DocNomads film premieres in Rotterdam, Netherlands
2026-01-30
The documentary short STATUES ALSO DIE?, directed by Thaís Fernandes, a student from Brazil, will have its World Premiere in the Short and Mid-length section of the 55th International Film Festival Rotterdam held between 29 January and 8 February in the Netherlands.
STATUES ALSO DIE?
By Thaís Fernandes (Brazil) • 12' • 2026
The weight of history becomes light in the hands of children. A group of kids become an interviewing team in a Budapest park, a graveyard of enormous old communist statues. Their questions and observations awaken forgotten echoes, and through playful and clever editing, Brazilian filmmaker Thais Fernandes is able to capture in this limited space the magnitude of the country’s past and present.
Miquel Martí Freixas
In Rotterdam catalogue.