A documentary readymade about family lore and chocolate biscuits.

A documentary readymade about family lore and chocolate biscuits.

Pioneering filmmaker Siegfried A. Fruhauf (Thorax, MIFF 2021; Water and Clearing, MIFF 2019) returns with a cinematic journey in which landscape images are separated by several monochrome frames of green leader. 　　Simultaneously connective and disorientating in its stroboscope effect, the Austrian master’s new work strings together landscape recordings created in the context of a camera test. The result is a sparse yet slashing work, where the camera’s gaze zooms into the passing landscape – and into the uncanny sublime. 　　源自：https://miff.com.au/program/film/camera-test

Oscar, a nine-year-old boy who is unable to speak, struggles to adapt in the small fishing town he has just moved to with his widowed, hard-working mother Evelyn. Because of a broken film format camera, an unlikely friendship develops between Oscar and kindly workshop owner Eric.

While a veteran actor laments the state of film and film acting, a group of young children sneak a Panavision camera into the apartment where the actor resides and decide to make a film with it.

The worlds of three ordinary people converge during a historic cricket match, ultimately forcing them to make life-altering decisions.

An ambitious city councilman has his life turned upside down when he discovers that his every move is being filmed by a camera crew that only he can see.

Filip buys an 8mm movie camera when his first child is born. Because it's the first camera in town, he's named official photographer by the local Party boss. His horizons widen when he is sent to regional film festivals with his first works but his focus on movie making also leads to domestic strife and philosophical dilemmas.

Nikolai Videnin is a failed film director who is forced to work in a regular video store in Leningrad. One day, Nikolai accidentally turns on an "adult film" for schoolchildren, for which he first goes to court, and then to a colony settlement. There he gets the nickname Vidik and now, instead of pressing the "Play" button on the VCR, the guy has to cut down the forest from morning to evening.

On a business trip to the Cannes Film Festival, Manhee is accused of being dishonest, and fired. A teacher named Claire goes around taking photos with a Polaroid camera. She gets to know Manhee and sympathizes with her. Claire is like a person who can see Manhee's possible future or past selves, through the mysterious power of the beach tunnel. Through taking photos, Claire has acquired the ability to look slowly at things, and to transform objects. Now, Claire goes with Manhee to the café where she was fired. We look forward to seeing Claire's power at work.