Aldeia dos Rapazes – Orfanato Sta. Isabel de Albarraque
Bárbara Virgínia's only short film is about an orphanage. She adopted a perspective exceptional for her era by filming at the children’s eye level.
15'
Portugal
IFFR 2018
"An American in Paris making films about Ireland" – this is how Donal Foreman describes his father, Arthur MacCaig, in The Image You Missed, Foreman’s fascinating film essay about his father – someone he had little contact with.
During his career, Irish-American MacCaig (1948-2008) made films about the conflict in Northern Ireland and left behind a visual archive spanning thirty years – images Foreman uses to find out what he has in common with his father. Both make films, both emigrated to another country, albeit in opposite directions: from America to Europe and vice versa. But it’s the differences that stand out: Foreman moved back to Dublin, while MacCaig had preferred to film in divided Belfast.
The main difference lies in their approach to images and what these say. Foreman, for example, analyses what is missing from the films MacCaig made. And although he has respect for his father’s political convictions, he does not share them.
- Director
- Donal Foreman
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Countries of production
- Ireland, France, USA, United Kingdom
- Production Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 73'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, French
- Producers
- Donal Foreman, Nicole Brenez, Philippe Grandrieux
- Sales
- Donal Foreman
- Editor
- Donal Foreman
Programme IFFR 2018
Regained
Drawing upon cinematic memories: restored classics, films about film, experimental works, installations and retrospectives.
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In true Zwartjes style, the filmmaker creates an intoxicating, surreal microcosm – this time through a bizarre pantomime featuring extras in heavy makeup.
12'
Netherlands
IFFR 2018
Birds
Hypnotic, repetitive film featuring Trix, Zwartjes' regular partner in crime – and in life. The second 'turtle dove' is a piece of a toy between her fingers.
5'
Netherlands
IFFR 2018