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14-25 nov 2018 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam Docs for Sale 23rd International Documentary Market Amsterdam Docs for Sale 23rd International Documentary Market Amsterdam

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Youth Human Interest / Social Issues Art / Music / Culture 180cc Amazons Around the Northsea René van Zundert, The Netherlands, 15’ Nahid Shaikh, Filip Lenaerts, Belgium, 50’ Arnout Hauben, Belgium, The Netherlands, 43’ 180cc is a stubborn raw youth documentary Amazons is a documentary series Each country that borders the North about José (12), a boy from a Rotterdam concerning women who chose for Sea boasts its own typical coastline. But disadvantaged neighborhood who armed fight to defend their cause. the limits of the actual North Sea stretch has to make an important choice The Netherlands much further than commonly thought. this summer; fulfill his big dream NPO Sales – Mireille van der Laan – The Netherlands Palestine, The Netherlands [email protected] NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues [email protected] América Art / Music / Culture Nature / Environment | Experimental | Human Interest / Social Issues Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside, United States, 76’ Art in Paradise 4 Years in 10 Minutes América is the uplifting, soulful story Joachim Haupt, Germany, 104’ Mladen Kovacevic, Mladen of three brothers who are brought The series Art in Paradise presents the Kovacevic, Serbia, 63’ together to care for their charismatic most remote and most beautiful museums Vintage footage of alien landscapes 93- year-old grandmother, América. on the planet. In Tasmania, in China, woven with puzzling excerpts from the USA (Non-theatrical) in the midst of the Andes in Argentina diary of a Mount Everest mountaineer Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] and on three small islands in Japan. on a journey to eternal glory and Germany History / Politics back to banality of everyday life. Parnass Film – Joachim Haupt – [email protected] And there was Israel Horopter film production – Iva Plemic Divjak – [email protected] Romed Wyder, Switzerland, France, 52’ Art / Music / Culture The film returns to the origins of the The Art of Museums Human Interest / Social Issues creation of the State of Israel and looks Ralf Pleger, Sylvie Kürsten, Kurt Mayer, 93Queen at the history of Zionism (1896-1948) Julie Kirchhoff, Germany, Austria, 52’ Paula Eiselt, United States, 90’ under the very specific angle of the Blurring the boundaries between 93Queen follows Rachel ‘Ruchie’ Freier, a responsibility of the Western World. entertainment and high culture, this series no-nonsense Hasidic lawyer and mother AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] takes the viewer into a fine selection of of six who is determined to shake up the world’s most renowned museums. ‘boys club’ in her Hasidic community. Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View Anders, Me and His 23 Other Women AT, CH, DE, FR, JP, NL, NZ, ES, TW US, France, Germany, Israel Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Nahid Persson, Sweden, Norway, Finland, 90’ – [email protected] Nahid, single and unhappy with dating Human Interest / Social Issues sites finally meets the man of her Art / Music / Culture Acid Forest dreams. He’s handsome, fun loving, The Artist and the Pervert Rugile Barzdziukaite, Lithuania, 63’ affectionate, perfect. But something Beatrice Behn , René Gerbhardt, Can you imagine a tourist attraction where isn’t right and Nahid turns sleuth. Germany, United States, Austria, 96’ people come to see a dead forest? Where Sweden, Norway, Finland Georg is a famous Austrian composer, they are not only observers, but also the ones Illumina Films – Robin Brinster – [email protected] his wife Mollena a renowned American being observed and heard by the black birds? kink educator. This film documents NEON REALISM – Dovydas Korba – [email protected] Nature / Environment their lives between perversion, art, Animals And Other People love and radical self-determination. Human Interest / Social Issues Flavio Marchetti, Austria, 88’ Limonero Films – Pamela Martinez Martinez Aleppo: The Silence of the War The film introduces viewers to Vienna’s – [email protected] Amir Osanlou, Iran, 29’ animal shelter and its inhabitants. A film depicting fragile silence after Austria History the war. The silence from years of Filmotor – Michaela Cajkova – [email protected] ASHCAN. The Secret Prison war. A silence that does not mean Willy Perelsztejn, Luxembourg, peace, nor the meaning of war. Human Interest / Social Issues Germany, Belgium, 52’ Fatima Haghighatgou – [email protected] Anja and the Witch Trial Hitler’s Inner circle’s secret jail revealed. Jeppe Kirk Jørgensen, Nigeria, 60’ Ventes-CBA/WIP-Sales – Thierry Detaille Investigative In Nigeria, children are indicted for – [email protected] Allah in Europe being witches and set on religious Jan Leyers, Belgium, 42’ trials where superstitious local elders Author’s Point of View | Experimental | Art / Music / Culture What is the future of Islam in Europe? decide if they should live or die. At Midnight Plays A Dance-Tune How hopeful can we be on an DR Sales – [email protected] Roy Seerden, The Netherlands, 30’ European, enlightened version of When Roy Seerden’s mother dies, there’s Islam? Will it be possible to overcome Politics / Society no holding him back. Sex, drugs, roaming the Europeans’ distrust of Islam? The Apollo of Gaza through the night: his life transforms into a BENELUX Nicolas Wadimoff, Canada, Switzerland, 78’ bundle of energy, grief and detachment. First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – esther. In 2013, an ancient statue of Apollo was found Nederlandse Film Academie – Felix [email protected] in the waters off Gaza—before disappearing Voogt – [email protected] under mysterious circumstances. Art / Music / Culture History / Politics Switzerland Atatürk - Father of Modern Turkey Almost Fashionable: A National Film Board of Canada – Louis- Film About Travis Charles Mignot-Grenier – [email protected] Monika Czernin, Austria, 52’ Francis Healy, United States, 60’ This documentary come to terms A music critic is invited by one of his least Nature / Environment with Atatürk as both a larger-than-life favorite bands to cover their tour in Mexico. Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob? personality and a phenomenon of the Stefan Bohun, Austria, 80’ Gezellig Pictures – Francis Healy – [email protected] zeitgeist at the turn of the last century. Are You Sleeping, Brother Jakob? ORF - Enterprise – Alexandra Hopf – [email protected] History / Politics is a very considerate, personal film Also Life Is An Art - The about both farewell and reunion. Politics / Society Case Max Emden Austria Athens Blues Paolo Bongiorno, Italy, 52’ Eva Gerberding, Germany, 90’ Filmdelights – Christa Auderlitzky – The metamorphosis of Greece The story of Jewish businessman Max Emden [email protected] post-memorandum. (KaDeWe) whose grandson is still trying to get the art back that was stolen by the Nazis. Italy and Greece GA&A Productions Srl. – Gioia Avvantaggiato Germany / France – [email protected] SND Films – Sydney Neter – [email protected]

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Art / Music / Culture Art / Music / Culture Author’s Point of View Ayahuasca: Expansion Bauhaus Spirit The Best Thing You Can of Consciousness Niels Bolbrinker, Thomas Tielsch, Germany, 52’ Do with Your Life Fausto Noro, Brazil, United Kingdom, 52’ 100 years ago, a radical artistic utopia was Zita Erffa, Germany, Mexico, 93’ A journey into scientific, religious and born in a small German town –Bauhaus Why did my brother chose the very anthropological perspectives on the continues to influence our world today conservative order of the Legionaries of use of Ayahuasca in modern society. and created perhaps the 20th century’s Christ to become a priest? For eight years Sideways Film – Kazz Basma – [email protected] most influential architectural school. we barely communicate. How is he now? AT/DE/NZ Petruvski Films – Bruno Santamaria – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] Back to Berlin Human Interest / Social Issues Catherine Lurie-Alt, United Kingdom, 76’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | History / Politics Beyond Boobs Eleven motor bikers have a mission to take Beastmode, a Social Experiment Kristen Vermilyea, Switzerland, France, 52’ the Maccabiah torch from Israel to the site of Manuel III Mesina, Banuk Boobs. Melons. Bazookas: Kristen Vermilyea has the infamous 1936 Berlin Olympics, for the Amante, Philippines, 90’ large breasts, neck and back pain and balance first Jewish Olympic Games on German soil. Beastmode takes a critical look at the issues. Her decision to get a reduction triggers Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] heightened state of violence in Philippine questions about identity, aging and bodies. society since the populist President FR, DE, AU, BR, CA, CH, DK, IL, PL Nature / Environment Rodrigo Duterte claimed power through First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – esther. Backlight: Beyond The Green Horizon the lens of a cheeky social experiment. [email protected] Martijn Kieft, The Netherlands, 44’ Logo Placeholder Productions – Vanessa What will the future sustainable Amante – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues world look like? That is the big Biafra - Forgotten Mission question, now that the global transition Art / Music / Culture Irina Maldea, Ireland, 50’ towards sustainable energy is Beautiful Things Irish missionaries were expelled from gaining momentum. Giorgio Ferrero, Italy, 93’ Nigerian 50 years ago after they had The Netherlands A symphonic journey into our saved millions of lives during the Nigerian NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – obsessive consumption. Civil War, because they exposed British [email protected] Portugal complicity in the deaths of civilians. Filmotor – Michaela Cajkova – [email protected] Republic of Ireland Science / Technology Akajava Films – Brendan Culleton – [email protected] Backlight: Boyan Slat’s Hunt for Plastic Human Interest / Social Issues Geert Rozinga, The Netherlands, 50’ Beauty Ideals in Social Media Experimental Boyan Slat has set up the greatest plastic Jennifer Rezny, Austria, 60’ Big Characters cleanup campaign in history. And it Since their emergence, social media Ju Anqi, Switzerland, 17’ all started over five years ago, with a have confronted young women more From ten miles above upon a no- graduation project about the plastic soup. intensively than ever before with man’s land in eastern Xinjiang, there The Netherlands unattainable ideals of beauty. are thirty enormous Chinese characters NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – ORF - Enterprise – Alexandra Hopf – [email protected] and an exclamation point twisting their [email protected] way through the desolate Gobi Desert. Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics | Youth Wang Huiqin – [email protected] History / Politics Before Father Gets Back Backlight: Calm Before The Cra$h Mari Gulbiani, Georgia, France, Germany, 75’ Art / Music / Culture Marije Meerman, The Netherlands, 44’ In a Georgian village, from which many Black Honey, the Life and Poetry Ten years ago, we were taken by surprise men have left for Syria, two girls escape of Avraham Sutskever when Lehman Brothers’ merchant bank a shared longing for their fathers Uri Barbash, Israel, 76’ went bankrupt. The financial crisis that through the magic of cinema. The incredible story of the greatest followed was like a chain reaction. Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica Yiddish poet of modern times. The Netherlands – [email protected] Israel NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – Human Interest / Social Issues Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] [email protected] Beirut, la vie en rose Politics / Society Science / Technology Èric Motjer, Denmark, Spain, 77’ The Black Museum Backlight: In-Vitro Meat Beirut, la vie en rose enters for the first time Oliver Hardt, Germany, 52’ Rob van Hattum, The Netherlands, 30’ into the lives of four of the most important America’s history through the lens of the Every year at least 50 billion animals are members of the Christian elite in Lebanon. African American experience: We take slaughtered to meet our demand for meat. Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Röfekamp a journey through the spectacular new Nearly a fifth of the CO2 emissions on – [email protected] National Museum of African American earth come from livestock production. Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Investigative History and Culture in Washington, D.C. The Netherlands Bellingcat – Truth in a New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] Post-Truth World Human Interest / Social Issues Hans Pool, The Netherlands, 90’ Industry Forum Blowin’ Up Art / Music / Culture Bellingcat – Truth in a Post-Truth Harvest Stephanie Wang-Breal, United States, 94’ Ballet Now World explores the exclusive world Working within a broken criminal justice Steven Cantor, United States, 74’ of the ‘citizen investigative journalist’ system, a team of rebel heroines work Ballet Now portrays the groundbreaking collective known as Bellingcat. to change the the way women arrested dance series Ballet Now which unites Submarine – Julia Ton – [email protected] for prostitution are prosecuted. the world’s foremost dance talent for North America an international collaboration. Nature / Environment Cinetic Media – Jason Ishikawa – [email protected] USA, Canada, UK Beloved , Iran, 63’ Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Yaser Talebi Art / Music / Culture | History | Politics / Society About the real life of a 80 year old woman Blue Note Records: Art / Music / Culture who lives alone in the nature, however she’s Beyond The Notes Balloons over Babylon strongly fond of it. The story of a kind and Sophie Huber, Switzerland, United States, 87’ Folke Rydén, Sweden, 70’ lover mother who is brave and strong. A revelatory, thrilling and emotional The incredible story of one man’s quest to fight ELI image – Elaheh Nobakht – [email protected] terrorism and promote peace and love by flying journey behind the scenes of Blue hot air balloons over his war-torn country. Note Records, the pioneering label that gave voice to some of the finest Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin th st – [email protected] jazz artists of the 20 and 21 centuries. Eagle Rock Entertainment – [email protected]

