A Letter from Elli
Kirje Elliltä
Fixing upon traces of the Finnish singer Elli Forssell-Rozentāle (1871–1943) in Latvia – a sad letter recited in voice-over, some posed photos – Elina Saloranta evokes the strangeness and unspoken traumas inhabiting past lives. We hear about physical and mental ailments that defied categorisation or treatment back then. The documentary elements are superimposed upon a puddle that reflects the moon, and the overall effect of this combination is both lyrical and haunting.
– 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. -
20/68 Schatzi
Master Austrian structuralist Kurt Kren moves from busy, unbridled abstraction to an ultimate pictorial shock. -
Film details
- Country of production
- Finland
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2026
- Length
- 6'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
