MEMORY
- 98 min
- France, Netherlands
- Documentary
- 15 years
- 3 Screenings
Memory is a deeply personal documentary in which director Vladlena Sandu returns to her lost childhood in the shadow of war in the 1990s. After her parents’ divorce, six-year-old Vladlena moves from Crimea to Grozny – soon to be engulfed by the war between Russia and Chechnya. Fear and violence become part of everyday life. Years later, now a filmmaker, she looks back on a childhood shaped by war – and on how trauma can be passed from one generation to the next.
Read moreSandu combines multiple artistic approaches to access her memories. She recreates her childhood through an imaginative toy theatre, staging the horrors of war with plastic dolls, accompanied by her calm, almost detached voice-over. The poetic images are rich in color and surreal tableaux, recalling filmmakers such as Andrei Tarkovsky and Sergei Parajanov, interspersed with surprising bursts of Europop and pop-cultural references.
Memory is not an easy film. Through a child’s perspective, it confronts the long-lasting consequences of war, layered with historical references and artistic allusions. In return, it offers a rare and honest view of war as experienced from within.
Screenings
| Tuesday 03. march 14.00 | 14.00 | Prinsen 2 |
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| Thursday 05. march 18.00 | 18.00 | Prinsen 3 |
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| Sunday 08. march 11.00 | 11.00 | Prinsen 7 |
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Information
| Original title | MEMORY | |
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| Director | Vladlena Sandu | |
| Year | 2025 | |
| Length | 98 min | |
| Country | France, Netherlands | |
| Language | russian | |
| Subtitles | engelish | |
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