By The Throat

Original Title|Places Of Articulation

Documentary, Hybrid, Experimental | 78' | 2021 (Completed)

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Director

Effi Weiss, Amir Borenstein

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An exploration of how we are defined, categorised and controlled by language and the way we speak.

synopsis

Starting with an apparently trivial security check at Tel Aviv airport, By The Throat goes on to explore a more deeply engrained border, albeit an invisible one, a border that marks our oral cavity and defines the sounds and words we can pronounce. We carry these limits, created by our mother-tongue, with us. We become mobile check-points, wherever we are. Combining filmed testimony, found footage, YouTube clips and medical imagery, the film moves through sonic, anatomical and political territory, and explores how language and pronunciation are used to define, categorise and control.
Prenant pour point de départ un contrôle de sécurité à l'aéroport de Tel-Aviv, By The Throat explore une frontière plus profondément marquée, bien qu'invisible, qui détermine les sons et les mots que nous prononçons. Nous transportons avec nous cette limite, créée par notre langue maternelle, devenant nous-mêmes des checkpoints mobiles, où que nous soyons.
Een security check op de luchthaven van Tel Aviv geeft aanleiding tot een audiovisuele zoektocht naar een diep ingeslepen, zij het onzichtbare grens, die onze uitspraak bepaalt. Het is een beperking die een ieder van ons in zich draagt. Verborgen in onze moedertaal, maakt ze van ons een mobiel check-point, waar we ons ook bevinden.

Credits

Director
Effi Weiss, Amir Borenstein
Sound
Kwinten Van Laethem, Gedeon de Pauw
Music
Thomas Myrmel

Format

Creation details

Type
Film
Category
Experimental, Doc, Hybrid
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Documentary, Hybrid, Experimental
Year of production

2021
Production status
Completed
Original title
Places Of Articulation
Original language
English, Arabic, Dutch, Hebrew, German, Tibetan, Albanian

Technical specs

Running time
78'
Available in
2D
Aspect ratio
16:9
Sound format
5.1 (+ sub) Dolby
Available formats
Apple ProRes 422; DCP (1920 x 1080)
Colour
Colour

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Festivals & awards

Festivals

2021: Docaviv (IL); IndieLisboa (PT); Message To Man (RU); RIDM Montréal (CA); En Ville (BE); IHRFFA, Tirana; In Science, Pays-bas; La Transmedial, Berlin; Festival cinématographiques de Cerbère (FR); Terra Nostra Festival (FR); Mostra Internazionale del cinema di Genoa (IT) ; Festival International Jean Rouch, Paris (FR); TIDF- Taiwan International Documentary Festival, Taiwan; EMAF- European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück (DE); Festival Itinérances, Alès (FR); FIPADOC - Festival international Documentaire, Biarritz (FR); Watch Docs - Human Rights in Film, Warsaw (PL); ARKIPEL - Jakarta International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival

Awards

2021: Artistic Vision Award - Docaviv (IL); Sylvester Award for Best Feature Film - IndieLisboa (PT); Prix de la critique - Festival En Ville (BE); Prix de la SCAM 2021; 2022 : INTERNATIONAL-COMPETITION PRIZE - Jakarta Intl Documentary and Experimental Film Festival; Special mention - Festival International Jean Rouch, Paris ; Special mention - Mostra Internazionale del cinema di Genoa