28th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

25. 10.–3. 11. 2024
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Promises

Mike Hoolboom / Canada / 2024 / World Premiere / 9 min.


synopsis

Portrait moments collected across the world carry powerful situations and stand out from the grip of the image with an expression, a tear, a flame, a scar or a position of the body. The glances and gestures directed beyond the frame of the photograph both stun and shake; the documentary and fictional scenes highlight traces of the elements or of cruelty, but also impressive expressions of harmony and concord. A single window carries the weight or the unfolding of a dramatic story.

biography

Mike Hoolboom (1959) is a Canadian-born essayist, experimental filmmaker and author of numerous books. Since his retrospective at Ji.hlava IDFF in 2003, he has been returning to Jihlava regularly, most recently with his short film Wind (2023), in which he explores the poetics of artificial intelligence. Some of his texts can be read in the magazine dok.revue.

more about film

director: Mike Hoolboom
producer: Mike Hoolboom

contact

Mike Hoolboom
fringe1@protonmail.com

Screening time

Sunday 27. 10. 2024, 10:00

DIOD

Thursday 31. 10. 2024, 10:00

DIOD

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2024
section:Fascinations
language:No Dialogue
subtitles:No Subtitles
colour:Colour and B&W

Info

director:Mike Hoolboom
original title:Promises
country:Canada
year:2024
running time:9 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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