A reflection on image-making and its political economy, juxtaposing the Berlin lair of Lockheed Martin, manufacturer of assault weapons sold by the German government to the Turkish Army, with images of the bombed-out cave where Andrea Wolf, Steyerl’s friend and member of the PKK was killed in 1998.
Also in this combined programme
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Gonda
Gonda starts with the play Ideal by Ayn Rand. Over-the-top theatrical scenes are cut off by abstract colour fields, objects and language structures. -
Versions 2012
A playful visual essay, a documentary-type film about notions of authenticity, value and permanence in the field of creative production. -
Polis X
An assortment of humoristic and absurd characters inhabit a utopian city jokingly called ‘Polis’, supposedly designed by Le Corbusier and Albert Speer
Film details
- Countries of production
- Germany, Poland
- Year
- 2012
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2013
- Length
- 7'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
