salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears
Nastja Säde Rönkkö recites one poem with three narrators: a teardrop, a droplet of blood and a bead of sweat. Each tells love stories through biochemistry – about love, belonging and loss, and about crises lived and impending. The words are vivid but not enough, supercharged here by hyperreal images of landscapes both physical and emotional, and the fluids expressing and crystallising them.
– Callum McLean
Also in this combined programme
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Acting Woman
Two women’s pose for a glamour shot morphs into a conspicuously aching feat of endurance. -
Hook, Spill, Cry Your Eyes Out
A headfirst rush into the capitalist, urban landscape, using dynamic camerawork and canny editing. -
El striptease de mi abuela
An intimate portrait of the filmmaker’s grandmother prompts reflections about the body, old age, touch. -
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Go West Young Man
A 1990s video art classic, interrogating racial and gender stereotypes through generational conversation and montage. -
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2020
What was lost when the 2020 pandemic’s mask-wearing regulations estranged our mouths from our bodies? -
CURRENCY
The body boldly challenges its attachment to history and economy in this luminous sonic short. -
Trailer
https://youtu.be/ZF7CSXN4tKMFilm details
- Countries of production
- Finland, United Kingdom
- Year
- 2024
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2025
- Length
- 14'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
