacular is an unclassifiable, shape-shifting creature that sprawls like a cephalopod along wildly varied lines of inquiry. A network of intra-frame montage sets up formal rhymes and oblique associations between the organic and inorganic worlds, whereas, elsewhere, we stare down at a loose field of ideas animated on a notebook during an academic lecture. A dense, tantalising work exploring the mechanisms of knowledge production.
– Srikanth Srinivasan
IFFR 2024
- 11'
- Finland
- 2018
- Director
- Tuomas A. Laitinen
- Premiere
- Dutch Premiere
- Countries of production
- Finland, United States
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 11'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Tuomas A. Laitinen
- Sales
- AV-arkki
- Screenplay
- Tuomas A. Laitinen, Kimmo Modig
- Cinematography
- Tuomas A. Laitinen
- Editor
- Tuomas A. Laitinen
- Sound Design
- Tuomas A. Laitinen
- Cast
- Kimmo Modig, Rebecca Clamp
Also in this combined programme
Black Rain
Satellite images of spectacular solar phenomena, with artefacts intact, evoke the mysteries of the universe.
3'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2024
Caballito
Tender remembrance of the filmmaker’s dog Caballito on the last day of his life.
4'
Spain
IFFR 2024
God Moves on the Water
Céline Dion sings praise of God’s implacable wrath in this mischievous media remix.
3'
Germany
IFFR 2024
- Director
- Tuomas A. Laitinen
- Premiere
- Dutch Premiere
- Countries of production
- Finland, United States
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 11'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- English
- Producer
- Tuomas A. Laitinen
- Sales
- AV-arkki
- Screenplay
- Tuomas A. Laitinen, Kimmo Modig
- Cinematography
- Tuomas A. Laitinen
- Editor
- Tuomas A. Laitinen
- Sound Design
- Tuomas A. Laitinen
- Cast
- Kimmo Modig, Rebecca Clamp
Programme IFFR 2024
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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Deborah S. Philips' touching analogue collage is a tribute to her deceased mother.
9'
Germany
IFFR 2024
102 Narra
Daily life from a filmmaker's family home in Manila tenderly oscillates between personal and political.
22'
Netherlands
IFFR 2024
Ade (on a Sunday)
Two young boys follow their curiosity as they skip Sunday school.
17'
India
IFFR 2024