History is always a product of the present, constantly rewritten by those in power. But what about archaeology then?

Deep Focus

Drawing upon cinematic memories: restored classics, films about film(makers), experimental works, installations and retrospectives.

Regained

History Deletes Itself

IFFR 2019

A guide takes us through the jungle to the ruins of a villa, a replica of a famous mansion from the soap opera Dynasty.

A guide takes us through the jungle to the ruins of a villa, a replica of a famous mansion from the soap opera Dynasty.

El laberinto

David Letterman’s ghostwriter indulges in a curious hobby: he collects industrial musicals on vinyl, and even revives this largely  underrated genre.

Did you know that the composers behind Cats, Fiddler on the Roof and Cabaret once earned their keep with assignments for McDonald's, Ford and Xerox? Ghostwriter Steve Young wants to put the forgotten genre of company musicals back on the map. What started as a jokey item on the Late Show with David Letterman developed into an obsessive quest.

Bathtubs Over Broadway

A class on Pompeii and Vesuvius sounds predictable, but this film adds quite a few curious connotations to this historical phenomenon.

Vesuvius at Home

A documentary film about the great ‘primitive’ painter Niko Pirosmani, a Georgian equivalent to Henri Rousseau, and a role model for Parajanov.

Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme

Portrait of a key figure from New York's underground film scene, a rising star who disappeared as fast as she appeared.

Rubin was a hyperactive spider in the web of the New York art scene in the late 1960s until she embraced Judaism; a rising star who disappeared as quickly as she appeared. Her oeuvre remained limited to one film, which nevertheless earned her a permanent place in the canon of the avant-garde.

Barbara Rubin & the Exploding NY Underground

A re-signification of the museum space where unique connections are intertwined. Art as the empire of change.

Sombra luminosa

A journey into the economic unconscious – which is now collective and digital, but which was once mediated by ritual.

IFFR 2023
25 Jan – 5 Feb 2023