Glory of Documentary

2024 IDF Screenings

BLANKET WEARER

Country/Area of Production：South Korea Language of Dialogue：English, Korean Runtime：116 min Director：Jeongmi PARK Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：Jeongmi PARK

Introduction: A young Korean woman, facing a financial crisis after losing her job in London, embarks on a year-long journey without touching money. The protagonist sets out to find ways to solve the two necessities for survival - shelter and food - without spending money. In London, she comes across activists and learns how to survive on waste - livin…

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THE FLATS

Country/Area of Production：France, Belgium, UK, Republic of Ireland Language of Dialogue：English Runtime：114 min Director：Alessandra Celesia Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Geneviève De Bauw, Jeremiah Cullinane, John McIlduff

Introduction: In his tower-block apartment in New Lodge, Joe reenacts memories from his childhood amidst the “Troubles”. In this Catholic area of Belfast, the number of deaths was tragically significant. Joe is joined by neighbours Jolene, Sean, Angie, and others, all willingly participating in this process of revisiting the collective memories that sh…

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STING lIKE A BEE

Country/Area of Production：Italy, France Language of Dialogue：Italian Runtime：83 min Director：Leone Balduzzi Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：Barbara Guieu

Introduction: Friendship, love, and a great passion of Ape Piaggio in the small Italian towns in the Trigno Valley.  

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MY WORST ENEMY

Country/Area of Production：France, Switzerland Language of Dialogue：Persian Runtime：81 min Director：Mehran Tamadon Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：Raphaël Pillosio

Introduction: Mojtaba, Hamzeh, Zar are among other individuals who have been thrown into prison and interrogated in Iran. In this documentary, the director wants them to interrogate him as agents of the Islamic Republic might. He would like the real torturer in Iran to see himself through the film as if in a mirror. The violent experience of putting th…

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A FAMILY

Country/Area of Production：France Language of Dialogue：French Runtime：82 min Director：Christine Angot Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：Betrand Faivre, Alice Girard

Introduction: Award-winning French writer Christine Angot is invited for business to Strasbourg where her father had lived and died several years ago. It’s the city where she met him at the age of 13 for the first time, and he started to rape her. His wife and children still live there. Angot takes a camera and knocks on her family’s doors to push them…

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MY SEXTORTION DIARY

Country/Area of Production：Spain Language of Dialogue：Catalan, Spanish Runtime：64min Director：Patricia Franquesa Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：Patricia Franquesa, Mireia Graell

Introduction: Pati’s world turns upside down when her stolen computer becomes the target of a blackmail threat. An invisible Hacker sets a cat-and-mouse hunt pushing Pati to the limit as she seeks help from legal authorities, only to realize she is the only one who can find the way out. Through her search, Pati discovers that her story is just one of t…

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APPLE CIDER VINEGAR

Country/Area of Production：Belgium, Netherlands Language of Dialogue：English, Arabic, Portuguese Runtime：80min Director：Sofie Benoot Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：Peter Kruger

Introduction: Stones are at once the most foundational and the most overlooked parts of our lifeworld. When a retired nature documentary narrator passes a kidney stone, she decides to tell one more story about this forgotten world of stone. A hypnotic essay film asking urgent ecological questions, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR takes the viewer on a journey meeti…

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CENTER, RING, MALL

Country/Area of Production：Netherlands Language of Dialogue：English, Dutch Runtime：17min Director：Mateo Vega Type of Work：Short Producer：Mateo Vega

Introduction: A multi-vocal triptych through peripheral sites of urban infrastructure: a data center, a ring road, and a run-down mall. All three sites were built with certain world views: visions of the future and US-influenced promises of progress that didn't turn out to be the utopias they presented themselves as. Through a site-specific soundtrack,…

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PHOTOPHOBIA

Country/Area of Production：Slovakia, Ukraine, Czech Republic Language of Dialogue：Russian, Ukrainian Runtime：70 min Director：Ivan Ostrochovsky, Pavol Pekarcik Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：Katarina Tomkova, Ivan Ostrochovsky

Introduction: On a cold February morning, 12-year-old Niki and his family arrive at the Kharkiv metro station to take shelter from the terrifying war raging outside. While aimlessly wandering around the abandoned cars and full platforms, Niki meets Vika (11), and a new world opens up to him.   

