Commissioned as a public art project at the most frequently crossed border in the world: Tijana (Mexico) San Diego (USA). The portrait of a group of US Immigration and Customs Officers, who work with trained dogs to search for drugs and illegal immigrants. The video documents their daily routine. How motherly are they to their dogs? How do they handle the illegal immigrants? Mama illustrates how private psychologies do affect public space.
Also in this combined programme
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Montessori Sword Fight
After a young girl discovers her passion for sword fighting, she tries to improve her technique. -
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Semi-private sub-Hegelian Panty Fantasy (with sound)
‘Free admission for all those over ninety and accompanied by both their parents’. -
Shit belt
Perhaps the most political incorrect episode in her recent series of existential and often irreverent animated shorts. -
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Anna Hanusova. 27.06.01, 5h 40
Hanusova is a survivor of the Teresin extinction camp, where she was a member of the music trio Room 28. -
Metropolen des Leichtsinns
A devilish deconstruction of our pre-programmed post-war lives as Western consumers.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Mexico, Switzerland, USA
- Year
- 2000
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2002
- Length
- 21'
- Medium/Format
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