Part of Film Diary 4: I have seen the death parade march through the torso of earth

Roberto Baggio
Henrique Cartaxo, Brazil, 6 Min
A filmmaker investigates his childhood memory of Brazil’s 1994 World Cup win, reflecting on capitalism and pop culture.

Bosnian War Movie
Marko Lončarević, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 13 Min
After more than 20 years of not acting, a former child actor ventures deep into the forest in the middle of the night with the power of his faith and body to try to overcome collective war trauma and finally feel fearless.

alienation in the time of eschatology
machine yearning, Lebanon, 8 Min
The world has been ending for a few years now. This eschatological mindset points to an all time increase in alienation, for revelation serves to fill the symbolic gap between the ideal and the perceived. The subject counteracts this sense of fragmentation by constructing a divine image of a future where the real, the flawed and evil have no trace.

To Be Eighteen (The War)
Romane Pilote Lamontagne, Canada, 9 Min
A cinematic essay intertwining imagery from the filmmaker’s daily life with the memories of an 18-year-old Ukrainian who lived in Montreal for a few months.

Closure
Zulfikar Filandra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 13 Min
There are only 2 types of societies: those in which war is visible and those in which it’s invisible. The only way to really hate war is to go through it.

QIRIM
Kateryna Khramtsova, Czech Republic / Ukraine, 9 Min
Antonina Romanova and her partner join the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Before the full scale invasion, she lived a life as a director and actress.

About the Pain of Others
Utku D. Andiç, Turkey, 8 Min
A personal essay on the destructive nature of war and the traces left behind by militarism and mandatory military service. Past and present traumas reverberate within the wounds of the system.

JUNIOR TU PAPÁ
Daniel Díaz, USA / Colombia, 16 Min
In this ode to fútbol and Colombia’s Caribbean region, Daniel—a Colombian-British filmmaker—recalls his first memory of the sport he loves:
the 1993 championship final between Junior de Barranquilla and América de Cali that he watched on a VHS tape with his father in London.