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30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Ismaïl Bahri

Visual artist and experimental filmmaker Ismaïl BAHRI (1978, Tunisia) studied art at Tunis Institute of Fine Arts and Paris 1. He describes his works as visual experiments that take varying forms – drawings, videos, photographs, installations and hybrids of these. His film Foyer (2016) was in the Bright Future Short Competition at IFFR and other short films from his hand have been selected at international film festivals in Toronto, New York and Marseille.

Filmography

(selection, all short) Dénouement (2011), Attraction (2011), Ligne (2011), Film (2012), Orientations (2012), Foyer (2016, doc), Sondes (2017), Apparition (2019)

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Ismaïl Bahri at IFFR

  • Apparition

    The past returns as a ghostly image: a photograph hidden by light is made visible through the gentle touch of hands.

    • Ammodo Tiger Short Competition
  • Foyer

    A piece of blank paper flapping before a camera’s lens attracts a crowd of passers-by in Tunis. From the white void and the comments it evokes,

    • Bright Future Short