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Icarus, Come

Best Short Student Documentary Ziya Lemin Belgium, Documentary, Dutch, 00:16:58

I found a little bird on the sidewalk, just around the corner from my house. We became roommates and close friends, connected by our shared otherness, confined within the four walls of my bedroom. Setting up the camera became a ritual, a way for us to interact and explore our relationship. As I scroll through the memories on my iPhone, Icarus gradually transcends his avian nature. Slowly, he transforms into an image himself, inviting a closer look at the human-animal relationship we capture and preserve on our phones.

Icarus, Come
Film block: STUDENT DOCUMENTARY / STORIES
Screening:
Palace of Culture Pernik, Hall 2
  • Language Dutch
  • Country Belgium
  • Genre Documentary
  • Cinematographer Ziya Lemin
  • Editor Ziya Lemin
  • Year of creation 2024
  • Duration 00:16:58
Ziya Lemin
Director Ziya Lemin

Ziya Lemin (1997, Antwerp) graduated in 2023 with a Master's degree in Audiovisual Arts from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium. She is a documentary filmmaker with careful attention for the mundane. Recently, she has become interested in ways in which the camera could be a mediator in human and nonhuman relationships. This serves as an inspiration for the PhD-project she is currently working on at LUCA School of Arts and KULeuven reconceptualizing educational film by using the camera as an instrument for study.

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