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Kino Loop proudly presents Kino Loop Feature #21: Strainer by Gamid IbadullayevSTRAINER is a poetic journey through the hidden forces that shape a life. The Hero (Marcel Hugo) moves through five symbolic rooms, each reflecting a stage of life and inner transformation. Along the way, he encounters a woman (Anastasiia Riabokon), and together they navigate love and the process of change. Based on motifs, symbols, and archetypes from fairy tales, the film is an exploration of identity and transformation through self-recognition.
Working across painting, video, and sound, Gamid Ibadullayev develops an audiovisual language in which the image becomes a space of sensing rather than seeing, translating inner states into moving-image form.
STRAINER returns to the essence of silent cinema, blending visual storytelling with atmospheric soundscapes. Through its symbolic language and contemplative pace rooted in the tradition of slow cinema, the film invites viewers into a multifaceted, hypnotic world. In the live-screening format, it is accompanied by improvised music. Performing musicians include Anne Eding (violin), Gamid Ibadullayev (clarinet, flute), Jung-Jae Kim (saxophone), and Markus Leuthel (keys).
About the Director
Gamid Ibadullayev (b. 1980) is a visual, interdisciplinary artist, director, and musician of Azerbaijani origin, working at the intersection of painting, photography, video art, film, and music. Since 2005, he has lived and worked in Poland. His works have been exhibited in galleries in Poland, Germany, Azerbaijan, and Turkey. In 2016, he founded the Studio of Audiovisual Experiments. He creates his own experimental and independent films, for which he also composes music (A Soul of Nowhere, 2023; Orange Frames, 2025; Strainer, 2026). https://gamid.eu/
Strainer, Poland/Germany, 2026 62 min
Directed and produced by Gamid Ibadullayev
Written by Gamid Ibadullayev, Marcin Burbo
Starring: Marcel Hugo, Anastasiia Riabokon, Masha Kirillova, Aleksander Ibadullayev, Ignacy Adamski-Kazimierski
Cinematography: Erik Nürnberg, Marcin Burbo, Talissa Mehringer, Masha Kirillova, Klaudiusz Adamski – Kazimierski
Edited by Gamid Ibadullayev, Agnieszka Gierałtowska
Filmed at Medienwerkstatt im Kulturwerk des BBK Berlin
Gamid Ibadullayev Production
62 min, Fee 12 Euro
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