Presented in collaboration with Doc Screen, this screening will be preceded by a short introduction and followed by a moderated short reflection on the film and our relationship to advertising, memory and nostalgia during transitional times, by Alexandra Maria Colta from Scottish Documentary Institute
Wheelchair accessible | In Romanian; with English subtitles
£11.50 (concession) / £13 (full price)
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Constructed entirely from Romanian TV adverts made after the fall of Ceaușescu, Radu Jude and philosopher Christian Ferencz-Flatz’s inventive found-footage film traces three decades of a society's embrace of the promises of capitalism. Divided into eight thematic chapters and an epilogue, Eight Postcards from Utopia moves at a dizzying pace through ads for everything from soft drinks and mobile phones to porn phone lines and privatisation schemes, revealing attitudes towards consumption, gender, work, and desire. By dissecting the language and imagery of advertising, it turns the glossy fantasy of consumer culture into a sharp, darkly comic portrait of Romania in transition.
Content notes: misogyny and sexualisation of women typical of the 90s and 2000s, mild nudity and sexual themes
Access notes: flashing and fast-moving images
Curated by Alexandra Maria Colta (Scottish Documentary Institute) and Dylan Beck