Author’s Documentaries

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  Condition

  Germany | 2012 | 74min

  CONDITION (DIE LAGE) is the third in the series of documentaries by Thomas Heise dealing with everyday life in Germany, after DAS HAUS (1984) and VOLKSPOLIZEI (1985). Take a peek behind the cordon. Read More

   
   
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  ¡Vivan las Antipodas!

  Germany / Netherlands / Argentina / Chile | 2011 | 104min

  Haven’t we all wondered at some point what was happening just at this moment beneath our very feet at the other side of the planet? Read More

   
   
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  Bad Weather

  Germany / UK | 2011 | 82min

  The film by Giovanni Giommi tells the story of a community of female sex workers living on Banishanta Island and their struggle to survive at the frontline of climate change. Read More

   

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  Grandma's Tattoos

  Sweden | 2011 | 58min

  A riveting film by Suzanne Khardalian about the forgotten women of Armenian genocide. Read More

   
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  My America

  Australia / Hungary | 2011 | 52/87min

  A personal search for the American dream. Read More

   
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  Under Snow

  Germany | 2011 | 103min

  In a poetic way Ulrike Ottinger leads us into the reality of the snow landscape in the Japanese region Echigo, where the locals live with and under the heavy snow fall half of the year. Read More

   

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  Forever Yours

  Finland | 2011 | 58/77min

  FOREVER YOURS is a film about children who have been taken into custody and how the loss of biological parents is reflected to the child’s everyday life. Read More

   
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  Arranged Happiness

  Germany / India / USA | 2010 | 57/87min

  Set in the politically-charged region of India’s Kashmir Valley, the intimate portrayal of one Muslim Kashmiri family’s search for a groom for their daughter provides a compelling counter-weight to a largely misunderstood perception of Islam in the West. Read More

   
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  Solar System

  Germany | 2011 | 100min

  SOLAR SYSTEM tells the story of the day-to-day disappearance of an indigenous group. Dies irae. Read More