2021: A Tarotscope Reading

A Norient Snap by Ndi Mak
2021: A Tarotscope Reading
2021: A Tarotscope Reading

This commissioned piece for the Norient Film Festival looks to the cosmos for an inspirational message for 2021. Multidisciplinary and gender bending South African artist Umlilo embarked on a tarotscope reading which presented six cards that help guide us in 2021.

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Sound: Umlilo

Hearing Is Believing

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Hearing Is Believing
Hearing Is Believing

In Raquel Castro’s «SOA», Joseph Kamaru, aka sound artist KMRU, finds confirmation that sound affects us more deeply than we realize.

 

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Design: Šejma Fere

Is the Pandemic a Heyday for Unsung Heroes?

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Is the Pandemic a Heyday for Unsung Heroes?
Is the Pandemic a Heyday for Unsung Heroes?

The film industry is mostly centred on stars. But often it is people like the sound re-recordist portrayed in the documentary «The Sound Man Mangesh Desai» who turn movies into unique audiovisual experiences.

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Design: Šejma Fere

Being Untrue to Yourself

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Being Untrue to Yourself
Being Untrue to Yourself

Defining one’s authenticity by being inauthentic is a central mode of being queer – and has become a popular aesthetic. In an essay inspired by the film «The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo», our writer asks how the metaphor of the flamingo might offer a route out of a repressi

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Design: Šejma Fere

Video Traces: From Italy

A Norient Snap by Marina Benetti
Video Traces: From Italy

This playlist is an audiovisual journey through the last 45 years of Italian music. Far from being a systematic overview of Italian heritage, this selection aims to outline a heterogeneous, if not divergent, landscape of sounds and music videos.

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Lisbon Before and After

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Lisbon Before and After
Lisbon Before and After

André Santos finds ambivalence in the tourism and gentrification of his hometown, as depicted through fado music in the film «Silêncio – Vozes de Lisboa».

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Design: Šejma Fere

I Often Work at Night

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I Often Work at Night
I Often Work at Night

Angolan producer Nazar grew up in Belgium, spent his teens in Angola, and is now based in the UK. In this interview, he talks about war, anger, discrimination, and loneliness. An experimental podcast.

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Quote: Nazar
Design: MR. LU*
Sound: Nazar

A Yearning for Coherence

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A Yearning for Coherence
A Yearning for Coherence

Love songs tend to be seen as unpolitical. Granî however, the energetic Kurdish wedding music, contains significant political meanings. An essay by Martin Stokes on the power of hidden dissent cultures, inspired by George Mürer’s film «Her Bijî Granî».

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Design: Šejma Fere

Ritual of Masculinity

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Ritual of Masculinity
Ritual of Masculinity

After watching Anna Gawlita’s film «Krzyżoki» (Horse Riders), Agata Pyzik wonders what’s next for contemporary masculinity?

 

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Design: Šejma Fere

Intersectionality Rules

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Intersectionality Rules
Intersectionality Rules

Watching the film «A Girl’s Band» inspires Luisa Fernanda Uribe to think deeply about feminism and intersectionality in Latin America.

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Design: Šejma Fere

Ebram the Breeze

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Ebram the Breeze
Ebram the Breeze

Azin Feizabadi gets caught in Ebrahim Monsefi’s spirit breeze conjured by Kamran Heidari’s «documentary» on the Iranian singer/songwriter, «None of Your Business».

 

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Design: Šejma Fere