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Held on Sat, Sep 20, 2014, 5:00 p.m.

Introduced by Nicolas Polet, Flanders House

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1

The latter three short films on the program (Peace, Death of a Shadow, and Tunnelrat) were made by filmmakers in Flanders, Belgium (where, amazingly, five major battles were fought), and commemorate the centenary in different ways.

Forgotten Treasure

USA. Directed by Sammy Lee. This MGM film showing footage from the 1910 funeral of British King Edward VII features the major royal players in the forthcoming war, including Austrian Archduke Ferdinand, whose assassination started things in motion. 10 min.

Peace

Belgium. Twelve one-minute animations made by 12 different filmmakers. 12 min.

DOON VAN EEN SCHADUW (Death of a Shadow)

Belgium. Directed by Tom Van Avermaet. A haunting and experimental Oscar-nominated film. In Dutch, French; English subtitles. 20 min.

Tunnelrat

Belgium. Directed by Raf Reyntjens. A portrait of the gruesomeness and grotesquerie of trench warfare. In English, German; English subtitles. 20 min.

Maudite Soit la Guerre

Belgium. Directed by Alfred Machin. This short feature that anticipated the Great War is presented in a stunning tinted restoration by the Cinematheque Royale, Brussels. Approx. 50 min.

Program approx. 120 min.

Silent, with English intertitles and musical accompaniment

This film accompanies The Great War: A Cinematic Legacy.

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