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Where The Chimneys Rise

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

The residents of Eleusis, a city that was once the largest industrial centre of Greece, share their memories. The film is part of the ethnographic and archival research program OPENELEUSIS Io Chaviara Director Feeling of a Home Michalis Kastanidis Director Feeling of a Home Michalis Kastanidis Producer Feeling of a Home, Kalikatzarous

When we get home again

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

Set in the First World War, the film tells the story of two enemy soldiers who are full of hope, dreams, desires and love, but also full of fear and sadness. When they suddenly face each other on the battlefield while experiencing hell on earth, the core of being human comes to the surface and…

WE WALKED INTO A VANISHED TOWN. MARSEILLE 1943-2023

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

In 2023, teenagers and children walk in their city, Marseille. They live without knowing it within the perimeter of a historic tragedy, « Operation Sultan », which in 1943 engulfed an entire section of the popular city. This film narrates the encounter of these young inhabitants with this forgotten historical event. Director Biography - Boris…

Voices from the Sit In

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

VOICES FROM THE SIT IN is the true story of a protest, told by those who lived it. Delta State University, in Cleveland, Mississippi, was segregated from 1925 to 1965. The school enrolled its first Black students in 1966. These first students struggled for recognition, for inclusion, and for fair treatment. By the Spring of…

Urraca, cazador de rojos

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

Pedro Urraca, Spanish policeman and Gestapo agent led the persecution of numerous Spanish Republican loyalists exiled in France during the Nazi occupation. The portrait of a sinister character told through the perspective of his granddaughter. Director Biography - Pedro De Echave García, Felip Solé Pedro de Echave García, (Avilés, Espagne 1968) étudié l'écriture et la réalisation…

UPROOTED (Reflections On Memory And it’s Loss)

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

A family story with a dramatic plot, covering important historical events whose outcome loudly echoes in the New millennium. The destiny of Prof. Dimitаr Atanasoff– educated in the USA and a significant contributor to world science – and of his multinational family, devoted to the development of post-war Bulgaria, is a mirror for the destinies…

The View from the Plane

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

On the 24th of June, 1958 the philosopher and anti-nuclear activist Günther Anders was flying to Japan to take part in the Fourth World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs and for Disarmament. He recollected this experience in his book "The Man on the Bridge: Diary from Hiroshima and Nagasaki". Director Biography - Daniele Grosso Daniele…

The Puig soldier

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

The last known fatality of the Spanish Civil War in Torelló was a republican soldier. A boy between 25 and 30 years old who, after being shot by Franco's troops on the night of February 4, 1939, was found the next day lifeless in the area known as El Puig. Following the orders of the…

The Program

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

For decades, Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs have carefully cultivated an image of being misunderstood motorcycle enthusiasts who have been unfairly treated by police. The reality, however, could not be farther from what they want you to believe. Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs and their members have been at the center of many of Canada’s most violent and…

The Landing

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

"Lo Sbarco" follows a group of female students as memory explorers and researchers of peace messages. They immerse themselves in the city of Gela, Sicily, in search of the memory preserved in the fabric of the city regarding Operation Husky, the landing of the allied troops in Gela on 10 July 1943, during the Second…

The Girl From Salonika

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

The Girl From Salonika is the story of Mazaltov Behar, “Fofo”. A documentary about intergenerational trauma, survival and living. “I think I resisted because I had a happy childhood”. (“Creo que resistí porque tuve una infancia feliz”). THE GIRL FROM SALONIKA is the story of Mazaltov ‘Fofo’ Behar, a 17 year old Greek girl…

The German with the Photography Shop

films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History

"The german with the photography shop" tells the unknown story of the german photographer Leo Frischer who, fleeing Nazi persecution in his country for being jewish, found refuge in a small town on the island of Mallorca in Spain. Director Biography - Luis Pérez Bordoy Luis Pérez Bordoy is a Senior Technician in Audiovisual Production and…

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Where The Chimneys Rise

When we get home again

WE WALKED INTO A VANISHED TOWN. MARSEILLE 1943-2023

Voices from the Sit In

Urraca, cazador de rojos

UPROOTED (Reflections On Memory And it’s Loss)

The View from the Plane

The Puig soldier

The Program

The Landing

The Girl From Salonika

The German with the Photography Shop

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