A fresco about flesh and desire that reflects on the discomfiting significance of cannibalism in human existence. Through our encounter with the Japanese cannibal Issei Sagawa and the exploration of his mysterious relationship with his brother, we realize that cannibalism is much closer to the human condition than most of us ever suppose, because of its affinities to sexuality and spirituality, and the fact that it states more clearly than any other gesture the desire to become One with the Other, and the longing for Atonement.
Caniba
Caniba
20th TDF: Greek premiere

Screening Schedule
No physical screenings scheduled. |
- Direction: Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- Cinematography: Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- Editing: Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- Sound: Nao Nakazawa, Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- Production: Norte Productions, Sensory Ethnography Lab – Harvard University
- Producers: Valentina Novati, Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- Camera: Véréna Paravel, Lucien Castaing-Taylor
- Format: DCP
- Production Country: France
- Production Year: 2017
- Duration: 95'
- Contact: Elle Driver
Véréna Paravel
Filmography
2008 7 Queens (short)
2010 Foreign Parts (co-direction)
2012 Leviathan (co-direction)
2015 Ah, Humanity! (short, co-direction)
2017 Somniloquies (co-direction)
2017 Caniba (co-direction)
2022 De humani corporis fabrica (co-direction)
2010 Foreign Parts (co-direction)
2012 Leviathan (co-direction)
2015 Ah, Humanity! (short, co-direction)
2017 Somniloquies (co-direction)
2017 Caniba (co-direction)
2022 De humani corporis fabrica (co-direction)
Lucien Castaing-Taylor
Filmography
1992 In and Out of Africa (co-direction)
2009 Sweetgrass (co-direction)
2012 Leviathan (co-direction)
2015 Ah, Humanity! (short, co-direction)
2017 Somniloquies (co-direction)
2017 Caniba (co-direction)
2022 De humani corporis fabrica (co-direction)
2009 Sweetgrass (co-direction)
2012 Leviathan (co-direction)
2015 Ah, Humanity! (short, co-direction)
2017 Somniloquies (co-direction)
2017 Caniba (co-direction)
2022 De humani corporis fabrica (co-direction)