Donigan Cumming

Donigan Cumming at IFFR

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  Petit Jésus

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

  • main programme short
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  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
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  Four Storeys

  A woman tells a sad story straight into the camera.

  • main programme short
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  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
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  Cold Harbor

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

  • True Stories
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  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
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  Voice: Off

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

  • True Stories