This Is Where Reconstruction Starts

IFFR 2016

A woman from Hong Kong planning to join the umbrella protests goes to visit her father, who is moving to an old folks’ home.

ID: Community Cameras

A Sunny Day

Mutual misunderstanding rules when three immigrants work on a tile floor in a Dutch building. A glimpse of the previous life of one of the three brings them closer.

Mosaic

Irina Nistor became retrospectively famous as the voice of the Romanian revolution. As a young woman she lent her scratchy voice to five thousand pulp films, thus inspiring people to have subversive dreams behind the (Iron) curtain. Who could suspect that American action films on smuggled VHS tapes would topple the Communists?

Chuck Norris vs Communism

Layered, warm and both vital and melancholy short film about the three-cornered relationship between a Dutch female architect, an ambitious actress and a respected musician in tropical Recife.

In tropical Recife, a Dutch architect studies the colonial past - or is she seeking erotic freedom? An ambitious actress is looking for more professional challenge than Recife can offer. A respected musician wallows in melancholy self-castigation and hatred for the city he cannot live without.<br />

This Is Not a Song of Hope

Part of  IFFR White Nights on Thursday 14 July at 18:00A filmmaker sits on a square in front of a cinema in Algeria. The whole society passes his lens, from frustrated cinephiles to diligent schoolgirls who dive into the auditorium for religion lessons. The spontaneous conversations illustrate how humble people move elegantly through a complex society.

Bla cinima

Kon’s life is in danger in Tanzania. With unexpected aid he finally manages to find somewhere safe in Europe.

Gardeners

Two men are both looking for a little warmth and recognition for the identity they lost after fleeing their homeland for the Netherlands.

Where Is Kurdistan?

Instead of sketching an overview of the iconic yet rather forgotten œuvre of the Turkish director Yilmaz Güney, this documentary focuses on his experience behind bars and how that returned in his films. Güney shot his ultimate film, Le mur, in a French monastery, which he converted into a macabre prison.

Ballad of Exiles Yilmaz Güney

Hassan (17) prepares to leave his mountain village in Morocco. He is going to his father in the Netherlands. But how do you leave your home, and what do you take with you?

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025