1982
Excerpts from the TV program 60 minutos and other archive material, primarily originating from the Argentine military dictatorship, document the 74-day Falklands War of 1982.
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Focus: Re-releasing History
This focus program includes 11 films comprised entirely of pre-existing footage such as archival material, home movies, and found footage. Marking the next instalment in IDFA’s long-running series about the craft of documentary filmmaking, Re-releasing History looks to the filmmakers’ emotional, political act of re-interpreting history with a new gaze.
Read the whole story here. Re-releasing History is supported by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision.
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For One More Hour with You
Director Alina Marazzi uses home videos and diary excerpts to reconstruct the life of her mother, who committed suicide when she was seven years old. Hazy memories form a testimony to the great absence in her life.
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Marshawn Lynch: A History
This unconventional portrait of the popular and rebellious American football player Marshawn Lynch consists of over 700 image fragments. What’s the deeper meaning behind his refusal to talk with the media?
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Private History
“A free selection from a few old amateur films” is the subtitle of Private History. Found footage is edited into chronological order to subtly tell the history of Hungary in the turbulent era between 1920 and 1950.
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State Funeral
A montage of previously unreleased material immerses us in the Soviet Union, in the four-day period of mourning following the death of Joseph Stalin on March 5, 1953. This is the grotesque culmination of the personality cult surrounding the dictator.
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Still Life
Portugal’s Carnation Revolution of 1974 brought an end to the longest dictatorship of 20th-century Europe. A collage of news images, propaganda films and police photos sketch a picture of this almost forgotten and barely processed era.
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The Stuart Hall Project
A kaleidoscopic journey through both the history of the 20th century and the personal life and ideas of the influential left-wing cultural theorist Stuart Hall. With footage from Hall’s personal archive and tracks by his hero Miles Davis.
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