David Bakum

David Bakum nam deel aan de poll “Greatest” Short Films of All Time 2025, een unieke publieksbevraging als collectieve liefdesbrief aan de kunst van de korte film. yanco en Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, in samenwerking met Talking Shorts, nodigden filmmakers, curatoren, distributeurs, critici en academici wereldwijd uit om tien audiovisuele werken van minder dan zestig minuten te nomineren die zij persoonlijk beschouwen als de “beste” aller tijden. Dit was de inzending van David Bakum:

Movie Original Title Director Country Year Duration
Meshes of the Afternoon Alexander Hammid , Maya Deren Verenigde Staten 1946 14’

The film that started it all for me.
Window Water Baby Moving Stan Brakhage Verenigde Staten 1959 13’

What a miracle is life. And what a miracle is film.
The House Is Black Khaneh siah ast Forugh Farrokzhad Iran 1963 22’

This film changed me as a person. “O overruning river driven by the force of love,
flow to us, flow to us.”
Hedgehog in the Fog Ёжик в тумане Yuri Norstein Sovjet-Unie 1975 11’

I grew up with this film, and it still haunts me. Each return reveals something new, every version of myself finds a different meaning.
Tell Me Dis-moi Chantal Akerman Frankrijk 1980 46’

What a warm film, despite its painful background. I can see myself in Akerman.
Tongues Untied Marlon Riggs Verenigde Staten 1989 55’

A film that showed me how powerful film can truly be.
Outer Space Peter Tscherkassky Oostenrijk 1999 11’

This film was born the same year as me. My mind feels just the same and I don't believe in time or space either.
Your Father Was Born 100 Years Old, and So Was the Nakba ابوكي خلق عمره ١٠٠ سنة، زي النكبة Razan AlSalah Palestina, Libanon 2018 7’

How painful to see one’s home forcefully changed, forgotten, stripped of its past. At least this film keeps a memory alive.
Red Aninsri; Or, Tiptoeing on the Still Trembling Berlin Wall อนินทรีย์แดง Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke Thailand 2020 30’

Very few films have ever left me speechless. This one has everything and more, perhaps the best script every brought to film.
Grandmamauntsistercat Zuza Banasińska Polen, Nederland 2024 23’

I relate to this film on a confusing level of genderfuck, family glitch, I am child and I am parent.