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Moderation: Maya Reichert, DOK.education NELE IN DEN WOLKEN war einer der drei kurzen Dokumentarfilme unseres Filmbildungsprogramms DOK.education 2023. Im Interview mit der Filmemacherin erfahren wir Hintergründe und Wissenswertes zum Thema und zur Machart des Films.  NELE IN DEN WOLKEN Der Film für 7- bis 12-Jährige  Bernadette Hauke, DE 2022, 25 Min. Wer wünscht sich nicht, einmal die Wolken anf...

Moderation: Vera Drude LIGHT FALLS VERTICAL, DE, IT, NL, ES 2022, Efthymia Zymvragaki How deep can you look into a perpetrator’s soul? We meet Ernesto, a man who wants to face up to the violence that he inflicted on his family. The filmmaker not only examines the personality of this desperate man, she also draws on his memories, in order to find the key to her own painful ones. Two people: a perpe...

Moderation: Ysabel Fantou CHARLOTTE SALOMON, LIFE AND THE MAIDEN FR 2023, Delphine und Muriel Coulin  A self-portrait, the chronicle of a life, the suffering of an entire generation. Charlotte Salomon depicted her life story in more than 1300 pictures - from her childhood in 1930s Berlin, through the rise of National Socialism to her escape to France. The Coulin sisters draw a moving portrait of a...

Moderation: Eleonore Daniel WIR UND DAS TIER – EIN SCHLACHTHAUSMELODRAM, DE 2023, David Spaeth Many people have become completely disconnected with the process of killing in which meat production originates. What does it mean for the people whose job it is to slaughter? And what impact does it have on us to face up to it? There are no ready-made answers. That is what we learn from this intelligent...

Moderation: Silvia Bauer SEVEN WINTERS IN TEHRAN, FR, DE 2023, Steffi Niederzoll “I wish for the day when no girl is raped anymore. I wish for the day when the rights of the weak are not violated anymore.” Reyhaneh Jabbari killed in self-defence, stood up for her rights and was sentenced to death. She was 26 years old. The protagonist’s courage and absolute determination leave a deep impression. A...

Moderation: Malte Borgmann UMBERTO ECO – A LIBRARY OF THE WORLD, IT 2022, Davide Ferrario “Without a memory it’s impossible to build a future.” The writer and philosopher Umberto Eco opens the doors to his private library – a memory bank. With interviews and tracking shots through libraries, the film approaches the fascination for the collection and collation of knowledge. The portrait shows Eco a...

Moderation: Florian Schwarz MOTHERLAND, NO, SE, UA 2023 , Hanna Badziaka, Alexander Mihalkovich National service in Belarus lasts 18 months. Nikita gets called up and has one last party with his friends before he dons his uniform and starts his duties. Svetlana’s son Sascha returned from his barracks in a coffin covered with bruises and with strangulation marks on his neck. After the rigged electi...

Moderation: Elena Álvarez-Lutz LÁZARO AND THE SHARK. CUBA UNDER THE SURFACE, CU, US 2022, William Sabourin O'Reilly Once a year, the inhabitants of Santiago de Cuba pour into the streets for carnival. It is both the expression of joie de vivre and of subtle criticism – arrests are quite likely. Dance and rhythm unite Cuban identity. Without huge financial resources but instead great inventiven...

Moderation: Ina Borrmann GRETAS GEBURT, DE 2023, Katja Baumgarten Greta, a little girl, is stillborn. Four years later, her midwife is on trial for manslaughter. The charge is unusually severe. The court works meticulously. Perceptions and interpretations arise in the reconstruction of Greta’s birth, because social issues are also discussed at the same time as the case. A documentary narrative spa...

Moderation: Barbara Off AFRICA, I WILL FLEECE YOU, CM 1992, Jean-Marie Teno Filmmaker Jean-Marie Teno wanders the streets of Yaoundé with his companion Marie in search of Cameroonian culture. With snarky humour, Teno guides us through the complexities of colonialism and its consequences. Archive material, fictional elements and interviews combine to create a piece of film art that represents a new...

Moderation: Elena Álvarez-Lutz THE DECREE, TR 2023, Nejla Demirci  When a wave of dismissals follows the attempted coup in Turkey, Yasemin, a doctor, and Engin, a teacher, are among those who suddenly find themselves on the streets. They try in vain to get their jobs back or just to find out the reason they were fired. For President Erdoğan however it is clear: those affected are not real Turks bu...

Moderation: Malte Borgmann COWBOY POETS, UK, US 2022, Mike Day Cowboys and poetry? Every year in Nevada, these two seemingly incongruous things come together. The poets recount their unique way of life, their connection to nature and their identity. In their everyday lives they grapple with environmental threats and you can sense a political rift. Songs and poems glide over impressive images. A do...

