Benjamin Mirguet

A medieval usurer at the end of his life in terror. Can he win back his chances of a place in heaven?

IFFR 2008

mort n'entend pas sonner les cloches, Le

Short: As Long As It Takes

Le mort n'entend pas sonner les cloches

Paul Durango

Sadism or a good deed? The life of a fly is taken and given back.

IFFR 2007

Fly from the Dead, 

Fly from the Dead

Carlos Reygadas

The sequel to Japón is a big-city story of demise in mega-city Mexico about a fat driver, the beautiful daughter of his boss and the surprising confession of an unforgivable crime. Upsetting and exciting existential drama by one of the world's greatest film talents.

IFFR 2006

Batalla en el cielo, 

Sturm und Drang

Batalla en el cielo

Ben Rivers

In a film as mysterious as its title suggests, Ben Rivers portrays making a film as an exhausting and endless odyssey. Even though Rivers' colleague, experimental filmmaker Oliver Laxe, has an even more intensive experience when he steps off the set of his own ambitious opus in the mountains of Morocco.

IFFR 2016

Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers, The

Signatures

The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers

Niles Atallah

In the nineteenth century, a French adventurer established a kingdom in inhospitable southern Chile, managing to unite the feared Mapuche under him. The Chilean army’s response was devastating. Impressively designed adventure film and powerful textural experiment, including sections of half-decayed celluloid: years ago, director Atallah buried certain footage, only to dig it up and use now.

IFFR 2017

Bright Future

Rey, 

Hivos Tiger Competition

IFFR 2025
30 Jan – 9 Feb 2025

Benjamin Mirguet

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