Memory Movies

University student Anna and her boyfriend Tomek use a precious photograph to trace and unveil the complex wartime and post-war past of their parents.

A mother’s letter to her distant daughter unfolds through quiet, intimate visuals, exploring memory, separation, and the strength of maternal...

Seven-year-old Aya is forced into an unexpected quest to survive, after everyone at her primary school believes she is haunted by jinn.

Renee wakes up one morning in the middle of the desert with blood on her hands. She cannot remember why she is there, how she got there or with whom...

A sci-fi family drama is set in two time frames: the deep future, that is left with no future, and the near future, that will bring about the...

An old man with dementia tries to remember pieces of his life regarding his wife.

Filmmaker Evan W. Gerdes shoots his family's land in Groesbeck, Texas from sunrise to sunset, using long, uninterrupted takes with natural ambience...

Returning to his hometown one last time, a wayward love rat reignites friendships and reopens old wounds in one self-destructive weekend.

An old woman attends classes of digital photography and editing. It is not a late hobby, but a project undertaken with a clear aim in mind. Ragnhild...

A dash of youth, a pinch of age, and an unrecorded recipe: Mudder's Hands is a charming documentary conversation about arthritis, centered around the...

Maya finds an old love letter that describes places in her city—places that have vanished or changed beyond recognition. She walks through...

A documentary film that follows the lives of first-generation retired immigrants living in Finland.

Lost Mind is an experimental short film, written and directed by Lucas Donnat, that explores the perception of time and memory through the staging of...

Fritz Davis volunteers for a mysterious memory study. Once he begins to question the knowledge that this organization has, he's removed and the...

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...

A wordless 16mm experimental short film exploring the human relationship to nature, labor, and the evolution of machinery.

The now grown up Leoš remembers his childhood in communist Czechoslovakia of the 1970ies, his escape to Austria and first impressions in this...