Phantom

Matthias Müller | Germany | 2001 | 5' |

| IFFR 2002

A geography of shadows. Silhouettes that never quite take shape. Anaemic figures, seen in negative, forced to wander between narratives restlessly, caught in a loop which repeats without end.

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Self-portrait Post Mortem
main programme short
A metaphysical pas-de-deux in which decay undermines the integrity of the image, but initiates a transformation during the process.
Dark Dark
main programme short
A gruesome ghost dance of the narrative gesture, in which four story fragments are combined: film noir, western, romance and pursuit.
Her Glacial Speed
main programme short
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Then a Year
main programme short
Love letters and speculations in an outer suburb in poetic and alienating mood sketches.
Window
main programme short
Five actual minutes as an elemental cure, journeying yet standing still, completion.
Pommes d’amour
main programme short
A series of three mirror-image video films about love, narcissism, loss and Freud’s anal phase.
Hand Eye Coordination
main programme short
Hand-eye coordination examined in an apparently simple yet very labour-intensive experimental film.