Ganga

Air

The fourth part of a series by Indian painter and director Velu Viswanadhan on the elements is a multilayered portrait of his country in images and sounds, without commentary and rich in nuances and metaphors.

Sable

In Sable, Velu Viswanadhan explores the beaches and banks of the seas and rivers of the Indian subcontinent.

Ether

In the 1970s, filmmaker and artist Velu Viswanadhan began his series of five films about the elements. This last part is about ether, the invisible essence of all matter.

Back to the Elements

Viswanadhan, the Indian painter, goes back to the various places he filmed 30 years ago all around India for his documentary series about the Elements.

Fire

Third film in the series of the five elements, Fire / Agni also speaks of purification. It represents everything that has a purpose in life: what is consumed and reproduced, which gives warmth and creative energy.

The Five Obstructions

In 1967, experimental filmmaker Jorgen Leth created a striking short film, The Perfect Human, starring a man and women sitting in a box while a narrator poses questions about their relationship and humanity. Years later, Danish director Lars von Trier made a deal with Leth to remake his film five times, each under a different set of circumstances and with von Trier's strictly prescribed rules. As Leth completes each challenge, von Trier creates increasingly further elaborate stipulations.