29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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The Burning Ear
The Burning Ear
The Burning Ear
The Burning Ear

The Burning Ear

Edd Dundas / United States / 1970 / 30 min.


synopsis

The Burning Ear shows the international scope of Sandoz's film production which wasn't limited to Europe but also included various forms of international coproduction, cooperation or – as in the case of The Burning Ear – projects created outside of Europe. Thus, the opportunity to make a film for Sandoz was given to Edd Dundas, American underground filmmaker, who created a psychological study of a young man whom a voice of a divine apparition or a demon drives to committing the radical act of assassination. The film was shot in Japan and fuses Japanese symbols with a universal portrayal of the harrowed inner world of the main protagonist. Dundas relates the complex subject matter mostly using atmospheric photography and strong sound design.

more about film

director: Edd Dundas

Film at festival

festival edition:2021
section:Into History
language:English

Info

director:Edd Dundas
original title:The Burning Ear
country:United States
year:1970
running time:30 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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