Schlagwort-Archive: Documentary

The Masters of the Media

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Screenings: Sunday, June 19, 19:00 and Monday, June 20,21:00 (UMAMI)

the-masters

Country of Origin: Netherlands
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 5′
Category: Documentary

Director: Rogier Klomp
Screenplay: Bart-Jan Kazemier
Editor: Rogier Klomp
Producer: Rogier Klomp

Synopsis: ‚The Masters of The Media‘ is the first short animated documentary in the ‚This is Propaganda Series‘. It analyses monopolization in the Media Industry.
Inhalt: Mit „The Masters of the Media“ legt der niederländische Regisseur Rogier Klomp den ersten Teil seiner Serie „This is Propaganda“ vor. Auf kurzweilige und unterhaltsame Weise führt er dem Zuschauer die fortschreitende Monopolisierung der Medien – Industrie vor Augen – mit besonderem Augenmerk auf den großen amerikanischen Networks. Sein Credo lautet: Information ist alles. Wer die Information hat, kann die Entscheidungen der Menschen lenken. Und daraus folgt schlussendlich – je weniger Medienunternehmen es gibt, desto mächtiger werden die, die übrig bleiben.

Festivals: DOK Leipzig; Holland Animation Film Festival; Festival Monstra Lisboa; Metropolis Cinema Beirut; Vienna International Short FIlm Festival

Weblink: www.thisispropaganda.com

Six Weeks (Szesc Tygodni)

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Monday, June 20, 19:00 and Tuesday, June 21, 21:00 (BITTER)

six-weeks

Country of Origin: Poland
Year of Production: 2010
Duration: 18′
Category: Documentary

Director: Marcin Janos Krawczyk
Screenplay: Marcin Janos Krawczyk
Cinematographer: Wojciech Staron
Editor: Agnieszka Glinska
Producer: Malgorzata Staron

Synopsis: Due to different life situations there are mothers who do not want or those who cannot bring up their children. They have the right to give the child away just after delivery. During the first six weeks of the newborn’s life the mother has to make the decision about the definit resignation of her parental rights. She is free in making her decision however the decision she makes cannot be changed afterwards. A biological mother loses any contact with her child. She can only write a final letter to the child. The film shows in a poetical way the first six weeks of the small human being who was given up.
Inhalt: Der polnische Regisseur Marcin Janos Krawczyk zeigt in seiner ergreifenden Dokumentation „Six Weeks“ die ersten Wochen eines Babys, das zur Adoption freigegeben wird. Er vernachlässigt auch nicht den Blick auf die leibliche Mutter und die wahrscheinlich schwerste Entscheidung in ihrem Leben – denn sie hat nur sechs Wochen Zeit, ihre Entscheidung rückgängig zu machen.

Festivals: Dox Box, Syria; Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival, Greece; Curtocurcuito, Spain; Doc a Tunis, Tunisia; Hot Docs, Canada; It’s All True – International Documentary FF, Brasil; Pärnu Film Festival, Estonia; Documentarist, Turkey; Message to Man International FF, Russia; Palm Springs International Short FF, USA; Curt.Doc ISFF, Spain; Lemesos International Documentary Festival, Cyprus; Curtas Vila do Conde, Portugal; DokumentArt, Germany; DokuFest, Kosovo; CNEX Documentary Film Festival, Taiwan; 12th Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil; International Documentary Film Festival Flahertiana, Russia; Al cine, Spain; REC Film Festival, Mexico; Norwegian documentary film festival Eurodok, Norway
Awards: Best Short Film Award, IDFA 2009, The Netherlands; Silver Eye Award, East Silver, Czech Republic; Best Short Documentary Award, Monterrey Film Festival, Mexico.

Weblink: www.idfa.nl

The Telegraph (Wagah)

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Screening: Saturday, June 19, 23:00 (BEST OF GERMANY II)

the-telegraph

Country of Origin / Land: Germany / Deutschland
Year of Production / Jahr: 2009
Duration / Länge: 13’00“
Category / Kategorie: Documentary

Director / Regie: Supriyo Sen
Cinematographer / Kamera: Ranu Ghosh, Najaf Bilgrami
Editor / Schnitt: Szilvia Ruszev
Producer / Produktion: Fabian Gasmia, Henning Kamm

