True Stories
Overzicht van films
-
In Order Not To Be Here
Deborah Stratman | 33' | USA | -
Quietly observed night-time horror of guarded desolation. With spectacular escape. -
In the Strange Garden
Aramaki Ryôko | 43' | Japan | International premiere
Atmospheric ego document in which the film maker tries to fathom her partner, right to the bone. -
Israel American Medical Center (ISAMEC)
Keren Amiran | 18' | Israel | -
A luxury hospital that was never completed is finished with words by its creator. About concrete frustrations. -
Karma Cowboy
Vanessa van Houten, Sonja Heiss | 45' | Germany | -
Film makers visit poor Americans through the backdoor. Domestic portrait of white trash. -
Kingdom of Shadows
Fiona Tan | 50' | Netherlands | -
Artist asks herself questions about making and saving images. A visual essay. -
The Land of Silence
30' | France | -
A film that portrays a war (the lengthy civil war in Sri Lanka) in a way that clarifies and doesn’t fascinate. The present as an… -
Lei
Tonino De Bernardi | 98' | Italy | International premiere
Tapestry of women’s lives, in which the life of the first female taxi driver in Turin is interwoven with classical myths. -
Letter from a Yellow Cherry Blossom
Kawase Naomi | 65' | Japan | -
Intimate portrait of a dying friend. Not always easy to watch, but a very moving image of approaching death, albeit painful. -
Lettre à Roberto
Jean-Claude Rousseau | 13' | France | -
Small scale but masterful example of a rare genre: the hotel-room film. -
Locke’s Way
Donigan Cumming | 21' | Canada | World premiere
Film maker films a family collection of photos, visibly and audibly moved. Out of breath, he tells a tragic life story. -
London Orbital
Christopher Petit, Iain Sinclair | 76' | United Kingdom | -
Complex essay, in which driving around the M25 around London leads to stimulating quotes from vampire literature. For reading drivers. -
Miguel et les mines
Olivier Zabat | 55' | France | -
Documentary essay made with the meticulous patience of someone who disarms a bomb. And, even in Bosnia, they don’t only talk about mines.