{"product_id":"foto-cine-mama-i","title":"FOTO CINE MAMA \u0026 I","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough a collection of family photographs, Oliver Hockenhull crafts a deeply personal and philosophical essay on photography, memory, identity, and mortality. Blending family history with cultural critique, the film explores how images shape our understanding of ourselves, our loved ones, and the world around us. \"FOTO CINE MAMA \u0026amp; I\" is a thoughtful meditation on photography in the age of artificial intelligence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe film’s core utilizes a collection of personal photographs of the filmmaker's mother and family. The film is a reading of the images as family history, as socio-political history, as a history of the photographic ‘snap shot'—of symptoms and ailments (societal and personal), of the imaging of the self, of death, of immortality, of love, and of art — and as a personal psychoanalytical tell of a son to his mother.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work is informed by Walter Benjamin’s conceptualization of the \"optical unconscious' of photography\" which underpins photography's enigma. We also utilize Ernst Jünger's exploration, penned during the interwar period, that unravels the photograph as a self-objectifying mechanism. Important photographic milestones from George Eastman to Nadar to Jeff Wall to Ansel Adams and others are used as hinges to open up the mind’s eye to the philosophical complexity and sociological relevance of the photographic image.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUltimately the film is a reflection on the act of reflection itself. It unveils the myriad dimensions of the image, illuminated through the prism of deeply personal vignettes — none more intimate than the portrayal of the artist's own mother. Here, the umbilical cord of identity converges with a burst of latent potentials, poised for their imminent emergence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDirector and Producer: Oliver Hockenhull\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eQuality Digital Print available for screenings, gallery presentations and exhibitions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Moving Images Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Institutions \/ DVD","offer_id":49077401321700,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Institutions \/ 3 Year DSL","offer_id":49077401354468,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Institutions \/ 5 Year DSL","offer_id":49077401387236,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Institutions \/ DVD \u0026 3 Year DSL","offer_id":49077401420004,"sku":null,"price":600.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Institutions \/ DVD \u0026 5 Year DSL","offer_id":49077401452772,"sku":null,"price":725.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Community \/ DVD","offer_id":49077401485540,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Community \/ 3 Year DSL","offer_id":49077401518308,"sku":null,"price":150.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Community \/ 5 Year DSL","offer_id":49077401551076,"sku":null,"price":225.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Community \/ DVD \u0026 3 Year DSL","offer_id":49077401583844,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Community \/ DVD \u0026 5 Year DSL","offer_id":49077401616612,"sku":null,"price":350.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1477\/7020\/files\/FotoCineMama_2.png?v=1780945871","url":"https:\/\/movingimages.ca\/fr\/products\/foto-cine-mama-i","provider":"Moving Images Distribution","version":"1.0","type":"link"}