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Not Even Past
Each year, the Cinema Regained programme spotlights restored classics, documentaries on film culture and explorations of cinema’s heritage. IFFR programmer Olaf Möller guides us through the ideas behind this year’s selection and its connections to films in other programmes.
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The Political (Un)Consciousness
Thirty years after the premiere of his debut feature Josephine, the Singer and the Mice People Ukrainian artist Sergii Masloboishchykov returns to IFFR for a retrospective of his work. Film critic Sonya Vseliubska places his films within their historical and contemporary contexts, analysing their artistic and political significance.
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Matthew Lax: Languages of power and love
With Focus: Matthew Lax, IFFR 2025 presents a decade-spanning look at the work of the American artist, writer and filmmaker. IFFR programmer Cristina Kolozsváry-Kiss takes an in-depth look at the approach and themes of Lax’s selected films and installation.
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The Art of Inviting People to See the World
With the retrospective Focus: Katja Raganelli, IFFR 2025 brings an ode to the German filmmaker and film historian whose work spotlighted fellow female filmmakers. IFFR programmer Olaf Möller takes a look at Raganelli’s background, methodology and enduring legacy.
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When We Took Hold of Our Dream Lives
Accompanying the IFFR 2025 programme Focus: Hold Video in Your Hands, which celebrates VHS culture, IFFR programmer Olaf Möller puts the selected films into context.
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Timoteus Anggawan Kusno: Through the Pores of Time
During IFFR 2025, we spotlight the work of the Indonesian and Amsterdam-based visual artist and researcher Timoteus Anggawan Kusno. Through the works selected for the programme, IFFR programmer Koen de Rooij reflects on the style and urgency Kusno’s art.
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Through Cinema We Shall Rise! Early Afro-Asian Film Festivals in the ‘Spirit of Bandung’
This year’s Focus programme Through Cinema We Shall Rise! marks the 70th anniversary of the 1955 Afro-Asian Conference in Bandung, with a thematic exploration of cinemas of the Global South. IFFR programmer Stefan Borsos discusses the idea behind the programme and contextualises the selected films.
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Publication: Judit Elek – The Lady from Budapest
In 2023, coinciding with a retrospective of Judit Elek’s films, IFFR published the first monograph on an auteur whose films and wisdom are needed today as urgently as ever.
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Stubbornly naughty, properly defiant
Accompanying the IFFR 2024 Focus: Scud programme, IFFR programmer Kristina Aschenbrennerova takes an in-depth look at the work of filmmaker Scud, pioneer of Asian queer cinema.
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At Home Among Strangers, Strangers at Home
Accompanying the IFFR 2024 Focus: Chile in the Heart programme, which looks at the Chilean exile cinema phenomenon instigated by the 1973 coup by Augusto Pinochet, IFFR programmer Olaf Möller puts the selected films into context.
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