Drawing upon cinematic memories: restored classics, films about film, experimental works, installations and an homage to Claudio Caligari.
Films in ‘Regained’
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The Miniaturist
Paribartana Mohanty IFFR 2016 13′A contemporary variation on Hiroshima, mon amour, but with a strong emphasis on the use of colour and with the voice of nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer.
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Miss Cinema
Paolo Simoni IFFR 2016 50′Who does the camera love most? In a series of vintage screen tests, we see anonymous young girls posing uncomfortably, hoping for a role in a film.
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To Love...
Mikhail Kalik IFFR 2016 73′Four poignant stories about love and relationships. The film subtly blends fiction and documentary, poetry and sociology, as well as questioning notions of love and marriage, solitude and alienation. Another masterpiece by Mikhail Kalik (see Goodbye, Boys!) that was censored in the USSR.
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The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Maddin
Yves Montmayeur IFFR 2016 65′Guy Maddin creates artificial worlds reminiscent of films from a distant past. Full of dream logic, spirits and perversions - but always humour. In this documentary with beautiful clips, he talks about his work and sources of inspiration, including actress Isabella Rossellini and director Fritz Lang.