Author’s Documentaries

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  The Other Jerusalem

  Sweden, Finland, Norway | 2017 | 58min

  PeÅ Holmquist and Suzanne Khardalian portray the daily struggle of those moving into and those fighting to stay in East Jerusalem, 50 years after the Israeli occupation. Read More

   
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  Little Yellow Boots

  Finland, Germany | 2017 | 95min

  Filmmaker John Webster sets out on a road-trip with his imaginary great granddaughter in an attempt to understand the moral and behavioural choices that make tackling climate change so difficult. Read More

   
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  Rodnye (Close Relations)

  Latvia, Germany, Estonia, Ukraine | 2016 | 60/90/112min

  Vitaly Mansky crisscrosses Ukraine to explore Ukrainian society after the Maidan Revolution as mirrored within his own large Ukrainian family. Not only they live scattered all across the country, but also represent opposite sides of the recent Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Read More

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  Gogita’s New Life

  Georgia, Croatia, Russia, Ukraine | 2016 | 71min

  A tragicomic tale of a simple man and woman looking for love in a world that’s placing high demands on them, a tender and humorous glimpse into the life of a Georgian man. Read More
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  Off the Tracks

  Germany | 2016 | 85min

  Workers from the nearby slaughterhouse, the unemployed, the local taxi driver, retirees, a single mom.... meet the locals, their shared reflections on their lives, their frustrations and hopes at Boizenburg's pub kiosk, portrayed by Dieter Schumann. Read More

   
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  Prison Sisters

  Sweden | 2016 | 58/90min

  Two young women after being released from prison in Afghanistan: risking her life Sara escapes to Sweden to find a brighter future, while Najibeh is forced to stay in the Taliban nest. Read More

   

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  John Berger or The Art of Looking

  Germany | 2016 | 55min

  An intimate portrait of the writer and art-critic who’s groundbreaking insights on seeing have shaped us for already five decades. Read More
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  Cabbage, Potatoes and other Demons

  Romania, Germany | 2016 | 60min

  1 village, 1.000 tractors, 100.000 tons of cabbages & potatoes each year - which are hardly sold and eventually destroyed. Is there any way out? Read More
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  Mother’s Joy

  Germany | 2016 | 40min

  A short film by Chris Wright and Stefan Kolbe about the possibility of love in a world where love is seldom seen. Read More