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Nature / Environment Youth Human Interest / Social Issues The Book of the Sea Bruce Lee And The Outlaw Carioca Landscape Aleksei Vakhrushev, Russia, 85’ Joost Vandebrug, United Kingdom, The Marco Antonio Pereira, Brazil, 72’ In the frigid waters off of Russia’s Bering Netherlands, Czech Republic, 52’ Toward the occupation of the chicest Strait, Inuit and Chukchi hunters still seek Filmed over six years, Bruce Lee And favelas of Rio de Janeiro by Europeans, the out the giant sea mammals that sustained The Outlaw is a modern-day Oliver Twist inhabitants shout: resist will be our answer! their people since time immemorial. story under the streets of Bucharest. Brazil Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Röfekamp Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] Doc&Rio Filmes – Reinel García – reinel. – [email protected] [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Politics / Society Buddy Art / Music / Culture Booty, A Documentary about Heddy Honigmann, The Netherlands, 86’ Cassandro, the Exotico! Cultural Ownership Buddy is an ode to the fighting spirit of the Marie Losier, France, 75’ Thorkell Hardarson, Iceland, 91’ main characters and a loving portrait of After 26 years of a flamboyant career, Booty looks at the status of cultural treasures the deep bond between man and dog. Cassandro, the star of the Exoticos, a taken from their country of origin. Voices CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] gender-bending cross-dressing branch of demanding repatriation are getting stronger. the Lucha Libre, is now at the watershed Art / Music / Culture of his life, and must reinvent himself... Iceland Burlesque Extravaganza Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Röfekamp France, Canada – [email protected] Grace Hall, Italy, 60’ UDI - Urban Distribution International – Journey throught the world of Burlesque. Morgane Delay – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics GA&A Productions Srl. – Gioia Avvantaggiato The Border Fence – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View | Investigative Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Austria, 112’ Cause of Death In concentric circles starting from the Human Interest / Social Issues Ramy A. Katz, Israel, 79’ driveable border of the Brenner, The Border But Now Is Perfect Ten years after the death of policeman Salim Fence measures the surroundings that were Carin Goeijers, The Netherlands, 55’ Barakat in a terror attack, his brother Jamal the scene of a shift in inner-European policy. “I do not know if I’m taking the right steps,” investigates the identity of Salim’s killer and says Becky Moses, but she is grateful AT whether the police is withholding information. for every moment of being alive. Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla Israel – [email protected] The Netherlands Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – Art / Music / Culture [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Botero Cecilia Bartoli Don Millar, Canada, 82’ Youth Fabio De Luca, Switzerland, 52’ Botero is a poetic documentary profile Butterfly In this documentary the effervescent of Colombian artist Fernando Botero. Alessandro Cassigoli, Casey mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli takes us Kauffman, Italy, France, 77’ Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Röfekamp behind the scenes at some of the most This intimate documentary follows Industry – [email protected] Forum prestigious, brilliant spectacles. an exceptionally talented Harvest RSI – Anna Ferrara – [email protected] Politics / Society female boxer who wants to hit Boys Who Like Girls peak performance, but also Author’s Point of View Inka Achte, Finland, 52’ longs for the life of an ordinary 18 year-old. Cellfish A coming-of-age story set in the aftermath Italy (RAI), Norway (Vgtv) Tammy Federman, Israel, 72’ of the infamous Delhi gang rape and Indyca – Michele Fornasero – [email protected] Cellfish explores the life and work of multi- the rise of the #MeToo movement. disciplinary Israeli Artist Shelly Federman, Worldwide - exceptions upon request Human Interest / Social Issues | Experimental through the eyes of her younger sister Tammy. Caballerango First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – esther. JMT Films Distribution – Michael [email protected] Juan Pablo González, Mexico, 62’ Treves – [email protected] The townspeople of a small Mexican History | Art / Music / Culture | Author’s Point of View village reflect on a young man’s death, Art / Music / Culture Bridges of Time gradually revealing that he wasn’t the CERN and the Sense of Beauty Audrius Stonys, Kristine Briede, only one to die at his own hand. Valerio Jalongo, Switzerland, Italy, 52’ Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, 78’ Sin Sitio Cine – Makena Buchanan – [email protected] Revealing the secrets of the underground “We film the Earth, but we remember CERN, Europe’s research laboratory that Heaven is above us.” Human Interest / Social Issues operating the largest particle Herz Frank Call Her Ganda physics laboratory in the world. Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia PJ Raval, United States, Philippines, 90’ Worldwide - exceptions upon request VFS Films – Uldis Cekulis – [email protected] When Jennifer Laude, a Filipina transwoman, First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – esther. is brutally murdered by a U.S. Marine, three [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues women intimately invested in the case The Briefing USA, Israel, Canada Politics / Society | Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues Filip Drzewiecki, Poland, 19’ Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – Chaos Everyday life of medicine students on [email protected] Sara Fattahi, Austria, Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, 95’ a summer internship camp. Everything The story of three Syrian women, each happens fast, each case is a novelty and Art / Music / Culture living in a different time and place, some situations are even surprising for Cambodian Textiles separated by the very thing that unites the young practitioners of medicine. Tatsuhito Utagawa, Cambodia, Japan, 60’ them – fear itself and trauma itself. KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna When Kikuo Morimoto (68), a kimono Austria Wilk – [email protected] artisan from Kyoto arrived in Cambodia Little Magnet Films – Paolo Calamita – paolo. after the Cambodian civil war, the culture [email protected] Youth of weaving traditional Cambodian textiles Broken Places was on the verge of extinction. Science / Technology Roger Weisberg, United States, 76’ Article Films – Emi Ueyama – emi@articlefilms.com Chasing Evil - Hunting By revisiting several troubled children Terror on the Web we profiled decades ago, Broken Human Interest / Social Issues Friedrich Moser, Austria, 90’ Places explores why some young Camorra In the first six months of 2017, over people are permanently damaged by Francesco Patierno, Italy, 70’ 2500 people were killed or injured early adversity while others thrive. Camorra before Gomorra. in terrorist incidents for which the Public Policy Productions – Roger Italy IS claimed responsibility. Why was Weisberg – [email protected] GA&A Productions Srl. – Gioia Avvantaggiato intelligence failing to prevent them? – [email protected] Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin – [email protected]

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Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Chef Flynn Closing Time Constructions Cameron Yates, United States, 83’ Nicole Vögele, Switzerland, Germany, 116’ Fernando Martín Restelli, Argentina, Qatar, 78’ Chef Flynn captures the coming of Closing Time is a cinematographic A sixty-year-old watchman of buildings age of a prodigy chef, as he navigates meditation on in-between moments – a under construction has a second a sea of sudden fame, bullying, and kaleidoscopic journey relying on colors, chance in life to be a father. his untraditional family dynamics. sensations and the materials of life. MENA region (The Middle East and North Africa) US, Canada, Airlines, China, Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] Periferia Cine – Milagros Cabral Montejano – Israel, Poland, Scandinavia [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Cinetic Media – Jason Ishikawa – [email protected] The Collector Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Pierre Maillard, France, 52’ The Corporate Coup d’Etat Chi-Town Haunted by the Holocaust and the deportation Fred Peabody, Canada, United States, 90’ Nick Budabin, United States, 82’ of his family, Arthur Langerman seeks to Right-wing populist movements around Basketballer Keifer Sykes is Marshall High’ understand how antisemitic corrosion works. the world are the logical result of a star point guard, Chi-Town follows his AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] creeping, slow-motion corporate coup ambitions to make it in the NBA while d’état that has taken over established loss, injury, and violence back home Human Interest / Social Issues political parties, liberal and conservative. in Chicago punctuate his journey. Come & Take It Canada, The ARTE territories PJ Raval, United States, 25’ Australia (TV), US & Canada Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Röfekamp Come & Take It captures Jessica Jin’s (SVOD from March 2019) – [email protected] transformation into one of America’s Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] most irreverent anti-gun violence Human Interest / Social Issues Author’s Point of View leaders creating what some people are Councilwoman Children Below Deck calling The Great Texas Dildo Revolt. Margo Guernsey, United States, 54’ Bettina Henkel, Austria, 90’ Safety Orange Films, LLC – PJ Raval – [email protected] A hotel housekeeper has won a City The film is the personal story of three Council seat in Providence, RI, taking generations: the (late) grandmother, the father Human Interest / Social Issues her advocacy for low-income workers and the daughter, who is directing the film. The Comfort Zone from the margins to city politics. Thomas Reckmann, Sweden, 47’ FreibeuterFilm – Oliver Neumann – [email protected] US Broadcast ÖFK is the first team from Sweden to Time Travel Productions – Margo Guernsey Youth reach UEFA Europa League play-off. – [email protected] Children of the Universe Behind the success story is a talked about Camille Budin, Switzerland, 52’ culture project that push the footballers Art / Music / Culture A primary school class in the Swiss mountains far away from their comfort zone. Crafting an Echo Industry Marco Williams, United States, 64’ Forum embarks on an adventure to discover the SVT Sales – Paulette Rosas Hott – [email protected] Harvest mysteries of the universe, guided by the What happens when the venerable Canadian astrophysicist Stéphanie Juneau. Human Interest / Social Issues Martha Graham Dance Company commissions Commander Arian: A Story of Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] a dance by Andonis Foniadakis, one of Women, War & Freedom ballet’s bad-boys of choreography? Experimental | Art / Music / Culture | Author’s Point of View Alba Sotorra, Germany, Spain, Syria, 77’ Crafting an Echo. Chinese Portrait The Women’s Protection Unit are the most HipTruth Productions – Marco Williams Xiaoshuai Wang, China, 79’ successful fighting force opposing ISIS, follow – [email protected] A cinematic painting of a unique Industry commander Arian as she leads an operation to Forum Art / Music / Culture journey into contemporary China by Harvest end the two year-long siege of Kobane, Syria. Dance or Die awarded director Wang Xiaoshuai. UK, China, Spain Roozbeh Kaboly, The Netherlands, Syria, 55’ Asian Shadows – Li Lya – [email protected] Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Dance or Die is Syrian dancer Ahmad History / Politics | Politics / Society | Investigative Human Interest / Social Issues Joudeh’s (27) life philosophy. It’s tattooed Chris the Swiss Compulsory Figures in his neck. Dance is Ahmad’s life. Anja Kofmel, Switzerland, Croatia, Ewa Kochan´ska, Poland, 71’ The Netherlands Germany, Finland, 90’ A Ukrainian family moves to Poland in NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – Croatia, 1992: In the middle of the search of a better life. For the middle [email protected] Yugoslav Wars, a young journalist is found daughter, who begins to train figure Youth | Author’s Point of View dead, dressed in a military uniform. skating, her mother’s expectations turn Dancing for You Twenty years later, his cousin Anja out to be more challenging than sport... Katarzyna Lesisz, Poland, 18’ Kofmel investigates his story… Poland Twelve-year-old Wiktor is practising for UDI - Urban Distribution International – Morgane SQUARE film studio – Magda Borowiec the annual show at the ballet school he Delay – [email protected] – [email protected] attends. His dream is that his father, who Art / Music / Culture Art / Music / Culture lives abroad, will come to the show. Circling a Fox Concerto for Two KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Brian Ross, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Poland, 59’ Tomasz Drozdowicz, Poland, 74’ Wilk – [email protected] A blend of documentary and theatre Jerzy Maksymiuk. A conductor, a composer, Politics / Society telling the story of a Scottish son’s a pianist. A story of great passion and talent, Daphne - The Execution quest to find the truth about his Polish and an even greater price paid for that talent. Simone Taddei, Italy, 52’ father’s past. A moving investigation of KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Who was Daphne Caruana Galizia, personal, family and national identity. Wilk – [email protected] and why was she murdered? Hopscotch Films – John Archer – [email protected] Author’s Point of View Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Italian Switzerland Human Interest / Social Issues Connected GA&A Productions Srl. – Gioia Avvantaggiato The Circumciser Aleksandra Maciejczyk, Poland, 18’ – [email protected] Michael Klint, South Africa, Denmark, 58’ Blind Krzysztof goes skiing with Wiola, who Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View | Youth Peter Frederiksen, a Danish arms dealer living is his wife and guide. When they finally Dark Corner in South Africa, gets arrested when the police reach the summit, they must find each Fabio Caramaschi, Italy, France, finds 21 female genitalia in his chest freezer. other and connect in the surrounding fog. United Kingdom, 92’ DR Sales – [email protected] KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Dark Corner is a twenty years long cinematic Wilk – [email protected] Science / Technology experiment. The director started filming when The Cleaners Industry Mirco was a difficult six-year-old child and his , Forum camera follows him as he becomes a man. Moritz Riesewieck, Hans Block Harvest Germany, Brazil, 95’ TRUE COLOURS Glorious Films – Francesca Enter a hidden third world shadow Tiberi – [email protected] industry of digital cleaning, where the Internet rids itself of what it doesn’t like. Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected]

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Human Interest / Social Issues Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues | Experimental History Dark Eden Don’t Be a Dick About It Escher – Journey to Infinity Jasmin Herold, Germany, 80’ Benjamin Mullinkosson, United States, 69’ Robin Lutz, The Netherlands, 80’ Four people from different parts of the A hilarious portrait of two brothers This new documentary film about world world sacrifice their health for high salaries growing up in the American suburbs. famous Dutch graphic artist Maurits working in one of the worlds most toxic The film captures their complicated Escher, is based on more than 2000 industries, the Canadian Oil Sands. relationship as they battle their fears, letters he wrote during his lifetime. Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert frustrations, and love for one another. The Netherlands – [email protected] Benjamin Mullinkosson – [email protected] Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Röfekamp – [email protected] Nature / Environment Nature / Environment | Author’s Point of View Day Zero Dorotchka Human Interest / Social Issues Nils Bökamp, Alaistar Lee, Germany, 43’ Olga Delane, Russia, Germany, 20’ Europe, the Dream Day Zero- can be a starting point or an end. We A powerful, stylized portrait of the Anneta Papathanassiou, Angelos are at a turning point in history. Are we saving 80year old Dorotchka, an archetypal Kovotsos, Greece, 56’ this planet or are we continuing to destroy our babushka who philosophizes about Europe, the Dream, or Europe the Nightmare? environment to gain more economic growth? life, love, regret and loneliness. Greece Worldwide - exceptions upon request Doppelplusultra Film und TV Produktion – Frank Visible Film – Thierry Detaille – [email protected] First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – esther. Müller – [email protected] [email protected] Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Everything Must Fall Human Interest / Social Issues Dreamaway Rehad Desai, South Africa, 58’ De chaque instant Marouan Omara, Germany, Egypt, 86’ An unflinching look at the #FeesMustFall Nicolas Philibert, France, Japan, 105’ Dreamaway follows a group of young student movement that burst onto the De chaque instant follows young women and Egyptians, working in the terror-attack- South African political landscape in 2015 men in nurshing school with the ups and shaken tourist hub Sharm El Sheikh. as a protest over the cost of education. downs of an apprenticeship that confronts Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert them with the life in all its complexities. – [email protected] France, Japan, Taiwan, China, Switzerland, Human Interest / Social Issues Dreams of the Castle Author’s Point of View Liechtenstein, Belgium, The Netherlands, Exit Luxembourg, Germany, Austria René Ballesteros, Chile, France, 72’ Karen Winther, Norway, Germany, Sweden, 52’ Doc & Film International – Estelle De Araujo A teenagers prison in the middle – [email protected] of the countryside, in the South of What is the wake up call that can Chile. Every night the teenagers are make violent extremists change? Human Interest / Social Issues attacked by recurrent nightmares. Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert Death In Hands La Ballesta Films – René Ballesteros – – [email protected] Osama Alfaitouri, Libya, Germany, 45’ [email protected] They are a mix of former soldiers of the second Author’s Point of View world war and helpful volunteers. Some are Politics / Society The Eyes of Orson Welles bomb savvy while others are bomb novices. Eastern Memories Mark Cousins, United Kingdom, 115’ Mark Cousins dives deep into the world Autentic GmbH – Sophie von Kontz – Niklas Kullström, Finland, [email protected] Switzerland, United States, 85’ of Orson Welles to reveal a portrait of the Eastern Memories is an unexpected road artist as he’s never been seen before – Art / Music / Culture movie into the Far East of Mongolia and through his own eyes, sketched with his The Devil’s Tuning Japan. Seamlessly intertwining the past own hand, painted with his own brush. Juan Carlos Lucas, Paraguay, 52’ and the present into a visually stunning UK, China, Greece, Israel (TV), Italy, Poland (TV), A musician and a documentalist investigate journey of adventure and exploration. Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, USA, Canada the musical roots of Efrén “Kamba’í” Echeverría, Finland Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] but the tour becomes mystical and uncertain. Filmotor – Michaela Cajkova – [email protected] Tekoha Audiovisual – Sofia Paoli Thorne Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] Youth | Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues The Faces We Lost Easy Lessons Piotr Cieplak, United Kingdom, 60’ Human Interest / Social Issues Dorottya Zurbó, Hungary, 78’ April 2019 marks 25 years since the Diagnosis Kafia, a young girl on the brink of Rwandan genocide. Though images of Ewa Podgórska, Poland, 71’ adulthood, has to leave behind everything death have dominated the news media, If the city were a Human Being... she grew up with in Somalia as she tries many Rwandans remember their lost Entertain Pictures – Małgorzata Wabińska to adapt to her new life in Hungary. loved ones through images of life. – [email protected] Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica USA Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] Illumina Films – Robin Brinster – [email protected] Do Something: The Jeffrey Modell Story Nature / Environment History / Politics Lisa Binns, United States, 75’ Elephant Path Factory of Lies A rare disease takes the life of their Todd McGrain, United States, 52’ Jakob Gottschau, Denmark, Russia, 58’ young son, but a couple’s enduring love Against a backdrop of luminous natural An American soldier shooting holes in allows them to do something - fight for beauty, pierced by human violence, an the Quran, brothels for animal sex in a cure in the face of impossible odds. American biologist, Bayaka tracker, and Denmark, Swedes convicted for eating Curatorial – David Koh – [email protected] Bantu eco-guard unite around the last forest bacon in front of a muslim Woman – all Human Interest / Social Issues elephants in Central African Republic. fake stories produced in Russia. Documenting the Dead Lost Bird Project – Natalie Ruiz Tofano DR Sales – [email protected] – [email protected] Claes JB Löfgren, Sweden, 28’ Author’s Point of View Vincent Go is one of Manila’s most experienced Human Interest / Social Issues Faith photographers. Before Duterte was elected as Entrepreneur Jens Loftager, Denmark, 58’ president he thought he’d seen most things. Virpi Suutari, Finland, 83’ Contrasting cultures on faith and Then came Duterte and his war on drugs. Entrepreneur is a mildly comic take on the personal identity: Danish confirmation SVT Sales – Paulette Rosas Hott – [email protected] spirit and zeal of entrepreneurship, and students and Japanese Buddhists who Human Interest / Social Issues follows two companies with two opposing reflect upon being members of the sect Dollar Heroes (Why Slavery Series) approaches to working life in Finland. behind a terrorist attack in Tokyo. Carl Gierstorfer, Sebastian CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] Worldwide - exceptions upon request First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – esther. Weis, Poland, Russia, 60’ Human Interest / Social Issues Right now North Korea runs one of Escape for Freedom [email protected] the world’s largest slaving operations, Emanuela Gasbarroni, Italy, 54’ selling its people around the world. Story of a Refugee Camp. DR Sales – [email protected] GA&A Productions Srl. – Gioia Avvantaggiato – [email protected]

