Shorts: Unveiled Power Structures
Unveiled Power Structures examines the systems that shape our societies. How do we recognize these structures and how do they affect our daily lives?
Bringing together five films from three continents, this program exposes the harsh realities created by these hierarchies of power. The works move from the right to migrate in search of opportunities – or the risk of dying at sea – to the prejudice and exploitation faced by marginalized communities and the inequalities that continue to divide our societies. They confront dehumanizing military propaganda, lives shaped by collective trauma and the experience of living under occupation.
The films reveal how deeply these systems are embedded in our world, while encouraging us to question and confront them in our daily lives.
In this combined programme
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Blue Heart
Samuel Suffren
Marianne and Pétion live in Haiti and wait impatiently for a call from their son in the USA. The promise of the American dream now seems to elude them, as the line between hope and reality becomes increasingly blurred.
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The Spectacle
Bálint Kenyeres
A young Roma boy is chosen for a television feature after word spreads of his unusual gift. As expectations rise, his quiet talent faces the harsh glare of media scrutiny. What follows is a quiet unraveling-for him, and for those around him.
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Fear Nothing
Tuva Björk
A light kept on to deter makes it hard to see past your reflection. In Fear Nothing, we take a nightly ride into the fears and anxieties of Johannesburg’s wealthy inhabitants by following the work of the private security guards hired to protect them. The illusion of security slowly dissolves as we dig into a fragile cl...
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The Uniformed
Timon Ott
At 18, a young man commits to 17 years in the military. Inside the system, he witnesses things he hadn’t thought possible. Many of his comrades consistently make mistakes or lack the physical and mental endurance. The military is well prepared and quietly removes the deviants from the countless formations they have to ...
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Intersecting Memory
Shaymá Awawdeh
Shayma’ was six years old when the Second Intifada broke out. More than twenty years later, she opens a box of old videotapes that starts her search for memories. In voice-over she addresses her mother, who says she is blessed with a poor memory. Shayma’, by contrast, still remembers exactly what she wore on her first ...