ONLOOKERS

EPK

Director  Kimi Takesue
Topics  Enviroment, Nature, Tourism
Production  Kimikat Productions
Year  2023
Country USA
Running time  72 minutes           
Format  DCP, Color

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FESTIVALS & AWARDS​

WORLD PREMIERE
 Slamdance Film Festival 2023 – Breakouts Competition
WINNER: Breakouts Feature-Honorable Mention
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE
Official Selection: Cinéma du Réel

SYNOPSIS
​ONLOOKERS visually striking, immersive meditation on travel and tourism in Laos, reflecting on how we all live as observers. Traversing the country's dusty roads and tranquil rivers, we watch as elaborate painterly tableaus unfold, revealing the whimsical and at times disruptive interweaving of locals and foreigners in rest and play. ONLOOKERS transports viewers on a sensorial journey of deep looking and listening, inviting audiences to reflect on their own modes of tourism, while asking the looming existential questions: Why do we travel? What do we seek?

REVIEWS
"A wry and at times uproarious ethnographic work...revelatory!"
-Michael Sicinski, FILM COMMENT
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"Visually-stunning! ....showcases how tourism can have an effect on a country and its local people."
-Charles Barfield, THE PLAYLIST

— The Impronta Films team

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