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When Our Memories Burn - The Aftermath of Rio’s Museum Fire

In 2018 Latin America’s largest collection of natural and scientific history, the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, burned to the ground in a what is now known to have been a wholly preventable fire. Director Marta Miskaryan became fascinated by this tragedy which has had a traumatic effect on the people of Rio, not only wiping the building from the map, but also taking with it generations of emotional attachment and fond memories.

Rams

“Less but better”. Dieter Rams, the most influential designer alive to day, has an important message for our consumption-fuelled lives. This film looks back at his timeless pieces of work with Braun in the 50s and 60s.