29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Beyond Zero 1914–1918

Beyond Zero 1914–1918

Bill Morrison / United States / 2014 / Central European Premiere / 40 min.


synopsis

Unique archival footage from the First World War showing hordes of people involved in one of the greatest tragedies in history fatefully resonates to the tones of dramatic music performed by the Kronos Quarter. The disintegrating materials emanate impressions of shattered fates.

“We see a record of a war as a series of documents passed along to us like a message in a bottle. None is more powerful than the record of the film itself, made visible by its own deterioration.“ Bill Morrison

more about film

director: Bill Morrison
producer: Janet Cowperthwaite, Bill Morrison

contact

Hypnotic Pictures / Bill Morrison / info@billmorrisonfilm.com

Film at festival

premiere type:Central European Premiere
festival edition:2016
section:Translucent Being: Bill Morrison
format:Video File
colour:Colour and B&W

Info

director:Bill Morrison
original title:Beyond Zero: 1914–1918
country:United States
year:2014
running time:40 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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