29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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ANTFILM

ANTFILM

Tetsuya Maruyama / Brazil / 2021 / World Premiere / 2 min.


synopsis

The drama of the ants’ life unfolds in memory traces shaped by phantom light as a remnant of brief images in flashbacks following the folding and twisting into phantasmal positions of the ants’ segmented bodies inside their safe shelters.

biography

Tetsuya Maruyama (1983) is a Japanese multidisciplinary artist based in Rio de Janeiro, who is focused on film, performance, sound and installations. In his experimental work, he deals first and foremost with the light in images. His films have been screened at many international festivals including Ji.hlava IFDF, where he screened his Meaning of Gaps (2020).

more about film

director: Tetsuya Maruyama
producer: Beatriz Lima Santos

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2021
section:Fascinations
language:No Dialogue
subtitles:No Subtitle
colour:Black and white

Info

director:Tetsuya Maruyama
original title:ANTFILM
country:Brazil
year:2021
running time:2 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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