International Premiere
An accumulation of histories is explored via the filmmaker’s uncle, a retired Grego-Roman Olympian wrestler who lives in a sinking house built atop a decommissioned landfill.
Supported by
Community Partner
Jalin Conner, Tristan Hammen, Derek Loehr, John Pedersen, Kurt Hansen, John Pedersen
Canada/USA/Denmark
2023
In Danish and English with English subtitles
Indigenous & Community Access
Credits
Cinematography
Kara Ditte Hansen, Sam Drake, Sam Taffel
Director
Kara Ditte Hansen
Kara Ditte Hansen is a filmmaker and artist based between Vancouver (BC) and Milwaukee (WI). She is currently an MFA candidate in the Cinematic Arts program at University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee. Through sculpture, video, and film she probes fraught entanglements between people and their things. Each work presents a conflict that is made apparent in the way objects become external manifestations of internal struggles and unhelpful attachments.
Filmography: An Event So Fast (2020); Companion (2021); Unspeakable Heap (2023)
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