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Edinburgh International Film Festival 2008

The EIFF state: "Daring experiments in film form, from the innovators of the visual art world".

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The Juche Idea The Juche Idea
The Juche Idea and Eat, For This Is My Body
Black Box Shorts (Year: 2008; Director: See individual reviews)
Experimental short film showcase.
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Eat, For This Is My Body (Mange, Ceci Est Mon Corps) (Country: France, Haiti; Year: 2007; Director: Michelange Quay; Writer: Michelange Quay; Stars: Sylvie Testud, Catherine Samie, Jean Noël Pierre, Hans Dacost Saint-Val)
Avant garde 'documentary' loosely exploring the colonialist history of Haiti.
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UK Premiere
The Juche Idea (Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Jim Finn)
Deconstruction of the North Korean official state ideology.
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UK Premiere
Seven Intellectuals In Bamboo Forest, Parts 1 To 5 (Country: USA; Year: 2008; Director: Yang Fudong)
A rare screening of the artist's celebrated series, based on the history of seven intellectuals in the ancient Chinese Wei and Jin Dynasties.
UK Premiere
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