We are born linked to a metaphorical cord of family and social bonds with a determinant part in the programming of who we are and who we may become. The pics in the competitive programme
Cutting the Cord “investigate the profoundly contradictory nature of our affective bonds, which feed us on one hand, protect and support us in our personal development, while, on the other hand, they can limit our liberty and natural impulse to explore life through behaviour and reflection patterns more or less conscious but deeply imprinted in our own psychic,” says
Adina Pintilie, curator of the BIEFF selection.
Winner of the Golden Bear for Short Film in Berlinale 2017,
Small Town by Diogo Costa Amarante attracts us in a seductive flow of conscience about that scary moment when we have the revelation of our mortal condition. Still from Berlinale we welcome at BIEFF artists Jonathan Vinel and Caroline Poggi with
Our Legacy, a meditation on sex,
love and internet which transgress, in their unique way, the demarcation line between video game and digital film.
When family cannot satisfy essential psychological needs, video games offer a sensation of liberty and the possibility to relate with fellows in passion. To get away, once in a while, in a parallel world under the guise of a powerful hero, courageous and confident, may be stimulating. The refusal to come back to reality engenders a destructive addiction. One of the favorites of the international film festivals in 2017,
I Was a Winner, by Jonas Odell, follows the personal histories of same addicted video games players.
The films in the
Searching for Transcendence programme lead the spectator through reminded or direct experiences towards the threshold of transcendence. The transposition in 3D of a South Korean patrol all along the demilitarized zone at the border with North Korean,
489 Years, by Hayoun Kwon, brings forward the problem of the (im)possibility to represent and experiment the transitional space of the borders seen more as limits that separate and less than simple geography.
If It Was is a lo-fi intervention of the playful and childish subconscious of the artist Laure Prouvost in the museum space. The artist, winner of the prestigious Turner Prize, re-imagines the museum as a territory where the visitor can unleash his impulses or desires.
Subtle and confident, the multi-awarded
Limbo by Konstantina Kotzamani, launched in Cannes (Semaine de la Critique) is a meditation fable with a biblical resonance, operating outside reality’s borders.
Fiesta Forever, by Jorge Jacome, is a virtual walk in a post-clubbing landscape haunted by the ghostly memories of the night life experiences. Visiting the ruins of some clubs generated by the computer, we wander amidst walls that can talk, that remind of love declarations, evanescent emotions and destined encounters between soulmates.
Details at:
Bieff.ro
