“Samsung Galaxy”: My life in the land of Samsung
https://vimeo.com/747921304 Koreans can be born on a Samsung maternity ward, study at Samsung University, support the Samsung Lions baseball team at Samsung Stadium, have fun at the Samsung amusement park with a Samsung phone in their pocket… In South Korea, Samsung is a state within a state. The small-scale, import-export company founded in 1938 by […]
Connected via wireless intercom, Krzys and Wiola fly together down ski runs. Krzys is blind and relies on his wife’s instructions.
Connected via wireless intercom, Krzysztof and Wiola fly together down ski runs. But there’s no room for casual chat as they twist and turn. Krzysztof is blind and relies on his wife’s instructions. “Left, right, right, left…”. Between two descents, sandwiched on a ski lift, banter flies back and forth between these ‘love birds’. It’s […]
“I don’t want any more”: Confined to bed, 96-year-old Alicia is nearing the end of her life, surrounded by her loved ones
Bed-ridden Alicia, 96, hasn’t long to live. Tended to by her daughters, filmed by her granddaughter, she gazes out her window. Her memory is going. Her appetite, too. How she used to love desserts! And yet she still makes others laugh and smile. “Life is a hospital where every patient wants to switch beds.” – […]
“Matriosca”: Paolina has big teeth. Could it be a hang-up? Or could it simply be that big teeth mean big smiles?
Paolina has big teeth. She follows in the footsteps of her mum and gran before her. Could it be a hang-up, handed down through generations? Or could it simply be that big teeth mean big smiles? Facebook ↗ Twitter ↗ Directed by Paolina Stefani Thanks to Jodie Clifford Interview Paolina Stefani Filmmaker “The one rule […]
“Blood Rider”: A race against time and death in the congested streets of Lagos
As global cities go, Lagos is one of the most congested. In Nigeria’s economic capital, delivering blood to patients can take up to 24 hours. Joseph is a so-called “blood rider”. He risks life and limb on hair-raising journeys, threading through streams of traffic: cars, minibuses and pedestrians. With one eye on his GPS, he […]
“My Deadly Beautiful City”: Norilsk is isolated, polluted, dark. But for many that call it home, the beauty of Norilsk is to die for.
Norilsk is in the middle of nowhere. Like a captive ‘Russian doll’ in the Krasnoyarsk Krai, Siberia, the town is cut off from the rest of the “continent” – so called by the 177,000 residents with reference to Russia. It can only be reached by plane, or in summer, by taking a boat along the […]
“The Shampoo Summit”: Jews, Arabs, and Christians, one after the other, have their hair shampooed. Welcome to Fifi’s, a ladies’ hairdressers in Haifa, Israel
Perched above the washbasin, the camera is filming. Jews, Arabs, and Christians, one after the other, have their hair shampooed. Welcome to Fifi’s, a ladies’ hairdressers in Haifa, Israel. In the time it takes for the film director to lather each client’s locks, they answer her questions: they are in her foamy hands. At Fifi’s, […]
“Adem’s Island”: Can time sweep clean, like the River Sava?
Nestled in the heart of Belgrade, Adem, the sole inhabitant of Ada Međica, a small island on the River Sava, seems lost in a rose-filled wilderness, far from the hustle of the Serbian capital and its 1.2 million souls. Adem still mourns his daughter, Ivana.Can time sweep clean, like the River Sava? Facebook ↗ Twitter ↗ […]
“Elong E’nabe”: A prayer for a Bright Future. Rose whispers a prayer for little Angela, who is turning six, that she will grow up happy in Belgium
Little Angela is six – innocent, secure, and happy with her mother and father, brother and sister. Born in Belgium, she does all the normal things a child does: makes paper airplanes, blows out her birthday candles, paints rainbows in watercolours… Her mother, Rose, whispers a prayer to her in Wolof, the language from where […]
🏓 “Table for One”: Chunli is a table tennis champion. Nearing 60, she dreams of winning an Olympic gold medal for New Zealand.
Chunli’s life is solitary. Alone in New Zealand, unbeaten in table tennis. Alone at home, with a bare fridge. Alone in her living room, apart from the table, where she trains, and trains, and trains. Then alone and afraid during Covid, under the 2020 lockdown. When she was young, Chunli’s heart told her to follow […]