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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Past Perfect

Cynthia Madansky | USA | 2002 | 38' | | IFFR 2002

îA meditative quest by the film-maker for the intangible recent history of her Jewish ancestors, in the form of the sober sightseeing tour of Polish Holocaust monuments, a meeting with her grandmother and the fictional memoirs of her great aunt who must have died in Treblinka. The poetic images, rational texts and dreamy music are wonderfully successful in blowing new life into a story that literally went up in smoke.

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Film details

Country of production
USA
Year
2002
Festival edition
IFFR 2002
Length
38'
Medium/Format
16mm