British Agent
80'
USA
IFFR 2019
A Bulgarian spy film that Metodi Andonov (1932-1974) made just prior to his internationally acclaimed The Goat Horn (1972) and The Great Boredom (1973). It shows he was capable of turning a genre work into something far more elegant, subtle and cool than the usual propaganda-style spy features produced in the Eastern Bloc. Critics have called the Swinging Sixties style convincing, and its dynamic, almost jazzy camera work reminiscent of the best of the Nouvelle Vague.
Georgi Georgiev-Getz stars as Maurice Roland, who is hired by the electronics firm Zodiac, which, as he suspects, is in fact the cover name for a foreign spy organisation. His job is to tell his bosses whatever he can about the Communists. Maurice, however, is in fact the Bulgarian super-spy Emil Boev. He is helped by an attractive assistant, Edith – who is playing a double game.
IFFR 2019
Programme IFFR 2019
Spying as a way of filming, and the camera as an espionage tool. From more control to more confusion. Classics to contemporary highlights.
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USA
IFFR 2019
Three stories of espionage in the Middle East, with images shot on a trip to Cairo in 2016, another to Tehran in 2008 and never-seen-before footage from Sana'a, Yemen. A love story and a suspense tale, mixed in with a dash of comedy and paranoia.
25'
Argentina
IFFR 2019
Impressive docudrama set in Korea about interrogation techniques used on prisoners. Was not allowed to be screened for 45 years.
64'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2019