當代風景

七部風格殊異的精選作品，在各地影展激起迴響漣漪。在失序的年代，以影像銘刻記憶，團結共感，讓個人軌跡交疊為時代印記，呈現當代紀實影像的多元風景。

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Through the Graves the Wind Is Blowing

In present-day Split, detective Ivan Peric dodges a career in tourism only to chase the deaths it leaves behind. Assigned to a string of unwanted tourist murders, he encounters indifference, obstruction and public scorn. His futile investigation mirrors a society still marked by post-Yugoslav disillusion, where bureaucracy buries facts and justice ranks below resentment.

Every Document of Civilization

At a crossroads marking the edge of Buenos Aires, nightly routines unfold amid traffic, lights and passing crowds. The testimony of a mother whose son was killed by police ruptures this ordinary landscape, invoking shared visions of Jules Verne. This film is an excavation of memory and place where the state disappeared Luciano Arruga.

My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow

What begins as a portrait of Russian independent journalists under persecution becomes a record of exile after the country launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Filming in Moscow during the first week of war, the filmmaker captures a community resisting propaganda as outlets shut down.

Direct Action

After the cancellation of the Notre-Dame-des-Landes airport, the filmmakers immersed themselves in the ZAD community (Zone à Défendre, or 'Zone to Defend') between 2022 and 2023. Observing daily life, collective labour and resistance, the film traces how a local struggle grows into a wider ecological movement, culminating in renewed confrontation with the French state at Sainte-Soline.

Underground

A ghostly 'shadow' drifts across Okinawa, Sapporo and beyond, encountering fragmented war memories that transcend time and place. Guided by glimpses of images in a theatre, she moves through caves and underground passages, touches remnants left behind, listens to buried voices, and traces what once happened there.

Narrative

Commissioned by e-flux for the 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale, Narrative follows the filmmaker as she prepares a staged courtroom trial examining the Thai government's culpability in the 2010 Bangkok massacre of pro-democracy protesters. Blending witness testimony with research, the film meditates on truth, justice and the ongoing absence of official accountability.

Inle Echoes

After a devastating earthquake in Myanmar's Nyaung Shwe, lakeside communities confront loss and displacement. Through intimate observation, the film follows residents as they mourn, rebuild and remember. The lake becomes both witness and archive, reflecting resilience and grief after sudden rupture.

Contemporary Scenes

Distinct in style yet resonant across the festival circuit, these seven films respond to a world in turmoil by inscribing memory in images and forging connections grounded in solidarity. Personal trajectories intersect, leaving the imprints of their times. Together, they map the diverse terrains of contemporary documentary practice.