Cinema Regained
Programme IFFR 2023
A sphere of collective remembrance and imagination offering restored classics, documentaries on film culture, and explorations of cinema’s heritage.
Overview of films
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A Cooler Climate
Giles Gardner, James Ivory | 75' | United Kingdom | Dutch Premiere
An essay on history, memory and gay desire developed from the materials of an unfinished documentary. -
In Praise of Okuyama Jun’ichi
One documentary about and three short films by Okuyama Jun’ichi, an icon of Japanese avant-garde cinema! -
Eyes
Rajendra Gour | 5' | Singapore | None
A key early work in Singapore’s avant-garde cinema, and the oldest existing film by Rajendra Gour. -
Film Dedicated to Water and Trees
Florian Yuriev | 14' | Ukraine | World premiere
An unfinished film by the late Ukrainian polymath Florian Yuriev, curatorially prepared by Oleksiy Radynski. -
Film Fetish
Kaneko Yu | 66' | Japan | World premiere
A portrait of key Japanese avant-garde figure Okuyama Jun’ichi, obsessed by analogue film – a vanishing art. -
Flyby Kathy
Pedro Bastos | 11' | Portugal | World premiere
An adaptation of The Rialto Report’s podcast on Kathy Harcourt’s fate, using images from Paul Vatelli’s Lips. -
Girl Internet Show: A Kati Kelli Mixtape
Kati Kelli | 79' | USA | World premiere
A deep dive into the unique YouTube universe of Kati Kelli. A satire of modern life! -
The Golden Sieve
Roze Stiebra | 10' | Latvia | None
Three stories-in-songs for children about the heavens above. A milestone in (Soviet) Latvian animation! -
Haramuya
Drissa Touré | 90' | Burkina Faso | None
A noir-tinged look at Ouagadougou through the story of a true believer whose sons get sucked into a life of crime. -
Die Herrgottsgrenadiere
Anton Kutter | 82' | Germany | None
The story of a gold rush in the Swiss Alps shot in a modern, New Objectivity influenced style. -
The Hidden Gesture. War and Melodrama in Hollywood’s 30s and 40s
Dana Najlis | 5' | Argentina | World premiere
An elegant and thoughtful appropriated-footage essay on key images and gestures from classical Hollywood cinema. -
I Want to Live
M. Amin | 105' | Singapore | None
Social realist masterpiece and 1970s taboo-breaking, progressive work for its nuanced portrayal of sex workers.