All the Vermeers in New York
Vermeer's paintings open up a path to love in the capitalist rat race of New York. But its course does not run smoothly.
90'
USA
IFFR 2020
Brazilian cinema experienced a renaissance during the 1990s, following a period in which that country's film industry was all but dead (just five films a year were produced under president Collor de Mello). This revival – the Retomada do Cinema Brasileiro – took place at several locations around the country. Passages focuses mainly on São Paolo and the north-eastern region, Pernambuco. A fruitful cultural cooperation grew up between these very different regions. Pernambuco's musical and oral traditions were given an audio and visual stage by filmmakers such as Marcelo Gomes and Claudio Assis, whose works have regularly screened at IFFR.
Through interviews with filmmakers (from Tata Amaral to Kleber Mendonça Filho) and an extensive selection of film and musical fragments, the makers show how cinema offers a unique vision of the country's political and social reality. Music in particular, "the greatest of the Brazilian arts", is of inestimable importance.
IFFR 2020
Programme IFFR 2020
Drawing upon cinematic memories: restored classics, films about film(makers), experimental works and installations.
Read more about this programmeVermeer's paintings open up a path to love in the capitalist rat race of New York. But its course does not run smoothly.
90'
USA
IFFR 2020
A journey through the life and work of Jan Švankmajer, last remaining hero of surrealism, who occupies a unique place in the history of cinema.
117'
Czech Republic
IFFR 2020
James Ballard's near-fatal car accident gives rise to extreme desires. Cult film by Cronenberg in which car fetishists go to extremes to satisfy their passion.
100'
Canada
IFFR 2020