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GAMA

Country/Area of Production：Japan Language of Dialogue：Japanese Runtime：53 min Director：Kaori Oda Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：Ryohei Tsutsui, Eijun Sugihara

Introduction: In Okinawa, where intense ground fighting took place at the end of World War II, there are many natural caves called "GAMA". Mitsuo Matsunaga, a peace guide and collector of remains from the Battle of Okinawa, describes how civilians involved in the war sheltered in GAMA. As the fighting on the ground intensified, mass deaths occurred in …

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RISING UP AT NIGHT

Country/Area of Production：DR Congo, Belgium, Germany, Burkina Faso, Qatar Language of Dialogue：Lingala Runtime：95 min Director：Nelson Makengo Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：Rosa Spaliviero, Dada Kahindo Siku

Introduction: Kinshasa, the capital city of 17 million people, is plunged into darkness and insecurity as its inhabitants struggle to access the light. In a relentless quest, Kudi mobilizes the people of his neighborhood, Kisenso, to buy the stolen cable so that electricity can be restored in time for the festivities. At Christmas, Kudi turns into Sant…

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LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

Country/Area of Production：France, Italy Language of Dialogue：N/A Runtime：17 min Director：Yuyan WANG Type of Work：Short Producer：Thomas Hakim

Introduction: In an age of wire and string, futuristic visions anchor in lithic time. In the dark, people are driven to shine in the most spectacular ways. Light, emitted from our digital extensions, has roots traversing millions, even billions of years.   

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ABOUT HAPPY HIPPOS AND SAD PEACOCKS

Country/Area of Production：Colombia, Germany Language of Dialogue：German, Spanish Runtime：29 min Director：Johannes Förster, Elkin Calderón Guevara Type of Work：Short Producer：Johannes Förster, Elkin Calderón Guevara

Introduction: ABOUT HAPPY HIPPOS AND SAD PEACOCKS is a decolonial fable of the 21st century, in which two animals are juxtaposed, sharing a similar fate but couldn't be more different. Places and times merge, identities are excluded; a non-anthropocentric perspective reflects upon the force-migrated lives of the protagonists and the recurring patterns …

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THE CATS OF GOKOGU SHRINE

Country/Area of Production：Japan Language of Dialogue：Japanese Runtime：119min Director：Kazuhiro Soda Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：SODA Kazuhiro, KASHIWAGI Kiyoko

Introduction: Gokogu is a small, ancient Shinto shrine in Ushimado, Japan. Home to dozens of street cats, it is also known as Cat Shrine. Many people visit the shrine for various reasons: some to worship gods, others to enjoy gardening. Some people come to clean the shrine as volunteers while others just stop by on their way to fish Japanese sardinella…

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TERMINI

Country/Area of Production：Latvia Language of Dialogue：N/A Runtime：71 min Director：Laila Pakalnina Type of Work：Feature-length Producer：Laila Pakalnina

Introduction: The terminus resembles a circle, because it is where things turn around. Accordingly, this film was shot while “moving in a circle”, constantly moving, watching people as one slips away or comes nearer to them. The people one meets at a terminus are very important people. Maybe because it’s at the termini that the city ends and begins – a…

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SHROOMS

Country/Area of Production：Portugal Language of Dialogue：Portuguese Runtime：18 min Director：Jorge Jácome Type of Work：Short Producer：Pandora da Cunha Telles, Pablo Iraola

Introduction: SHROOMS’ starting point is a scientific study in which the psilocybin of magic mushrooms is used for the therapeutic treatment of depression. Using the premise of this study, SHROOMS follows Dan, a young Venezuelan man currently living in Lisbon, who collects magic mushrooms in the forest and distributes them in the city to those in need …

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GUIÁN

Country/Area of Production：Costa Rica, China Language of Dialogue：Spanish, Mandarin, Chinese Dialect Runtime：76min Director：Nicole Chi Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：Alejandra Vargas Carballo

Introduction: As a consequence of Guián passing away, Nicole starts meeting up with people that had known her grandma: her best friend, her younger brother and her grandma from her dad's side. This traveling to different parts of Costa Rica provides a glimpse of the Chinese-Costa Rican community, and she finds a poetic resemblance between these charact…

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A SONG RIVER

Country/Area of Production：China Language of Dialogue：Mandarin, Cantonese Runtime：95 min Director：Xin ZHU Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：Zheng LI, Lili WANG

Introduction: Zhu Xin is filled with a sense of powerlessness towards his current life, and he wants to rediscover the Hangzhou of the past. At the foot of Fenghuang Mountain, just across the river from his doorstep, there seems to be an entrance. A thousand years ago, Su Shi wrote a Ci poem called Jiang Cheng Zi. Ci, originally songs, between which th…

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OF COLOR AND INK

Country/Area of Production：USA, China, Brazil Language of Dialogue：Mandarin, English, Spanish, Portuguese Runtime：101 min Director：Weimin ZHANG Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：Weimin ZHANG,Xiao YU Li ZHANG

Introduction: The feature-length documentary OF COLOR AND INK unveils the three-decade-long life of Zhang Daqian, one of China's most significant 20th-century painters, spent overseas. Through in-depth interviews, innovative integration of animation and special effects, and cutting-edge visual representations, this film employs montage editing that tra…

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THE ARTISTIC TRILOGY OF ZAO WOU-KI——HANGZHOU

Country/Area of Production：China, France Language of Dialogue：Mandarin, French Runtime：51 min Director：YAO Guoqiang Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：YAO Guoqiang, Jonathan Choi

