The film grapples with the past and present of a residential development built in the aftermath of World War II on the site of a former concentration camp. The housing development retained the erstwhile camp’s water supply, sewage system and roads, and reclaimed some of its materials. (Dominik Kamalzadeh)
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Relief
On paper the reanimated images of a car accident with a claustrophobic soundtrack may seem a morbid project, however a very exciting work has been… -
The Liquid Casket/Wilderness of Mirrors
Paul Clipson returns to Rotterdam with a captivating abstract work that demonstrates why celluloid’s beauty still hasn’t been surpassed. -
Undead Sun
Set in aircraft testing facilities during the First World War, this essay film considers the many forms of concealment involved in war and its afterma -
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 -
The Old Jewish Cemetery
First an ordinary Jewish cemetery, then a mass grave for over 1,000 Jews from Riga. Now a park that makes almost no reference to its…
Film details
- Countries of production
- Austria, Germany
- Year
- 2014
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2015
- Length
- 12'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
