About Him or How He Did Not Fear the Bear
A film in search of the motives behind and the response to the nightly killer-spree by a Russian lone wolf, slaughtering an entire Armenian family.
112'
Armenia
IFFR 2019
A film in search of the motives behind and the response to the nightly killer-spree by a Russian lone wolf, slaughtering an entire Armenian family.
112'
Armenia
IFFR 2019
Essayist road movie on the relation between England's Manchester and philosopher Friedrich Engels, founder of communism. Are his ideas still alive?
67'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2019
Personal, moving account of Yervant Gianikian’s life and work with Angela Ricci Lucchi, until her recent death.
125'
Italy
IFFR 2019
Fetish unfolds at London’s Freud Museum, depicting the annual night-time cleaning of the psychoanalyst’s personal collection of archaeological objects and artefacts.
10'
USA
IFFR 2019
Monumental masterpiece in two episodes: a B-film about a scary mummy and a musical drama mixed with a real mystery.
220'
Argentina
IFFR 2019
It starts with a brilliant exercise in self-parodying metafiction and evolves into something completely different. Followed by a remake of Jean Renoir’s Partie de campagne and the only story that starts in the middle and has an ending: the 19th-century diary of a woman kidnapped for years by Indians. An addictive viewing experience.
290'
Argentina
IFFR 2019
Time seems frozen in this hypnotic black-and-white film. Four people who have lived hard lives muse on their pasts and futures.
136'
Austria
IFFR 2019
When Thomas has a nervous breakdown right before Easter, this puts his relationship with his sisters on edge.
88'
Netherlands
IFFR 2019
110'
Germany
IFFR 2019
An explicit, polyamorous road movie about a group of adventurous women exploring their social, sexual and moral boundaries in southern Argentina.
115'
Argentina
IFFR 2019
The end of an Argentinian love affair between a farmer’s son and a preacher. For one it means freedom, for the other punishment.
96'
Argentina
IFFR 2019
Stimulating film essay full of compelling fragments dealing with violence, chaos, revolution and representation, narrated in whispered voice-over by film legend Godard.
85'
France
IFFR 2019
A titillating, stylised film version of the story of John the Baptist and Salomé, against the background of a contemporary war.
82'
Spain
IFFR 2019
Poetic, patient and loving film essay about Emile, who is almost 80 and looks back on a wondrous youth in the French Pyrenees.
150'
Netherlands
IFFR 2019
In the pure air of the Swiss Sils Maria, where Nietzsche spent many summers, he found rest for his swirling thoughts. Shot in the style of a travelogue.
58'
Brazil
IFFR 2019
Virtuoso filming and confrontational scenes from an open marriage. With director Carlos Reygadas and his wife in the leading roles.
173'
Mexico
IFFR 2019
In this VR project by José Campusano (he had a retrospective at IFFR in 2018) you step straight into the shady world of corrupt police officers in Buenos Aires.
59'
Argentina
IFFR 2019
A day in a beautiful natural park in northern Italy. Man and beast go about their business. A gentle, observational record of life.
100'
Italy
IFFR 2019
Photographer and filmmaker Antoine d’Agata explores the world of prostitution across the globe from his singular viewpoint through 25 monologues and encounters with sex workers. A feverish and intense 4-hour walk on the dark side, which above all deals with beauty and survival.
240'
France
IFFR 2019
Study of life and the human face in 13 close-ups. Minimalist, intimate, candid, and a unique watching experience.
77'
Taiwan
IFFR 2019