Selected for Paradocs
A wild collage of scenes of state oppression and suspicious deaths that have taken place in Thailand over the last 90 years. Archive footage of violence and pornography is interspersed with dance scenes and video clips, creating an audacious blend.
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From one day to the next, an Algerian woman is driven into illegality. The life Zohra planned in France becomes an imaginary existence. Her isolation is made palpable as she literally vanishes from view.
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A meandering ode to Vienna and its disappearing café culture. Angeliki’s search for the perfect apartment provides the springboard for this film—part fiction, part documentary—in travels from Vienna to Andalusia.
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Actor Maria Schneider (The Passenger, Last Tango in Paris) talks about abusive practices in the film industry, in an interview recorded in 1983. Elisabeth Subrin’s ingenious interventions in the archive material bring it into the here and now.
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A desktop documentary using open source research to expose the appalling reality beyond the frames of a carefree family vacation film, shot in early-1960s South Africa.
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Underground, a disembodied figure performs a Sisyphean task in the service of a living network archive that stores fragments of memories. This production, shot in a virtual world, blends cinema, video games and virtual reality.
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A beautiful observation of the Portuguese countryside, where the land and forests are worked with attention and respect. The film shows the intimate and reciprocal relationship between people and nature as a harmonious balance of give and take.
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Thoughtful shots of every state merge to become an alternative portrait of the USA. Benning shows America as we think it looks. A film to immerse yourself in, with a brilliant twist in the credits.
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Prosthetics, leather gloves, and distressed jeans are all produced in factories, but in each case the relationship between product, producer and customer is dramatically different.
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