Glimpse, life in four European refugee camps including the ‘jungle’ in Calais. The style reminiscent of ethnographic and propaganda films of yesteryear; men and families are filmed in an immediate, uncompromising manner with no sound, in black-and-white and on 16mm. You keep watching despite the wrenching poverty and hopelessness you’d rather not see as well as director Artur Żmijewski’s testing of the boundaries of what is, and isn’t acceptable.
Also see Żmijewski: Contrasts, Żmijewski: Make Up, Żmijewski: Outdoors, Żmijewski: Tension, and Realism.
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Rose Gold
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With History in a Room Filled with People with Funny Names 4
In a world where drones take on the role of spirits and co-exist with living species, Thai artist Korakrit Arunanondchai tackles the subject of
Film details
- Countries of production
- Germany, Poland
- Year
- 2018
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 15'
- Medium/Format
- File
