The Sound of Falling
GB, Taiwan, Colombia, 2019
directed by Chien-Yu Lin
screenplay Chien-Yu Lin
cinematography Luis Felipe Moncada
running time 13'
An impressionistic film portraying the loss of freedom and the fading of life due to the decision of an orchard keeper on one ordinary day.
III
Poland, 2018
directed by Marta Pajek
screenplay Marta Pajek
animation Marta Pajek, Grzegorz Flaga, Mateusz Frank, Malgorzata Mianowska, Aleksander Sobek, Agata Staszczuk
running time 12'
A man and a woman meet each other in the waiting room. Their encounter transforms into sexual exploration and the waiting room becomes the Garden of Eden.
Kryzoki Horse Riders
Poland, 2018
directed by Anna Gawlita
screenplay Anna Gawlita
cinematograpy Tomasz Wolski
running time 20'
Equestrians traditionally gather in a small Polish village on Easter Sunday. Armed with prayer and Jesus Christ’s statue, they race on horses from village to village and spread the God’s massage in an almost fanatical ritual.
Siivooja Cleaning Woman
Finland, 2018
directed by Teemu Nikki
screenplay Teemu Nikki
cinematography Sari Aaltonen
cast Elina Knihtilä, Tommi Eronen, Pihla Penttinen
running time 16'
Don’t we all want to become the one whom we serve?
L'an dernier quand le train passait Last Year When the Train Passed By
France, 2018
directed by Pang-Chuan Huang
screenplay Pang-Chuan Huang
cinematography Pang-Chuan Huang
running time 17'
Pang-Chuan, whose Le Retour also stopped at LIFFe last year, is returning with a film that stops at certain locations he’d photographed on his previous train journey, and seeks to connect random and parallel lives of people.
To Plant a Flag
Norway, 2018
directed by Bobbie Peers
screenplay Bobbie Peers
cinematography Jakob Ingimundarson cast Jason Schwartzman, Jake Johnson, Ingvar Sigurdsson
running time 14'
Sometimes it is easier to plant a flag on the Moon than in the vicinity of Icelandic farmers.