The presence of the German word Schatzi (‘darling’) in the title, and the initial display of highly formalistic film techniques, are designed to deliberately mislead the innocent viewer. At first, this silent film by the structural master Kurt Kren seems devoted to showing the material deformations and distortions of a barely legible image: scratches, light flares, blur and black frames rule. Gradually, something more representational will become evident to your eye – something intended to shock.
– Adrian Martin
Also in this combined programme
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El sistema
In the darkness of the Mamoré River, a boat moves silently through the Bolivian rainforest. -
Omen
Veteran experimentalist Peter Rose alternates ominous views of nature scarred by civilisation and subterranean passageways. -
44 Houses
The filmmaker, accompanied by family members, revisits and records impressions of houses where she lived. -
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Verdigris
A historical, political, artistic and Situationist inquiry into the architecture of the Paris Métro system. -
gestures toward Plant Vision
Can plants see? A lyrical cinematographic evocation of how plants are photo-sensitive to light. -
A Letter from Elli
A hauntingly lyrical treatment of traces from a troubled, early 20th century life in Latvia. -
Film details
- Country of production
- Austria
- Year
- 1968
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2026
- Length
- 3'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