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Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society False Confessions #Female Pleasure Industry Freedom Is a Big Word Katrine Philp, Denmark, Germany, Barbara Miller, Switzerland, 90’ Forum Guillermo Rocamora, Uruguay, 71’ Harvest Norway, Israel, 58’ #Female Pleasure is a plea for the After thirteen years in Guantanamo, Would you confess to a crime you did liberation of female sexuality in the 21st century. Muhammad is set free and taken to not commit? Each year innumerable CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] Uruguay. He has a second chance American suspects do, and experts in an unknown place where he shall say that trained interrogators can get Youth start to live a new life in freedom. The Feminist anybody to confess to anything. Oriental Features – [email protected] Hampus Linder, Sweden, 58’ DR Sales – [email protected] Superhero or villain -In her native Art / Music / Culture Youth Sweden, everybody has an opinion about Friedkin Uncut Family in Transition feminist trailblazer Gudrun Schyman. Francesco Zippel, Italy, 106’ Ofir Trainin, Israel, 70’ Worldwide - exceptions upon request Can the director of one of the most A story of the only transgender family in a small First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – esther. ‘terrifying’ films in the history of cinema town in Israel who’s lives change completely [email protected] also be the most entertaining and after their father decides to become a women. engaging person you could ever meet ? Human Interest / Social Issues Israel Film for Carlos Italy, US, Latin America, Australia, Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] New Zealand, France, Spain Renato Borrayo Serano, Russia, 31’ What’s the worst thing that could happen Doc & Film International – Estelle De Araujo Youth – [email protected] A Family Quartet to a jubilant young father? A visit from the Simonka de Jong, The Netherlands, 58’ in-laws. Is for his son, that he record this Human Interest / Social Issues Meet 16 year old Dutch violin talent Noa hilarious and painful new family constellation. From Shock to Awe Wildschut and her family during the three Marina Razbezhkina Studio – Renato Borrayo Luc Coté, Canada, United States, 55’ years leading up to her debut album Serano – [email protected] Following the journeys of Michael and Matt, two U.S. combat veterans when they decide to and international breakthrough. Author’s Point of View Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert A Film for Ehuana leave the pharmaceutical drugs behind as they – [email protected] seek relief from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Louise Botkay, Brazil, -27’ Within the largest forest in the world, in Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Röfekamp Science / Technology – [email protected] Family Shots the border between Brazil and Venezuela, David Sieveking, Germany, 96’ a feminine gaze in the female world of History / Politics Should parents trust the vaccines contemporary Indian Yanomamy women. Gandhi: Fighting Without Weapons doctors champion for their children? Cinesofia – Louise Botkay – [email protected] Christian Rathner, Austria, 45’ France, Germany, Denmark, Benelux, Austria Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, known as Nature / Environment “Mahatma,” was assassinated by a Hindu Journeyman Pictures – Felix White- Fish & Fraud: The Ecolabel MSC Thomson – [email protected] fanatic 70 years ago, on 30th January 1948. Wilfried Huismann, Mexico, Spain, 52’ ORF - Enterprise – Alexandra Hopf – [email protected] Youth The seal of the Marine Stewardship Fantasy, Fantasy Council (MSC) serves as the world’s Human Interest / Social Issues Kaspar Astrup Schröder, Denmark, 33’ most successful ecological insignia. Garden of Memories For three years we follow the autistic twin girls Germany Humaira Bilkis, Bangladesh, 71’ Molly and Smilla in a crucial time of their lives. Autentic GmbH – Sophie von Kontz – It’s a story of 150 years of entrapment of All media worldwide excluding Free [email protected] migrant tea laborers living in Bangladesh TV and Pay TV in Denmark through the eyes of a dying chieftain. Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues Sonntag Pictures – Sara Stockmann Flow Bengal Creations Limited – Abul Khair – [email protected] – [email protected] Nicolás Molina, Chile, 82’ Human Interest / Social Issues Flow observes the human connection Art / Music / Culture Farewell Yellow Sea between two rivers: the Ganges in India Generation Wealth Marita Stocker, Germany, 90’ and Biobío in Chile. It proposes a poetic Lauren Greenfield, United States, 108’ 23-year-old Qing who has never left journey blending both civilizations The fruition of a 25 year inquiry into “the China before, travels to the deepest through the flow of one great river. influence of affluence”. In the era when Donald German provinces to become a caregiver Chile Trump becomes president comes a searing for the elderly. A culture clash between Fantasma – Marcela Santibáñez – [email protected] exploration of the aspiration for wealth. two entirely different worlds. UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, History New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] Fly Rocket Fly Germany, Israel (TV), Scandinavia Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative | Politics / Society Oliver Schwehm, Germany, Belgium, 91’ Favela Frontlines SpaceX and Elon Musk weren’t the first! Human Interest / Social Issues | Science / Technology | Nature / Environment Renato Martins, Brazil, 90’ Fly Rocket Fly tells the unbelievable Genesis 2.0 Through personal stories from people on but true story of OTRAG, the first Christian Frei, Switzerland, 113’ both sides of the conflict and powerful private space company ever. The hunt for white gold at the remotest edge footage, Favela Frontlines takes you Germany, Belgium of Siberia reveals a scenario of the future to the frontline of the battle between Magnetfilm GmbH – Georg Gruber – that may well turn our world upside down. police and drug traffickers in Brazil. [email protected] Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin Brazil – [email protected] Nature / Environment Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] For the Birds Human Interest / Social Issues Investigative Richard Miron, United States, 93’ George - The Story of George The Feeling of Being Watched A woman’s love for her pet chickens, ducks, Maciunas and Fluxus Assia Boundaoui, United States, 87’ geese, and turkeys—all 200 of them— Jeffrey Perkins, United States, France, When journalist Assia Boundaoui ignites a battle with local animal rescuers Germany, Denmark, The Netherlands, investigates rumors of surveillance in her and puts her marriage in jeopardy. Czech Republic, Italy, Japan, 203’ Arab-American neighborhood in Chicago, UK Feature length documentary portrait of she uncovers one of the largest FBI Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] George Maciunas (1931-1978), Lithuanian terrorism probes conducted before 9/11. American artist and impresario of the Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society USA, Norway, Israel Freedom Fields avant-garde art movement Fluxus. MetFilm Sales – Vesna Cudic – [email protected] Kino Lorber is the distributor for USA and Canada. Naziha Arebi, United Kingdom, 97’ Freedom Fields is a film about Curatorial – David Koh – [email protected] hope and sacrifice in a land where dreams seem a luxury. UK & Ireland Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected]

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Art / Music / Culture Youth Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story Gracious Hamada James Lester, United States, 85’ Anneke de Lind van Wijngaarden, Eloy Domínguez Serén, Sweden, Discover New York City’s neo- Annelies Kruk, The Netherlands, 15’ Germany, Norway, 58’ burlesque subculture. Getting Naked Gracious is deaf and communicates With vitality and humor, Hamada paints offers a lingering look at several sexy through sign language, but in all other an unusual portrait of a group of young denizens of the nightlife scene. ways she’s just like any other teenager. friends living in a refugee camp in the US, Canada, Denmark and Australia. The open expression on her face speaks middle of the stony Saharan desert. Juno Films – Elizabeth Sheldon – [email protected] volumes in this intimate portrait. Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert The Netherlands – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – History / Politics Ghetto Balboa [email protected] Árpád Bogdán, Hungary, 85’ Hands of God A former mafia man has been teaching History / Politics | Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture Riccardo Romani, United Kingdom, 85’ boxing to the poor young children of The Greatest Sacrifice They endured thirteen years of war, the neighbourhood for years. One of Eyad Aljarod, United Kingdom, Syria, 96’ dozens of bombings each and every his students fights his way up to box Through 3 years, the film monitors the month, but their focus was on one goal: for a world championship belt. transformations of the Syrian revolution, to become Olympic champions. SpeakEasy Project – Laszlo Jozsa – [email protected] plus, the conflicts presented in its space Upside Distribution – Johan De Faria – johan. and its intersection with the characters [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues and the surrounding community. Human Interest / Social Issues Ghosthunter Eyad Aljarod – [email protected] Ben Lawrence, Australia, 100’ Happy Winter Sometimes the most terrifying Politics / Society Giovanni Totaro, Italy, 52’ ghosts are our own. Grit An insight into the crisis of recent years, seen ANZ, CN, IL, LatAm, NO, ES Sasha Friedlander, Cynthia Wade, Indonesia, 81’ from Palermo’s Mondello beach where many Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] A powerful insight into those affected by families spend their summer holidays. a major mud explosion in Indonesia Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert Art / Music / Culture North America – [email protected] Giacinto Scelsi. The First Journeyman Pictures – Felix White- Motion of the Immovable Politics / Society Thomson – [email protected] A Haunted Past Sebastiano d’Ayala Valva, France, Italy, 81’ Fatma Riahi, Tunisia, Qatar, 90’ The childhood memory when his father Human Interest / Social Issues made him listen to a terrifying music, pushed The Guardians Twenty years aftermath the Bosnian war, the director onto the trail of his mysterious Tessa Moran, Ben Crosbie, United States, 57’ the Tunisian Islamic warrior Tawfiq finds relative: the composer Giacinto Scelsi. An ancient forest, the monarch butterfly, himself in a conflict between his role as the father of his three half-Bosnian Les Films de la Butte – Nicolas Lesoult an indigenous community in Mexico are – [email protected] deeply linked. The survival of the illegally daughters and his desire for revenge. logged trees is pivotal and the onetime TV rights in MENA Human Interest / Social Issues loggers now fiercely protect them Muhammad Refaat – [email protected] Giants and the Morning After USA, Latin America, UK, Germany, France Human Interest / Social Issues Per Bifrost, Malla Grapengiesser, Illumina Films – Robin Brinster – [email protected] Alexander Rynéus, Sweden, 86’ Heartbound Deep in the woods lies one of Sweden’s Human Interest / Social Issues Janus Metz, Sine Plambech, Denmark, The Guest The Netherlands, Sweden, 90’ Industry smallest municipality, carefully looked after Forum by an idealistic mayor. A documentary Sebastian Weber, Poland, 29’ An epic drama on cross-cultural Harvest where creation myths, fables are mixed A story full of warmth and humour about marriages between Thai women and with ordinary enlightened moments. the life of Wojtek, a Polish farmer, and his Danish fishermen, directed by Janus Metz Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica friendship with a young Swiss director (Armadillo, True Detective, Borg Vs Mc Enroe). – [email protected] which will change both their lives. CA, DK, NL, SE, UK, US KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Wilk – [email protected] The Good Death Human Interest / Social Issues Tomas Krupa, Slovakia, 52’ Art / Music / Culture Hearts in The Dust Janette is incurably ill and wants to die with Gurrumul Tommaso Cotronei, Italy, Bangladesh, 88’ dignity which is impossible in the UK. Doctor Paul Williams, Australia, 96’ Refugee camp around Kutupalong in Erika in Switzerland is willing to help her. Gurrumul is a portrait of an artist on the Bangladesh where the Rohingya community Do we own our life or does it own us? brink of global reverence, and the struggles persecuted by the military in Myanmar found Worldwide - exceptions upon request he and those closest to him faced in hospitality. A young man, Salman. He has First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – esther. balancing that which mattered most to no family, no place is assigned to him... [email protected] him and keeping the show on the road. Tommaso Cotronei – [email protected] Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Human Interest / Social Issues Art / Music / Culture Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Finland, The Heat: A Kitchen (R)evolution Good Neighbours Sweden, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia Maya Gallus, Canada, 72’ Stella van Voorst van Beest, The Netherlands, 85’ Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Loneliness hides behind closed doors and It takes a brazen personality to excel in the around every corner. But can you fight it Human Interest / Social Issues competitive sport of professional cooking. without facing your own fear of death? Hale County This A woman can only ascend the ranks if Basalt Film – Eline van Wees – [email protected] Morning, This Evening she can take the heat. Meet 7 women RaMell Ross, United States, 76’ chefs at the forefront of a revolution. Art / Music / Culture An emotive impression of the Historic MetFilm Sales – Vesna Cudic – [email protected] The Gospel of Eureka South, trumpeting the beauty of life and Michael Palmieri, Donal Human Interest / Social Issues consequences of the social construction Hebron Exposed: A Weapon of Life Mosher, United States, 75’ of race, while simultaneously existing Tom Roberts, Israel, 52’ Love, faith and civil rights collide in a southern as a testament to dreaming. town as evangelical Christians and drag queens The Palestinians using cameras to protect North America, Brazil, Germany, step into the spotlight to dismantle stereotypes. themselves against Israeli violence. France, Luxembourg, Belgium, Cinetic Media – Jason Ishikawa – [email protected] Portugal (until 2020) Switzerland, Austria, UK, Ireland Journeyman Pictures – Felix White- Doc & Film International – Estelle De Araujo Thomson – [email protected] – [email protected]

