SCREENINGS "A RIFLE AND A BAG" SPRING AND SUMMER 2020

After world premiering at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in Netherlands and receiving the Special Mention of the Jury in the Bright Future Competition, “A Rifle and a Bag” has been invited to screen at other international film festivals around the world.

This article keeps track of the festival circuit for “A Rifle and a Bag” during the 2020 spring and summer, when many film festivals had to reinvent themselves as online or hybrid events. Although NoCut Film Collective could not accompany the film in this journey, we are truly grateful the film could reach so many audiences across the world.

22 January - 2 February 2020 at International Film Festival Rotterdam (Netherlands) - “A Rifle and a Bag” had it’s world premiere on 27th of January, followed by two other screenings (in-person, before the pandemic hit us) on 28 January and 30 January 2020: https://iffr.com/en/2020/films/a-rifle-and-a-bag

11 - 26 March 2020 at First Look 2020, Museum of the Moving Image (New York City, United States of America) (postponed)

The screening was scheduled on 15th of March 2020, but was unfortunately cancelled due to the pandemic. http://www.movingimage.us/visit/calendar/2020/03/15/detail/a-rifle-and-a-bag

17 April - 2nd May 2020 at Visions du Réel 2020 (Nyon, Switzerland)

The film is streamed free of charged online between 24 April - 7 May 2020 on the festival’s website and on Tenk: https://www.visionsdureel.ch/en/2020/film/a-rifle-and-a-bag

19 - 28 May 2020 at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (Greece)

“A Rifle and a Bag” can be watched online in Greece during the entire period of the festival: https://www.filmfestival.gr/en/section-tdf/movie/13030

21 - 30 August 2020 at One World Romania Film Festival (Bucharest, Romania)

The film is screened physically for the first time since IFFR in the beautiful courtyard of the Muzeul Țăranului Român (The Romanian Peasant Museum) on 24th of August: https://festival-oneworld.ro/l/ro/a-rifle-and-a-bag-597/

10-20 September 2020 at Durban International Film Festival (South Africa)

“A Rifle and a Bag” is streamed online in South Africa during the entire festival period: https://ccadiff.ukzn.ac.za/a-rifle-and-a-bag/

Article by NoCut Film Collective