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Instant Dreams (2017)

Instant Dreams poster
Directed by
Willem Baptist
Genre
documentary film
Country
Netherlands
Runtime
1h 31m
Rated
AL
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows the people who are working to keep Polaroid film alive after the company stopped making it. It shows their efforts and the meaning they find in the instant photograph.

informativeobservationalnostalgicreflectivemethodicalquietcontemplative

What happens

Instant Dreams is a 2017 documentary directed by Dutch director Willem Baptist. It premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) 18 November 2017 where it screened at Tuschinski Amsterdam in the Dutch Documentary Competition and First Appearance Competition. On 14 December 2017 the film was theatrically released in the Netherlands and Belgium. Slamdance Film Festival hosted the American festival premiere on 21 January 2018 in Park City, Utah. April 2019 the film was theatrical released in the US and Canada, starting with select screenings in New York and Los Angeles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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