Human Interest/Society

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  Return of the Atom

  Finland, Germany | 2015 | /110min

  The film by Mika Taanila and Jussi Eerola portrays the strange and stressful life in a small "nuclear town" in Finland during an era of nuclear renaissance. Read More

   
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  The Successor

  Italy | 2015 | 52min

  An ex-producer of landmines undertakes a journey from Italy to Bosnia-Herzegovina where he is able to face the ghosts of his past. Read More

   
   
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  The Longest Run

  Greece | 2015 | 55/74min

  THE LONGEST RUN by Marianna Economou tells the story of Yasim and Alsaleh. They are underage refugees in a Greek prison, accused of having been human traffickers. Read More

   

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  Every 28 Days

  Germany | 2015 | 52/89min

  A radically personal documentary by Ina Borrmann about the filmmaker´s attempts to become pregnant in her late thirties. Read More

   
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  Beyond the Snowstorm

  Germany | 2016 | 92min

  Following long and intense conversations with his grandfather, who used to be stationed in the Ukraine as soldier of the Wehrmacht, director Levin Peter travels there, looking to trace what he has heard. Read More

   
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  Steam on the River

  Czech Republic, Slovakia | 2015 | 83min

  A film by Filip Remunda and Robert Kirchhoff about the transience of fame which is fleeting, just like the steam that silently appears and disappears over a flowing river. Read More

   
   

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  Catching Haider

  Austria, Germany | 2015 | 91min

  How can it be that, despite the corruption scandals he has been associated with, Austrian right wing populist Joerg Haider is portrayed as a hero after his accidental death? Read More

   
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  Possessed by Djinn

  Germany, Jordan | 2015 | 52/75min

  The belief in demons, or “djinn”, is a little-known aspect of Islamic culture. In a subjective investigation of this controversial topic the film by Dalia Al Kury follows the true story of Aya, a four-year-old Jordanian girl killed by her father who believed her to be possessed. Read More

   
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  The Perfect Circle

  Italy, Slovenia, Netherlands, UK | 2015 | 55/75min

  THE PERFECT CIRCLE by Claudia Tosi intertwines two love stories and the urge to find a meaning to life when death is around the corner. Read More