Newsreel 63 – The Train of Shadows
Obzornik 63 – Vlak senc
How to relate the first Lumière film about a train to dangerous scenes shot on a smartphone by contemporary refugees hidden between iron wheels? The maker is part of an activist movement striving to revive the
independent, critical newsreel efforts of the 1960s and 1970s.
Winner Found Footage Award, IFFR 2018.
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Looted and Hidden – Palestinean Archives in Israel
An essayist documentary that includes never-before-seen images of Palestinian history looted by the Israeli army from archives in Beirut.
Film details
- Country of production
- Slovenia
- Year
- 2017
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 38"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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