19th jihlava idff programme specials 4
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Short JoyCompetition for the best short documentary film 2015 Short Joy presents a competition selection of the best documentary shorts - consummate works exploring the possibilities and strenghts of documentary film within a limited time framework. Bailu Dream (Nicolas Boone, France, 2013, 12 min); Central European premiere What happens when the Chinese government builds a French village in Sichuan province? A detached camera floats among local figures and brightly coloured facades, creating a portrait of a space where kitschy idyll maintained by an authoritarian regime mixes with bizarre situations and brutal everyday life. Poem and Stone (Maryam Tafakory, Iran, Velká Británie, 2015, 11 min); world premiere A film skirting the edge of performance, documentary, and poetry, explores the question of human memory through the combination of a variety of abstract and symbolic motifs. It refers to Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time and the principles of “involuntary memory” based on the unconscious storing of memories connected with concrete emotions. Beyond Marão (José Manuel Fernandes, Portugal, 2014, 7 min); Central European preimere This surreal journey through a desolate mountain village, where an unknown danger hangs over the last surviving inhabitants, combines contemplative static shots of nature and animals taken from unusual angles, which are fascinating, yet, at the same time, raise uncertainty as to whether the mysterious landscape can be logically understood. Calling Ukraine (Jean Counet, The Netherlands, 2015, 12 min); European premiere An older woman living in Latvia regularly Skypes with her sister and daughter, who are stranded in the war zone in Eastern Ukraine, helplessly listening to their woes. Close-ups of her troubled face alternating with photographs from her family archives testify to the impact of armed conflict on specific human fates. Capital Cuba (Johann Lurf, Cuba, 2015, 5 min); Czech premiere Intercut footage of the camera panning along two sides of Havana Bay. Every few seconds, our act of viewing is disturbed for several seconds as the camera shifts from one side to the other. The rhythm of this panoramic view is determined by the editing. The 12-minute film invites the viewer on an experimentally filmed journey by boat from Old Havana to Casa Blanca. Cockpit (Luke Malone, Indonesia, 2015, 5 min); World premiere An observational documentary follows cockfighting on the Indonesian island of Bali. It creates a scathing denunciation of senseless violence against animals, fed by a betting frenzy. It does so not by depicting the fights themselves, but rather primarily through rapid cuts between gestures, movements, and facial expressions of the enthusiastic onlookers. Crisis Document. A Survival Guide (Marta Dauliūtė, Elisabeth Marjanović Cronvall, 2015, 14 min); Central European Premiere Two Swedish directors set off for Greece to find out how the local residents feel about the media images of the crisis. On the basis of ten selected myths, they create a film essay in which they take the dangers presented by the media through to their conclusions using audio-visual counterpoint, warning against the threat of fascism. Dokument: Hoyerswerda | Frontex (Thomas Kaske, Germany, 2015, 16 min) Czech premiere Four migrants from Mozambique provide eyewitness testimony about the racially motivated attacks that took place in Hoyerswerda, Saxony, in 1991. Their report is read to accompany archive shots, obtained directly in the streets of German city, which are shown in one half of the frame. The other half contains drone surveillance footage obtained by Frontex, the agency responsible for protecting the European Union’s borders. April (Oh Eun Lee, France, 2015, 14 min); European premiere In April 2014 a ferry – the Sawol (which means April in Korean) – sank off the coast of South Korea. The tragic death of a larger number of people affected the film’s director to such a degree that she decided to make this contemplative miniature, which brings together reflections about the absurd accident and interpersonal distances with 3D animation of personal living space. Moments of Silent (Mats Bigert, Lars Bergström, Sweden, 2015, 15 min); Central European premiere This compilation of various moments of silence held after tragic events in various parts of the world and at various points in recent history is also a documentary representation of collective human memory. The collage of short scenes without words captures fleeting but forceful moments of solidarity that bring together people regardless of race, religion, or cultural differences. An Inaccurate Distance (Giovanni Giaretta, Italy, 2015, 22 min); Central European premiere Translator Riccardo Bertani almost never leaves his house, but still travels in his imagination through his linguistic book transformations. For him, language is a true gateway to other worlds. And although the translator speaks the entire time about other worlds and the frontiers of knowledge, we observe his home in detail from an intimate distance. A Partial History of the Natural World, 1965 (Sasha Water Freyer, USA, 2014, 7 min); Central European premiere A meditative exploration of the violent struggle for independence in southeast Asia is framed by excerpts from Sylvia Plath’s poem “Tulips”. The central theme is combined in a double exposure with scenes of butterfly metamorphosis. The entire meditation on the year 1965 is accompanied by Bartók’s Solo for Violin 3. New Life (Kiro Russo, Bolivia, 2015, 16 min); Central European premiere This minimalist portrait of young parents offers a voyeuristic look at their daily routine. The intimate scenes, dominated by just two colors (grey and red) and shot using a slow zoom, are accompanied by the sounds of the city and barely audible dialogues. The Still Life of Vera (Greta Stocklassa, Czech Republic, 2015); World premiere The lost magic of postcards is explored on film in this FAMU student exercise. A mosaic composed of seasonal motifs and short messages illustrates the relationship of several people to Věra. The passage of time is shown only by the change in the heads of state on the postage stamps. Will the mysterious recipient be found? Always Here (Steffen Köhn, Germany, 2015, 11 min); Czech premiere This film presents the pragmatic downside of live sex websites through following the performing partners during their breaks between sex acts. The voyeuristic eye of the webcam captures trivial arguments between partners, political discussions, and the boredom and tired resignation of people trapped in a virtual aquarium. Lone Star Statement (Scott Calonico, Great Britian, 2015, 5 min) World premiere A raw statement on the life of a criminal unjustly accused of the murder of the son of a prominent Texas attorney, committed by his accomplice during a robbery. Through footage shot in prison, the film captures the desperation felt by a man a few hours before his scheduled execution. The Art of Flying (The Art of Flying, Jan van Ijken, The Netherlands, 2015, 7 min); Central European premiere This black and white film depicts the movement of flocks of birds, a sequence of shots captured during a mild winter when migratory birds stayed in the Netherlands. Every evening they swarmed over the plains, creating moving ornaments in the sky. What to Do While Trains Pass By (Karl Forchhammer, Czech Republic, 2015, 10 min); International premiere A group of five school-aged youths spend their free time in front of a graffiti-covered wall. In the rough area near the train tracks we observe the process of rap being created. The free way the youths speak and off-the-cuff texts accompanied by music emanating from their mobile phones say a great deal about way they perceive the world. Yellow Brick Road (Eloy Domínguez Serén, Sweden, Spain, 2015, 14 min); World premiere In the Western Sahara desert, large cars disintegrate into the sand, surrounded by a refugee camp. Against a yellow backdrop of sand, two small boys play in one of the wrecks. A static shot like a moving photograph of time, which flows slowly in the refugee camp. Directory: file-download -> press press -> 4 20th jihlava idff programme specials 8 competition sections file-download -> Networking file-download -> Periphyton Christine l. 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