Jujube/2019-iffr-takeaway
How to translate autobiographical materials into empathic matters?
What is image capable of doing in conveying that empathy?
From the movies, I see different ways in which images carry weight:
- The images ARE the narrative. (The scene when the word messenger faces gun point in Pájaros de Verano.)
- The images visualise a metaphor. (The woman catching water from all directions with buckets in Pattaki.)
- The images become part of a well-written essay. (Above Us Only Sky)
I also find sound indispensable — sometimes more important than what I see.
- The sounds represent a place. In Tutto l'oro Che C'è, the wild track is THE track.
- The sounds create silence. (Forest in Tutto l'oro Che C'è, water in Pattaki.)
- The music itself has a narrative. (The Last Seven Words)
Actor-directed films can lead to incredibly tender moments. See Vulnerable Histories (A Road Movie).
my criteria for the films (and the ones that did end up teaching me a lot)
A story based on/inspired by myth/tales/rituals
- Pájaros de Verano
- The Gold-Laden Sheep & the Sacred Mountain
- Pattaki
- The Last Seven Words
A highly personal story
- A volta ao mundo quando tinhas 30 anos
- Vulnerable Histories (A Road Movie)
- Memories of My Body
- Last Night I Saw You Smiling
scenes in the mountains and/or by the sea
- Tutto l'oro Che C'è
- Above Us Only Sky
alluding to the meaning of images"'
- After Images shorts (Gulyabani and TROPICS)