Living Statues
Combined programme
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IFFR 2018
Whether they are singing on national TV, playing air guitar, dealing with multiple selves or being pushed from their pedestal, they are playing the role of a lifetime. A display of peculiar personal (hi)stories.
In this combined programme
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Western Wild…or how I found Wanderlust and met Old Shatterhand
The highlight so far in the flourishing career of animator Martha Colburn is a very personal work about her relationship with the German author Karl… -
Leninopad
Statues can die, too. Or, as shown in Leninopad, they can be cleared away from their public sites as an alleged act of liberation. -
Are You Tired of Forever?
In this playful rhapsody of sensory cinema, the filmmaker is juggling multiple selves. They bring to light a highly personal and surreal universe. -
Re-rupture
Artist Hsu Che-yu unearths and reanimates forgotten moments in Taipei’s history, one of which includes a guitar solo eight storeys up in the air. -
Confluence
Larger than life and decked out in outrageous 1990s garb, pop star Doris talks about her experiences as a former child star in war-torn Belgrade.