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Distant Constellation
This haunted Tarkovskian reverie drops us inside an Istanbul retirement home, where the battle-scarred residents bask in the camera’s attention. A creaky- voiced woman confides her personal account of the Armenian genocide. A sweetly deluded old Casanova still tries to charm and seduce. A blind photographer fiddles with his flash as he points his own camera back at us. This playful, immaculately controlled film finds hypnotizing rhythms in the residents’ limbo-like state. Meanwhile, outside, ominous construction equipment transforms the land.
Festivals and Awards:
Locarno Festival - Special Mention Award, "Filmmakers of the Present", Switzerland, 2017; International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) “Best of Fests” Section, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2017; Best Film, New Waves Non-Fiction Award, Sevilla European Film Festival, Spain, 2017; FIPRESCI Award The International Association of Film Critics, The Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, Austria, 2017; DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland, 2018; Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden, 2018; !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival in the international competition, Turkey, 2018; JeonJu International Film Festival in the international competition, South Korea, 2018; True/False Film Festival - Work in Progress Screening, Columbia, MO, USA, 2017; BFI London Film Festival - nominated For The Grierson Award, Nominated For The Grierson Award, UK, 2017; Scanorama European Film Forum, Lithuania, 2017; Oslo Films from the South, Main Competition, Norway, 2017; Reykjavik Film Festival in the Main Competition, Iceland, 2017.
Director: Shevaun Mizrahi
Producer: Shelly Grizim, Deniz Buga
Production Company: Shelly Grizim, Deniz Buga
Cinematographer: Shevaun Mizrahi
Editor: Shevaun Mizrahi, Shelly Grizim
Soundtrack Editor: Shevaun Mizrahi, Shelly Grizim
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Yenni New Film Fund of Turkey, !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival Lab, True/False and Catapult Rough Cut Retreat, Independent Film Project (IFP) Fellowship
Colourist / Online Editor: Shevaun Mizrahi, Yoav Raz
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: אנו הנוסעים בזמן
Category: Art and Culture / Borders and Periphery / Family / History / Human Rights / Identity / International Stories / Old Age
Tag Words: art & Culture history human rights identity International Old age
This haunted Tarkovskian reverie drops us inside an Istanbul retirement home, where the battle-scarred residents bask in the camera’s attention. A creaky- voiced woman confides her personal account of the Armenian genocide. A sweetly deluded old Casanova still tries to charm and seduce. A blind photographer fiddles with his flash as he points his own camera back at us. This playful, immaculately controlled film finds hypnotizing rhythms in the residents’ limbo-like state. Meanwhile, outside, ominous construction equipment transforms the land.
Festivals and Awards:
Locarno Festival - Special Mention Award, "Filmmakers of the Present", Switzerland, 2017; International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) “Best of Fests” Section, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2017; Best Film, New Waves Non-Fiction Award, Sevilla European Film Festival, Spain, 2017; FIPRESCI Award The International Association of Film Critics, The Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, Austria, 2017; DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, Finland, 2018; Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden, 2018; !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival in the international competition, Turkey, 2018; JeonJu International Film Festival in the international competition, South Korea, 2018; True/False Film Festival - Work in Progress Screening, Columbia, MO, USA, 2017; BFI London Film Festival - nominated For The Grierson Award, Nominated For The Grierson Award, UK, 2017; Scanorama European Film Forum, Lithuania, 2017; Oslo Films from the South, Main Competition, Norway, 2017; Reykjavik Film Festival in the Main Competition, Iceland, 2017.
Director: Shevaun Mizrahi
Producer: Shelly Grizim, Deniz Buga
Production Company: Shelly Grizim, Deniz Buga
Cinematographer: Shevaun Mizrahi
Editor: Shevaun Mizrahi, Shelly Grizim
Soundtrack Editor: Shevaun Mizrahi, Shelly Grizim
Supporter(s): The New Fund for Cinema and Television, Yenni New Film Fund of Turkey, !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival Lab, True/False and Catapult Rough Cut Retreat, Independent Film Project (IFP) Fellowship
Colourist / Online Editor: Shevaun Mizrahi, Yoav Raz
Subtitles: English
Film Name in Hebrew: אנו הנוסעים בזמן
Category: Art and Culture / Borders and Periphery / Family / History / Human Rights / Identity / International Stories / Old Age
Tag Words: art & Culture history human rights identity International Old age
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