Constrain

Jerky footage, shouting, flashing lights, explosions, gasping breaths: these chaotic opening scenes evoke the feeling of a riot, but there isn’t a single person to be seen. This experimental and politically charged animated film uses abstract techniques to confront us with the restraints imposed on us on the basis of physical characteristics, nationality, and social conditions.

*Text from IDFA catalogue

Official Selection :

Ann Arbor Film Festival, United States, 2022, best international film

Videoformes, Clermont-Ferrand, France, 2022, honorable mention

Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom, 2022

Kings of doc expanded, Strasbourg, France, 2022

Champs Elysées Film Festival, Paris, France, 2021, France Televisions award winners

Visions du Réel, Nyon, Switzerland, 2021

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Netherlands, 2021

Kasseler DokFest, Germany, 2021

Festival d’Annecy, France, 2021

Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal (FNC), Canada, 2021

Uppsala Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden, 2021

Flatpack, Birmingham, UK, 2021

Equinoxio Film Festival, Bogota, Colombia, 2021, honorable mention

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