film & video: FP02 Speculative Archive

The film and video section consists of a series of screenings relating thematically to the motto of the festival. Works range from feature film programmes [FP] to a number of compilation programmes [CP] and special programmes [SP].

We will live to see these things, or, five pictures of what may come to pass

Julia Meltzer, David Thorne [us/sy]

‘We will live to see these things, or, five pictures of what may come to pass’ is a documentary video in five parts about competing visions of an uncertain future. Shot in 2005 in Damascus, Syria, each section of the piece offers a different perspective on what might come to pass in a place where people live between the competing forces of a repressive regime, a growing conservative Islamic movement, and intense pressure from the United States.

Not a Matter of If but When

Julia Meltzer, David Thorne [us/sy]

In cooperation with the performer Rami Farah, Julia Meltzer and David Thorne are broaching the issue of the socio-political situation in Syria.

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