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Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues History / Politics | Investigative Here and Now Homo From Hell I See Red People Virginia Banci, United Kingdom, Italy, 15’ Kenneth Laugaard, Abdel Aziz Bojina Panayotova, France, Bulgaria, 83’ Here and Now portrays the end Mahomoud, Denmark, 52’ After 25 years in France, I return to Bulgaria of life experience of terminally ill Is it possible to be both Muslim and gay? when a vertiginous suspicion arises: what patients in an Italian hospice. And is it possible to find acceptance in your if my family had collaborated with the Giulia Dadamo – [email protected] family and your Muslim community if you secret police of the totalitarian regime? can’t live up to the heterosexual stereotype? Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica Art / Music / Culture – [email protected] The Hero Myth DR Sales – [email protected] Guillermo Asensio, Spain, 102’ Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues An unscripted musical road movie that How Big is the Galaxy? The Ice King takes you from Catalonia across to Ksenia Elyan, Russia, Estonia, 72’ James Erskine, United Kingdom, 89’ Switzerland, Hungary and India to discover A look at our world, knowledge The greatest ice skater of all time, John the extraordinary music played by the and civilization through the Curry transformed a dated sport into an owners of a set of unconventional violins. eyes of an indigenous boy living among art form and made history by becoming Guillermo Asensio – [email protected] the vast spaces of Arctic Siberia. the first openly gay Olympian. Marx Film – Maxim Tuula – [email protected] UK, Canada, Australia, New Human Interest / Social Issues Zealand, Japan, Sweden (TV) Heroin: Walking Dead Human Interest / Social Issues Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Miguel Toral, United States, Spain, 52’ The Hut Syndicate In 2017 about 70,000 people died in the Diego Gutiérrez, The Netherlands, 86’ Art / Music / Culture United States from overdoses related to Every autumn the free-spirited food The Idea Is Paramount. The heroin. During the entire Vietnam war, connoisseur Ronald Timmermans takes a Architectural Passions of Andrzej Wajda 58,159 casualties were recorded. group of men out of their daily routine to Jacek Link-Lenczowski, Poland, 55’ Spain, Latin America go hunting in the Dutch countryside. The film discovers Andrzej Wajda Autentic GmbH – Sophie von Kontz – The Netherlands as an architecture enthusiast who [email protected] NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld - initiated bold changes in Krakow’s [email protected] public space and promoted Japanese Science / Technology | Experimental and Far Eastern culture in Poland. The Hidden City Investigative | History | Politics / Society KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Victor Moreno, Spain, France, 80’ The Hydra Wilk – [email protected] An urban symphony that invites us to reflect Ram Devineni, Ukraine, The upon the habitat we have created for ourselves. Netherlands, United States, 72’ Art / Music / Culture Shellac – Felicie Roger – [email protected] One man’s battle against the Images of Women - Juxtapositions: The post-Soviet drug cartels. Artist of The Viennese Modernism History Hidden Face Rattapallax – Ram Devineni – [email protected] Barbara Weissenbeck, Austria, 52’ The ‘Viennese Modernism’, or Viennese Eyal Datz, Israel, 54’ Human Interest / Social Issues Modern Age, was characterised by huge The film is a unique journey into the I Didn’t Do It innovation in art, literature, architecture, meeting point of the Jewish faith and the Elena Lindemans, The Netherlands, Spain, 85’ music, psychology, philosophy and society. holocaust events. Through the Admor of In 2003, the Dutchman Romano van der Sanz-Klausenburg’s story of heroism Dussen was arrested in Spain for raping ORF - Enterprise – Alexandra Hopf – [email protected] Israel and assaulting three women in one and the Human Interest / Social Issues Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] same night. A crime he didn’t commit. In a Lion The Netherlands Karol Lindholm, Poland, 12’ History The Hitler Chronicles NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – In one of a Danish zoo you could get [email protected] know, that the animals are also beautiful Hermann Pölking-Eiken, Germany, 50’ inside. But not all the spectators As never seen before, and more topical Art / Music / Culture succumb to the magic of that show... today than any other Hitler biography, I Grew Up As You Slept the Chronicles depict everyday European Marcin Sauter, Poland, 48’ KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk – [email protected] life between 1889 and 1945 in impressive Karalina left Belarus, just like the overwhelming images, many of them in color. majority of her friends from music school. The Human Interest / Social Issues Worldwide - exceptions upon request lives of Belarussian intelligentsia members are In Balance First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – esther. portrayed in the form of a study of nostalgia. Jésus Castro Ortega, France, 52’ [email protected] KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna In search of his origins, Guillaume Bordier, Wilk – [email protected] dancer and choreographer born in Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Youth Vietnam and adopted by a French family, Home Games Human Interest / Social Issues makes a DNA test with an American Alisa Kovalenko, France, I Had A Dream laboratory. The result is amazing. Ukraine, Poland, 86’ Claudia Tosi, Italy, 52’ A season in the life of Alina, a 20-year- From the feminist fights against Berlusconi AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] old poor girl from Kyiv. She is about to to the last elections of 2018, the film Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues join the Ukraine national team when her explores the last ten years of Italy through In Search... mother dies, leaving two young siblings. the political action and the everyday Beryl Magoko, Germany, 90’ Alina must choose: football or family. life of the two compelling women. A courageous and determined young Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert woman talks about her experiences – [email protected] – [email protected] going through Female Genital Science / Technology Politics / Society Mutilation and the need to undergo a Homo Botanicus I Love My Muslim reconstructive surgery on her genitals. Guillermo Quintero, Colombia, France, 88’ Marjolein Busstra, The Netherlands, 53’ Academy of Media Arts Cologne – Homo Botanicus explores the romantic A love story pushing the boundaries Ute Dilger – [email protected] world of scientists. This is an anachronistic of age and religion journey through plants mysteries Benelux and their legacy in the world. Journeyman Pictures – Felix White- Casatarantula – Nicolás Van Hemelryck Thomson – [email protected] – [email protected]

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Politics / Society Politics / Society Author’s Point of View In the Name of All Canadians ISIS, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls of Mosul Junha’s Planet Vivian Belik, Jennifer Bowen-Allen, Patrick Francesca Mannocchi, Alessio Hyung-sook Hong, South Korea, 108’ Reed, Andrea Schmidt, Ariel Nasr, Aisha Jamal, Romenzi, Italy, Germany, 80’ “Every planet in the universe has its own Karen Chapman, Jérémie Wookey, Annick Isis, Tomorrow follows the destiny of the melody.” Employing cinematic imagination Marion, Janelle Wookey, Khoa Lê, Canada, 88’ surviving families of the fighters in the to a 13-year-old Junha’s reality, the film An anthology of short films illustrating complexity of the post-war period. aims to toss reason at the nature of the state of Canadian civil rights and Italy, France, Germany ‘human beings and relationships.’ liberties as defined in the Canadian Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Seokpil Kang – [email protected] Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Canada Island of the Hungry Ghosts Just Another Day In Paradise Hot Docs – Julian Carrington – [email protected] Gabrielle Brady, Germany, United Maya Reichert, Germany, 90’ Nature / Environment Kingdom, Australia, 94’ We follow the protagonists on their personal In the Realm of the Spider-tailed Viper Christmas Island, 40 million crabs journeying struggles living on the capeverdian Fathollah Amiri, Iran, 39’ from jungle to sea. But the jungle holds island Fogo before the unexpected This revealing documentary explains the another secret: a high-security facility that eruption of the vulcano which covers discovery of a rare and unique snake called detains individuals seeking asylum. the village under 12 meters of lava. the Spider-Tailed Horned Viper and the ANZ, CA (SVOD), DE, UK, US Fruitmarket Arts & Media – Arne Birkenstock amazing man who made it happen. Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] – [email protected] Wildlife Pictures Institute – Majid Mohammaddoust Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Islander Kabul, City in the Wind Human Interest / Social Issues Stéphane Goël, Switzerland, 92’ Aboozar Amini, The Netherlands, In Touch In 1877 a Swiss aristocrat became the king of Japan, Germany, Afghanistan, 85’ Pawel Ziemilski, Poland, Iceland, 63’ the island of Robinson Crusoe in the Pacific A city is an orchestration of its In a visual, almost tactile way, this Ocean. Nowadays his descendants dream inhabitants. The film portraits Kabul intimate and artistic film to become an autonomous territory. through the meaningful daily details connects Polish villagers and Sweet Spot Docs – Bojana Maric – of two kids and a bus driver. their many family members [email protected] Japan, The Netherlands who have immigrated to Iceland. Rediance Films – Jing Xu – [email protected] History NUR – Lukasz Dlugolecki – [email protected] It’s All Coming Back Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues Jeroen Bos, Ronald Bos, The Netherlands, 55’ Kaiser! The Greatest Footballer Inside Lehman Brothers Documentary on Dutch Jewish labor camps Never To Play Football Jennifer Deschamps, France, Canada, 85’ in WWII, on their role in the extermination Louis Myles, United Kingdom, 96’ Through exclusive insiders, Inside Lehman of the Jews and the role the municipality of The most incredible untold Brothers tells the largest bankruptcy of all Amsterdam played in sending people there. story in soccer history. time: $631 billion of debt. A story not only from Netherlands UK, Ireland and India (all rights), Italy (theatrical) the past but also of the present and future. Great Expeditions BV – Jeroen Bos – Rooftop Content Group – Jordi van Even France, USA, Canada [email protected] – [email protected] Banijay Rights – Emily Elisha – [email protected] Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues Politics / Society History / Politics It’s All Good Karakib Inside the War on ISIS Tuki Jencquel, Venezuela, Germany, 52’ Ahmed Nader, Nehal Elkoussi , Egypt, 28’ Jana Andert, Czech Republic, 52’ As the health system collapses, Venezuelans Why do Egyptians keep their old stuff? Documentarist Jana Andert spent eight experience severe medicine shortages and X-media – Ahmed Nader – [email protected] months with an elite Iraqi Army unit on have to cope with the country’s brutal reality. the fron lines of the battle for Mosul, Magnetfilm GmbH – Georg Gruber – Art / Music / Culture | Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues occupied by Islamic State fighters from [email protected] Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl 2014 to June 2017. An unflinching report. Amy Goldstein, United States, 89’ Politics / Society A platinum-selling pop dissident turns her Worldwide - exceptions upon request Iuventa back on the music business and learns how First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – esther. Michele Cinque, Italy, Germany, 86’ [email protected] to survive as a punk renegade, TV wrestling In this powerful and moving film, we queen, and DIY leader of an all-girl band. Human Interest / Social Issues follow the NGO rescue ship Iuventa, Submarine Entertainment– Submarine Insomnia bought and operated by the Jugend Entertainment, Dan Braun – [email protected] Valeria Latypova, Russia, France, 42’ Rettet network of young Europeans who A god-forsaken village in Kazakhstan challenge the idea of ‘Fortress Europe’ Human Interest / Social Issues tries to come to life after an epidemic Italy, Germany, Austria, Kinders of a mysterious sleeping sickness. Switzerland, Liechtenstein Arash T. Riahi, Arman T. Riahi, Austria, 52’ Kinders is a playful portrait of children taking Docs Vostok – Marusya Syroechkovskaya Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] – [email protected] part in a musical education programme Human Interest / Social Issues called ((superar)) and learning to deal with Art / Music / Culture Jonathan Agassi Saved My Life their lives through the power of music. The Insufferable Groo Tomer Heymann, Israel, Germany, 106’ Austria, Germany (theatrical rights) Scott Christopherson, United States, 78’ An intimate portrait of a gay porn star, Filmdelights – Christa Auderlitzky – The world’s most prolific filmmaker who tries to escape the demons of his [email protected] you’ve never heard of boyhood through extreme sex, hard Human Interest / Social Issues North America drugs and superficial attention. King Skate Journeyman Pictures – Felix White- IL Simon Safranek, Czech Republic, 82’ Thomson – [email protected] Autlook Filmsales – Stephanie Fuchs – [email protected] The first feature-length documentary Science / Technology about the rise of skateboarding in Inventing Tomorrow Human Interest / Social Issues Czechoslovakia presents a gripping tale Laura Nix, United States, 85’ Joseph & Josephine of the search for freedom in a society Meet passionate teenage innovators from Ronit Tayar, Israel, 62’ stifled by the communist regime. around the globe who are creating solutions In midlife, Joseph decides to go on a Czech Republic, Slovakia to confront the world’s environmental journey to find the ultimate freedom. Negativ Film Productions – Daniel threats while navigating the doubts and JMT Films Distribution – Michael Vadocky – [email protected] insecurities that mark adolescence. 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Author’s Point of View History / Politics | Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View Human Interest / Social Issues Kinshasa Makambo Laila at the Bridge The Little Death Dieudo Hamadi, Democratic Gulistan Mirzaei, Elizabeth Annie Gisler, Switzerland, 58’ Republic of the Congo, France, Mirzaei, Afghanistan, 97’ The Little Death is an intimate and multi- Switzerland, Germany, Norway, 75’ Laila battles one of the deadliest problems in faceted portrait of the female orgasm. Christian, Ben and Jean-Marie are Afghanistan: heroin addiction. The “mother Switzerland fighting for political change of power of the addicts,” must prevail over a crisis of Dok Mobile – Francesca Scalisi – [email protected] and free elections in their country, the addiction in a country ready to collapse. Art / Music / Culture Democratic Republic of the Congo. Intuitive Pictures Inc. – Ina Fichman – [email protected] Living for the Moment - The Pictures AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture of Photographer Tony Vaccaro Art / Music / Culture Land of my Children Daniel Ast, Jürgen Ast, Germany, 60’ Kishon Darío Aguirre, Switzerland, Germany, 88’ Tony Vaccaro is the last important Eliav Lilti, Israel, 87’ Inicially, Darío moved to Germany to chronicler of World War II and an icon During 50 years of writing Ephraim Kishon sold be with Stephanie, but the following of glossy fashion photography. In New millions of books and won two Golden Globes, 15 years government agencies tested York, he shows us his pictures which yet he could never write his own biography. his love. Until one day Darío is invited document 50 years of world history. Using animation, the film ‘brings back to life’ to become a German citizen. New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] Kishon’s persona and reenacts rare dialogs. Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin Israel – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Looking for Jesus Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture Katarzyna Kozyra, Poland, 73’ History / Politics The Land of Peach Blossoms How do people deal with the figure The Kleptocrats Mingying Zhou, China, 98’ of the messiah in our times. Sab Hobkinson, Havana Marking, A unique liveevent restaurant in Chongqing Poland United Kingdom, 84’ holds a mirror to China. How long will the Fine Day Promotion – Agnieszka Rostropowicz- How one family’s desire for power, wealth staff submit to the company philosophy Rutkowska – [email protected] and status crushed a democracy, destroyed with its authoritarian collectivism? a country and seduced the Hollywood elite. ChongQing XinHe Cultural Media Youth Los Reyes UK Company – [email protected] Bettina Perut, Iván Osnovikoff, Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Chile, Germany, 77’ History / Politics Land Without God Chola and Football are two street dogs Industry Forum Kobarid Gerard M Flynn, Lotta Petronella, that live in the Los Reyes skatepark. A Harvest Christian Carmosino Mereu, Italy, 100’ Maedhbh McMahon, Ireland, 74’ microcosm is organized around them, We are as in autumn on branches the leaves. An intimate portrait of a family coming composed of things, animals and young worldwide to terms with decades of institutional adolescents in conflict with the adult world Command B – Telma Oliveira – [email protected] abuse and the impact it has had CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] and is still having on their lives. Human Interest / Social Issues Farcry Productions – Maedhbh McMahon Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Nature / Environment Kolyma - Road of Bones – [email protected] Losing Alaska Stanislaw Mucha, Germany, 90’ Tom Burke, Ireland, 82’ During the Stalin era, millions of prisoners Experimental Sitting atop a melting permafrost, Newtok, lost their lives along the 2,000-km-long Las Cruces Alaska is set to be the first American town Kolyma highway in northeast Russia. Teresa Arredondo, Carlos Vásquez, Chile, 80’ lost to climate change. Losing Alaska is Director Stanislaw Mucha follows the In 1973, 19 workers were arrested. His body a local story with global significance. route in search of life there today. was found later in a common grave. 40 years Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] later, a policeman breaks the silence pact and discloses the facts of the massacre. Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Chile Loss Won’t Pay the Bills Komodo Dragons [dereojo comunicaciones] – Claudio Helge Prinsen, The Netherlands, 63’ Michal Borczuch, Poland, 70’ Leiva Araos – [email protected] A moving and humorous portrait of Film based on two parallel stories. First one is Holland’s oldest greengrocer and his wife, focused on the documentary observation of a Youth who have been putting their heart and group of autistic adults and the second one is The Last Lesson soul into running their shop for 65 years Grzegorz Zariczny, Poland, 53’ a story about young parents Agata and Franek. and don’t want to hear about quitting. In the midst of intensive study for final KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna The Netherlands exams, the camera follows secondary Wilk – [email protected] NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – school students during classes and private [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues conversations. They discuss their plans Kusama - Infinity and dreams on the brink of adulthood. Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics Heather Lenz, United States, 80’ KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Lost Reactor This is the fascinating story of the queen Wilk – [email protected] Alexandra Westmeier, Germany, 77’ of polka dots, Yayoi Kusama, one of the A prestigious but never-completed Soviet most popular artists in the world today. Author’s Point of View nuclear power station in Crimea now stands Letter to a Friend in Gaza UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, in ruins, but several outsiders have found Amos Gitai, Israel, 34’ Brazil (TV), China, France, Germany, Hong their salvation in this desolate place. In Letter to a Friend in Gaza, Gitai pays Kong, Israel (TV), Italy, Korea, Thailand, Linger On Filmproduction – Alexandra homage to Albert Camus exploring the Scandinavia, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Taiwan Westmeier – [email protected] return to Palestinian homes and villages while Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] interjecting texts by Yizhar Smilansky, Emile Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Habibi, Mahmoud Darwish and Amira Hass. Lost Warrior Industry Søren Steen Jespersen, Nasib Farah, Forum Ladies Israel Harvest Stéphanie Chuat, Véronique Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Denmark, The Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Reymond, Switzerland, 81’ Norway, Finland, Iceland, Czech Republic, 57’ Ladies reveals the intimate lives of five Art / Music / Culture A young man’s radicalized past casts women in their sixties who are waging a Listen to My Song shadows on the love he has finally found Danny Mitchell, United Kingdom, 48’ discreet daily battle against solitude. DR Sales – [email protected] The peace process is underway and Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin – [email protected] Esteban, a rapper in the Colombian FARC guerrilla movement, dreams of becoming a musician but first he must reconcile himself with his long-lost family. Grasp The Nettle – Danny Mitchell – [email protected]

