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The programme brings together films that turn state-made images of surveillance, protest and repression into reflections on trauma, disillusionment and propaganda.

The directors use cinema as a form of poetic resistance.

  • IDFA sections: Signed, Best of Fests

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When does Shorts: Restless Images start and end?

Shorts: Restless Images runs Friday, 13 November 2026, 17:45 until 19:32.

Where is Shorts: Restless Images?

Shorts: Restless Images takes place at Pathé Tuschinski, Reguliersbreestraat 26, Amsterdam.

What are the films about?

The films reflect on surveillance, protest, repression, trauma, disillusionment and the propaganda machine.

The directors use cinema as a form of poetic resistance.

Which IDFA sections are they in?

The programme is part of IDFA sections Signed and Best of Fests.

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Pathé Tuschinski, Reguliersbreestraat 26, 1017 CN Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NL

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