Fragments

A face close to the lens in grainy black and white, dark-rimmed glasses filling the frame, a mole on the cheek, lit from the side — Fragments, 2008

Year: 2008
Medium: Super 8 film, black and white, transferred to video
Running time: 10 min 37 s, without dialogue
Director: Dario Srbić
Cast: Patricia Felizeter, Kordula Fritze, Marita Pirnat, André Barla, Branko Boljic, Dario Srbić, Michael Feigl
Screened: EuroLab, 29e Festival International du Film d’Amiens, 2009

Fragments, 2008

Someone’s gaze on us can change our day or our life. In a fragment of a second, we can decide whether this gaze is hostile, frindely, awkward, pleasing or decisive?

A young man's face close to the lens, one eye in light, the other side of the face in shadow — Fragments, 2008

A man drinking from a striped bowl, eyes lifted over its rim towards the camera — Fragments, 2008

A bearded man in glasses, the frame cut just under his eyes, looking slightly past the lens — Fragments, 2008

But what if the gaze lasts for more than a few seconds? What if we cannot escape it? Or, after a while, if we want it for ever?

A woman's face from the eyes down, dark hair on both sides, lit from the right — Fragments, 2008

A woman with a fringe looking down and to the side, her eyes in soft focus — Fragments, 2008

A man in glasses and a dark zip jumper standing against a wall in a circle of light, hands behind his back — Fragments, 2008

A man in a white T-shirt standing against the wall, looking down at a cup in his hands — Fragments, 2008

A chrome bath tap and shower hose against white tiles, the shower head resting on the mixer — Fragments, 2008

A shower hose curving down the left edge of a bare grey wall — Fragments, 2008

A woman with shoulder-length hair facing the camera, the wall pale behind her, a faint smile — Fragments, 2008

A woman in dark-rimmed glasses at the right of the frame, hair falling to her shoulders, looking straight out — Fragments, 2008

A young man in a dark long-sleeved top standing centred against the bright wall, looking into the lens — Fragments, 2008

© Dario Srbić, Berlin 2026