SHASHIN NO MA

Tetsuya Maruyama / Brazil, Japan, United States / 2020 / World Premiere / 6 min.

synopsis

The word 間 (ma) in Japanese expresses the awareness of interval / space, not in the traditional notion of a closed three-dimensional entity, but rather as form and non-form mediated by amplified senses. These are confronted by an experimental film that explores the notion that a film’s content is the cinematic equivalent of reality.

"SHASHIN NO MA, literally means MA(間) of photograph. It is an homage to my father, all the fathers who film their children and history of amateur cinema." T. Maruyama

Q&A with the director Tetsuya Maruyama:

biography

Tetsuya Maruyama (1983) studied architecture at the University of Buffalo and film in Rio de Janeiro, where he now lives. He focuses on experimental work, working mainly with light in the image.