Moderation: Barbara Off FREE MONEY, KE, US 2022, Lauren DeFilippo, Sam Soko “Nothing is for free. How can you give us money without wanting anything in return?” the inhabitants of a village in Kenya ask. The American NGO GiveDirectly will pay every villager 22 US dollars per month for 12 years. The universal basic income is funded by the likes of Google. An experiment on people that aims to combat...

Moderation: Pablo Bücheler IRON BUTTERFLIES, DE, UA 2023 – Director: Roman Liubyi Iron Butterflies, butterfly-shaped projectiles disintegrated and brought down the passenger plane MH17 over eastern Ukraine on 17 July 2014. All 298 people on board were killed. While the mills of the law took years to convict the perpetrators, a rock-solid web of lies had been erected around the downing of the plane...

Moderation: Silvia Bauer EREN, DE 2023, Maria Binder Lawyer and activist Eren Keskin has advocated for the rights of women, minorities and LGBTIQ in Turkey for over 30 years – not allowing herself to be deterred by the constant risk of being jailed. The director has followed Keskin over many years. Her film draws a portrait of a fearless women and her battle against oppression and violence.  Biogr...

Moderation: Eva Weinmann VAI CAVALO, BR, FR 2022, Harold Grenouilleau, Vincent Rimbaux The idyllic greenery of their surroundings is deceptive: Dirlinho and his cousin’s childhood is marked by deprivation and violence. They try to escape by working as jockeys. While the punters – mostly older men – bet on them, they gamble with their lives for a better future by riding doped horses. Always on the...

Moderation: Seggen Mikael MARGOT, PT 2022, Catarina Alves Costa A perspective on a perspective that seeks to document what has seemingly disappeared. On several occasions between 1958 and 1961, the anthropologist Margot Dias visited the Makonde in Mozambique to record their art and culture. The director rediscovers these recordings and travels to their place of origin. In Mozambique she shows the...

Moderation: Eva Weinmann SCAB VENDOR, BR 2022, Mariana Thome, Lucas De Barros Jonathan Shaw’s life could have been written by Charles Bukowski. Between Brasil, New York and L.A., drug addiction and art, surrounded by stars and his famous clients and friends – Johnny Depp, Jim Jarmusch and Iggy Pop – the tattoo artist is constantly finding new ways to manifest himself: he is an illustrator, dropout...

Moderation: Ysabel Fantou PIANOFORTE, DE, PL 2023, Jakub Piątek Steinway or Kawai? The choice of grand piano is just one of many critical decisions that those taking part in the international Chopin competition must make. Every five years, the most promising upcoming pianists compete here. Talent alone is not enough. We closely follow six competitors who have to demonstrate their self-discipline a...

Moderation: Moritz Holfelder FLOATING ISLANDS, DE, CH 2023, Simone Fürbringer, Nicolas Humbert “We are what we see and what we don’t see.” How did we get to where we are now? What is lurking in this cinematic dragnet of film fragments and somnambulistic snippets of the present day? “The images help us to accept reality like a spoon helps us to eat,” this extravagant stream of consciousness tells u...

Moderation: Christina Wolf BLIX NOT BOMBS The 21st century is marked by wars, the climate crisis and political extremes. If we understood what went wrong in the past, could we learn from our mistakes? The director poses this question to herself and to Hans Blix, the former UN weapons inspector and an important player in the political crises of recent decades. A fascinating look at 60 years of worl...

Moderation: Christina Wolf BLUE ID, TR 2022 – Director: Burcu Melekoğlu, Vuslat Karan During his gender reassignment, Rüzgar, an actor, was publicly outed and vilified by the transphobic Turkish tabloid press. With a strong will and steady support, he fights for the recognition of his identity within the dominant conservative blue/pink framework. In lively Istanbul, Burcu Melekoğlu accompanies him...

Moderation: Eva Bauriedl ART TALENT SHOW, CZ 2022, Adela Komrzy What do young artists need to shape the world of tomorrow? Is it enough to just be talented or does art go beyond that? The Academy of Fine Arts in Prague offers an invitation to an entrance examination: portfolios and candidates are inspected, artistic aspirations are discussed as well as gender issues and life plans. Intimate and mu...

ALONE, IR 2022, Jafar Najafi Since Amir’s father died some years ago, the 14-year-old has been responsible for his younger sisters. Against resistance from the village, he tries to save his sisters from being married off. The film shows how global changes in society reach all the way to the rural areas of Iran.  Dayela Valenzuela   Biography The Iranian filmmaker began in cinema as a sound assista...

ADIEU SAUVAGE, BE 2023, Sergio Guataquira Sarmiento Colombia, Amazon: the Cácuas are supposedly incapable of love, because they don’t have any words for such a feeling. At the same time, there is an increasing number of suicides within their community committed by young men suffering from a broken heart. The filmmaker, himself a descendent of indigenous people, wants to get to the bottom of this p...