Newsreel 63 tries to position and understand a particular image - a shred of video taken with a mobile phone on the once famous Belgrade-Ljubljana rail route, where refugees now travel not in couchettes, but between the train's wheels. ...See moreNewsreel 63 tries to position and understand a particular image - a shred of video taken with a mobile phone on the once famous Belgrade-Ljubljana rail route, where refugees now travel not in couchettes, but between the train's wheels. Newsreel 63 drifts into a visual investigation of railways and explores their historical, social, and political narrative. In her conception of the newsreel, Autor refers to traditional forms of the genre and employs various layers of content, connecting them through essayistic narration and visual elements. What makes Newsreel 63 unique is the way it straddles the line between the traditional informative, committed anti-newsreel form and a more textually-driven and experimental cinema, guiding the viewers through the story while leaving them to fill in the blanks with their own thoughts and reflections. Written by
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
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