Lichtblick-Kino

Autoethnographic film about childhood in the Atacama desert.

On the Arctic Ocean coast of Chukotka live a people cut off from the world. Their life revolves around hunting walruses and whales and protecting villages from bears coming from the tundra.

This theme turns the film into a reflection on death. Marine animals become the primary source of food for the people, animal leftovers are used to feed arctic foxes on a fur farm, human cemeteries become targets for bears.

It appears that all the inhabitants of this region are involved in the cycle of food and death. The film departs from the typical rhythmic structure of cinema and instead adopts the structure of a shamanic ritual, which is a meaningforming event for the northern peoples.

Displaced from the forest and relocated into modern society, the indigenous Kurubas of Coorg reclaim notions of sex, sexuality, and morality during Kunde Namme (The Arse Festival) – a subversive festival filled with surreal sights and sounds.