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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Donigan Cumming

Donigan Cumming at IFFR

  • Petit Jésus

    Dramatic video portrait of a drinking man reciting a ‘prayer’.

    • main programme short
  • Trip

    Trip down frozen paths.

    • main programme short
  • Moving Stills

    Moving and confrontational video installation made up of three short film loops: Four Storeys, Petit Jésus and Karaoke (see also Shorts). Donigan Cumming: ‘I want to allow the viewers to undergo the complexity of a different life, to let them feel that experience. That feeling can vary from curiosity to condemnation, from support to apathy. […]

  • Shelter

    The maker talks to someone standing at a cold bus stop.

    • main programme short
  • Four Storeys

    A woman tells a sad story straight into the camera.

    • main programme short
  • Monument

    A beautiful new narrative from the miraculous world of Donigan Cumming, this time with a starring role for himself at the beginning of the film.

    • Spectrum Shorts
  • If Only I

    A confrontational, intimate and emotional video portrait of Colleen, a tormented middle-aged woman.

    • main programme short
  • Cold Harbor

    Short video poem. An old soldier regrets wearing rose coloured spectacles.

    • True Stories
  • Locke’s Way

    Film maker films a family collection of photos, visibly and audibly moved. Out of breath, he tells a tragic life story.

    • True Stories
  • Voice: Off

    Man without a voice is allowed to speak by film maker who dares do anything.

    • True Stories