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Nature / Environment Human Interest / Social Issues Art / Music / Culture Love & Bananas Maj Doris MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A Ashley M Bell, United States, Thailand, 75’ Jon Blåhed, Sweden, 73’ Steve Loveridge, United States, After waiting nearly three years, Ashley Bell A beautifully paced and heartfelt close- United Kingdom, Sri Lanka, 95’ joins a team of elephant rescuers led by up of the life of Maj Doris - an indigenous Drawn from a never-before-seen cache elephant conservationist, Lek Chailert, in a multi-artist and reindeer keeper living of personal footage spanning decades, daring mission 480 miles across Thailand. in Sapmi, above the arctic circle. MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. is an intimate Norway, USA, Canada, New SVT Sales – Paulette Rosas Hott – [email protected] portrait of the Sri Lankan artist and musician Zealand, Sweden, Australia who continues to shatter conventions. Author’s Point of View Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – Making Sense Together UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, [email protected] Austria, Germany, Israel (TV), Italy, Poland Ellen Ugelstad, Norway, 68’ (theatrical), Russia (theatrical & VOD), Human Interest / Social Issues Making Sense Together investigates Scandinavia, Singapore, Spain, Belgium (TV) Love and Empty Words the relationship between power and Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Malgorzata Imielska, Poland, 78’ powerlessness in psychiatric healthcare. An intimate story of love in the face of Twentyone Pictures – Ellen Ugelstad – Politics / Society incurable and debilitating Alzheimer’s. The [email protected] Meeting of Spies drama of a long-time married couple that Anke Ertner, Germany, 90’ have to face the inevitability of amnesia. Youth Making The Grade While working as a cook, forester and TVP S.A. – Karolina Socha - Kalinowska – car mechanic in the GDR, Norbert, Ken Wardrop, Ireland, 86’ [email protected] Raimund and Eberhard spied for the West A feel-good documentary about piano lessons between the 1950s and 80s. They tell their History / Politics from beginners to accomplished pianists extraordinary stories for the first time. Lovesick and the transformative power of music. New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] Priya Giri Desai, United States, India, 74’ Ireland, UK, USA, Canada In India, where marriage is a must but AIDS Magnetfilm GmbH – Georg Gruber – Human Interest / Social Issues is unspeakable, how do you find love if [email protected] Met While Incarcerated you’re HIV+? One doctor finds a way – by Catherine Legge, United States, 78’ playing matchmaker for her patients. Human Interest / Social Issues Mamacita Met While Incarcerated is the provocative MENA, Germany José Pablo Estrada Torrescano, and touching love story of 3 successful, Limonero Films – Pamela Martinez Martinez strong, intelligent women who’ve shocked – [email protected] Germany, Mexico, Luxembourg, 52’ José Pablo vowed to make a film about his themselves by falling for men in prison Art / Music / Culture extravagant grandmother Mamacita, not for committing violent crimes. Lumbalú knowing the revelation of secrets, lies and Canada Lucía Betancur, Colombia, 25’ deceptions would affect 5 generations Espresso Media International – Jessica The rite of death of the first free of a high-society Mexican family. Reilly – [email protected] slave town in America Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] Politics / Society Punto 8 Audiovisual – Natalia Tamayo Metal Politics Taiwan Restrepo – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Mantra - Sounds into Silence Marco Wilms, Germany, 90’ From rock star to politician. Freddy Lim, Taiwan’s Politics / Society Georgia Wyss, Spain, 85’ most political heavy metal singer, pursues (M)otherhood An uplifting documentary exploring the new his own unique career from passionate stage Inès Peris Mestre, Laura García music and social phenomenon of chanting. performer to active member of parliament. Andreu, Spain, 58’ Germany, Switzerland New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] Having the proper physical condition Magnetfilm GmbH – Georg Gruber – doesn’t always make someone want to [email protected] Author’s Point of View be an Olympic athlete, so why should the Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View Mi Hermano ability to procreate necessarily compel Alana Simoes, Mexico, Spain, 70’ a woman to become a mother? Manu Emmanuelle Bonmariage, Belgium, 92’ A portrait of two Russian boys who were Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin adopted by a single Spanish woman. Through – [email protected] The man who wouldn’t let go of his camera. Clin d’Oeil films – Hanne Phlypo – [email protected] their relationship, they show us what it means Human Interest / Social Issues to regain trust in primary emotional links. Made by Iraqi Girls Art / Music / Culture Cinematropodos – Alana Simoes – Gianni Vukaj, Jordan, 52’ Marcel Duchamp: Art of the Possible [email protected] Matthew Taylor, United States, 58’ In a small room in Amman, some girls escaped Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues from Isis work hard with 5 sewing-machine. Marcel Duchamp: Art of the Possible explores the life, philosophy and impact Minding the Gap What are they doing? Trying to sew their Bing Liu, United States, 98’ of one of the most influential early 20th future, giving to themselves a new chance. Three young men bond together to century modernists, Marcel Duchamp Tv2000 – Gabriella Tafuri – [email protected] escape volatile families in their Rust France, Germany Belt hometown. As they face adult Human Interest / Social Issues Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – Maid in Hell (Why Slavery Series) [email protected] responsibilities, unexpected revelations Søren Klovborg, Lebanon, 60’ threaten their decade-long friendship. Harassment, abuse, torture and Art / Music / Culture | History UK 18-hour working days. This is the Marceline. A Woman. A Century Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] everyday life of thousands of domestic Cordelia Dvorák, France, The Netherlands, 58’ An encounter with the remarkable French Art / Music / Culture workers in the Middle East. The Miracle of the Little Prince DR Sales – [email protected] film director, Marceline Loridan-Ivens, the radical chronicler, Holocaust survivor, Marjoleine Boonstra, The Netherlands, 90’ Nature / Environment and long-standing companion of the Next to the Bible, The Little Prince by Maiden legendary film pioneer Joris Ivens. Antoine de Saint-Exupery is the most Alex Holmes, United Kingdom, 94’ Windmill Film Distribution – Annemiek van translated book in the world. The incredible, against-all-odds story of der Hell – [email protected] The Netherlands sailor Tracy Edwards, who skippered the Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Röfekamp first all-female international crew in the 1989 – [email protected] Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Scandinavia, Benelux, India, South Africa, Israel Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected]

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Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Missing Women and the My Heart Belongs to Daddy Industry Netizens Forum Bachelor Time Bomb Sofia Haugan, Norway, Sweden, 83’ Harvest Cynthia Lowen, United States, 60’ Antje Christ, Dorothe Dörholt, Germany, 90’ A different kind of father-daughter film. Cyber harassment has spread from computer Today, Asia is “missing” 170 million women. Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] screens to the most intimate corners of The result of population control policies women’s lives. Netizens follows three Author’s Point of View women who are targets of harassment, imposed by the West. The fight for women My Home, in Libya as tradable commodities has begun. privacy invasions and threats of violence. Martina Melilli, Italy, 66’ Finland, Norway. New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] Filming in her grandparents’ home near Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – Human Interest / Social Issues Padova in Italy, director Martina Melilli identifies [email protected] More Human Than Human a map of places belonging to their past. Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting, The Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert Art / Music / Culture Netherlands, United States, Belgium, 55’ – [email protected] Never Stop - A Music That Resists More Human Than Human explores what Jacqueline Caux, France, 76’ Human Interest / Social Issues With Juan Atkins, Derrick May, it means to live in the age of intelligent My Name is Daniel machines and poses the existential question: Carl Craig and Jeff Mills. Daniel Gonçalves, Brazil, 83’ The techno music in Detroit and the creation of will AI render humanity obsolete? Daniel Gonçalves was born with a disability that Benelux, BR, CA, CN, DK, DE, the pioneers’ independent labels have allowed no doctor has been able to diagnose. In My an underground culture to resonate worldwide. FR, MENA, NO, TW, US Name is Daniel, the young filmmaker traces his AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] life’s path to try to understand his condition. Human Interest / Social Issues Brazil Human Interest / Social Issues Mrs Gloria Olhar Distribuição – Argel Medeiros Newborn Victor Fajnzylber , Chile, 65’ – [email protected] Lidia Duda, Poland, 74’ She ran away from home for him. He Gloria has been working in a five-star Human Interest / Social Issues hotel for 20 years when she is terminally My North Is The South broke away from his traumatic past for her. They’ve been inseparable for ill due to terminal cancer. His son Victor Amanda Puga, Chile, 99’ 11 years. Their first child is born... returns to Chile and together they From a journey in Latin America, various prepare for an imminent death. socio political views are reveal from the Aura Films – Anna Blawut – [email protected] Chile critical view of its inhabitants, generating Politics / Society Mimbre Producciones – Daniela Camino essential questions about life and Nice Very Nice – [email protected] different ways of perceiving reality. El Kheyer Zidani, Algeria, France, 16’ Art / Music / Culture | History Praxia – Catalina Alarcón – [email protected] Didou and his love story in old building, is a story of his wife. His love and dedication Munch in Hell Industry Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues Stig Andersen, Norway, 72’ Forum for her made him creative in decoration. Harvest My Soul Drifts Light Upon a Munch in Hell looks at Sea of Trees Z&K PRODUCTION – El Kheyer Zidani – [email protected] the life of Edvard Munch. Heinrich Dahms, The Netherlands, Japan, 91’ Human Interest / Social Issues Norway, The Netherlands When the cherry blossoms bloom in the The Night of All Nights Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Röfekamp high mountains of Central Japan, three lost Yasemin Samdereli, Germany, 92’ – [email protected] souls rediscover the beauty of life after their In frank and funny interviews four couples Human Interest / Social Issues encounters with a Zen Buddhist priest. from the US, Japan, India and Germany, each Mussolini’s Sister Netherlands Television rights married for more than 50 years, reveal their Juna Suleiman, Juna Suleiman, Israel, 70’ Buzzmedia Network BV – Michele Aime – [email protected] secrets of long-term partnerships and love. Within the small world of the Germany, Austria, Switzerland History / Politics | Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View elderly Hiam, large themes Magnetfilm GmbH – Georg Gruber – such as arranged marriage, My Unknown Soldier [email protected] loneliness and racism are Anna Kryvenko, Czech Republic, Youth explored in an original way. Latvia, Slovakia, 76’ How does it feel to become an occupier Nine Month War Qumra House – Nicholas Jacob – [email protected] without your own intentions? Laszlo Csuja, Hungary, Qatar, 54’ Human Interest / Social Issues Analog Vision s.r.o. – Analog Vision s.r.o., Nine Month War tells the story of a mother My Faith: Jehova Michal Krácmer – [email protected] and son living in the shadow of the military Cathrine Marchen Asmussen, Denmark, 15’ conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Investigative What are you doing to help make Nae Pasaran Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert a world without evil? – [email protected] Felipe Bustos Sierra, United Kingdom, Chile, 96’ Klassefilm – Lise Saxtrup – [email protected] The incredible true story of the Scottish Human Interest / Social Issues Youth workers who defied Pinochet. No Box For Me. An Intersex Story My Father is My Mother’s Brother Debasers Filums – Felipe Bustos Sierra – [email protected] Floriane Devigne, France, 58’ Vadym Ilkov, Ukraine, 76’ The film reflects on the way intersex History / Politics people seek to reappropriate their In this touching family narrative, a The Nazi-Soviet Pact: The Fiasco bohemian singer/artist becomes a bodies and construct their identities. It father to his five-year-old niece when his of the European Diplomacy questions what our societies are ready sister’s mental health deteriorates. Cédric Tourbe, France, 104’ to do in the name of social norms. The true story of the fiasco of European Ukraine AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] diplomacy during World War 2 Feelsales – Maria Gonzales Esteban – Human Interest / Social Issues [email protected] through the eyes of the ones that tried their best to avoid the worst. No Longer Without You History / Politics France, Germany, Poland Mijke de Jong, The Netherlands, 39’ My Granny from Mars Doc & Film International – Estelle De Araujo No Longer Without You portrays searing Alexander Mihalkovich, Belarus, Ukraine, 80’ – [email protected] trembling, and at times both frightened and After the annexation of Crimea my old Ukranian precious encounters between a member granny Zina had to face the fact of living on a of the traditional Muslim community ‘new planet’. For many reasons, the time has and a more progressive loved one. come for her to make a crucial decision. Kleine Storm Mediaproducties – Machteld Volia Films – Volia Chajkouskaya – [email protected] van Gelder – [email protected]

