IFFF revisited

IFFF revisited

In this archive programme we dip into the Festival’s now 30-year-old-plus back catalogue and present ground-breaking films by women directors that are still highly topical today. By our curators combing through the archive, different themes and aspects possibly overlooked in the past can be spotlighted, thus connecting links in the history of emancipation and film where none were previously present (or visible). The long-term aim of this programme is to strengthen queer-feminist historical representation and memory culture.

The signature of the curators of this programme comes through in the films they select. In 2020, Berlin scholar Kat Gorska curated a selection of experimental films from the 70s and 80s. The 2021 programme features a group of students from Ruhr University in Bochum presenting the subject of Club culture.

Curated by Leah Gerfelmeyer, Saskia Kahrmann, Leonard Meinhövel, Natalie Pielok und Christian Wandhoff.

Black Bus Stop

Claudrena N. Harold, Kevin Jerome Everson

US
2019
Documentary, Experimental
9’

This film pays tribute to the Black Bus Stop, an informal yet iconic meeting spot for Black students on the […]

Blind Date | MAMA

Catrine Val

LT
2013
Short film
7’

Blind Date | MAMA portrays the intimate relationship between internationally acclaimed dancer Andrius Strakele and his blind mother. We watch […]

US
2003
Documentary
33’

It all started back in the 1980s. Avid DJ Page Hordel assembled a collective of spirited girlfriends, and together they […]

Genderless Jellyfish

Coral Short

CA
2013
Experimental
3’

Coral Short’s Genderless Jellyfish, shot in an aquarium in Vancouver, might seem a misfit for our film programme. It’s based […]

Human Radio

Miranda Pennell

GB
2002
Short film
9’

Human Radio by Miranda Pennell, from 2002, could just as easily have been shot in 2020. The short film is […]

The short-film programme IFFF Revisited: Rhythm in Chaos – the Archive in Motion delves into the festival’s archive. The focus […]

Jackson/Marker 4am

Ruth Beckermann

AT
2012
Short film
3’

Early hours of the morning in Jackson in the US state of Mississippi. Someone with a dress pulled on over […]

Swinguerra

Bárbara Wagner, Benjamin de Burca

BR
2019
Experimental, Short film
23’
OmeU

Swinguerra is all about self-empowerment. The film’s immensely strong and positive portrayal of BIPOC and the queer community, especially trans […]