A Palestinian and an Israeli man lie beside one another, while war continues far away. In Potsdam, a former computer center and the reconstruction of a military church claim the same ground. Unfinished towers in China hold the memory of a family member; an electron beam fades from a cathode ray tube. These films look at the spaces and images where conflicts, failed promises, and personal losses accumulate. What remains when the things they recall are gone? (Hoda Taheri)
Two men lie together in bed. One is asleep; the other stays awake. One is Palestinian, the other Israeli, and war continues in their homeland. As the night goes on, their closeness becomes a place where distance does not disappear.… >>>
Easter Monday in Potsdam: a former socialist computer center and the reconstruction of a Baroque Prussian military church claim the same site. As the church’s unfinished tower is inaugurated with a service, the film observes how different versions of history confront one another there.… >>>
CN: Suicide
After the real estate boom collapsed in a town in China’s Hunan province, Uncle 3 died by suicide. Family footage filmed over seven years moves through the hometown’s unfinished buildings and recalls fragments of his life. The structures stand still; memory continues to move.
An electron beam disappears across the phosphor layer of a cathode ray tube. This one-minute film treats its final moment as a trace of electronic image-making. Material, time, and perception take the place of a conventional narrative.… >>>