Aire: Just Breathe
In the near future, a scientist races against time to change humanity’s fate.
91'
Dominican Republic
IFFR 2024
Following her mother’s death, manga artist Soriya travels to her ancestral home in Phnom Penh, with hopes of reconnecting with her distant family and using the visit as inspiration for her work. All goes well initially. Renting an apartment in Metta, a rundown Khmer Rouge-era housing complex, her visit to her maternal relatives finds her welcomed with open arms. But Soriya’s waking hours in the apartment and its surroundings are punctuated by terrifying, bloody visions, almost as though she were a conduit for horrors of the past wanting to seep into the present.
Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea’s blood-chilling psychological horror explores a personal and political past through the present, transforming a characterful space into an insidious environment. Surrounded by modern high-rises, this decrepit structure, with its brutalist architecture and peeling surfaces, is a relic from a dark period in history whose painful memories it has absorbed. In tracing Soriya’s ominous journey back to her roots, Tenement hints at a necessary reckoning with Cambodia’s political past without overplaying its historical dimension. It’s an impressive work from a woefully underrepresented national cinema.
– Vanja Kaludjercic
Inrasothythep Neth, Sokyou Chea
IFFR 2024
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Read more about this programmeIn the near future, a scientist races against time to change humanity’s fate.
91'
Dominican Republic
IFFR 2024
A nation’s chilling desire for war and the toll it took on its children.
65'
Finland
IFFR 2024
Revered teacher Pietro has an affair with one of his students in this exquisite thriller.
136'
Italy
IFFR 2024