Videograms of a Revolution / Videogramele unei revolutii (1992)
Director: Harun Farocki and Andrei Ujică
Running time: 106 min.

A film on the relationship between political power and the media in Europe in the End of Cold War Europe. Videograms of a Revolution chronicles the Romanian revolution of 1989 – including the fall, attempted flight and Christmas-day execution of President Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena. The documentary consists of found-footage, assembled and intercut to gradually reveal the course of history over the ten days of populist revolt. The film’s protagonist is contemporary history itself.

2004 – Austrian Film Archive: “Die Utopie Film” program – selection in “The Best 100 in Film History”