A breathtaking helicopter landing drops us smack in the middle of an isolated community of miners in snowy Barentsburg. Recently coal mining became less profitable, but the geopolitical importance of Russian presence in the Arctic archipelago cannot be underestimated. So the miners keep steering their mine carts back and forth with a stubborn determination. A dark perspective on a society which seems to have reached a terminal industrial stage, heading towards total exhaustion.
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Between Relating and Use
Nazli Dinçel’s latest work uses borrowed words, carefully etched in the 16mm film surface, turned inwards to explore how we use our lovers. -
View from Above
A model of a destroyed city centre. M learns all about a town in an unsafe zone that is not his place of origin. -
Mirage My Bros
A small portrait of a developing generation, ready for the future. A triptych about primary school, a football club and a party, full of dreams,
Film details
- Productieland
- Belgium
- Jaar
- 2018
- Festivaleditie
- IFFR 2018
- Lengte
- 34'
- Medium/Formaat
- DCP
