28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

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ANTFILM
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ANTFILM
ANTFILM

ANTFILM

director: Tetsuya Maruyama
original title: ANTFILM
country: Brazil
year: 2021
running time: 2 min.

synopsis

The drama of the ants’ life unfolds in memory traces shaped by phantom light as a remnant of brief images in flashbacks following the folding and twisting into phantasmal positions of the ants’ segmented bodies inside their safe shelters.

biography

Tetsuya Maruyama (1983) is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist based in Rio de Janeiro, who is focused on film, performance, sound and installations. In his experimental work, he deals first and foremost with the light in images. His films have been screened at many international festivals including Ji.hlava IFDF, where he screened his Meaning of Gaps (2020).

more about film

director: Tetsuya Maruyama
producer: Beatriz Lima Santos
Ministerstvo kultury
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Creative Europe Media
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