Fri, november 14
12:30 – 14:43
Eye: Cinema 2
(nostalgia) & Obscure Light
Description
During this screening, the film (nostalgia) will be followed by Obscure Light.
Composition
(nostalgia)
Hollis Frampton reminisces about twelve photographs, which one by one catch fire. The voice-over and images are out of sync: each story belongs to the photograph that follows, not to the one you are seeing, causing a dual experience of time.
Obscure Light
Three children speak about the traumatic impact of the persecution of their parents, labeled enemies of the state by Portugal’s 20th-century dictatorship. A restrained but powerful reconstruction of childhoods scarred by an inhuman regime.
Retrospective: Susana de Sousa Dias
In celebration of our Guest of Honor, IDFA presents several films by acclaimed filmmaker, curator, and academic Susana de Sousa Dias. Known for her singular approach to archival images and cinematic form, her work interrogates dictatorship, colonial legacies, and the fragile terrain of memory.
