“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
Also in this combined programme
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Dau:añcut (Moving Along Image)
The filmmaker considers the war in Ukraine and the ongoing US occupation of his ancestral lands.
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Denials, Decoys
Erasure of identity markers with razorblades; erasure of self within the cut of the frame.
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The Electric Kiss
An experience that overwhelms the senses, exploring the constructions of reality from a dystopian perspective.
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Film details
- Countries of production
- Netherlands, Syria, Turkey
- Year
- 2024
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2024
- Length
- 11"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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