LIDF

Day 3. Programme, 25th 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 (UK Shorts)

Hunger by the Sea
Sue Sudbury | 2017 | UK | 4

Deprivation in British seaside towns is on the increase. Two separate families and a single man, who turn up one morning in May at a Dorset foodbank, talk of their desperation and shame at having to use one. The seaside location provides strong images and soundscape for these people who talk openly about their struggle to keep ‘their heads above water’.

Duet
Andrew Margetson | 2017 | UK | 5

A stark portrait of two young stars of the Royal Ballet. They talk about what it is to be a woman in a world steeped in tradition, before performing an all-female pas-de-deux.

Sand Men
Tal Amiran | 2017 | UK | 14

Neculai, Aurel and Raj all left their homes in Romania for the same reason – to seek a better life for their family. Now, in Britain, with their loved ones depending on them, they survive by creating sand sculptures on London’s streets. They try to find hope in the hardships they endure, while thoughts of their children’s futures keep them going.

Blue Light
Harriet Francis Croucher | 2017 | UK | 4

Emergency service personnel talk about the realities of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and its impact on their lives, as well as their families

Gudiparan
Nima Shahmalekpur & Anna Merryfield | 2017 | UK | 5

Ahmadzia has traveled a long way to come to Britain, but his story is about kites. Through them he connects with his past and his present.

DisAstro
Leo Metcalf | 2017 | UK | 24

Capitalism and its ‘crisis’ are depicted through the echoes they leave on the landscape of Athens, providing a post-apocalyptic vision of a city abandoned, strewn with the scars of past struggles, stuck in an era of permanent crisis.

11.00

Natura Urbana – the Brachen of Berlin + Q&A
Matthew Gandy | 2016 | UK/Germany | 70

The vegetation of Berlin is a silent reminder of its history. Post-war rubble landscapes and the wasteland of the former border between east and west Germany are home to an extraordinary variety of spontaneous vegetation. In times of urban transformation its unique biodiversity is in danger to be lost forever.

12.30 (USA Shorts)

I’m Good
April Lau | 2017 | USA | 4

A short animation about the masks we wear, what lies underneath, and why we continue to keep them on.

Look Lovely
Kate Schermerhorn | 2017 | USA | 7

Look Lovely is a short film about 91 year old Denise Bouche Fitch, lover of life and glamour, former Vogue accessory editor, actress, and widow of artist Rene Bouche, and later of art collector George Hopper Fitch. Mrs. Fitch lives in an art filled apartment in San Francisco and is a sparkly eyed character full of unexpected stories from her colourful life.

Be Lucky
Emily Clarke | 2017 |USA | 7

A short doc about how Uber is impacting the taxi trade of London. It brings up contemporary and complicated questions about how technology chips away at the unique cultural nuances that give a city its heart and soul.

Overwhelming Majority
Joseph Irvin | 2017 | USA | 11

An experimental documentary short dealing with issues of loneliness, alienation, and social anxiety. A young woman recounts a suicide attempt, muses on the nature of connectedness, and ultimately yearns for understanding

But Elsewhere is Always Better
Vivian Ostrovsky | 2017 | USA | 4

Chantal Akerman was one of the cinema’s most original postwar auteurs – a documentarian, anecdotist, comedian, chanteuse, and restless innovator. Using her own footage of Chantal Akerman the director remembers her long friendship with the filmmaker. Beginning with their first meeting in the early 1970s, forty years of friendship condensed into four minutes.

Waking a Monster
Mirjam Clement | 2017 | USA | 20

A puppet docu-portrayal of a man’s fascination with the classic movie monsters from his childhood, and the incidents in life that shaped and inspired him to follow his dreams. An anonymous and intimate micro-budget documentary about any human. In this case it just happens to be a monster maker!

13.30

In Loving Memory
Susana Vale Lopes | 2016 | Portugal | 14

Silent Cells
Mohamed El Moudni Nabil | 2017 | Germany | 65

16.00 (International Shorts)

Ase
Ercan Orhan | 2013 | Turkey | 33

Ase lives in Diyarbakır, since her village was destroyed by the Turkish government. She is 83 years old. She goes to her village in spring time and stays there until the end of autumn,alone with her memories.  Her son was a PKK guerrilla and was killed many years ago. His grave is in the village of Nusaybin. Ase visits his grave.

The Stranger
Salvatore Ruocco | 2017 | Italy | 8

Shot entirely using smart phones attitudes towards race and racism are explored on the island of Sicily.

The Moon, The Sun and the Musketeers
Vahagn Khachatryan | 2017 | Armenia/Portugal | 21

A small town on the border between Portugal and Spain. A place beyond space and time. Not much happens during the day. But at night old ghosts roam once again the ancient streets of the village. A completely different picture of the village rises from the shrouds of the past. Mystery once again takes its place in the life of the villagers allowing them to cast a glance to the other side

He
Sam Kalantari | 2017 | Iran | 31

A mannequin is an often articulated doll used by artists, tailors, dressmakers, window dressers and others especially to display or fit clothing.

17.30

Highway Rest Stop
Isabelle Ingold | 2017 | France | 55

A portrait of a motorway rest area located in the countryside of northern France. It looks like a dream, filled with the whispers thoughts and the lives of those who work here, as well as those who are just passing through. It is also a very concrete place, a perfect spot to observe today’s Europe, the violence carried by the free competition of a single market, the nostalgia carried by uprooted lives, and all the solitude engendered by our modern world.

19.00

The Joy of Sound
Ana Endara | 2017 | Panama | 60

An ode to sound, that mysterious, invisible and intangible phenomenon that brings pleasure and togetherness – and sometimes irritation.

20.00

“Who’s Afraid of Julia Kristeva?” + Q&A
Iskra Angelova | 2017 | Bulgaria | 83

1966. Bulgaria is still behind the Iron Curtain. Julia Kristeva – a young and smart student – goes to Paris on a scholarship from the French government. There she finds herself among the cream of the French intelligentsia, where she meets the leader of the movement Tel Quel – Philippe Sollers. The two instantly fall in love and marry. She begins to work with Claude Lévi-Strauss, Jacques Derrida, Lucien Goldmann, Roland Barthes and Jacques Lacan. Iskra Angelova’s film tells the story of a successful and controversial figure – psychoanalyst, linguist, semiotician, philosopher and feminist.