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 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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

"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 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" 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…

A couple (Kurds of Iraqi Kurdistan) have decided to cross the border because of the war in their land. The woman is pregnant. They have difficult and impassable roads ahead of them. Director - HAMIDREZA ARJOMANDI HAMIDREZA ARJOMANDI Director, Producer Saman Hosseinpuor Writer Ako Zandkarimi Writer

In 1928, the Bulgarian Mara Buneva attacks the Serbian prosecutor Prelic and thus added her name to the line of women terrorists who killed for their cause. Her fate is an occasion to reflect on the psychology and motives of female terrorists. Director Biography - Ralitza Dimitrova Born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Studied in VGIK; diploma…