Synopsis: Each night the only border crossing between India and Pakistan on a 3000km stretch becomes the sight of an extraordinary event. Thousands of people gather to witness the ritual closing of the border, after which the masses get as close as possible to the gate to greet their former neighbours. This “festival“ is therefore on the one hand a celebration of the partition, but on the other hand also the only connecting element. What do the terms separation, home and proximity mean to the people on both sides?
Inhalt: Indien und Pakistan trennen über dreitausend Kilometer Grenze – und verbindet ein einziger Grenzübergang. Dieser wird allabendlich Schauplatz eines einzigartigen Spektakels, wenn die Grenztore geschlossen werden. Ein paar Kinder verdienen sich einige Rupien durch den Verkauf von DVDs dieses Ereignisses. Tausende kommen jedes Mal, singen, tanzen und feuern die eigenen Soldaten an. Gleichzeitig spüren alle eine große Sehnsucht nach den Verwandten und Freunden auf der anderen Seite der Grenze. Denn durchlässig ist die Grenze selten: Der Film wurde daher mit zwei Teams in den beiden Ländern gedreht.

Festivals & Awards: 59th Berlinale Germany 2009 (Winner Berlin Today Award), HOTDOCS Canada 2009, Krakow Film Festival Poland 2009 ( Special Jury Mention), Karlovy Vary International Film, Festival Czech Republic 2009 (Winner Crystal Globe as Best Documentary), Silverdocs/ Silversprings USA 2009, Sydney Film Festival Australia 2009, Durban International Film Festival India 2009, International ShortFilmFestival Hamburg 2009 (Winner Audience & Jury Award), Festival de Cine de Huesca Spain 2009 ( Special Jury Mention), Sarajevo Film, Festival Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009, Kurzfilmtage Winterthur Switzerland 2009 (Winner Audience Award), Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival Brazil 2009, Bilbao, International Film Festival Spain 2009 (Grand Jury Prize), Sundance Film Festival USA 2010, Tampere International Short Film Festival Finland 2010

Weblink: www.detailfilm.de

Bicyclist (Radfahrer)

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Screening: Friday, June 18, 23:00 (BEST OF GERMANY I)

bicyclist

Country of Origin / Land: Germany / Deutschland
Year of Production / Jahr: 2008
Duration / Länge: 28’00“
Category / Kategorie: Documentary

Director / Regie: Marc Thümmler
Screenplay / Drehbuch: Marc Thümmler
Cinematographer / Kamera: Harald Hauswald
Editor / Schnitt: Marc Thümmler
Music / Musik: Daniel Schellongowski
Producer / Produktion: Marc Thümmler

Synopsis: Remarkable document about East German photographer Harald Hauswald and the work he made in the 1980s in East Berlin that was stamped subversive. Because the East German photographer Harald Hauswald was considered a subversive element, the Stasi observed him for years under the code name ‚Radfahrer‘ (cyclist). In this experimental short, Marc Thümmler intriguingly sets Hauswald’s pictures alongside the Stasi reports.
Inhalt: Mürrische Männer auf dem Weg zur Arbeit, spielende Kinder zwischen verfallenden Altbauten, kleine und größere Unregelmäßigkeiten bei Aufmärschen von DDR-Organisationen: Die Motive des Fotografen Harald Hauswald waren das Gegenteil einer vorbildlichen Alltagschronik der 80er Jahre – so sah es zumindest die Staatsführung der DDR und ließ das „Subjekt Hauswald“ von der Stasi überwachen. Über 1500 Seiten Beschreibungen und Einschätzungen kamen dabei heraus. Der Fotofilm stellt Passagen der Überwachungsprotokolle den Bildern von Hauswald gegenüber.

Festivals & Awards: EmergeAndSee Film Festival Berlin 2009 (East West competition Award), Achtung Berlin Germany 2009 (New Berlin Film Award), Festival de Cannes 2009, dokumentART European Film Festival Poland 2009, Deutsche Kurzfilmpreise Germany 2009 (Nominee), Kunstfilmbiennale Germany 2009 (VG Bild-Kunst-Foerderpreis), interfilm Festival Germany 2009, exground Filmfest Germany 2009, zwergWERK Festival Germany 2009, International Film Festival Rotterdam Netherlands 2009, Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche Germany 2009, EmergeAndSee Festival Germany 2010, Achtung Berlin Germany 2010 (New Berlin Film Award), 55. Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen Germany 2010

Weblink: www.marcthuemmler.de

Peter in Radioland

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Friday, June 18, 21:00 and Tuesday, June 22, 19:00 (SOUR)

peter-in-radioland

Country of Origin / Land: UK
Year of Production / Jahr: 2009
Duration / Länge: 10’00“
Category / Kategorie: Documentary

