Whether they are singing on national TV, playing air guitar, dealing with multiple selves or being pushed from their pedestal, they are playing the role of a lifetime. A display of peculiar personal (hi)stories.
Films screened in this combined programme
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Western Wild...or how I found Wanderlust and met Old Shatterhand
Martha Colburn IFFR 2018 9′The highlight so far in the flourishing career of animator Martha Colburn is a very personal work about her relationship with the German author Karl May.
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Leninopad
Anna Jermolaewa IFFR 2018 22′Statues can die, too. Or, as shown in Leninopad, they can be cleared away from their public sites as an alleged act of liberation.
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Are You Tired of Forever?
Caitlin Craggs IFFR 2018 6′In this playful rhapsody of sensory cinema, the filmmaker is juggling multiple selves. They bring to light a highly personal and surreal universe.
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Re-rupture
Hsu Che-yu IFFR 2018 15′Artist Hsu Che-yu unearths and reanimates forgotten moments in Taipei's history, one of which includes a guitar solo eight storeys up in the air.
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Confluence
Benjamin Ramírez Pérez, Stefan Ramírez Pérez IFFR 2018 21′Larger than life and decked out in outrageous 1990s garb, pop star Doris talks about her experiences as a former child star in war-torn Belgrade.