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The Recce

The Recce
The Recce

Synopsis

Drawing on a location test filmed in Uganda and an email exchange with the scout, this short film captures cinema’s ties to land and its entanglement with colonial imaginaries, binding the fiction of filmmaking with state-building.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2026 - Forum Expanded - World premiere

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 min
Director
Daniel Mann

Genre

Experimental

Categories

Artist Project and Video / Experimental Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Daniel Mann

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