The Age of the Barbarians
A gaudy vision of our modern age’s gruesome grimness, done as a funky picture-collage animation.
10'
Hungary
IFFR 2023
When a village is in danger due to its inhabitants’ laziness, they set out to find the Bear of Happiness who’ll surely restore their good fortunes. Based on one part of Andrejs Upīts’ famous children’s novel Sūnu ciema zēni, which had already inspired several other (Soviet) Latvian artworks.
– Olaf Möller
IFFR 2023
- 10'
- Soviet Union
- 1985
- Director
- Roze Stiebra
- Country of production
- Soviet Union
- Year
- 1985
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 10'
- Medium
- DCP
- Original title
- Laimes lācis
- Language
- Latvian
- Producer
- Roze Stiebra
- Sales
- AKKA/LAA
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10'
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IFFR 2023
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10'
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IFFR 2023
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11'
Czechoslovakia
IFFR 2023
- Director
- Roze Stiebra
- Country of production
- Soviet Union
- Year
- 1985
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 10'
- Medium
- DCP
- Original title
- Laimes lācis
- Language
- Latvian
- Producer
- Roze Stiebra
- Sales
- AKKA/LAA
Programme IFFR 2023
Cinema Regained
A sphere of collective remembrance and imagination offering restored classics, documentaries on film culture, and explorations of cinema’s heritage.
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A gaudy vision of our modern age’s gruesome grimness, done as a funky picture-collage animation.
10'
Hungary
IFFR 2023
Amar Akbar Anthony
A song, dance, action, laughter and romance-packed Hindi spectacle as a paean to religious tolerance.
175'
India
IFFR 2023
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Little-seen teleplay on memory and displacement – perhaps the model for Ivory’s A Cooler Climate!
58'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2023