Private Project

death will come like a shadow

Death will come like a shadow(2min) is part of Saba Hasan’s most recent self portrait series (2021)comprising photographs and videos in which as a response to the social isolation related to the pandemic she turns the camera on the moct constant subject her self. Hasan’s camera handling in this video is characteristically long single pans which she utilises to hold our undisturbed focus and draw us into the spell of what it is that she wants to reveal. A solitary experience of passing of time enters into the frame created with painterly textures created by overlapping images, sounds and play of light. This sense of quiet intimacy is heightened by the artists gaze and her voice reading the titular poem giving the otherwise minimalist video added intensity and depth.

  • saba hasan
    Director
  • saba hasan
    Writer
  • barefoot publishers
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 12 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 22, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    10,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    India
  • Country of Filming:
    Seychelles
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Bideodromo Experimental Film and Video Festival 2022
    Bilbao
    Spain
    October 17, 2022
    official selection
  • Fisura Experimental Film Festival 2022
    Mexico City
    Mexico
    July 22, 2022
    official selection
  • Indo-French International Film Festival 2022
    Pondicherry
    India
    Award Winner Best Micro Short 2022
  • VAICA artists films festival, BDL Museum
    Mumbai
    India
    November 24, 2021
  • Films Arte Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    June 28, 2022
    official selection
  • Mannheim Arts and Film Festival
    Mannheim
    Germany
    Best Artist Film
  • Amarcort International Film Festival
    Rimini
    Italy
    Official Selection
  • Vienna International Film Awards
    Vienna
    Austria
    December 2, 2023
    Finalist
  • Cinemistica Film Festival
    Granada
    Spain
    Official Selection
Director Biography - saba hasan

Saba Hasan is a leading contemporary artist with a multimedia art practice, she is best known for the conceptual and lyrical  strength of her works, stemming from her training in anthropology Saba’s practice is further informed by cultural and social perspectives. Her conversation-based video La Verite/ Haqeeqat/Truth was screened at the Sarai Reader 09  curated by RAQS Media Collective and finalist for the Celeste Contemporary Art Prize 2014, Milan. Saba’s works have been exhibited at major venues like the 55th International Venice Biennale via the Imago Mundi Foundation, the National Gallery of Art Colombo, the Hohenburg Castle, Salzburg, Assab One Milan, the Chelsea Film Festival New York, the Bali International Film Festival, the IDSFF film festival Trivandrum, The Fisura International Film Festival, Mexico City, Bideodromo Film Festival, Bilbao the Film Arte Festival, Berlin. In 2022 Saba was awarded the Pollock- Krasner grant by the New York Foundation. She got the best micro short film award at the Indo French Film Festival 2022 and the best artist film at the Manheim Art and Film Festival.

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