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  • Polterabend
    Hen Night

  • Friedl vom Gröller (Kubelka)

Country: Austria
Year:
2009
Runtime:
3 minutes
Format:
Black and White/16mm
Rating:
PG

This film plays in the Wavelengths 6: Flash Point Camera Programme with the following films:

Snowing Chestnut Blossoms - Ute Aurand
Passage Briare - Friedl vom Gröller (Kubelka)
Greenpoint - Jim Jennings
FM/TRCS - Coleen Fitzgibbon
Flash Camera Movie - Sebastjan Henrickson
PUBLIC SCREENINGS
Monday September 1409:00PM JACKMAN HALL - AGO Add Film to MyTIFF Filmlist Buy Now

Description

Polterabend (Austria) is an atypical portrait of female aging, made just prior to the artist’s wedding. Six older women of various ages are filmed, first in static tableau, then in a panning camera individualizing each face in a series of uncontrolled and disarming reciprocal gazes.

Cadillac People's Choice Award