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Kaua'i 'ō'ō

Canadian Premiere

Kaua’i ō’ō

Samy Benammar

Canada | 2023 | 3 min
Presented only in theatres

In 1987, the song of the Kaua’i o’o, a bird endemic to Hawaii, was recorded for the last time. Its song serves as the starting point for a visual exploration of the landscape and the winged creatures inhabiting it. Edited mostly in-camera, the film is a visual poem caught between the chaos of disappearance and the calm of an aerial melody that takes us on a journey through seasons and territories.

This film is part of the FIFA EXPERIMENTAL section program INVENTIONS.
Director Samy Benammar
Music Samy Benammar

In Partnership with

Session

• Université Concordia - J.A. de Sève, LB-125, Pavillon J. W. McConnell
Friday, march 17, 2023, 05:30 p.m. — 07:30 p.m.

Production

Samy Benammar

Samy Benammar

Available in French only

Cinéaste, photographe et critique, Samy Benammar est titulaire d’une maîtrise en études cinématographiques de l’Université de Montréal option recherche et création. Ses origines algériennes et ouvrières sont au cœur de réalisations expérimentales qui questionnent les enjeux sociopolitiques des images d’archive et d’actualité. Sa pratique s’intéresse autant aux supports argentiques (super 8, 16mm ou 35mm), numériques, qu’analogiques. Cette hybridation tend a questionner les interactions entre technicité et politique des images.

Biographical notes provided by the film production team

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