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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Civil Disobedience

William Raban | United Kingdom | 2004 | 3' | | IFFR 2005

A rapid time-lapse journey from the Houses of Parliament to the open sea, offset by David Cunningham’s musical score composed from fragments of Thatcher’s Belgrano speech (a speech held during the Falkland war).

Also in this combined programme

  • Here After

    ‘The house, like a man, can become a skeleton.’ (Victor Hugo, Les Travailleurs)

  • Jinx

    Dance film about two bewitched women. A cooperation with the Rotterdam dance group Lieber Gorilla.

  • Site Specific_Roma 04

    Seen from the sky, Rome becomes a model of Rome.

  • Tube

    Improvised film investigates the different moments in a day on the London Underground.

  • La ronde

    A series of tableaux of homey human relationships in a circular form.

  • Fisticuffs

    Six actors punch, kick and wrestle their way through the Wild West of a London pub.

  • Flower

    Layered 16mm film investigates elements such as film texture, light and motion.

  • Au quart de tour

    Flashy visual animation constructs and deconstructs a dancer and a choreography.
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Film details

Country of production
United Kingdom
Year
2004
Festival edition
IFFR 2005
Length
3'
Medium/Format
35mm