About Him or How He Did Not Fear the Bear
A film in search of the motives behind and the response to the nightly killer-spree by a Russian lone wolf, slaughtering an entire Armenian family.
112'
Armenia
IFFR 2019
What is the relationship between Manchester in 2018 and the Russian Revolution of 1917? The German philosopher Friedrich Engels, who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Karl Marx, lived for years in this British industrial city. Through this founder of communist theory, artist Phil Collins investigates what remains of his ideas in today’s
Collins not only brings Engels back to Manchester metaphorically, but also literally. We follow the journey that a statue of the philosopher makes from a Ukrainian village through Europe and back 'home'. With his visually layered Ceremony, a combination of documentary road movie and social-activist pamphlet, Collins proposes a renewed link between Manchester and the idea of communism as a radical and visionary alternative for the 'tyranny of capital' that still has a grip on our political, economic and emotional life.
IFFR 2019
- 67'
- United Kingdom
- 2018
- Director
- Phil Collins
- Countries of production
- United Kingdom, Germany, Ukraine
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 67'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, German, Ukrainian
- Producers
- Sinisa Mitrovic, Natasha Dack Ojumu
- Production Companies
- Shady Lane Productions, Tigerlily Films
- Sales
- Shady Lane Productions
- Screenplay
- Phil Collins
- Editor
- David Charap, Andreas Dalström
- Music
- Mica Levi, Demdike Stare, Gruff Rhys
- Director
- Phil Collins
- Countries of production
- United Kingdom, Germany, Ukraine
- Year
- 2018
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 67'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, German, Ukrainian
- Producers
- Sinisa Mitrovic, Natasha Dack Ojumu
- Production Companies
- Shady Lane Productions, Tigerlily Films
- Sales
- Shady Lane Productions
- Screenplay
- Phil Collins
- Editor
- David Charap, Andreas Dalström
- Music
- Mica Levi, Demdike Stare, Gruff Rhys
Programme IFFR 2019
Signatures
Familiar faces from the world of film: new work from established filmmakers, auteurs and festival veterans.
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Essayist road movie on the relation between England's Manchester and philosopher Friedrich Engels, founder of communism. Are his ideas still alive?
67'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2019
I diari di Angela – Noi due cineasti
Personal, moving account of Yervant Gianikian’s life and work with Angela Ricci Lucchi, until her recent death.
125'
Italy
IFFR 2019