Remake

2025 • 116’ • USA

In Remake, filmmaker Ross McElwee turns his lens on the passage of time and the uneasy space between documenting life and understanding it. The film traces McElwee’s relationship with his son Adrian, and the fragile bond the camera created between them while Adrian was alive, and now that he’s gone. Drawing from decades of footage, some shot by Ross, some by Adrian, the film becomes a layered excavation of memory and image making.

Director:
Ross McElwee

Producers:
Mark Meatto, Ross McElwee

Filmed By:
Ross McElwee, Adrian McElwee

Edited By:
Ross McElwee, Joe Bini

Executive Producers:
Geralyn White Dreyfous, Jenny Raskin, Regina K. Skully, Brynn Kelly, Ian Darling, Adam & Melony Lewis, Mark Meatto, Ross McElwee

Festivals:
Venice Film Festival 2025
Docs Lisboa 2025
IDFA 2025
Stockholm International Film Festival 2025
MoMA Doc Fortnight 2026
True/False 2026
Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival 2026
Cinema du Réel 2026
This Is Not a Fiction, American Cinematheque 2026
Wisconsin Film Festival 2026
BAFICI - Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival
Full Frame Festival 2026
ZagrebDox 2026
IFF Boston 2026
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival 2026
Doc10 Chicago Documentary Film Festival 2026
International Film Festival Play-Doc 2026
Jeonju International Film Festival 2026
Doxa Film Fest 2026
Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival 2026
Documenta Madrid 2026
UnArchive Found Footage Fest 2026
San Francisco Documentary Film Festival 2026
SXSW London 2026
Sydney Film Festival 2026
Midnight Sun Film Festival 2026
Shanghai International Film Festival 2026
DocsIreland 2026: Maysles Brothers Award