Ceuta's Gate
Vivid reconstruction of discordant border between Morocco and Spanish exclave Ceuta, where thousands try to smuggle in cheap goods daily.
20'
France
IFFR 2020
A film crew retraces the path of a refugee's journey. They hope to reconstruct a memory landscape, but are instead confronted by the artifice of documentary. Bystanders interject with their opinions on how to make better use of their time. What is a story, and whose right is it to tell?
Also in this combined programme
Matata
A photo shoot takes an unexpected turn, spiralling into dance-inspired dreamscapes. Matata flirts with liberation, away from the colonial gaze.
37'
Congo-Kinshasa
IFFR 2020
Zero
Atong Atem is a South Sudanese artist. Her work explores migrant narratives, postcolonial practices in the diaspora and identity through portraiture.
6'
Australia
IFFR 2020
- Director
- Beina Xu
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Country of production
- Germany
- Production Year
- 2020
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 19'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, French, Arabic
- Producer
- Thomas Kaske
- Production Company
- Kaske Film
- Sales
- Kaske Film
- Screenplay
- Beina Xu, Alberto
- Cinematography
- Annegret Sachse
- Editor
- Alex Bakri
- Sound Design
- Gábor Ripli
Programme IFFR 2020
Bright Future Short
Experimental and artists' short films, including sound//vision with live A/V performances.
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Mysterious miniature about the reproduction of contaminated, screen-printed images as patches on a woman's clothing; with melancholy audio collage.
4'
Colombia
IFFR 2020
American International Pictures
Screened in 16mm, this experimental travelogue is quintessentially Vivian Ostrovsky, exploring themes of transit and movement in a dreamy style.
5'
France
IFFR 2020
Arnold Schwarzenegger – The Art of Bodybuilding
Arnold Schwarzenegger, presented here as a living work of art, gives his vision on classical sculpture, body and mind, ideal beauty and more.
8'
Netherlands
IFFR 2020