200 Cigarettes from Now
Fleeting impressions from the lives of two friends at the fragile time when nothing is set in stone and everything is still possible.
45'
China
IFFR 2021
Just as long as it takes. IFFR puts the mid-length film, experimental and artists’ short films and narrative-driven short stories in the spotlight.
Still: Bare Bones
Fleeting impressions from the lives of two friends at the fragile time when nothing is set in stone and everything is still possible.
45'
China
IFFR 2021
A young woman embarks on a quest to understand the story of Senegalese symbol of resistance, Aline Sitoe Diatta.
27'
Switzerland
IFFR 2021
Two park rangers introduce us to the rapidly changing landscape in Aasivissuit, West Greenland.
23'
Netherlands
IFFR 2021
Erik van Lieshout inimitably outlines the Covid-19 pandemic’s impact on the art world and Art Basel in particular.
6'
Netherlands
IFFR 2021
Earth has limited resources and collective consciousness is reduced to survival. A disconcerting examination of what makes us human.
9'
USA
IFFR 2021
Art, ritual and labour constitute a continuous choreography of daily life in a village in eastern India.
59'
India
IFFR 2021
Reflections on systematic police violence in Delhi – from recent riots to a 1970s operation erased from the archives.
43'
India
IFFR 2021
Only the mouth of the mysterious woman who appears in Doug’s life is visible. What does she want? Idiosyncratic hip hop musical.
25'
France
IFFR 2021
Funny, moving animation about two boys whose lives seem inextricable. Together they go in search of themselves.
14'
Belgium
IFFR 2021
A mother and daughter, caught up in a fragile long-distance relationship. An elegantly depicted duo portrait of two dedicated artists.
20'
Spain
IFFR 2021
A man seeks a wider perspective for his experiences. An upbeat ode to humanity in the time of the pandemic.
15'
Congo, Democratic Republic
IFFR 2021
In a world where billions are spent on state-of-the-art weaponry, the deadliest weapon is still a low-budget DIY device.
9'
Netherlands
IFFR 2021
Andrew Norman Wilson sheds his fascinating light on the meaning of Phil Collins’ 1980 hit ‘In the Air Tonight’.
11'
USA
IFFR 2021
A poetic meditation honouring the creative working relationships between Madelon Hooykaas, Li Yuan-chia and Delia Derbyshire.
8'
Netherlands
IFFR 2021
At a remote care farm, an unstable young man suffering from religious mania drifts away from reality.
51'
Germany
IFFR 2021
Eli has a plan for her return home after the death of her mother. Life has other plans though.
28'
Romania
IFFR 2021
When everyone left, Vitaliy stayed. A man and his island − a visual testimony to life, death and human kindness.
37'
Azerbaijan
IFFR 2021
The daily routine of an employee at a Mumbai apartment complex provides insight into the social structures influencing her life.
21'
India
IFFR 2021
This film is the artist’s response to a spoken message from a man named Mukalap, recorded around 1936 in South Africa.
14'
Netherlands
IFFR 2021
“Teach me how to be a person”, the daughter asks her mother. An honest look at how memories interrupt the present.
14'
USA
IFFR 2021
From plain white walls to bombastic and exotic backdrops: adult chat rooms are portals to people’s fantasy worlds and sexual desires.
23'
Netherlands
IFFR 2021
In this brief daydream, a monk and a child each embrace modern technology in their own way.
16'
France
IFFR 2021
Oil production, ideological propaganda and political shifts in Iran meet in this essay based on BP’s image archive.
44'
Canada
IFFR 2021
The natural and technological landscapes of the Rotterdam port area, captured with a handblown-glass camera eye.
5'
Netherlands
IFFR 2021
When Jeanne’s good intentions for the mother-daughter getaway fall short, getting a perfect holiday snapshot becomes a serious matter.
40'
France
IFFR 2021
A young man returns home. A cashier rewatches CCTV footage of him. Do the moments they share have real significance?
28'
Argentina
IFFR 2021
Struggling to get on with her day, Carmen faces up to a city tense with conflict, brutality and looming violence.
24'
Brazil
IFFR 2021
A family speaks of the past and dances with their sorrows. The morning brings a strange visitor carrying a cage.
30'
Cuba
IFFR 2021
On the Sahara’s rim, a man ponders the turn his life has taken. Meanwhile, German scientists unravel the earth’s history.
22'
Netherlands
IFFR 2021
As a theatre play about the life of an ancient Iranian mystic awaits its contemporary premiere, old sentiments arise.
17'
Iran
IFFR 2021
Warm, blackly comical film in which a son pays more attention to the sick olive trees than the rituals surrounding his father’s death.
22'
Lebanon
IFFR 2021
A personal journey through different consciousness-expanding moments experienced by artist Frederique Pisuisse.
12'
Netherlands
IFFR 2021
Sarcastic reflection on karma, guilt and politics in Thailand. As activists disappear, Thong-Yu seeks absolution for his sins.
29'
Thailand
IFFR 2021
Resource extraction, mining machines and material transformations, with conversations recorded in the Russian Ural region.
18'
Russia
IFFR 2021
Unrendered Road traces the road between two ancient cities: Jerusalem and Jericho. A journey Google Maps will not show you.
21'
Israel/Palestine
IFFR 2021
São Paulo, 2018. In a gentrifying neighbourhood, activist cleaner Veronica stands up for her profession like an influencer.
14'
Brazil
IFFR 2021
This peculiar and honest family chronicle reveals what it takes to keep oneself alive and let a dear person go.
22'
Armenia
IFFR 2021