Yael Bartana continues her research into her fatherland. In Wall and Tower, Jews return to Poland to rapidly build settlements according to the Wall and Tower method used in the 1930s. Bartana makes inventive use of the style of Zionist propaganda films, thereby causing confusion.
Also in this combined programme
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The Voyagers
A massive compilation of images and sounds sent into space, embodying the best of planet Earth. Also a love story concerning its composer, Carl Sagan.
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Reconstructing Damon Albarn in Kinshasa
Film based on a press photograph showing the British musician Damon Albarn performing at a pop concert in Kinshasa. The photo itself, however, is not
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marxism today (prologue)
British video artist Phil Collins’ new film visits teachers who gave classes on Marxism-Leninism in the German Democratic Republic (GDR).
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Forgotten Column
An exceptionally ingenious Chinese clay animation, in which a mighty symbol is hollowed out.
Film details
- Israel, Netherlands, Poland
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 15"
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi
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