#MEMEPROPAGANDA Goes to Rotterdam
This interactive exhibition looks at the growing role of memes in digital society, focusing on meme characters.
Europe
IFFR 2019
Everybody wants something from Portuguese football superstar, Diamantino Matamouros: his trainer father sees a champion, his sisters see a meal ticket, and his country sees a hero. But when Diamantino misses the decisive kick at the World Cup, he begins to question everything he has ever been told about the world around him.
So begins the wild ride that is Gabriel Abrantes and Daniel Schmidt’s Diamantino, Grand Prix winner of Cannes Critics’ Week. It is in equal measures a shape-shifting fairy tale, a gender-bending romance, a sci-fi-tinged body horror, and an uproarious social (media) satire of modern Europe. Though the film wades through a heavy backdrop of digital misinformation, the refugee crisis, and the rising tide of right-wing nationalism, Abrantes and Schmidt’s light touch tap-dances through these real-world traumas, effortlessly absorbing new textures and tones along the way. Diamantino looks at the post-Brexit era through a funhouse mirror, and within that warped reflection, sees that a better world is possible.
Gabriel Abrantes, Daniel Schmidt
IFFR 2019
Programme IFFR 2019
A trip through the wondrous world of the internet meme. Discover the memeverse in an exhibition, in the cinema, and during various events.
Read more about this programmeThis interactive exhibition looks at the growing role of memes in digital society, focusing on meme characters.
Europe
IFFR 2019
What stories do anonymous internet users share on internet forums? Come to >be me, where the special selection of 'greentexts' will inspire you to take part/post yourself.
Finland
IFFR 2019
Shot on 16mm, Ross Meckfessel’s sensual odyssey through natural landscapes and digital textures satisfyingly defies concrete interpretation.
11'
USA
IFFR 2019