Director / Regie: Johanna Wagner
Cinematographer / Kamera: Johanna Wagner
Editor / Schnitt: Mark Jenkins
Sound designer / Sounddesigner: Matt Hulse
Producer / Produktion: Rebecca Day

Synopsis: Peter is on sick leave and spends most of his time alone in his house, contemplating his past. Little makes sense to him anymore. Comforted by his analogue radios, his memories and his loving wife, Peter is left yearning for the old days. This film shares with us a common fear of change portrayed through Peter’s struggle to find his place in the modern world.
Inhalt: Ein verschrobener schottischer Einsiedler in einem Haus voller alter Radios. Reminiszenz an das Dampfradio.

Festivals & Awards: Edinburgh International Film Festival Scotland 2009 (Best Scottish Short Film), Leipzig Documentary Festival Germany 2009 (International Young Documentary Competition Nominee), Sheffield DocFest UK 2009, Inverness Film Festival Scotland 2009, BAFTA Scotland 2009 (Best Short Film Nominee), European Academy Short Film Award 2009 (Nominee), Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival Denmark 2009 (Short DOX Award Nominee), Glasgow Short Film Festival UK 2010 (Best Film), Gdansk Film Festival Poland 2010, Tiburon Film Festival USA 2010, Cinema Du Reel France 2010 (Special Mention), ZagrebDox International Documentary Film Festival Croatia 2010, South by South West USA 2010, Hotdocs Canada 2010 (Best Short Film Nominee), Hull International Short Film Festival 2010 (Winner of Anthony Minghella Award for Best UK Short), Nantucket Film Festival USA 2010, Timishort Film Festival Romania 2010, Seattle Film Festival 2010

Weblink: www.johannawagner.com

Thanks anyway (Trotzdem danke)

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Screening: Friday, June 19, 23:00 (BEST OF GERMANY I)

thanks-anyway

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2006
Duration: 7′
Category: Documentary

Director: Mischa Leinkauf, Matthias Wermke
Screenplay: Matthias Wermke
Cinematographer: Mischa Leinkauf
Editor: Mischa Leinkauf
Producer: Mischa Leinkauf, Matthias Wermke
Cast: Matthias Wermke

Synopsis: Berlin: Cleaning a windowpane without being asked, a young man’s act of friendship, whether at the metro station or at an urban bus at a red traffic light. It is all free of charge, nevertheless people are irritated, uncomprehending or even annoyed. But every now and then they are even thankful.

Festivals & Awards: Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2008, Nomination (German Shortfilm Award), Audience Award, International Shortfilmfestival Hamburg, Audience Award, International Shortfilmfestival Interfilm Berlin, Best Experimental Short, International Filmfestival „Ohne Kohle“ Vienna, Audience Award, „Betting On Shorts“ The London Consortium, UK, Best Performance, International Filmfest La.MeKo, Landau, Best Shortfilm, Contravision Shortfilmfestival Berlin, Best German Upcoming Filmmaker Nomination, Filmfest Hannover, Special Mention for Best Short Documentary, Tabor Film Festival, Croatia, International World Wide Shortfilm Festival Toronto, Canada, International London Film Festival, UK, International Fresh Film Fest, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republik, 14. Independent Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain, 20. exground Filmfest, Wiesbaden, 24. Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- und Videofest, Zeitgeist International Film Festival, San Francisco, USA, Bianco FilmFestival, Perugia, Italien, MIT Short Film Festival, Cambridge, USA, „Open City“, Gallery „Eyebeam“ New York, USA.

Weblink: www.kurzfilmpreisunterwegs.org/index.php?c=filme&film=5

Cosmic Station

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Screening: Saturday, June 20, 23:00 Uhr (BEST OF GERMANY II)

cosmic-station

Country of Origin: Germany
Year of Production: 2008
Duration: 30′
Category: Documentary

Director: Bettina Timm
Screenplay: Bettina Timm
Cinematographer: Alexander Riedel
Editor: Bettina Timm
Producer: Philip Vogt
Music: Daniel Kluge, Edouard Stork

Synopsis: In 1943 a cosmic ray research station was set up on the top of Mount Aragaz in Armenia. During the 1980s the team of scientists here embarked upon an ambitious research project which, due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, was never completed. Today the vast and considerably run-down complex located at an altitude of 3,500 metres is home to only six people, including two women who clean and cook for the group. This intimate and sensitive film uses long shots and masterful compositions to capture the total isolation of this surviving relic of the Soviet space programme.

