Who can deny the splendour of taxidermied shoebill storks and rose-breasted grosbeaks staring back at you in a natural history museum? This essayistic short, however, critically probes the imperialist and colonial constructs that hide behind the hand-painted façades and displayed birds that dominate Western museums. Brazilian filmmaker Enrico Piffer shows how taxidermy is, in fact, the spoils of colonialism, revealing that such exhibitions not only teach us about the animal world, but are also lasting imprints of a colonial lineage.
– Hugo Emmerzael
Also in this combined programme
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Panorama Chemours – River reflections
A slow pan over the Chemours industrial plant and the Merwede river, beautiful and disturbing. -
She Cries (The Holy Water)
A cloudy day in the Netherlands occasions a Thai artist’s wistful reverie about her childhood. -
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What is left behind
An artistic investigation into the impact of weapons and ammunition dumped into the sea after WWII.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Netherlands, Brazil
- Year
- 2026
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2026
- Length
- 5'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
