Tag: International Forum
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… They Only Take Away the Criminals
LAND: Deutschland JAHR: 2019 LÄNGE: 7 min REGIE: Hamze Bytyci SPRACHE(N): Deutsch UNTERTITEL: Englisch
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5 Seasons of Revolution
LAND: Deutschland, Syrien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Katar JAHR: 2023 LÄNGE: 95 min REGIE: Lina SPRACHE(N): Arabisch UNTERTITEL: Englisch
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Souad
Souad Souad DIRECTED BY: Ayten Amin COUNTRY: Egypt, Tunisia, Germany YEAR: 2021 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): Arabic SUBTITLES: English, German RUNNING TIME: 96 min SECTION: International Forum 2021 SCREENINGS SYNOPSISZagazig, a small city on the Nile Delta in Egypt. Today. Souad, 19-year-old young woman, leads a double life. While remaining conservative and veiled among her family and…
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Kurzfilmprogramm 2021
German (Hi)stories: Short fillm programme SECTION: Internationales Forum 2021 Appropriation Takes You on a Weird RideAppropriation Takes You on a Weird Ride DE 2020, 20 min, Language: German, Subtitles: English, Directed by: Maroan el Sani, Nina Fischer Hotel AstoriaHotel Astoria DE 2020, 28 min, Language: German, Subtitles: English, Directed by: Alina Cyranek, Falk Schuster FatherlandZahlvaterschaft DE 2021,…
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Internationales Forum 2021
← back to programme overview International Forum 2021 DecameronDecameron HK 2021, 107 min, language(s): Cantonese, subtitles: English, directed by: Rita Hui Nga Shu Delphine’s PrayersLes Prières de Delphine, Les BE, CM 2021, 91 min, language(s): French, Pidgin, subtitles: English, directed by: Rosine Mbakam Eyimofe – This Is My DesireEyimofe – This Is My Desire NG 2019, 116…
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Zahlvaterschaft
Fatherland Zahlvaterschaft DIRECTED BY: Moritz Siebert COUNTRY: Germany YEAR: 2021 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): German SUBTITLES: English RUNNING TIME: 22 min SECTION: International Forum 2021 SCREENINGS SYNOPSISGerson Liebl, grandson of a German colonial official from Togo, has been fighting to obtain German citizenship for the last 30 years. As a last resort, he decides to go on…
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Words of Bandits
Words of Bandits Paroles de bandits DIRECTED BY: Jean Boiron Lajous COUNTRY: France YEAR: 2019 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): Arabic, English, French, Tigrinya SUBTITLES: English, German RUNNING TIME: 90 min SECTION: International Forum 2021, Open Eyes 2021 SCREENINGS SYNOPSISWithout solidarity, hope would long since have died. The borders in the Italian-French Roya valley have been closed since…
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Die Wölfe
The Wolves Los Lobos DIRECTED BY: Samuel Kishi Leopo COUNTRY: Mexico YEAR: 2019 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): Spanish, English, Cantonese SUBTITLES: German live voice over RUNNING TIME: 95 min SECTION: International Forum 2021, Open Eyes 2021 SCREENINGS SYNOPSISEight year old Max and his younger brother Leo don’t have much, but they have each other and their mother…
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Die Wächterin
The Guardian Die Wächterin DIRECTED BY: Martina Priessner COUNTRY: Germany YEAR: 2020 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): Kurdish, Turkish, Turoyo SUBTITLES: English, German RUNNING TIME: 87 min SECTION: International Forum 2021 SCREENINGS SYNOPSISFor 18 years, the Syrian Orthodox nun Dayrayto lives on the grounds of a church in Zaz, a dilapidated and abandoned Assyrian village in southeastern Turkey.…
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Valley of Souls
Valley of Souls Tantas almas DIRECTED BY: Nicólas Rincón Gille COUNTRY: Colombia, Belgium YEAR: 2019 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): Spanish SUBTITLES: English, German RUNNING TIME: 137 min SECTION: International Forum 2021 SCREENINGS SYNOPSIS In 2002, after a night spent avoiding the dangers of Colombia’s ongoing unrest, José arrives home to dreadful news: “They took them away”, he…
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Radiograph of a Family
