Roger Horn

Best known for the documentary and ethnographic approach in his cinematic works, Roger HORN’s films have reached global audiences after being showcased at more than 250 film festivals and conferences. The filmmaker and anthropologist obtained his PhD in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Cape Town and teaches at Northern Arizona University for the Creative Media & Film Department. His film Scenes from a Transient Home (2019) coveted a nomination in the International Competition at the International Short film Festival Oberhausen.
Filmography
(all short) Nanny Cam: Xenophobia in the Motherland (2010), The Sisterhood (2010, doc), These Objects, Those Memories (2015, doc), Migrant Dilemma (2017, doc), African Film School (2017, doc), Our Great Say 1967 (2018), A Black Man in Zimbabwe (2018, doc), The Sisterhood: Visits with my Friends (2018, doc), Research / Souvenir (Dialogues) (2018, doc), International Voice Memo (Night) (2019), Scenes from a Transient Home (2019), I don’t know if I’m coming or going (2020), HOLIDAY IN THE SEA OF SUPREMACY (2020, doc), culture leap (non-linear) (2020), Mushroom Water (2021), Mushroom Water (2021), Dark Holiday (2022), Building Castles in the Sky (Berlin Rocket) (2022), Land Changes Hands, But Bees Remain in the Hive (2022, doc), In 1993 Your Father-In-Law Told Me a Joke (2022), Today I… (2023), 3 Bears (2023), Process Technique Unfolding (2023), Questioning the Existence of Alec (2024)
More Info: Roger Horn
Roger Horn at IFFR
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Questioning the Existence of Alec
Found 8mm footage muses chimerically on a friendship on the beaches of 1940s South Africa.