
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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Directamente para video
An investigation into the cult surrounding Uruguay’s first direct-to-video release, and its equally underground maker.
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Razones por las que soy un infeliz
A mysterious tale of elusive love for a loner usually found lurking in video stores.
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Bore Lee: Deadly Sins!
Genre mania in Dalmatia as Bore Lee protects his hometown from all manner of baddies.
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Frauen in Berlin
Chetna Vora’s unforgettable chronicle of women’s lives in the GDR, rescued by humble VHS.
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Melody Electronics
An imaginary game walkthrough of 1980s domesticity in an early computer animation style.