FALSE START observes the elaborate fossil industry in Morocco and is a sly meditation on authenticity and a paean to the creativity of the'preparators'.

A film by Yto Barrada

2015, Morocco, Short film, 23 min, DCP

NOTE OF THE PROGRAMMER
The latest film by French-Moroccan artist Yto Barrada observes the elaborate fossil industry in Morocco. Paying homage to the'preparators' in the arid region between the Atlas Mountains and the Sahara Desert, whose intrepid work is fuelling a thriving trade in artifacts real, faux and hybrid, False Start is a rebuke to the fetishistic thirst for foreign objects, a sly meditation on authenticity, and a paean to creativity. (Andréa Picard, TIFF 2015 Toronto / IFFR 2016, Rotterdam)

Production country & year : Morocco - 2015
Medium: DCP
Length: 23 min

Director: Yto Barrada
Producer: Sean Gullette
Camera: Javier Ruiz Gomez
Editor: Kate Abernethy
Sound design: Ruy Garcia
Sales: Yto Barrada

Tags: art forgery, Faux depart, Faux Guide, fossils, Morocco, PACE, paleontology, tourism, film art, film installation |


2016 | IFFR 2016, Rotterdam | 27 JAN - 7 FEB 2016
* Selection - Tiger Awards Competition for Short Films 5
* Selection - Bright Future
* Selection - TS
* Winner of the Best Short Film Tiger Award
* Screening: LantarenVenster 1, Sun 31 Jan 17:00 - 18:28, No subtitles
* Screening: LantarenVenster 5, Mon 1 Feb 17:00 - 18:28, No subtitles
* Screening: Pathé 3, Fri 5 Feb 12:30 - 13:58, No subtitles
https://iffr.com/en/professionals/2016/films/faux-d-part

2015 | 40th TIFF, Toronto, Canada
* Selection - Wave Lengths
* North American Premiere
http://tiff.net/festivals/festival15/wavelengths/faux-depart