Doc Alliance Selection

Doc Alliance Selection is the result of an international partnership including the Czech Republic (Jihlava), Denmark (Copenhagen), France (Marseille), Germany (Leipzig), Poland (Warsaw), Portugal (Lisbon) and Switzerland (Nyon). In each country, the project presents three selected films in order to showcase current trends in documentary film.

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A film essay about the obsession with maintaining visual memory using Polaroid works as a historical excursion, a how-to manual, and a philosophical contemplation. Accompanied by a hypnotic soundtrack, the film reveals the magic of instant photography using the compelling nostalgic aesthetic of the time before digital photography.

Instant Dreams

Willem Baptist

Netherlands / 2017 / 91 min.

section: Doc Alliance Selection

Central European Premiere

A sensitive portrait of 26-year-old Taelor examines the upper-class American mentality in the era of Donald Trump. Absurd property disputes and dysfunctional family relationships combine with alcoholism, drug addiction, and love of weapons to reflect the reality of the contemporary American south with a dash of brutal honesty.

Southern Belle

Nicola Peduzzi

France / 2017 / 84 min.

section: Doc Alliance Selection

East European Premiere

Through interviews and footage from theatre rehearsals, the film reflects on the origins of a theatre production by Croatian director Oliver Frljić about the murder of a twelve-year-old girl during the war in Yugoslavia.  What might seem like history is actually everyday reality for Croatian Serbs, filled with hatred and fear.

Srbenka

Nebojša Slijepčević

Croatia / 2018 / 72 min.

section: Doc Alliance Selection

Central European Premiere