Focus: Hold Video in Your Hands
Programme IFFR 2025
From the 1980s until their decline in the 2010s, video shops were crucial arenas for film culture. For the world premieres of Alex Ross Perry's Videoheaven and Rotterdam artist Gyz La Rivière's Videotheek Marco, we invite the IFFR audience to rediscover the various cultures that grew out of video shops – some in the cinema, and some in a special space where locals and festival guests alike will be able to screen their VHS treasures!
Overview of films
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IFFR VHS Club: Temporality as Practice
Ari and Riccardo introduce themselves and their practice and research, breaking down the VHS community programme and explaining the importance of holding physical media and… -
IFFR VHS Club: Video Shop Tales of Terror presented by Alex Diehl/But Film Festival
A sinister video rental store is the portal to six tales of terror. This is an anthology horror in the classic style of horror studios… -
IFFR VHS Club: Exploring the History of Skate Videos
Legendary filmmaker Jacob Rosenberg takes us on a journey through the history of skate videos. -
IFFR VHS Club: Copyright, Creative Commons & Copyleft: Zine Workshop
Zine making is all about DIY self-publishing – creating magazines that represent unique communities. As a form, the zine carries a radical history with its… -
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Be Kind Rewind
Michel Gondry | 102' | USA | None
A New Jersey VHS store in decline shifts gears in Michel Gondry’s buddy comedy. -
IFFR VHS Club: How to Pirate Workshop
Join us as we explore piracy an act of integrity and freedom, and uncover the pitfalls of legal streaming. Together, we’ll craft the tools to… -
Bore Lee: Deadly Sins!
Ivan Ramljak, Mario Kovač, Krešimir Pauk | 100' | Croatia | None
Genre mania in Dalmatia as Bore Lee protects his hometown from all manner of baddies. -
IFFR VHS Club: Video Market
Hold video in your hands and take it home with you! On the last day of the VHS Club as our Focus programme comes to… -
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Sasabe Kiyoshi | 108' | Japan | None
The story of the engineers behind the birth of Japanese home video. -
Directamente para video
Emilio Silva Torres | 76' | Uruguay | None
An investigation into the cult surrounding Uruguay’s first direct-to-video release, and its equally underground maker. -
Tiger Talk: Hold Video in Your Hands
IFFR filmmakers and programmers reminisce and consider how VHS forever changed our engagement with film.
