Ikebana (2021)

Rotterdam International Film Festival - Official Selection 2022
Sheffield Documentary Festival - Official Selection 2022
True/False - Official Selection 2022

Vimeo Staff Pick, 2023
Nowness Premiere, 2023
25 FPS Festival 2021
Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal 2021
Beijing International Short Film Festival 2021
McEvoy Foundation for the Arts

Ikebana is an experimental documentary that reimagines the art of flower arranging. Connecting different practices and perspectives through cinematic assemblage, the film witnesses plants as living, permeable vehicles that hold everyday memories and poetics.

2021 • 14 minutes • 16mm Colour • 1.78:1 • Mandarin, English • Canada

Directed by Rita Ferrando
Written by Rita Ferrando, Brendan Mills, and Lily Jue Sheng
Edited by Brendan Mills

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