“Warmongers unite!”, screams the mechanical voice. Weapons industry advertising is serious. An aircraft and tank from a toy chest supported by childish illustrations and vocalised gunshot sounds make the film playful. The airy tone hides the serious content on the power and role of the arms industry.
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Extended Horizon
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Trespass
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Burka Boogie Woogie
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Two Thousand Walls (a Song for Jayyous)
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We Are Become Death
Triptych that reveals life on earth in all its gruesomeness and beauty. Destruction, be it natural or human, plays a major role. -
Bunte Kuh
Reliving memories of a holiday, a sense of impending doom. An experimental film chronicle, like flipping through a photo album. -
Panels for the Walls of the World
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Karakia – The Resetting Ceremony
A ceremony on a glacier in New Zealand that erases the racism of colonial history with a Maori blessing. -
From Our Own Correspondent
A journalistic animated documentary that studies the boundaries of professional and personal space using interview techniques. -
23 Barbiepuppen kippen um
23 Barbies in a row. One by one they fall accompanied by a cacophony of humming. Dramatic. Dryly funny. -
There Are No Limits to What I Can Do
Richard Dinter from Sweden talks about his life as a kleptomaniac: from the triumphs of stealing to the poor example he is for his daughter. -
Les contagions barbares
Colourful collage in which this experimental film criticises Western ideas on gender, violence, sex and other taboos. -
The Song of Rio Jim
A musical film experience. The sound, not the images, tells the story. An homage to the founders of the Western genre. With brutal wind instruments. -
Verwisseling van de namen van de steden Rotterdam en Den Haag
On the banks of the Meuse, Wim Gijzen erects a new town sign: The Hague. What happens when you swap the names Rotterdam and The… -
Film details
- Country of production
- New Zealand
- Year
- 2016
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2016
- Length
- 1'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
