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Distant constellation

Mizrahi, Shevaun, 1981- (film director ,, director of photography,, editor of moving image work.). Grizim, Shelly, (film producer,, editor of moving image work.). Buga, Deniz, 1982- (film producer.). Cinephil, Ltd., (production company.). Grasshopper Film (Firm), (publisher.).

This haunting, gorgeous documentary 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 pianist performs a composition before confessing his love. A blind photographer fiddles with his flash as he points his own camera back at us. Shevaun Mizrahi's playful, immaculately controlled film finds hypnotizing rhythms in the residents' limbo-like state. Meanwhile, outside, ominous construction equipment transforms the land.

DVD  - 2018
TURKISH 305.26095 Dista
1 copy / 0 on hold

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Location
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  • Physical Description 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher New York, NY : Grasshopper Film, [2018]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Made with the support of Yeni Film Fonu, IFP [Independent Film Project], T/F [True/False Film Festival], Catapult Film Fund."
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2017.
GMD: videodisc.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Editors, Shevaun Mizrahi, Shelly Grizim.
System Details Note:
DVD; NTSC, all regions.
Language Note:
Turkish with English subtitles.
Awards Note:
Nominee, Truer Than Fiction Award, Film Independent Spirit Awards; Winner, Best cinematography, IDA Awards; Winner, Special Mention, Locarno International Film Festival.