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Human Interest / Social Issues Nature / Environment History / Politics No Love Left Only Roundup Remains Palestine’s Stolen Images Nicolás Guzmán, Chile, 14’ Brian Liu, United States, 86’ Rodrigo Vazquez, Argentina, United Kingdom, 105’ Three women walk though the neighborhood An iconic American culture struggles In the 70th anniversary of the Palestinian they have always lived. Together they to preserve its traditional way of life. liberation movement, this film is about remember with nostalgia where they kissed Through the perspective of a family of the secret history of the links between and made love promises for the first time. roundup cowboys, this is an intimate the national liberation movements Mimbre Producciones – Daniela Camino portrait of proud Montana ranchers. in Palestine and Latin America. – [email protected] Only Roundup Remains – Brian Liu – [email protected] Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected]

Human Interest / Social Issues Youth Youth A Northern Soul Operation Globus Pani: Women, Drugs and Kathmandu Sean McAllister, United Kingdom, 79’ Ariadna Seuba Serra, Spain, The Netherlands, 62’ Raul Gallego Abellan, Nepal, 88’ Brexit Britain: how long do you In 1976 six hippies are sponsored by a Living with addiction in Kathmandu hold on to your dreams? fascist company to tour the world in a Journeyman Pictures – Felix White- 10Ft Films Ltd – Elhum Shakerifar – [email protected] truck. The expedition fails but one member Thomson – [email protected] continues alone. He returns without truck, Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues ‘Now something is slowly changing’ but an obsession: to bring it back. Parkland Catalonia (rest of Spain available), mint film office, The Netherlands, 90’ Cecilia da Fonte, Brazil, 73’ An observational and structured Poland and Japan The precarious situations, abusive documentary about the modernday Rolling Basis – Guillermo F. Flórez – [email protected] working relationships and marginalized quest for meaning, personal growth History / Politics life histories faced by workers of and performance improvement. Operation Jane Walk traveling amusement parks. The Netherlands Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel, Austria, 16’ Plataforma Taturana – Renato Manganello Some Shorts – [email protected] Operation Jane Walk is a city tour through – [email protected] the architecture of an Online Shooter. Human Interest / Social Issues Politics / Society O amor é único aug&ohr medien – Markus Kaatsch – [email protected] The Patriot Marina Meijer, The Netherlands, 50’ Politics / Society Katja Fedulova, Germany, 35’ Surrounded by Brazil’s sensual mountains, Operation Playa He’s his mother’s delight. He’s 21 and an MP of Dona Alva, a single ‘Macho Fredrik Undervik, Sweden, 58’ the State Duma. He’s the man to come. Beware. Woman’ in her eighties, decides to 1,4 tonnes cocaine is seized on a sailing boat Fedulova Films – Katja Fedulova – [email protected] listen to her own heart, and to in the Caribbean. The cocaine plays becomas History / Politics nobody else. She’s strong, courageous, a central part in one of Sweden’s biggest Patriotic Highway and looking for love… drug cases in history – Operation Playa. Caroline Troedsson, Sweden, 80’ Marina Meijer – [email protected] SVT Sales – Anna Hagnefur – [email protected] As a high-profile international lawyer, Youth History Marie is now facing her biggest Obon Our Blood is Wine challenge ever. She is main judge in the Andre Hörmann, Germany, 15’ Emily Railsback , United States, 78’ biggest corruption case within the EU Akiko Takakura, one of the last remaining Award-winning sommelier Jeremy Quinn operated EULEX mission in Kosovo. survivors of the atomic bomb attack immerses himself into rural family life in the Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin on Hiroshima, tells her life story. Republic of Georgia and explores the rebirth – [email protected] SND Films – Sydney Neter – [email protected] of 8,000-year-old winemaking traditions. Human Interest / Social Issues North America, Japan Politics / Society | Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues People’s Republic of Desire Industry Magnetfilm GmbH – Georg Gruber – Forum Obscuro Barroco Hao Wu, China, United States, 95’ Harvest [email protected] Evangelia Kranioti, France, Greece, 60’ People’s Republic of Desire tells the A somnambulistic cinematic essay Politics / Society stories of two online stars who’ve risen from following the path of transgender narrator Our Man in Cairo isolation to fame and fortune in China. Luana Muniz across Rio. A stream of Bence Máté, Italy, 52’ Cinetic Media – Jason Ishikawa – [email protected] consciousness, images and words caught Uncovering El Sisi regime. Human Interest / Social Issues between carnival, subculture and politics. Italy, Arabic Speaking World, France, Petit Frère Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica Germany, Scandinavia, French Canada, Roberto Collío, Rodrigo Robledo, Chile, 70’ – [email protected] Belgium, Slovenia, Switzerland Between visions of the future and GA&A Productions Srl. – Gioia Avvantaggiato Politics / Society | Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues ghosts from the past, Wilner Petit-Frère The Olden Heralds – [email protected] reveals a series of stories about the Luis Alejandro Yero, Cuba, 23’ Human Interest / Social Issues new Haitian community in Chile. A secluded old couple witness the Out Araucaria Cine – Isabel Orellana – [email protected] end of an era in Cuban History. Denis Parrot, France, 64’ Art / Music / Culture Ana María Pulido – [email protected] Through a montage of compelling Phoenix videos posted on the Internet, Out Anat Tel, Israel, 69’ Human Interest / Social Issues makes us experience from within the Phoenix was born in the African Hebrew On Her Shoulders groundbreaking moment of coming out. Alexandria Bombach, United States, 94’ Nation, Israel. His father was deported and Upside Distribution – Iris Crespin – iris. Phoenix got his curse. Now he returns to his Mobbed by iPhone cameras and pushy [email protected] reporters, 23 y/o Nadia Murad leads community and parents who didn’t save him. a harrowing but vital crusade. Human Interest / Social Issues Israel US, Canada, UK, Ireland, Norway, Finland, Outspokenly Dutch Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Sweden, France, Germany, The Netherlands, John Appel, The Netherlands, 85’ Outspokenly Dutch is a portrait of The Art / Music / Culture Brazil, Israel, Japan, Italian speaking Switzerland The Photosopher, Instants Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Netherlands using speeches at parties, funerals, public gatherings and protest with Frank Horvat Youth marches and catches the zeitgeist of a Sandra Wis, France, 70’ Onibo country unsettled by fear and uncertainty. The Photosopher, Instants with Frank Horvat Julien Mauranne, Victor Guillon, France, 58’ KVFILMS – Eric Velthuis – [email protected] is a film about photography through the A modern day tale of two brothers from eyes of the photographer Frank Horvat the Shipibo Amazonian tribe, their dreams who has dedicated his life to it. of modernity and their reconnection WIS Films – Sandra Wis – [email protected] with the tradition of their forefathers. Lionfish Films – Balthazar de Ganay – [email protected]

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Art / Music / Culture Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Piazzolla, the Years of the Shark Power to the Children The Resolute Daniel Rosenfeld, Argentina, 90’ Anna Kersting, Germany, 90’ Giovanni Donfrancesco, Italy, France, 159’ An immersive, cinematic portrait of In India, children have started to take control of An 87 year-old Italian, now retired in the the world famous tango revolutionary. their lives by setting up children’s parliaments. USA, looks back on his inconvenient revolutionized the tango. Together, they can make a difference. past as a child soldier in the ranks of Argentina, Germany, Estonia, Spain, Finland, New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] one the most violent fascist militias. France, The Netherlands, Sweden, Slovenia AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Euroarts Music International – Sandrine Laffont – [email protected] The Price of Everything Art / Music / Culture Nathaniel Kahn, United States, 99’ The Rise and Fall of Nokia Mobile Art / Music / Culture A stunning expose of the role of art in Arto Koskinen, Finland, 60’ Picture Perfect today’s consumerist society from double Once upon a time there was a large Finnish Ida Kleppe, Norway, The Netherlands, 52’ Academy Award® nominee Nathaniel Kahn. company that manufactured the world’s best Thomas Morel has at a young age UK, USA, Canada, Worldwide Airlines, Australia, and most innovative mobile phones… become one of Europe’s most successful New Zealand, China, Finland (TV), France (TV), Worldwide - exceptions upon request photographers by using light in an exceptional Germany, Israel (TV), LATAM (TV), Norway First Hand Films – Gitte Hansen – gitte. way. However, at times his perfectionism (TV), Spain (TV), Sweden (TV), Switzerland [email protected] drives him into deep darkness. Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Denmark, Finland, Holland and Norway Rock, Paper, Scissors Pandora Film AS – Trude Refsahl – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Experimental | Politics / Society The Privacy of Wounds Lilah Markman, Israel, 54’ Human Interest / Social Issues Dalia Kury, Norway, 75’ Art-house self-docu follows intimately 6 Play for Life Filmed by remotely controlled cameras, years in the life of a family. Through an Marie Frapin, France, 93’ three former political prisoners volunteer to unbearable gap of broken dreams & body A group of homeless people and others be locked up again to revisit their memories limitations, self-reflection & art-making scarred by a fragile existence on the fringes of from Syria’s worst detention facilities. might offer a solace & raise a smile. society meet every week at a theatre workshop. UpNorth Film – [email protected] JMT Films Distribution – Michael C TON FILM PRODUCTIONS – Tamara Treves – [email protected] Setton – [email protected] History The Promise of Love History / Politics | Human Interest / Social Issues Art / Music / Culture Heleen Minderaa, The Netherlands, 52’ Rodeo Playing Hard Touching love- and life story of Tedje and Meijer Kiur Aarma, Raimo Jõerand, Estonia, Finland, 74’ Jean-Simon Chartier, Canada, United States, 90’ and the tragic root of their special bond. Taming a Wild Country. The Game Just Got Real Minderaa Media – Heleen Minderaa – Traumfabrik – Kiur Aarma – [email protected] Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – [email protected] [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Art / Music / Culture Ruben Blades Is Not My Name Investigative The Proposal Abner Benaim, Panama, Colombia, Argentina, 84’ Playing with the Bomb Jill Magid, United States, 83’ This is a film about a living legend and his Nick Golüke, Michael Muelle, Part thriller, part romance, The Proposal struggle to come to terms with his legacy. Peter F. Müller, Germany, 52’ follows the making of a radical artwork that US, Panama An investigation into North Korea’s game with explores the contested legacy of the late Luis Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] the nuclear bomb - and the powers behind. Barragán, Mexico’s most famous architect. Human Interest / Social Issues Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin Cinetic Media – Jason Ishikawa – [email protected] – [email protected] Sacachun History / Politics Gabriel Páez, Ecuador, 74’ Experimental Putin’s Witnesses The few elders of a dry village on the verge of Playland USA Vitaly Mansky, Latvia, Switzerland, disappearing, have been waiting for the return Benjamin Schindler, Germany, 88’ Czech Republic, 102’ of San Biritute, the God of rain, for 60 years. A poetic journey through a modern Through testimonies from Gorbachev, Ecuador fairy land trapped in it`s own universe Yeltsin, and the current Russian president Filmarte Ecuador –Maria Isabel Rodas of images and myths that influences himself, Vitaly Mansky tells the story of – [email protected] politics and culture on a global scale. how Putin rose to power and held his Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Art / Music / Culture Broadcast Rights Germany and France position for nearly two decades. Hübner Wallenfels – Levin Hübner – [email protected] Sakawa Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert Ben Asamoah, Belgium, The Netherlands, 81’ – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society An unbiased behind-the-scenes look at internet The Potato Eaters Experimental | History scamming in Ghana, where con artists cheat Dina Barinova, Russia, 57’ The Raft wealthy Westerners to escape poverty. The contemporary version of Van Gogh’s Marcus Lindeen, Sweden, Denmark, Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin The Potato Eaters from Russia. Germany, United States, 98’ – [email protected] Dina Barinova – [email protected] The strangest group experiment of all times. Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Scandinavia, North America, UK & Ireland, Samouni Road Power Meri France, Switzerland, Spain, Israel, Ex-Yugoslavia Stefano Savona, France, Italy, 126’ Joanna Lester, Papua New Guinea, Australia, 74’ Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] Samouni Road conveys a deep, Can one team of Papua New Guinean Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society multifaceted portrait of a family in Gaza women football players change their lives Railway Men City, before, during and after the tragic - and realise the dream of millions? Erige Sehiri, Tunisia, Switzerland, France, 73’ event that changed its life forever. Media Stockade – Madeleine Hetherton – Ahmed, a train-driver, is torn between his loyalty France, Italy, hors France, Dom-Tom, [email protected] to the old Tunisian railway company and his Andorre, Monaco, Italy, Switzerland Doc & Film International – Estelle De Araujo Human Interest / Social Issues personal aspirations, while Fitati, his colleague, The Power of Yoik becomes a whistleblower on train accidents. – [email protected] Paul Simma, Finland, 58’ Nomadis Images – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Yoiking is the trancelike chanting style of the History / Politics Santuario Sami people. Yoiking is also a powerfull tool for The Remnants Christine Delp, Pilar Timpane, United States, 25’ the Shamans. Sami woman Inga Gaup-Juuso Paolo Barberi, Riccardo Russo, In Greensboro, NC, a small church tries to save her village from tourists with Yoik. Italy, Switzerland, 72’ community offers sanctuary to Juana Ortega, UK, Finland, Sweden, Norway The Remnants is a journey into the a Guatemalan grandmother threatened and the Baltic countries. contradictions of today’s wars, in with deportation after 25 years of living Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica which the remains of the conflict and working in the United States. – [email protected] always outlive the conflict itself. Pilar Timpane, LLC – Pilar Timpane – [email protected] Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected]

