The Old Jewish Cemetery
In this film, dedicated to Riga’s Jewish community, Loznitsa takes us to one of the city’s poorest districts and the Old Jewish Cemetery park where a group of alcoholics, young toughs and American tourists feel at home. There is little to remind us of this former Jewish cemetery’s violent history.
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Relief
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The Liquid Casket/Wilderness of Mirrors
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Undead Sun
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Requiem to a Shipwreck
A fabulously reserved video as a suitable ode to a bizarre shipping disaster. Rafa created this work during her residency at the Rijksakademie in Amst -
Zement
Search for the hidden history of this idyllic Austrian village in Salzkammergut leads to surprising, disconcerting revelations.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Latvia, Netherlands
- Year
- 2014
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2015
- Length
- 20'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
