Portraits
Chavez – Inside the Coup
Ireland / UK / The Netherlands / Germany / Finland | 2003 | 64minThe documentary is the story of the overthrow of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in 2002 and his return to power 48 hours later. Read More
Children. As Time Flies.
Germany | 2007 | 86minWhat became of bus driver Jeanette’s dream? How are her children Tommy and Paul? Is life under control now? What does Jeanette’s little brother Tino mean by “mixing everything”? The snowman has no mouth. Life as it flows. Agitating. Read More
Dancing with Time
Germany | 2007 | 103minDancers over the age of sixty in a project of the Opera Leipzig, their lives, their dancing - the grace of age, beauty and power. Pas de deux instead of anti-aging cream! Read More
Estonia Mon Amour
Germany | 2004 | 94minA moving film about the encounter with a mysterious corner of the earth called Estonia, about the search for a meaning in life, about taking farewell – and the smile of a new beginning. Read More
Fatherland
Germany | 2002 | 98minA film by Thomas Heise, taking a village, its past and surroundings, those who die and those still living there as a centre for reflections on culture, history and fate. Read More
Forever Young
India | 2008 | 40/59/78minA look at the many facets of contemporary India through the eyes of 62-years-old musician Lou and his admiration for Bob Dylan. Read More
Frozen Heart
Norway | 1999 | 58/87minThe film by Stig Andersen and Kenny Sanders is an attempt to investigate Amundsen‘s life and mind, looking boths at his deeds as a polar explorer and at the psyche of a troubled man. Read More
Gagarin’s Pioneers
Germany / Russia | 2005 | 100minYoung pioneers betrayed their fatherland at the age of 10, fleeing with their parents from the Soviet Union to Israel - or they changed their names, wiped away the traces of their Jewish family history and stayed. Read More