In the Future They Ate from the Finest Porcelain
On the brink of apocalypse, a narrative resistance group makes underground deposits of porcelain. Their aim is to influence history and support future claims to their vanishing lands. By implementing a myth of their own, their work becomes a historical intervention – de facto creating a nation.
All Short films at IFFR 2017
Also in this combined programme
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A Boy, a Wall and a Donkey
Three young boys want to make a film in a village without cameras. There is a place they know with plenty of cameras. -
One Minute
Gaza, Shuja’iyya, summer 2014: Salma is sheltering from the bombing. Her mobile phone is her lifeline to the world, but it also announces her im -
The Pessoptimist
The protagonist, an anti-hero, finds himself out of place and out of time. A victim of both his own existential crisis and his surroundings. -
Flower Seller
Hiding his true identity behind the role of an innocent flower seller, Abu El Ward is confronted by destiny in this thriller about a Palestinian…
Film details
- Countries of production
- Denmark, Palestine, Qatar, United Kingdom
- Year
- 2015
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 29'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
