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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Bad Dreams

Combined programme | IFFR 2004

There are not many references to the American Dream made without irony or even cynicism. Something else that is disappearing is 16 mm film, the beloved material that alongside the specific sensitivities of every film maker distinguishes these images from the harsh digital ones. (GjZ)

In this combined programme

  • Mala leche

    Sequel to Leche (see that film). Portrait of a Mexican peasant immigrant family. The American Dream remains out of sight.

  • Buffalo Common

    A film that follows the tempo of the countryside – but that countryside far from idyllic. Among the farms, a careless scattering of dumps for…

  • Leche

    Beautifully photographed sketch of a peasant family in Mexico.

  • American Dreams #3

    Sad impression of a line of people who leave Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge. Does everyone still remember why?