Synergetic
Programme IFFR 2020
This programme brings together work by film and art collectives that decentralise the mainstream narrative by providing us with alternative histories, presenting other ways of working and other ways of seeing.
Overview of films
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Masterclass: Screenwriting Rocks
Director Sarah Gavron and associate director Anu Henriques talk about the exceptional, communal way Rocks was written.
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Kino Climates Performances
The makers of these two analogue performances go in search of the boundaries of cinema using 3D, stroboscopes and video feedback.
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Microclimates
A compilation of recent works conceived as a melting pot of genres and styles. An eclecticism of choices and inspirations that animate the Kino Cli
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Masterclass: Terence Nance
Filmmaker Terence Nance talks about his own work, including the celebrated TV series Random Acts of Flyness, and his participation in the collectiv
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Reels Regained
Promoting cinephilia also entails researching forgotten or uncharted parts of cinema history. Short repertory films recently discovered or rediscov
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Talk: Asian Stereotyping in Western Media
Pete Wu, author of De bananengeneratie (The Banana Generation), discusses stereotyping of East Asian film characters, illustrated by film clips.
For the Record: Music Video as Collective Space
Live radio and video broadcast with conversations and performances on music video as collaborative space for consumerism, activism and emancipation
Talk: Blackness and Our Rituals Towards the Realities of Belonging
The healing power of spiritual practices. How communities of African descent use ritual to shape multiple forms of belonging and create new identit
Handmade and Homegrown
Some members of Kino Climates actively defend experimental cinema, and may even have their own laboratory. A lively mix of handcrafted pieces.
For the Record: Staging Realities
For the Record: Staging Realities examines the role of set and stage design in music videos and live events.
The Collective Space
A place to focus on the next generation’s methods. IFFR brings young makers together to stimulate mutual inspiration, meetings and co-creatio
Singular Visions
Visionary films in which Nkiru and Nance question concepts from past and present, and provide an alternative for (future) scenarios.