More than park decorations, statues become emblems for the neighbourhoods they adorn. But emblematic of what?&nbsp;

Regular Programme

Just as long as it takes. The Short &amp; Mid-length film programme offers a unique showcase of films under 63 minutes.

Short & Mid-length

Eulogy for an Effigy

IFFR 2023

Timeless, silent film vignettes based on songs from Robert Schumann’s <em>Dichterliebe</em>. A tribute to early film.

3 Lieder

Members of the Indonesian art collective ruangrupa approach official monuments and strike up a conversation.

Five members of the art collective ruangrupa (which directed the 2022 Documenta) each walk to a spot where a monument stands. Once glorious, they're now somewhat forgotten. A conversation ensues. A combination of performance and documentary, shaped for both gallery and cinema.

Smashing Monuments

A poet anticipates the removal of a colonial statue, while anti-racist demonstrators occupy Brussels streets.

Speech for a Melting Statue

An affecting meditation on the pain experienced by refugees forced to live in limbo.

15 days

Flowers are stuck down and covered by tape: a wry comment on 20th-century modernist art.

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025