Bring Down The Walls
Artist Phil Collins uses house music to combat the racially motivated, overcrowded American prison system.
88'
USA
IFFR 2020
Renowned American dancer and choreographer Isadora Duncan not only became famous for her groundbreaking work, but also for the tragic deaths of her two children in 1913. She processed her grief in the choreography Mother about loss and emptiness.
Director and dancer Damien Manivel follows four women in their attempts to understand and bring this choreography to life: young, beautiful dancer Agathe Bonitzer, choreographer Marika Rizzi and her pupil Manon Carpentier who has Down syndrome, and retired choreographer Elsa Wolliaston, who played the lead in Manivel's short film The Lady with the Dog.
The women are patiently, lovingly followed during their sometimes frustrating, moving search for the essence of dance, whereby they are confronted with the loss and grief in their own lives. Manivel's film won the prize for best director at the Locarno film festival.
IFFR 2020
Programme IFFR 2020
Familiar faces from the world of film: new work from established filmmakers, auteurs and festival veterans.
Read more about this programmeArtist Phil Collins uses house music to combat the racially motivated, overcrowded American prison system.
88'
USA
IFFR 2020
Gianikian created a montage of images from work trips to the USA and Jerusalem to accompany his deceased partner Ricci Lucchi’s wonderfully illustrated diaries.
103'
Italy
IFFR 2020
Four women struggle with the choreography Mother by Isadora Duncan, created after the death of her two young children.
84'
France
IFFR 2020