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Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Satan & Adam The Sign For Love SNAP Scott Balcerek, United States, 89’ Iris Ben Moshe, Elad Cohen, Israel, 90’ Felipe Elgueta, Chile, 19’ Sterling Magee experienced firsthand Elad was born deaf to a hearing family. After SNAP is a reflection about the body, the music industry’s exploitation of black his mother’s tragic death and the breakdown gender, and identity through material musicians. So he walked away to play on of his family, he makes the most important self-shot for social media. the Harlem streets for ‘his people.’ decision of his life: to become a father. Marvin&Wayne - Short Films – Pablo Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – Costanza Film Distribution – Asaf Yecheskel Menéndez – [email protected] [email protected] – [email protected] History / Politics Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture History / Politics Sobradinho Scared of Revolution The Silence of Others Marília Hughes, Cláudio Marques, Brazil, 70’ Daniël Krikke, The Netherlands, 68’ Almudena Carracedo, Robert In 70’s, 73,000 people were forced to leave the A legendary poet and Afro-American Bahar, Spain, United States, 96’ Sobradinho region. Dona Pequenita was the rolmodel tries to redeem himself to be The Silence of Others reveals the the urgent only one to return. Precious footage (newsreel, the hopeful bridge to this generation. and ongoing struggle of victims of Spain’s soap opera...) help us to tell this story. Stichting Ideefix – Daniël Krikke – [email protected] 40-year dictatorship under General Franco, Coisa de Cinema – Cláudio Marques – who continue to seek justice to this day. [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View US, Canada, France, Spain, Finland, Scars Author’s Point of View Norway, The Netherlands, Israel, Slovenia, Didier Cros, France, 66’ The Son Italian speaking Switzerland Are you afraid to look at a different face ? Alexander Abaturov, Russia, France, 71’ Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] France Enlisted in the Russian army, Dima was Zadig Productions – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues shot in the head during a military operation Silicone Soul in Dagestan. His parents face the void Science / Technology Melody Gilbert , United States, 71’ following his death, whilst the army The School in the Cloud When having a relationship with a real human continues to train young soldiers... Jerry Rothwell, United Kingdom, United States, 85’ being is too hard, where do you turn? France What is the future of education in a Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Röfekamp AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] networked world? Sugata Mitra sets up – [email protected] an Internet kiosk in a remote Bengali Human Interest / Social Issues village and we follow as the children Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics The Son of the Hunter encounter the Internet for the first time. The Silk and the Flame Germán Scelso, Federico Sweden (TV rights) Jordan Schiele, China, United States, 87’ Robles, Argentina, 66’ MetFilm Sales – Vesna Cudic – [email protected] As Yao makes his annual trek back to his Intimate portrait of Luis Quijano, son of a former traditionalist family during Chinese New oppressor of Argentina’s military dictatorship. Human Interest / Social Issues Year, he struggles to reconcile his Beijing Scelso Films – Germán Scelso – [email protected] Selling Children (Why Slavery Series) life with his family’s expectations. Art / Music / Culture | History / Politics Pankaj Johar, India, 60’ Juno Films – Elizabeth Sheldon – [email protected] In the world’s largest democracy, India, The Sound of Masks millions continue to work in slavery. Art / Music / Culture Sara de Gouveia, South DR Sales – [email protected] Simon Marsden - A Life In Pictures Africa, Portugal, 70’ Jason Figgis, Ireland, United Kingdom, 71’ Atanásio Nyusi, a compelling storyteller and Human Interest / Social Issues Acclaimed photographer Simon Marsden’s legendary Mapiko dancer, takes us on a journey The Sentence haunting images provide a window into through Mozambique’s past and present. Rudy Valdez, United States, 85’ a disturbing nether world where the line Lionfish Productions – [email protected] An intimate portrait of mandatory minimum between real and unreal is as indefinable drug sentencing’s devastating consequences. as that between darkness and light. Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment | Investigative Soyalism US, Israel, Norway Pop Twist Entertainment, Inc. – Doug Cinetic Media – Jason Ishikawa – [email protected] Zwick – [email protected] Enrico Parenti, Stefano Liberti, Italy, 64’ How China and Western agribusiness are Author’s Point of View | Experimental Politics / Society taking over the world’s grain and meat Separation, Vivid Dreams A simple life. industry, while putting small farmers out of Bojana Radulovic, Montenegro, Belgium, 19’ Myrto Papadogeorgou, Robert Harding business and plundering the environment The director enters her childhood home in Pittman, Greece, United States, Germany, 17’ Italy Montenegro. Inside, removing tarps reveals less Gioula lives a simple life on her olive farm Java Films – Olivier Semonnay – [email protected] memories than immobility between the past on the Greek coast. When a golf resort of civil war and a future with meager illusions. destined for wealthy foreigners threatens to Human Interest / Social Issues Visible Film – Thierry Detaille – [email protected] change her entire world, she fights back. SPK Complex Gerd Kroske, Germany, 111’ Human Interest / Social Issues City of Errors – Myrto Papadogeorgou – [email protected] SPK Complex focuses on the untold Sheep Hero story of events before the ‘German Ton van Zantvoort, The Netherlands, 81’ Human Interest / Social Issues Autumn’ and their consequences up to A traditional shepherd is forced to A Sister’s Song the present day. A story of insanity, public innovate in a neo-liberal world that Danae Elon, Canada, Israel, 80’ perception, and (un)avoidable violence conflicts with his idealistic views. A Sister’s Song is the intimate story of two Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert The Netherlands sisters, Marina and Tatiana, who are separated – [email protected] Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Röfekamp by Tatiana’s choice to become a nun. – [email protected] Canada and Israel Human Interest / Social Issues Srbenka Human Interest / Social Issues Filmoption International Inc. – Andrew Noble – [email protected] Nebojsa Slijepcevic, Croatia, 72’ Sideline Srbenka is a film about peer violence toward Joost Wynant, Belgium, 90’ Human Interest / Social Issues children of different nationality in Croatia. It At the end of his own football career, a Sisters examines how the generation born after the former premier league international from Peter Entell, Switzerland, 72’ war copes with the dark shadows of history. Nigeria becomes a players’ agent who A story of abandonment and discovery, Restart – Zrinka Kosar – [email protected] lures young African players to Europe of silence and of sharing, of how fate has with promises of fame and success. shaped the lives of three women and of New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] how their efforts have changed their lives. Switzerland Sweet Spot Docs – Anna Berthollet – [email protected]

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Art / Music / Culture Politics / Society Art / Music / Culture Stammering Ballad Industry Sylvia Plath: Inside the Bell Jar There Are No Fakes Zhang Nan, China, 55’ Forum Teresa Griffiths, United Kingdom, 58’ Jamie Kastner, Canada, 114’ Harvest Living a contradiction, the singer Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar unravels Buying a painting, apparently the work of iconic can’t earn a living at home, and he can’t the story behind her seminal novel indigenous artist Norval Morrisseau, leads stand the urban life where he’s famous weaving the autobiographic narrative the rockstar who buys it into the brutal world and that enables him to support his with the testimony of her closest friends, of an art forgery ring in Canada’s far north. family with. Does he have a choice? and, for the first time, her daughter. Cave 7 Productions – Laura Baron Kastner First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – esther. UK – [email protected] [email protected] MetFilm Sales – Vesna Cudic – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative | Politics / Society Politics / Society Politics / Society A Thousand Girls Like Me Industry Sahra Mani, Afghanistan, France, 76’ Forum Stress Symphony of the Ursus Factory Harvest Florian Baron, Germany, 90’ Jas´mina Wójcik, Poland, 60’ Khatera, 23, confronts her Five veterans talk about their experiences Symphony of the Ursus Factory is a family and the traditions of her of war and the process of adjusting creative documentary, which applies the country to seek justice for years to civilian life back home. methods of participatory art and social of sexual abuse by her father. New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] practice, and combines video art. Worldwide - exceptions upon request Fine Day Promotion – Agnieszka Rostropowicz- First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – esther. Art / Music / Culture [email protected] Studio 54 Rutkowska – [email protected] Matt Tyrnauer, United States, 98’ Nature / Environment History | Human Interest / Social Issues | Science / Technology 1970s New York. For the first time, one of System Error Ticket to the Moon the people behind the infamous Studio Florian Opitz, Germany, 96’ Veronika Janatkova, Germany, Czech Republic, 52’ 54 tells the in-depth story of how the Politicians, economists and the An entertaining filmic trip to explore world’s greatest nightclub was created. media are obsessed with economic the utopia connected to space travel UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, growth. But why do we still cling to this back then and up until today. Scandinavia, Germany, Israel (TV), Italy, concept? Clearly it is impossible to have Germany, France The Netherlands (theatrical), Spain (TV) infinite growth on a finite planet. Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein – [email protected] Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Author’s Point of View Suburban Steps to Rockland Politics / Society Time And Tide Giorgio Guernier, United Kingdom, 89’ Take Light M van der Werf, The Netherlands, 29’ The Ealing Club was Britain’s first Rhythm & Shasha Nakhai, Nigeria, 79’ Time And Tide is a cinematographic Blues venue. It opened up in 1962 in London A look at the tangled wires of essay on the nature of stilling. and soon became a hub for dozens of soon- Nigeria’s electricity crisis Wild Work Productions – M van der Werf to-become-famous young musicians. North America – [email protected] 62films – Alistair Young – [email protected] Journeyman Pictures – Felix White- Nature / Environment Thomson – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture | Author’s Point of View The Time of Forests Summa Art / Music / Culture François-Xavier Drouet, France, 103’ Andrei Kutsila, Poland, Belarus, 51’ Terres Barceló As the symbol of authentic, preserved Maria arrives to Machkova Ruda once again. Christian Tran, France, 75’ wild nature, forests are undergoing an There an old Polish artist, Andrzej Strumillo, A portrait of major contemporary unprecedented phase of industrialization. A dwells in loneliness in his manor. Day by artist Miquel Barceló through his process journey to the heart of industrial day their friendship and affection grow. of creation, always on the spot, outside forestry and its alternatives. Poland, Belarus the workshop and for an ephemeral life. AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] Film Studio Everest – Miroslaw Dembinski AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Time Thieves Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society That Pärt Feeling Cosima Dannoritzer, France, Spain, 52’ Survivors Paul Hegeman, The Netherlands, 75’ Time is money - but who owns it? Visiting Arthur Pratt, United States, 86’ The great composer Arvo Pärt at work, Europe, Asia and US, Time Thieves Through the eyes of Sierra Leonean filmmakers, whilst the artists who perform and are investigates the thriving time economy and Survivors presents a heart-connected portrait inspired by his music illustrate the different reveals how we can fight back for control of their country during the Ebola outbreak. aspects of the phenomenon the man is. of this precious but limited resource. United States Television Rights The Netherlands, Belgium AT, CH (German + French speaking), WeOwnTV – [email protected] Paul Hegeman Prods – Paul Hegeman – [email protected] DE, FI, IL, JP, SE, ES Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues The Swing That Summer Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth | Politics / Societ Cyril Aris, Lebanon, 74’ Göran Hugo Olsson, Sweden, To Be Continued Viviane & Antoine have lived together for United States, Denmark, 80’ Ivars Seleckis, Latvia, 96’ 65 years. While she still has her strength, The Beales of Grey Gardens, Big Edie A curious and tender look at five children and he has long been bedridden. So no one and Little Edie, take centre stage with their families, exploring how choices made is able to tell him the distressing news footage lost for decades shot by Andy by adults are reflected in a child’s thinking. that his beloved daughter has died. Warhol, Peter Beard and the socialite Latvia Cyril Aris – [email protected] sister of Jackie Onassis, Lee Radziwill. Mistrus Media Ltd. – Antra Gaile – antra. UK, USA, Canada, China, France (TV), Israel [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Sylvana, Diva or Demon (TV), New Zealand (TV), Scandinavia, Spain Human Interest / Social Issues Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Ingeborg Jansen, The Netherlands, 90’ To the Four Winds , France, 101’ Bold, black and beautiful: since former Politics / Society Michel Toesca tv-host Sylvana Simons speaks out Theatre of War In the Roya valley, thousands of migrants try to against racism, part of the Dutch public Lola Arias, Argentina, Spain, Germany, 77’ Industry cross the border each month. Cédric Herrou, Forum a local farmer, has been welcoming migrants resents her. As she campaigns to Theatre of War is an essay on Harvest enter politics, reactions are mixed. how to represent war. at his home since the beginning of the crisis. KVFILMS – Eric Velthuis – [email protected] Luz Verde Films – Lucero Garzón – [email protected] Jour2Fete – Clémence Michalon – clemence. [email protected]