Introduction: THE ARTISTIC TRILOGY OF ZAO WOU-KI — HANGZHOU traces the artist's creative life, inner experiences, and artistic journey that transcends the bounds of life. The Hangzhou episode follows Zao Wou-Ki's journey to Hangzhou at the age of 15, where he enrolled at the National Academy of Fine Arts. There, he encountered prominent figures like Li…

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ICON

Country/Area of Production：Spain, Peru, China Language of Dialogue：Spanish, English Runtime：18min Director：Mei Liu Type of Work：Short Producer：Estephania Bonnett, Mei Liu

Introduction: Right before Mirko, a jungle guide, is about to leave the Amazon where he grew up, a film crew arrives to make a film in the jungle with his help. ICON is a cyclical film that meditates on the image-making process and the question of simulacrum against the backdrop of the lush jungle, where human language dissolves into a sonic communion …

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CREATURES OF LIGHT

Country/Area of Production：Spain Language of Dialogue：Spanish Runtime：12min Director：Sylvie Weber Type of Work：Short Producer：Estephania Bonnett

Introduction: Valeria shares a unique bond with her animal friends, finding solace and understanding amidst their company. Like the fireflies, she radiates as a guiding light for her family during their darkest hours, traversing the realms of life and death.  

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MORPHO

Country/Area of Production：Spain, Sweden Language of Dialogue：Russian Runtime：16min Director：Anastasia Kirillova Type of Work：Short Producer：Estephania Bonnett, Anastasia Kirillova

Introduction: Crocodiles along the river in the night. An illuminated bed in the jungle. A man sits down at its foot, smoking. In a nearly mystical world of images, the focus falls on the truth of the conflict as a daughter calls home to her Russian, Putin-friendly father.  

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WAYAK

Country/Area of Production：Spain, Mexico Language of Dialogue：Mayan Runtime：12min Director：Juan Romo Type of Work：Short Producer：Estephania Bonnett

Introduction: WAYAK unfolds as a cinematic letter to the land of Yucatán, delving into the historical tapestry of Mexico encompassing conquest, evangelization, and globalization. The film opens its doors to nature and landscape, allowing them to freely manifest. Through the enchanting twilight of a fading dream, conveyed in a letter written in Mayan, t…

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LETTER FROM PERÙ

Country/Area of Production：Spain, France Language of Dialogue：French Runtime：15min Director：Aline Fischer Type of Work：Short Producer：Estephania Bonnett, Aline Fischer

Introduction: My first love Michaël died at 20, murdered in the Peruvian jungle in the fall of 2000. 22 years later, I am going for the first time to the Amazon, under the guidance of Apichatpong Weerasethakul, to the place where Michi lost his life.   

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ON THE BATTLEFIELD

Country/Area of Production：USA Language of Dialogue：English Runtime：17 min Director：Theresa Delsoin, Lisa Malloy, JP Sniadecki, Ray Whitaker Type of Work：Short Producer：Rachel Burns, Karin Chien, Judson Childs, Theresa Delsoin, Clarence Dossie, Wynne Hannan, Lisa Malloy, JP Sniadecki, Ray Whitaker

Introduction: In the Southern Illinois region of Little Egypt, a sound recordist revisits the flat fields where once stood Pyramid Courts - the housing projects that formed the heart of the Black community of his hometown, Cairo. His mic gathers sonic ephemera of past, present, and future within the grasses, trees, and skies. Kids play, birds flock, a …

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THE DREAM OF SUPER BRIDGE

Country/Area of Production：China, Netherlands Language of Dialogue：Mandarin Runtime：64 min Director：WANG Yang Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：WANG Yang, ZHAO Jia

Introduction: In Wuhan, China, people are constructing a colossal bridge over the Yangtze River. Throughout the challenging construction process, they are under immense pressure. Through our cameras, we capture the story of two migrant workers at the bridge site. Day after day, far from their families, they too have their own glories and dreams, troubl…

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OBEDIENCE

Country/Area of Production：Hong Kong China Language of Dialogue：Cantonese Runtime：71 min Director：WONG Siu-pong Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：WONG Siu-pong, HUI Chi-kin, CHEUK Cheung, WU Tsz-ching

Introduction: Nestled in the center of Hong Kong, the neighborhood of Hung Hom is a study in contradictions. While the dead are transported to the nearby funeral homes, the living crowd its bustling streets. The affluent live in luxury residences towering over dilapidated buildings marked for demolition, while the poor sift through construction waste a…

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MS.HU'S GARDEN

Country/Area of Production：China Language of Dialogue：Chongqing dialect, Mandarin Runtime：103 min Director：Zhiqi PAN Type of Work：Feature-Length Producer：Ruby CHEN

Introduction: This is a story about love and redemption. Ms. Hu, who lives in Shi Ba Ti, built a flowery garden with a pile of garbage. She hopes to redeem herself and her son suffered from depression in this way.   

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