Ben Russell
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Ben Russell at IFFR
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Let Us Persevere in What We Have Resolved Before We Forget
Ben Russell | 20' | USA | None
Playing with anthropological film conventions. Priests on a Pacific island carry out rituals based on the prophecies of messiah John Frum. -
Black and White Trypps Number Three
Ben Russell | 12' | USA | International premiere
A sound storm from Lightning Bolt. -
The Red and the Blue Gods
Ben Russell | 8' | USA | None
Small handmade film with a grand cosmic story about coloured gods who touch the sun. -
Of Bats and Men
Jo Dery | 7' | USA | -
Stunning observation of a seething stream of countless bats: curling and flapping around like an organism made up of separate bits. -
Trypps #6 (Malobi)
Ben Russell | 12' | Suriname | World premiere
Contemporary interpretation of the classic work by Jean Rouch. -
The Black and the White Gods
Ben Russell | 20' | USA | European premiere
Live performance with double projection in which Ben Russell revives his anthropological material from Daumë. -
Daumë
Ben Russell | 6' | Suriname | None
What does a film look like without a narrative, a character or even just an emotional state to identify with? -
The Wet Season
Ben Russell, Brigid McCaffrey | 47' | Suriname | None
In their very own way, Ben Russell and Brigid McCaffrey record the rapidly changing way of life of the local population in the interior of… -
Trypps #5 (Dubai)
Ben Russell | 3' | United Arab Emirates | European premiere
A neon sign plays the leading role in a pointed pamphlet. -
Black and White Trypps Number Four
Ben Russell | 12' | USA | World premiere
Divisible stand-up comedy from beyond the grave, adjust your set, rabbits ears tuned to the bardo plane.