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Self-Portrait

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A portrait of humanity as captured by its surveillance cameras. Directed by artist and filmmaker Joële Walinga, and with sound design by Ines Adriana, Self-Portrait is a tapestry of footage collected from surveillance cameras around the world over the last four years. Woven together as a poem, the film travels from moment to moment, beginning with the frozen storminess of winter, to the melt of spring, the lush heat of summer, and finally the decay and cooling of autumn: the dawn of winter. Self-Portrait shows a candid peek at humanity as it has chosen to document itself -- all of these cameras set up for primarily capitalistic, "property"-protecting purposes, but yielding a beauty and a truth -- an incidental portrait.

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Eric Langberg Everything's Interesting 06/23/2022
Self-Portrait offers no answers—by design, it can’t—and in refusing to let viewers determine any kind of movement or narrative, it becomes almost a purely aesthetic exercise, a tone poem of sorts. It’s… oddly beautiful Go to Full Review Morgan Rojas Cinemacy 04/27/2022
2.5/5
Both soothing in its uninterrupted observation of nature and claustrophobic in its intrusive, omniscient presence, Self-Portrait gives us many ways to interpret its message. Go to Full Review Louisa Moore Screen Zealots 04/20/2022
An extremely subjective work that lacks a ton of purpose and storytelling. I found very little meaning in the film, but I did enjoy the feeling of zen-like peace that it provided. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Joële Walinga

Director

Joële Walinga

Screenwriter

Joële Walinga

Producer

Joële Walinga

Film Editor

Miharu Koshi

Original Music

Haruomi Hosono

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Synopsis A portrait of humanity as captured by its surveillance cameras. Directed by artist and filmmaker Joële Walinga, and with sound design by Ines Adriana, Self-Portrait is a tapestry of footage collected from surveillance cameras around the world over the last four years. Woven together as a poem, the film travels from moment to moment, beginning with the frozen storminess of winter, to the melt of spring, the lush heat of summer, and finally the decay and cooling of autumn: the dawn of winter. Self-Portrait shows a candid peek at humanity as it has chosen to document itself -- all of these cameras set up for primarily capitalistic, "property"-protecting purposes, but yielding a beauty and a truth -- an incidental portrait.
Director
Joële Walinga
Producer
Joële Walinga
Screenwriter
Joële Walinga
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 7m