The 33rd round of Filmfest Dresden, one of the most important short film festivals in Germany, will run from 13 to 18 July 2021. In the four programmes designed for the MOVE TO CHANGE! FOCUS ON ACTIVISM section, the festival is attempting – on the basis of a wide spectrum of contributions and in cooperation with guest curators – “to reflect on pluralism, as indeed on the commonalities of political films, while posing the question of whether there is a globalised, activist cinematography.”
PATRIOTS DON’T DIE is being exhibited as part of the second programme of this section, called (DIS-)IDENTITY POLITICS. From the Black Lives Matter movement to the backlash of rightwing populism, the selected works from Argentina, Brazil, the United States and Germany purport to investigate how the relationship between film, politics and activism is being rebalanced in today’s mediatic-cultural field, what debate space the short film can open up and what social impact it can ultimately have.
João Pedro Prado during Q&A with curator Sven Pötting on 16th July at Schauburg Kino.