RIDM - Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal
Director: Thomas Heise, 2019,
Germany/Austria, 218 min.
Documentary
German with English subtitles.
The film is part of the international feature competition at documentary film festival
RIDM - Rencontres Internationales Du Documentaire de Montréal.
On-screen, shots of contemporary Germany are intercut with a few archival images. Meanwhile, the filmmaker’s voice reads personal letters by members of his family, spanning more than a century. From world wars to the Shoah to the migrant crisis, the reality of divided Germany and its complicated reunification, Thomas Heise examines his country’s past as a way to understand its present. Private lives and socio-political upheavals become the essential links in an essay of uncommon scope, situating individual lives within the ideological movements of their time. A critical reflection on the resurgence of identity-driven nationalist movements, Heimat is personal and political in equal measure.
Second screening: 23.11.2019 at 1:00pm at Cinéma du Parc.
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM) is one of North America’s leading documentary film festivals. Each year, the RIDM presents more than 150 Canadian and international documentaries. Its industry event, Forum RIDM, is Quebec’s only documentary forum.
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Original version with English subtitles
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November 20, 2019 - 3:15pm, Cinéma du Parc
Searching Eva
Director: Pia Hellenthal, 2019, Germany
84 min., Documentary
Original version with english subtitles
November 20, 2019 - 8:30pm, Cinémathèque Québécoise
November 24, 2019 - 6:15pm, Cinéma du Parc
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