Movies: Memory

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Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep is a hypnotic and oneiric cinematic poem composed from footage Michael Higgins shot on the road across Alberta and BC, Canada. Photographed on Super 8mm and using hand-processed film techniques to create an unwor...

An experimental documentary engaging with decades of DIY activist media, two death bed/legacy videos, and the wisdom of many living AIDS workers, as we all sit together in one (changing) format, video—VHS, hi-8, digital, Zoom—to address these and oth...

In 'Give Time its Due,' Beatriz seeks solace in therapy for her loneliness and pain after a loss. In this journey of self-acceptance and healing, she discovers the power of expression and human connection....

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A moving personal documentary about Danny, a friend of Kybartas who died of an AIDS-related illness in 1986. This powerful work explores the reason for Danny’s return home and his attempts to reconcile his relationship with his family members who had...

After the death of her father, Alexis is left with unresolved anger and grief. As she reflects on her childhood and the painful memories that shaped her, she begins to see her father’s struggles in a new light, even if it’s too late to tell him....

An ode to the canopy, Ingrain is an attempt to capture one family's recollections of their home through their fading connections with the trees surrounding it....

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A recollection of moments between a kid and his granduncle that leads to a personal exploration....

In 1963, Rosans, a village in the Hautes-Alpes region depopulated by the rural exodus, welcomed Harkis (military soldiers) forced to leave Algeria for supporting France during the Algerian War. Around thirty families settled in a camp below Rosans. N...

Upon moving into a new apartment, a young woman finds herself surrounded by strange events. Curious about the reasons behind the occurrences, the young woman is sucked into memories and daydreams, remembrances and forgetfulness, places and non-places...

Real memories get confused with invented ones, while the movie's director investigates his parent's past in a work that wanders between fiction and documentary....

The living and the dead speak of the life of a three-year-old boy....

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My grand father Wilhelm was a former Wehrmacht soldier. I have been filming him since my adolescence. After his death, I opened a box with memories from WWII he never showed anyone. Did I ever question him on his past? I can’t remember…...

Many memories, some uncertainties, four young people and a soccer tournament....