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
1st Screening
4 December 2023, 14:40 GMT+7
2nd Screening
8 December 2023, 16:40 GMT+7
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.
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