ANTFILM

Tetsuya Maruyama | Brazil | 2021 | 3' |

| IFFR 2026

Maruyama’s most screened work has been described as “Lynchian” with a clear touch of Brakhage. Entombed in a single frame of each second of Super 8 film is the corpse of an ant, illuminated by a small burned-out hole, much like the tunnels within an anthill. A haunting miniature tragedy.

– Cristina Kolozsváry-Kiss

Also in this combined programme

FOTOGRAFAR
Focus: Tetsuya Maruyama
A glass of water and a beam of light become the tools of diaristic self-reflection.
L.O.V.E.S.O.N.G
Focus: Tetsuya Maruyama
A found Super 8 cartridge of a vintage wedding intervened upon beyond recognition.
GIRA 2
Focus: Tetsuya Maruyama
Dual small gauge projection of the POV of bike pedals gyrating along the sand.
One more performance that unfolds a space
Focus: Tetsuya Maruyama
A film without image, a performance of space and time. What is not film?
Q&A
Focus: Tetsuya Maruyama
The simple pinhole camera renders tropical spaces to their most elemental components of light and dark.
Corredor
Focus: Tetsuya Maruyama
A meditation on an unloved and underappreciated space within the domicile.