the names have changed, including my own and truths have been altered
The truth – obscured behind the static noise of old VHS tapes, behind the gaze of photographed subjects in a colonial archive, behind the words of the stories told – is hard to pinpoint. And as the title of this film suggests, it can be altered. Onyeka Igwe trudges through personal, colonial and televisual archives in Nigeria to tell the story of her grandfather. The tales she encounters are complicated, but she finds her own rhythm in recounting them.
Also in this combined programme
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Apparition
The past returns as a ghostly image: a photograph hidden by light is made visible through the gentle touch of hands. -
Sayōnara
Could saying goodbye cure the feeling of being lost? An intimate exploration of the complexity of an individual. -
Wong Ping’s Fables 2
What does an ex-activist cow and a three-headed rabbit have in common? They’re both doomed in Wong Ping’s political animated fable.
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2019
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 26'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
