Daïchi Saïto
Originally from Japan, Daïchi SAÏTO is a filmmaker based in Montreal, where he co-founded the collective Double Negative, a group of filmmaking artists dedicated to experimental cinema. Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis (2009) was named one of the “150 Essential Works in Canadian Cinema History” by Toronto International Film Festival in 2016. At Rotterdam, Saïto won a Tiger Award for Short Films with Engram of Returning (2015). His book of short prose Moving the Sleeping Images of Things Towards the Light is published by Le Laps in Montreal. earthearthearth is his tenth short, with its world premiere at IFFR 2021.
Filmography
(all short) Chiasmus (2003), Chasmic Dance (2004), Blind Alley Augury (2006), 1×1 (2007), Frieze Landscape (2007), All That Rises (2007), Green Fuse (2008), Three Tree Formations (2008), Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis (2009), Field of View #1 (2009), Never a Foot Too Far, Even (2011), Engram of Returning (2015), earthearthearth (2021)
Daïchi Saïto at IFFR
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earthearthearth
Impressive, 35mm journey through the Andes is a hypnotic, sensory meditation on ‘our’ earth. Improvised music by Jason Sharp.
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Engram of Returning
Accompanied by an extraordinary improvisational score, Engram of Returning is an epic 35mm metaphysical travelogue that reveals a supernal world wh
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Never a Foot Too Far, Even
A piece of film of a figure on a wooded path constitutes the start of an exuberant evocation of movement and sound in layered 16mm double projectio
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Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis
Marvellous, abstract, hand-processed film in which vision and sound converge in a perfect cadence. Hypnotic violin music by Malcolm Goldstein.
