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space_invaders.exe

Malaz Usta | Netherlands, Syria, Turkey | 2024 | 11' |

| IFFR 2024

“How can we cancel this displacement?” Impossible questions are posed to refugees, queries that form the springboard for an associative collage with an ironic slant. With a surprising combination of archive material and video game footage, filmmaker Malaz Usta portrays the absurd reality and consequences of displacement. As viewers, we get a taste of the confusion, insecurity and loneliness that are part of this experience.

– Loes van Keulen

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Dau:añcut (Moving Along Image)
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The filmmaker considers the war in Ukraine and the ongoing US occupation of his ancestral lands.
Line of Sight
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A displaced protagonist explores his fragmented sense of self in the digital realm.
Denials, Decoys
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Erasure of identity markers with razorblades; erasure of self within the cut of the frame.
The Electric Kiss
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An experience that overwhelms the senses, exploring the constructions of reality from a dystopian perspective.