Onlookers

Utopia/Dystopia
2023 — 72 min — PG
Onlookers

Synopsis

An immersive meditation on travel and tourism in Laos reflecting on how we all live as observers. Traversing the country’s dusty roads and tranquil rivers, we watch as painterly tableaus unfold, revealing the interweaving of locals and foreigners in rest and play.

Schedule

FFD 2023

1st Screening

Auditorium IFI-LIP
4 December 2023, 14:40 GMT+7

2nd Screening

Bioskop Sonobudoyo
8 December 2023, 16:40 GMT+7

Production Team

Director
  • Kimi Takesue

    Kimi Takesue is an award-winning filmmaker whose films have screened widely at festivals and museums internationally including Locarno, Sundance Film Festival, and the MoMA and have aired on PBS, Sundance Film Festival, and Criterion Channels. Takesue is the recipient of Guggenheim & Rockefeller Fellowships; her last film, 95 and 6 to Go (2016), was nominated for the European Doc Alliance Award. She is Professor in the Dpt. of Arts, Culture, & Media at Rutgers University-Newark.

Details

Country of ProductionUnited States, Laos
Spoken LanguagesAmerican English, Lao
SubtitleEnglish
ColorColor

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