Festivals & Preise: Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis in Gold in der Kategorie Dokumentarfilme mit einer Laufzeit bis 30 Minuten, Visions Du Réel, Nyon, Oberhausen, Karlovy Vary, FIDMarseille, Dok Leipzig, Vancouver, Golden Apricot, Armenien.

Weblink: www.kurzfilmpreisunterwegs.org/index.php?c=filme&film=6

The Fence (El Cerco)

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 12:30 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 17:30 (UMAMI)

thefence

Country of Origin: Spain
Year of Production: 2005
Duration: 12′
Category: Documentary

Director: Ricardo Íscar, Nacho Martín
Cinematographer: Ricardo Íscar, Nacho Martín
Sound: Ricardo Íscar, Nacho Martín
Producer: Héctor Fáver, Joan Gonzalez

Synopsis: It’s the same gory ritual, every summer. Thousands of migrating tuna fish crowd into the Mediterranean on their way through the Strait of Gibraltar. In a centuries-old tradition, Spanish fishing boats await the arrival of the fish in this narrow channel, armed with a veritable wall of nets to block their path. “La Almadraba” is the name of the original Moorish ritual, during which knives and harpoons are also used.

Festivals & Awards: Berlinale Panorama 2006 (Prix UIP), Internacional Festival del Cine de San Roque 2006 (Best Documentary), Festival de cine español de Málaga, Festival Internacional de Cine de Guadalajara, Documenta Madrid 2006, PLAY-DOC Festival Internacional de Documentais de Tui, CIEMCINE Festival Nacional de Cine de Ciempozuelos

Weblink: www.cecc.es

Land Of Mist (Landet I Tågen)

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German Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 20:00 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 15:00 (BITTER)

landofmist

Country of Origin: Denmark
Year of Production: 2003
Duration: 26’21“
Category: Documentary

Director: Suvi Andrea Helminen
Cinematographer: Lars Bonde
Editor: Catherine Ambus
Sound: Allan Holmberg, Thomas Jæger
Musik: Nana la Cour Jacobi, Johan Segerberg
Producer: Katrine Vogelsang

Synopsis: Mariglen and his father have fled from Albania. They have sought asylum in Denmark. While their case is judged, they stay in asylum centers. The authorities always have to know where they are. They await an answer. Mariglen and his father have been waiting for 4 years.

Festivals & Awards: Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona 2003, Salaam DK Flerkulturel Filmfestival 2004, Krakow Filmfestival 2004, Odense Filmfestival 2004 (Jameson Award), ARF Malmø 2004, Tehran International Film Festival 2004

Weblink: www.suvi.dk

The Bus – The Yellow Bus (A Busz – A Sárgabusz)

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Bavarian Premiere

Screenings: Saturday, March 25, 2006, 20:00 and Sunday, March 26, 2006, 15:00 (BITTER)

theyellowbus

Country of Origin: Hungary
Year of Production: 2003
Duration: 9’20“
Category: Animation / Documentary

Director: Pálfi Szabolcs
Screenplay: Pálfi Szabolcs
Cinematographer: Pálfi Szabolcs
Editor: Pálfi Szabolcs
Music: Melis László
Cast: Panyok Village, Horvath Lajos, Pálfi Szabolcs

Synopsis: This film is a documentary film. In Hungary, 1999/2000 one bus is disappeared, then it change a phantombus. Nobody drives it, nobody voyages. And the village peoples talk much, for example from Ferenc Rákóczi II., a hero of the Hungarian history… The voices and sounds of film are real voices and sounds, the director recorded in 1999-2001 with DAT and MD. This film talk about the life of the Hungarian village, where the young village people move to the city and the older people stay in the village and… The bus doesn’t transport the village people, because they voyage nowhere. The yellowbus (in Hungary the bus on country are yellow) are empty in North Hungary and in Pányok too.

Festivals & Awards: Anifest – Animation Student Film Festival 2003 (First Prize), SLEEPWALKERS STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2003, Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart 2004, Mediawave Film Festival Gyor 2004 (Jameson Award), SNIFF Short Film Festival Novo Mesto Slovenija 2004, Hiroshima Stars of Students Special Program 2004, PISAF World Amazing Special Program 2004, DARKLIGHT Digital FilmFestival 2004, Fiatal Filmesek Fesztivalja 2004 (Special Prize), ALTER-NATIVE 2004 (Special Prize of Hungarian Filmlabs)

Weblink: www.mie.hu