LIDF

Day 2. Programme. 24th November

Venue: The Archivist, Unit V Reliance Wharf, 2-10 Hertford Road, London, N1 5ET http://www.thearchivist.co.uk/

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10.00

Flip-Flop
Shreya Madhogarhia | 2017 | France | 10

“An experimental short film by a student of the world famous La Fémis film school in Paris.

From a match of foosball all the way to Chinese massage, ‘Flip-flop’ is made of some very different things that unfold in an unexpected harmony. It is a film that takes pleasure in the relation of one with the other, and openly invites the spectator to do the same!”

Hoda’s Story

Joahn Eriksson | 2017 | Palestine/Finland | 58

12 years in the life of Hoda Darwish who was shot and blinded in her classroom in Gaza. Struggling in her altered life amidst repeated wars she doubts her will to live. Meeting the girl who sat beside her when she was shot changes her fortunes in a remarkable way.

11.30

Paris 1971
David Khachatorian | 2017 | USA | 10

In March 1971, Jim Morrison lead singer of the Doors left Los Angeles and joined his girlfriend Pamela Courson in Paris. Four months later he was dead. Paris 1971 is a dream-like meditative journey, imaginatively recounting his last days and interment at the mythic Pere Lachaise cemetery. Using lost interviews, never before featured in a documentary, the film reveals a thoughtful, contemplative Morrison whose insights unexpectedly challenge who we thought he was. The film juxtaposes photographs, original cinematography and creative sound design to paint a timeless portrait of one of 20th century’s music greats through his final resting place.

Tarzan, Don Quixote and Us
Hassen Ferhani | 2013 | Algeria | 18

A walk around the popular district of Cervantes in Algiers, a wandering between myths and realities.

Sheepo
Ian Robertson | 2017 | UK | 4

Sheepo is a stylised documentary about the daily competitiveness that push professional shearers to shear one more sheep than their workmate.

UP
Rok Luksic & Luka Stanovnik | 2017 | Slovenia | 40

Gal Jakič is the flag bearer of the Slovenian Paralympic Team. His childhood ended with a mysterious occurrence at the age of 13, when he woke up one morning not being able to feel or move his legs. His determination and passion for sports leads him to reaching unique goals in the years ahead. Fifteen years after the accident, Gal is facing the next challenge in his life…

12.40

Svalbard
Martin Gouzou | 2017 | France | 7

7 minutes around Svalbard, near the North Pole. Where polar bears reigns…

We Can’t Come from Nothing
Elaine Esther Bots | 2017 | Poland | 30

A meditation on the influence of family histories on contemporary personal life. How are events which took place during previous generations influential today? How does one deal with family history when every trace is lost or if is kept secret? Seven characters who share their stories, together they show how history results in a diversity of narratives and experiences.
13.20

Nobody Dies Here
Simon Panay | 2017 | France/Benin | 23

Perma gold mine, Benin. Some dream to find something, others realised there was nothing to be found. Some dig relentlessly hoping to become rich, others die in the process. And a few of them say that here, nobody dies.

13.45

CHILL – The Road to David’s Gelato
Mirjam van Veelen | 2017 | Netherlands | 61

David, a 25-year-old Dutch cook follows his dream to become an Italian ice cream maker. CHILL follows his journey from the Greek island of Mykonos via Italy to the Dutch city of Gouda, with David adapting and refining his dream to open his own shop along the way.

15.00

Spelliasmous
Ben Garfield | 2017 | UK | Cuba | 4

“I’m about to show you the real Harry Potter, Cuban Style!” Best friends Kyler, Michael and Yanjaira transform the sleepy town of San Antoio de los Baños, Cuba into a world of monsters and magic.

Feats of Modest Valour
Mia Mullarkey & Alice McDowell | 2017 | Ireland | 26

Three individuals live clockwork existences, dictated by a strict regime of medication and the challenging physical reality of living with Parkinson’s. Meanwhile, a team of dedicated scientists in Galway, Ireland, are developing a new medical device, which could potentially halt or even cure the devastating disease.

[jürg]
Raphael Meyer | 2017 | Switzerland/France | 19

On a Friday morning, Jürg collapsed on the floor of his apartment and remained there paralysed for 36 hours. When he woke up in a hospital bed, the renowned professor of linguistics had become completely mute.

Now Little Rowan Branch
Olga Lucovnicova | 2013 | Modova | 9

A portrait of an ordinary 72 year old Russian woman, Anna Shalgina. She lives alone and battles with daily problems, taking care of her house and garden. She has no education but, she likes to read a lot. She is the local poetess. Life in a typical Russian village, wild nature combined with industrial works.

Safstor
Adam Diller | 2017 | USA | 15

SAFSTOR contrasts the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant with the memories of local residents of the partial meltdown on March 28, 1979. The film explores archival materials and the landscape around the plant leading the audience to consider what the plants will become as they are decommissioned.

War and Cheese
Ben Garfield | 2017 | UK | 9

“I heard destiny calling …. I was going to be a cheesemaker.” When Oleg Sirota discovered his native Russia was banning all Western cheese imports, he quit his IT job in Moscow, sold his house and cars, took out a $100k loan and set about building a cheese factory in the snowy wilderness. “Russian Parmesan” was born.

16.30

The Deepest Man in a Swimsuit
Haidy Kancler | 2017 | Slovenia | 73

A construction engineer and a father of two children decides to reach 111m of depth in the Adriatic sea. Breath-diving, holding a stone in his hands and in a swimsuit only. He battles every set-back to attempt the craziest free-diving record.

18.00

Acqua Alta – Meanderings
Stephan Lichtensteiger | 2017 | Switzerland | 52

A draftsman, a gilder, a weaver, a street artist, a culture manager and me, the elderly filmmaker meet by chance in Venice, talk about life and move on again. Threads of our personal histories are linked by an atmospheric snapshot that mirrors the limitation of our time.

19.00

Mum, Me and the House
Marjolijn Prins |2016 | Belgium |38

When Debbie (47) is diagnosed with cancer her son Sam (27) decides to postpone his plans to travel the world. He is convinced the incessant work renovating her dream house on the French countryside is the main cause of her illness. Together they undertake a journey to find the right course of treatment. Though this brings them closer together than they’d ever been, whenever they get back to the house, Debbie falls straight back into her old, industrious habits.

Flâneurs

Matthew Lancit | 2017 | Canada/France | 79

Between film projects and following the birth of his daughter, a Canadian in Paris must confront his slacker lifestyle and decide if there is something in it worth passing on to the next generation, or if he is better off getting a job. In search of the remaining traces of flâneurs (19th Century wanderers of Paris), he takes his daughter on a series of poetic strolls in which he crosses the path of people who help reveal the relevance of such a figure today.

21.00

In Love as In Live
Turi Finocchiaro, Nathalie Rossetti, Nicolas Liguori | 2017 | France/Belgium | 60

Raymond and Raymond love each other. When one of them, already HIV positive for the past 27 years, gets cancer, their struggle becomes a joint one. Expressing their love to their friends, they try to shape a new life, full of the unknown. Their journey sweeps us along on an amazing sentimental odyssey.