London Film Festival 2022

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100 Ways To Cross The Border (Country: US, Mexico; Year: 2022; Director: Amber Bay Bemak; Writer: Amber Bay Bemak, Guillermo Gómez-Peña)
The documentarians attempt to queer all sorts of borders – not only territorial, but also those relating to race, gender, sexuality and even filmmaking.
Becoming Plant (Country: UK, Denmark, Norway; Year: 2022; Director: Grace Ndiritu)
Choreographed dance on a dimilitarised industrial site.
The Blue Rose Of Forgetfulness (Country: US; Year: 2021; Director: Lewis Klahr)
Fragments of comics are used to create a narrative of unfulfilled romantic longing.
Herbaria (Country: Argentina; Year: 2022; Director: Leandro Listorti; Writer: Leandro Listorti; Stars: Claudio Caldini, Lucía Ciruelos, Narcisa Hirsch, Gabriela Klier, Julia Wallmüller)
Brings together fragile plant specimens and celluloid film.
The United States Of America (Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: James Benning; Writer: James Benning)
Every state gets its own representative shot, in alphabetical order – from Alabama to Wyoming. A portrait of the USA in 52 scenes.
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