Remake

Name: Remake
Start: 2026-05-29UTC18:30
Location: CINETECA. Sala Plató

Ross McElwee

United States of America

2025

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Synopsis

Throughout his filmography, Ross McElwee has explored various aspects of American society through his biographical connection to them. In Remake, the filmmaker takes the opposite approach: he discovers how his compulsion to film has affected his life (and that of those around him). The death of his son, the protagonist of many of his works, introduces an elegiac dimension that further intensifies the film: filming no longer guarantees preservation, but instead exposes the fragility of the experience one seeks to retain. (IC)

Festivals

2025 - Venice Film Festival - Golden Globes Impact Documentary Award
2025 - IDFA -
2026 - Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival -
2026 - Cinema du Réel -
2026 - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival -

Director biography

Ross McElwee

Ross McElwee is an American documentary filmmaker whose work blends autobiography, cultural observations, and humor. His breakthrough film “Sherman’s March” won the Sundance Grand Jury Prize. McElwee has made eleven feature-length documentaries, which have premiered at such festivals as Berlin, Cannes, and Venice three times. He has received numerous career honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Pennebaker Award. In 2005, MoMA presented a full retrospective of his work, later shown in Paris, Seoul, Quito, Madrid, and Moscow.

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