Inquiring Minds

IFFR 2019

Dao makes a plea for 'Domestic Cinema': plants, a metronome, a clumsy animatronic hand and colorful smoke bombs become characters in her film.

Bright Future

Bright Future Short

The Protagonists

Diamonds, forever an object of desire, are also the hardest substance on the planet, carving winding lines into our retina.

Perfect Cut

Impressions of a city divided: no use trying to keep afloat in the tangle of images stitched together into a stereoscopic whole.

Aykan

Examination of the deeper questions concerning ownership of Sámi land through dance performances by two young ballet students.

Birds in the Earth

At a Berlin studio, researcher Abu Hamdan recorded stories about court cases that revolved around sounds,  heard or experienced through walls.

Walled Unwalled

The objects found in someone’s pockets – photos, pieces of paper – tell the story of the owner’s life and hopes.

The objects found in people&rsquo;s pockets &ndash; photos, pieces of paper &ndash; tell the stories of their owners' lives, their hopes and their pasts, according to forensic scientist Dr Cristina Cattaneo. Wallets with phone numbers, school reports, university IDs and passports, boxes of medication, T-shirts of European soccer teams, rings, telephones and memories.

Mum, I'm Sorry

Experimental short films and sound//vision, with live A/V performances.

In this found footage film with its distinctive soundtrack the filmmaker studies the colonial perspective, returning authorship to the dancers.

Specialised Technique

An investigation into a plane crash becomes the entry point to a web of seemingly unrelated events that appear to be deeply entangled.

Above Us Only Sky

Meticulously edited, frame by frame, The Hare Krishna Tree comes to life, more than 40 years after the images were shot.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025