Radiograph of a Family Radiograph of a Family DIRECTED BY: Firouzeh Khosrovani COUNTRY: Norway, Iran, Switzerland YEAR: 2020 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): Farsi, French SUBTITLES: English, German RUNNING TIME: 82 min SECTION: International Forum 2021 SCREENINGS SYNOPSISMy mother married my father ́s photograph in Tehran. He was studying radiology in Switzerland, and for mother to come and…
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The Other Side of the River
The Other Side of the River The Other Side of the River DIRECTED BY: Antonia Kilian COUNTRY: Germany, Finland YEAR: 2021 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): Arabic, German, Kurdish SUBTITLES: English, German RUNNING TIME: 92 min SECTION: International Forum 2021 SCREENINGS SYNOPSISIn order to avoid a forced marriage, 19-year-old Hala finds shelter across the Euphrates, at the Kurdish…
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Notturno
Notturno Notturno DIRECTED BY: Gianfranco Rosi COUNTRY: Italy, France, Germany YEAR: 2020 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): Arabic, Kurdish SUBTITLES: English RUNNING TIME: 100 min SECTION: International Forum 2021 SCREENINGS SYNOPSISFilmed over three years on the borders between Iraq, Kurdistan, Syria and Lebanon, NOTTURNO captures the everyday life that lies behind the continuing tragedy of civil wars, ferocious…
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Nothing but the Sun
Nothing but the Sun Apenas el sol DIRECTED BY: Arami Ullón COUNTRY: Switzerland, Paraguay YEAR: 2020 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): Ayoreo, Spanish SUBTITLES: English RUNNING TIME: 74 min SECTION: International Forum 2021 SCREENINGS SYNOPSIS Facing the consequences of a violent uprooting, Mateo Sobode Chiqueno has been recording stories, songs, and testimonies of his Ayoreo people since the…
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Mother-Child
Mother-Child Niña Mamá DIRECTED BY: Andrea Testa COUNTRY: Argentina YEAR: 2019 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): Spanish SUBTITLES: English RUNNING TIME: 66 min SEECTION: International Forum 2021 SCREENINGS SYNOPSISIn Argentina, every three hours a girl under the age of 15 is forced to give birth. While activists work toward the legalization of safe and free abortion, many young…
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Non Western
Non Western Non Western DIRECTED BY: Laura Plancarte COUNTRY: Mexico, United Kingdom, United States YEAR: 2020 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): English SUBTITLES: German RUNNING TIME: 93 min SECTION: International Forum 2021 SCREENINGS SYNOPSISSeated in their car, a man and a woman talk about gender roles among the Cheyenne people. He’s Cheyenne, but she is not. It’s a…
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Just a Movement
Just a Movement Juste un mouvement DIRECTED BY: Vincent Meessen COUNTRY: Belgium, France YEAR: 2021 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): French, Mandarin Chinese, Wolof SUBTITLES: English RUNNING TIME: 110 min SECTION: International Forum 202 SCREENINGS SYNOPSIS«Omar is dead!», a voice cried out in Dakar, 11 May 1973. The eldest of the Blondin Diop family, a young militant philosopher,…
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In the Name of Scheherazade
In the Name of Scheherazade or the First Beergarden in Tehran In the Name of Scheherazade or the First Beergarden in Tehran DIRECTED BY: Narges Kalhor COUNTRY: Iran, Germany YEAR: 2019 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): English, German, Persian SUBTITLES: RUNNING TIME: 75 min SECTION: IInternational Forum 202 SCREENINGS SYNOPSISForget everything you think you know about storytelling! And…
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Hotel Astoria
Hotel Astoria Hotel Astoria DIRECTED BY: Alina Cyranek, Falk Schuster COUNTRY: Germany YEAR: 2020 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): German SUBTITLES:RUNNING TIME: 28 min SECTION: International Forum 2021 SCREENINGS SYNOPSIS Leipzig, 1996. The receptionist shows the White Suite at the Hotel Astoria. She says she still has hope that a guardian angel will save the Astoria. But…
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Her Socialist Smile
Her Socialist Smile Her Socialist Smile DIRECTED BY: John Gianvito COUNTRY: United States YEAR: 2020 SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): English SUBTITLES: German RUNNING TIME: 93 min SECTION: International Forum 202 SCREENINGS SYNOPSISAn experimental documentary essay on the political imagination of iconic humanitarian, author, and advocate for the blind Helen Keller. World famous by the age of 8…