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Politics / Society Youth History / Politics Too Beautiful The Two of Us Unsettling Maceo Frost, The Netherlands, Emil Næsby Hansen, Denmark, 66’ Iris Zaki, Israel, United Kingdom, 70’ United Kingdom, Cuba, 77’ First love. First break up. When a leftist Israeli filmmaker settles Naysayers only fuel Namibia Flores Rodriguez’s Denmark in a West Bank settlement. need to fight. For decades, she’s trained 5 Wergeland Film – Cathrine Skotte – [email protected] Israel hours a day – every day – in hopes to one Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] day win an Olympic gold title in boxing Human Interest / Social Issues The Ultimate Race Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues | Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – Author’s Point of View [email protected] Oscar Bermeo Ocaña, Peru, 84’ The ultimate race explores the daily routine of Up the Mountain Experimental a group of marathon runners from the central Yang Zhang, China, 129’ Touretteshero: Me, My Mouth & I highlands of Peru, one of them is Inés’s Melchor A reflection on life, art and culture in Da Li Sophie Robinson, United Kingdom, 58’ story, a Peruvian multi champion athlete. China A funny and unpredictable journey Retrovisor Comunicaciones S.A.C. – Fiorella Miski Mazzini Fortissimo Films – Gabrielle Rozing – into Beckett’s play Not I asking us Uribe – [email protected] [email protected] to reconsider issues of disability, Human Interest / Social Issues representation and social exclusion. Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View Unconditional Love US Prison Slaves (Why Slavery Series) Sunshine – Sophie Robinson – sophie@ Roger Ross Williams, United States, Denmark, 60’ thesunshinecompany.com Rafa? ?ysak, Poland, 40’ An 80 year old woman and her gay grandson In the last 30 years, America’s Human Interest / Social Issues trying to find the way towards mutual prison population has surged from Toxic Trends understanding, acceptance and unconditional 330,000 to 2.3 million inmates. Andrea Hauner, Katharina Deuber, Silvia love in this story full of emotions and humor. DR Sales – [email protected] Fleck, Karin Moser, Sebastian Günther, KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Human Interest / Social Issues Cristina Karrer, Patricia Wagner, Natalie Wilk – [email protected] UseLess Derbort, Germany, Japan, The Netherlands, Rakel Gardarsdottir, Agusta M Kenya, South Africa, Switzerland, 52’ Art / Music / Culture Olafsdottir, Iceland, 60’ Modern technology allows us to The Undefeated Woman Finding out why food and fashion waste has further develop into an intelligent and Marie Nyreröd, Sweden, 78’ become a pressing social and environmental connected world, but will our own In September 1949 Ingmar Bergman left his problem and what we can do to change it. inventions and developments ruin us? wife and five children behind and eloped to Paris with his new woman – Gun. This DR Sales – [email protected] Autentic GmbH – Sophie von Kontz – is the story of Gun, who Bergman would [email protected] Nature / Environment never forget - the undefeated woman. Utopia Revisited Art / Music / Culture | Youth | Author’s Point of View SVT Sales – Paulette Rosas Hott – [email protected] Trapped in the City of a Kurt Langbein, Austria, 91’ Human Interest / Social Issues People all over the world are searching for Thousand Mountains alternatives besides unbridled capitalism. Is David Verbeek, China, 23’ Under the Wire there somewhere a model for a fair society? A new phenomenon of authentic Chinese rap Chris Martin, United Kingdom, 93’ Legendary war correspondent Marie Colvin Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin has taken the internet by storm. But behind – [email protected] the unprecedented gains in popularity, and photographer Paul Conroy were no strangers to danger but their last mission performers struggle for freedom of speech. Human Interest / Social Issues together would shock the world, this is Journeyman Pictures – Mark Stucke – [email protected] Very Senior - Attitude is everything the story of that fatal, final mission. Susan Gluth, Germany, 75’ History / Politics UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, In Sun City, the retirement community The Trial Israel (TV), Middle East (TV) in Arizona, the residents show us how to Maria Ramos, Brazil, Germany, The Netherlands, 137’ Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] make the best of life when death casts A behind-the-scenes look at the impeachment its shadow in old age – with attitude! trial of Brazil’s first female President. The film Human Interest / Social Issues Undercover in the Alt-Right Magnetfilm GmbH – Georg Gruber – witnesses the profound political crisis and [email protected] the collapse of the democratic institutions. Bosse Lindquist, United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, Japan, Switzerland, Norway, 52’ Grasshopper Film – Ryan Krivoshey – [email protected] Author’s Point of View | Experimental | Human Interest / Social Issues The Alt Right’s impact on recent elections Vida a bordo History / Politics | Investigative | Human Interest / Social has been huge, but hidden away in chat Emiliano Mazza De Luca, Uruguay, 69’ Issues Industry rooms?and behind memes it can be A ship, fifteen men, the river. A portrait of The Trial of Ratko Mladic Forum Harvest difficult to grasp the seriousness of the loneliness, labour and absence on board this Henry Singer, Rob Miller, movement.?What exactly is the Alt-Right? floating society trapped in time. Could it be United Kingdom, Norway, 99’ DR Sales – [email protected] the reflection of our own “life on board”? The epic five-year trial of one of the most Politics / Society PASSAPAROLA films – Emiliano Mazza De Luca infamous figures in the Bosnian war of the – [email protected] 1990s – a story of justice, accountability and a Underdogs country trying to escape from its bloody past. Ingela Lekfalk, Sweden, 58’ Art / Music / Culture Java Films – Olivier Semonnay – [email protected] They are proud hockey players, powerful Los Viejos young women who carry an untold story about Rosana Matecki, Venezuela, Human Interest / Social Issues the world of ice hockey and its structures. Cuba, United Kingdom, 93’ Tungrus SVT Sales – Paulette Rosas Hott – [email protected] A timeless look at art, love and beauty, Los Rishi Chandna, India, 13’ Viejos follows three elderly Cuban musicians In a cramped apartment in Mumbai, a Human Interest / Social Issues Underdown as they relate their stories of struggle and family considers eating their hell-raising pet reveal their undying passion for life. Sarah Kaskas, Lebanon, Qatar, Germany, 72’ rooster, so that they can reclaim their lives. Benelux Feelsales – Maria Gonzales Esteban – Underdown? is a pulsating journey of three unbreakable characters who are struggling Journeyman Pictures – Laura Gasperini [email protected] – [email protected] under the poverty line in the chaos of Beirut. History / Politics Liliane Rahal – [email protected] Youth Tupamaro: Urban Guerillas Vigilante: The Incredible True Story of Martin Markovits, United States, Venezuela, 52’ Politics / Society Curtis Sliwa and the Guardian Angels In Caracas, the murder capital of the world, Unkept Secrets David Wexler, United States, 78’ the Tupamaros have been hailed by some as Dalit Kimor, Israel, 69’ One hero’s story of fighting back against modern-day Robin Hoods, and by others as What happens to a mother of eight when gang culture on New York’s streets violent thugs who rule the shanty towns . she finds out that the admired rabbi, teacher of her three sons, has been Journeyman Pictures – Felix White- Sideways Film – Kazz Basma – [email protected] Thomson – [email protected] sexually abusing all of them for years? Worldwide - exceptions upon request First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – esther. [email protected]

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Art / Music / Culture Nature / Environment | Politics / Society | Science / Technology History / Politics Vistas of Longing - Painters Welcome to Sodom Who Will Write Our History And Their Landscapes Florian Weigensamer, Christian Roberta Grossman, United States, Poland, 90’ Ina Kessebohm, Mirella Pappalardo, United Krönes, Austria, 90’ The film tells the untold story of a Kingdom, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, 45’ Agbogbloshie in Ghana is the largest resistance group in the Warsaw Ghetto These proverbial landscapes of renowned electronic waste dump in the world. About who risked their lives so that the truth artists are actually inspired replicas of 6000 women, men and children live and would survive even if they did not. nature’s creations. Watch as we link famous work there. They call this place Sodom. US, Italy, France, Germany paintings with the primal forces of nature. Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Autentic GmbH – Sophie von Kontz – – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Why Are We Creative? Human Interest / Social Issues Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist Hermann Vaske, Germany, 82’ Vote For Kibera Lorna Tucker, United Kingdom, 78’ For over 30 years director Hermann Martin Páv , Czech Republic, 90’ With exclusive, unprecedented access, Vaske filmed the world’s most intriguing Several characters living in the largest Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist is the first film to artists and thinkers from the fields of art, slum in Africa try to change their and encompass the remarkable story of Vivienne’s philosophy, politics, business, posing the other’s future. What are they afraid life, her fashion and her cultural importance. the question: ‘Why are you creative?’ of? What do they fight against? UK, Worldwide Airlines, Australia, New Zealand, Austria, CIS, Germany, Greece, Italy, Frame Films – Zuzana Kucerova – [email protected] Canada, China (VOD & TV), Czech Republic, Japan, Poland, Taiwan, Turkey, UK Germany, Hong Kong, Israel (TV), Italy, Japan, Celluloid Dreams – Hengameh Panahi – Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues Poland (festival and TV), Scandinavia, Spain, [email protected] Waiting for Barcelona Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Juho-Pekka Tanskanen, Finland, 85’ Human Interest / Social Issues Love affairs, friendships and the police on his Politics / Society Wild Kids heels. One of Europe’s young homeless men What is Democracy? Tal Peeses, Israel, 54’ lets us into his life on Barcelona’s streets. Astra Taylor, Canada, 107’ Tucked away in an abandoned shelter, Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica If we want to live in democracy, we must Wild Kids create surreal and fantastic – [email protected] first ask what the word even means. characters. For these children of Russian National Film Board of Canada – Louis-Charles immigrant artists, radical animation films History / Politics Mignot-Grenier – [email protected] are their refuge from a hostile world. The Waldheim Waltz Israel Ruth Beckermann, Austria, 93’ Human Interest / Social Issues Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] The Waldheim Waltz is a film about truth What Walaa Wants and lies or ‘alternative facts’. About Christy Garland, Canada, Denmark, 57’ Author’s Point of View individual and collective consciousness. Raised in the largest refugee camp on The Winter Garden’s Tale North America, German-speaking territories, the West Bank while her mother was Simon Mozgovyi, Ukraine, 75’ France, The Netherlands, Israel, Hungary, Ex- in prison, Walaa dreams of being a It is a vivid testimony of changing epoch’s Yugoslavia, Italian-speaking Switzerland, Spain policewoman, wearing a uniform, avoiding process and human unwillingness for Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] marriage, and earning a salary. changes, which we were so much expected. ANZ, CA, CN, DK, IR, IN, IL, IT, JP, KR, LatAm, Mainstream Pictures LLC – Alex Art / Music / Culture MENA, NO, PL, RU, SE, SG, TW, TH, TR Chepiga – [email protected] Walking on Water Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] Andrey Paounov, Italy, United States, 100’ Art / Music / Culture Walking on Water follows internationally Nature / Environment Witkin & Witkin renowned artist Christo on his quest When Lambs Become Lions Trisha Ziff, United States, Mexico, 93’ to realize “The Floating Piers,” originally Jon Kasbe, United States, 79’ A film about individual perception, conceived in 1970 by Christo and his late In Kenya, an ivory dealer fights to stay on top creativity and the pursuit of art. Identical wife and collaborator, Jeanne-Claude. while forces mobilize to destroy his trade. When twins devoted to their individual process AT, CA, CH, DE, IT, US he turns to his younger cousin, a conflicted of making art and not to each other. Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] wildlife ranger, they both see a possible lifeline. MENA UK, USA, Canada Limonero Films – Pamela Martinez Martinez History / Politics Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] – [email protected] A War Of Memories Bora Lee-Kil , South Korea, 88’ Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues A War of Memories is a story about two When the Impressionists Wognum different memories on civilian massacre Discover Japan Tim Bary, The Netherlands, 54’ during the Vietnam War: memories of Jérôme Lambert , Philippe Picard, France, 52’ Mathijs is 42 years old and an avid member Korean soldier and Vietnamese victims. With Japan’s opening to the West in the of the hardcore world. Unfortunately life is Korea 19th century, Japonism overwhelms the not an ever ongoing party. He is dreaming Whale Films – Bora Lee-Kil – [email protected] artists imagination as a reaction against to become a world class pianist. academism, and influences the avant-gardes. Tim Bary – [email protected] Politics / Society AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] We’re Going The Same Way Human Interest / Social Issues Pieter-Jan Van Damme, Belgium, 74’ History / Politics A Woman Captured (Why In a country full of crime and corruption When the War Comes Slavery Series) Seragedin and his son Rakhman choose to live Jan Gebert, Czech Republic, Croatia, 76’ Bernadett Tuza-Ritter, Hungary, 59’ an honest life. But their choice comes at a cost. A paramilitary group in Slovakia is Can freedom be more frightening Visualantics – Steven Dhoedt – [email protected] recruiting hundreds of young men, aiming than enslavement? to create a model community based DR Sales – [email protected] Politics / Society on military drill, obedience and fear. Weapon of Choice Politics / Society | Art / Music / Culture CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] Fritz Ofner, Austria, 89’ Wongar Cult object of Austrian invention and a Investigative Andrijana Stojkovic, Serbia, 60’ bestseller worldwide: the Glock handgun. Who Killed the Prime Minister? Australian writer Wongar lives a secluded This investigative documentary reveals a Axel Gordh Humlesjö, Sweden, 87’ life taking care of his 6 dingoes for globalized world in which power, money, For 30 years most Swedes have believed which he believes embody the spirits of violence and politics are intertwined. that Christer Pettersson killed Prime his tragically lost Aboriginal family. Austria Minister Olof Palme. However, this true All Inclusive Films – M. Cem Oztufekci Magnetfilm GmbH – Georg Gruber – crime documentary brings new evidence – [email protected] [email protected] that will change peoples mind. SVT Sales – Paulette Rosas Hott – [email protected]

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History / Politics Human Interest / Social Issues A World Cup of Spies You will be Swedish, my Daughter Niels Borchert Holm, Jon Adelsten, Denmark, Claire Billet, Olivier Jobard, France, 0’ Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden, 52’ A Syrian refugee couple, Ahmad and Jihane, The power balance in Europe is shifting, tell the story of their exile to Sweden to their which will impact the world of sports. youngest daughter Sally born in Sweden. Germany, France, Denmark AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] DR Sales – [email protected] Investigative Art / Music / Culture | Author’s Point of View The Young Sea Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin Mattias Klum, Norway, Sweden, 55’ Arwen Curry, United States, Canada, 67’ Award-winning filmmaker Mattias Klum This film explores the remarkable life exhibits the beauty of the Baltic Sea and legacy of the late feminist author Sweden Ursula K. Le Guin, best known for Journeyman Pictures – Felix White- groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy Thomson – [email protected] works such as ’A Wizard of Earthsea’. History / Politics | Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues USA and English-speaking Canada Yours in Sisterhood Java Films – Olivier Semonnay – [email protected] Irene Lusztig, United States, 101’ Human Interest / Social Issues What might be revealed in the process of The Worst Disease You’ve inviting strangers to act out and respond Never Heard Of to 1970s feminism forty years later? Toine Nagel, Lilian Nagel, The US, Canada and Germany Netherlands, Italy, 57’ Women Make Movies – Kristen Fitzpatrick – [email protected]

The impact of the genetic condition Human Interest / Social Issues Epidermolysis Bullosa on patient, family Zembla: The Real Price and medical staff. It’s about courage, of Cheap Medicine endurance, humor, wisdom and sadness, Jos van Dongen, The Netherlands, 35’ pain, itching, loneliness and isolation. It’s not only our clothes that are Wow! Cooperative – Lilian Nagel – [email protected] made cheaply in India and China: our History drugs are produced there, too. The Wounded Healer The Netherlands Yochay Rosenberg, Israel, 54’ NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – An 87-year-old criminologist who treats [email protected] sexual abusers, embarks on a final History journey to understand his life choices. Zohar – The Return Israel Dani Rosenberg, Yaniv Segalovich, Israel, 69’ Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Decades after leaving the entertainment History / Politics world to become an ultra-Orthodox Rabi, Yazidi Slaves (Why Slavery Series) Uri Zohar, one of the founders of Israeli David Evans, Philippe Sands, cinema, is once again directing a film. Iraq, Denmark, Germany, 52’ Israel In August 2014 an Islamic State massacre Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] of unimaginable proportions took place during the rapid invasion of the Yazidi people in Sinjar, northern Iraq. DR Sales – [email protected]

Youth You Are My Friend Petra Lataster-Czisch, Peter Lataster, The Netherlands, 77’ Six year old Branche is distressed on his first day at a Dutch school. Will he succeed to find friends? You Are My Friend is a metaphor for the universal longing for security and love. L&F Productions – Marty de Jong – [email protected]

Human Interest / Social Issues You Asked to See the Monster Thomas Leader, United States, 59’ ‘You Asked To See The Monster...so here is the monster you made me.’ Garry Green wrote. Gary Green now sits on death row awaiting his execution. Espresso Media International – Jessica Reilly – [email protected]

Author’s Point of View You Only Die Twice Yair Lev, Israel, Austria, 88’ You Only Die Twice is a compelling documentary detective thriller, full of vicissitudes and surprises that corresponds accordingly to rules of the genre in its dynamic cinematic approach. JMT Films Distribution – Michael Treves – [email protected]

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