Focus: Hold Video in Your Hands
Overview of films
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IFFR VHS Club: Night of Error presented by Juul Barnard
A journey through the bizarre history of the eighties video store.In the 80s and 90s video stores were filled with action-adventure, horror films and Kung… -
Frauen in Berlin
Chetna Vora | 139' | Germany | None
Chetna Vora’s unforgettable chronicle of women’s lives in the GDR, rescued by humble VHS. -
The Master
Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | 82' | Thailand | None
The story of Thailand’s Van VDO becomes a paean to the value of video stores. -
Melody Electronics
Albert Birney | 30' | USA | World premiere
An imaginary game walkthrough of 1980s domesticity in an early computer animation style. -
Muzan-E: The AV Murder Video Exist
Yamanouchi Daisuke | 65' | Japan | None
A journalist follows the trail of a snuff film in Yamanouchi Daisuke’s direct-to-video meta-horror. -
Raw! Uncut! Video!
Alex Clausen, Ryan A. White | 79' | USA | None
A loving homage to the work of a 1980s California gay porn studio. -
Razones por las que soy un infeliz
Ruben Nuño Lepe | 22' | Mexico | World premiere
A mysterious tale of elusive love for a loner usually found lurking in video stores. -
The Shrouds
David Cronenberg | 119' | France | Dutch Premiere
A widower invents a new device to watch the corpse of his deceased wife decay. -
Tausend Augen
Hans-Christoph Blumenberg | 90' | West Germany | None
Erotic dancer Gabriele gets embroiled in trouble in this 1980s German video masterpiece. -
The Video Dead
Robert Scott | 90' | USA | None
Otherworldly flesh-eaters arriving through a TV portal? A tale as relevant to now as any other. -
Video Kings
Lukas Bulava | 82' | Slovakia | None
Central and Eastern European rychlodabing (speed dubbing) is exalted as never before. -
Video Nasty
Christopher Smith, Megan K. Fox | 180' | Ireland | None
Three teens chase a cult VHS collection – until murder, mystery, and madness find them.