Sun, november 15
20:45 – 22:33
Pathé City 3
Q&A
Shorts: Acts of Counter Erasure
Description
Through daring cinematic languages, these experimental films foreground the ongoing resistance of oppressed communities: challenging colonial myths of absence, subverting attempts at cultural assimilation, and resisting violent occupation. This compilation program consists of The Recce, The God That Destroys, Ãsheghetam and all that appears solid is built on blood.
Tickets & Times
Tue, november 17
14:30 – 16:18
Tuschinski 5
Q&A
Thu, november 19
17:00 – 18:10
Eye: Cinema 2
Sat, november 21
20:00 – 21:09
Tuschinski 6
Sun, november 22
14:15 – 15:25
Ketelhuis: Zaal 1
Composition
The Recce
In 1904, a European expedition set out for Uganda to investigate whether a Jewish state could be established there. That history emerges from this meta-documentary about imperialism, antisemitism, and the myth of an “empty land.”
The God That Destroys
Using archival footage, animation, and music, a South African filmmaker takes a perspective of solidarity to look back at the history of the oppressed Sámi people, the Indigenous inhabitants of northern Scandinavia.
Ãsheghetam
A punk portrait of queer love in Tehran, set against a backdrop of protests against the regime. Computer animation, fiction, and documentary are woven together into a kaleidoscopic, expressionistic cry of vitality.
all that appears solid is built on blood
Footage documenting the creation of a mass grave in Khan Younis is slowed down, transferred onto medium-format film, and stained with blood—a tribute to the militant documentation of their time by Palestinian journalists in Gaza.
Tickets & Times
Sun, november 15
20:45 – 22:33
Pathé City 3
Q&A
Tue, november 17
14:30 – 16:18
Tuschinski 5
Q&A
Thu, november 19
17:00 – 18:10
Eye: Cinema 2
Sat, november 21
20:00 – 21:09
Tuschinski 6
Sun, november 22
14:15 – 15:25
Ketelhuis: Zaal 1
IDFA Competition for Short Documentary
The IDFA Competition for Short Documentary celebrates the versatility of the form, presenting ambitious filmmakers with singular cinematic voices that push the boundaries of short documentary.
