FIFEQ – Bodies on Hold + Ma perception [FREE]

Free admission, subject to availability

5:45 pm Audience welcome
6:15 pm Screening begins

Bodies on Hold

This film explores the ethical implications of watching people at risk on screen. Analyzing migration documentaries and investigating in Philadelphia, it examines how temporal precarity is created without human subjects. Bodies on Hold prompts reflection on our relationship with such images and the resulting responsibilities, questioning our position as spectators facing human vulnerability. By blending visual analysis and philosophical reflection, Anat Dan confronts us with our own role in consuming and producing images of suffering, challenging our perceptions of distance and involvement in global crises.

Directed by Anat Dan
2024 | 12 min | English

Featured selection: Ethnofest (Athens)

Filmmaker’s country: United States / Country of filming: United States

Ma perception

Ma Perception is created in collaboration with visually impaired individuals, comprising a mosaic of sequences, shared moments, experiences, life stories, differences, and daydreams. The film does not shy away from the challenges of daily life. However, visual impairment is approached as an experience, another way of living, and another perception of the world. The film invites viewers on a journey: walks in nature, nighttime streets, tandems, guide dogs, stages, sports fields, as well as auditory, musical, and creative experiences.

Directed by Benoit Maestre
2024 | 79 min | French

Filmmaker’s country: France / Country of filming: France