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When Nazi Germany invaded the Benelux, Switzerland faced the question: what if we’re next? Restored 1950s masterpiece.
93'
Switzerland
IFFR 2021
Tachibana Ayako and Keisuke became darlings of the YouTubeverse due to their cute videos, which mainly she makes but he gets all the credit for. As if that wasn’t enough, Keisuke also cheats on Ayako – watching happy videos of them together while doing the dirty with the other woman. But Ayako will get her credit, and her revenge.
In the 1990s, pink eiga films (Japanese softcore erotica) were regularly shown at international festivals – until they suddenly weren’t anymore. However, pink eiga culture continued to produce masterpieces small and grand year in, year out, especially from a company called OP Eiga. Among its 2020 output, Ayako Tachibana Wants to Go Viral shines particularly brightly: a quirky satire on YouTuber mores that turns into a stylish horror film, with many an acerbic comment on modern-day image culture and the selling of a private life (or the illusion of that life) to the public sphere.
IFFR 2021
Programme IFFR 2021
A sphere of collective remembrance and imagination offering restored classics, documentaries on film culture, and explorations of cinema’s heritage.
Read more about this programmeWhen Nazi Germany invaded the Benelux, Switzerland faced the question: what if we’re next? Restored 1950s masterpiece.
93'
Switzerland
IFFR 2021
As Japanese monsters like Godzilla have so often saved the world, could they now help us fight Covid-19? Find out here!
88'
Japan
IFFR 2021
Can we find a different feminism in the images of state-sponsored Soviet documentaries about women and their role in socialism? Yes.
20'
Russia
IFFR 2021