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RIDM 20 Nov. - 01 Dec. 2024

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Retrospective Carlos Ferrand and the Grupo de Cine Liberación sin Rodeos: a Legacy of Political and Cinematic Activism
Used in part by Chris Marker in 1977’s A Grin Without a Cat, this silent short film with its empathetic camerawork reveals a meditation on human exploitation.

(SIN TITULO - SANS TITRE)

  • Carlos Ferrand, Joëlle de la Casinière
  • 1971
  • Peru
  • 15 min
International Short and Medium-Length Competition
A decolonial fable, this fantastic essay takes a unique look at peacock colonies in Berlin and hippopotamuses in Colombia to reflect on the roles of the powerful and on freedom.

ABOUT HAPPY HIPPOS AND SAD PEACOCKS

  • Johannes Förster, Elkin Calderón Guevara
  • 2024
  • Germany, Colombia
  • s.t. French or English
  • 29 min
National Short and Medium-Length Competition
An inspiring co-production, this experimental short poetically and directly questions how and why one tells a traumatic story.

ADIEU UGARIT

  • Samy Benammar, Mohamad Awaad
  • 2024
  • Canada (Quebec)
  • s.t. French or English
  • 16 min
Retrospective Iva Radivojevic : Imaginary Landscapes of Dislocation
Between magic realism and documentary, this labyrinthine film inspired by the literature of Jorge Luis Borges shapes a space-time continuum that follows its own poetic logic.

ALEPH

  • Iva Radivojevic
  • 2021
  • United States, Croatia, Qatar
  • s.t. English
  • 91 min
Retrospective Iva Radivojevic : Imaginary Landscapes of Dislocation
Anonymous faces stroll furtively through the city, looking for a night of ephemeral pleasure. An amusement park becomes the playground for unbridled freedom.

Warning: explicit sexual content

AMUSEMENT PARK

  • Ricardo Alves Jr.
  • 2024
  • Brazil, Austria
  • s.t. French or English
  • 72 min

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