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Human Interest / Social Issues Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues 14 Cases Adieu à G. A Documentary on An Almost Impossible Friendship Marianna Kaat, Estonia, 85’, p.6 the Dutch Artist Ger van Elk – Rabbi, Priester and Imam Film follows different age present- Djoeke Veeninga, Marlou van den Berge, Peter Beringer, Austria, 46’, p.22 day Estonian Russians who are facing Jeroen Visser, The , 64’, p.14 The documentary followed the three men difficulties with their identities. The film Adieu à G… follows the artist from Austria to the Holy Land, where together Baltic Film Production – Marianna Kaat – [email protected] towards of his life, when in Venice he they visited the most significant places of Youth performed a Replacement Piece and designed pilgrimage for their religions and discussed the 17 his last work: 12 Automatic Landscapes. similarities and differences between them. At the same time, the films zigzags through ORF - Enterprise – Armin Luttenberger Widad Shafakoj, Jordan, United Kingdom, 74’, p.7 his whole oeuvre and Ger van Elk talks – [email protected] The Jordanian under-17 women’s football about his ideas and how he put them team embarks to compete in the FIFA U17 Politics / Society into practice. Adieu à G… allows us to look Women’s World Cup Jordan 2016 - in a sport beyond the horizon, at what we don’t see. Amal they have been told was only for men. Arte et Cetera – Jeroen Visser – [email protected] Mohamed Siam, Lebanon, Germany, Magnetfilm GmbH– Georg Gruber – [email protected] Denmark, Norway, Egypt, France, 80’, p.23 Politics / Society Art / Music / Culture | History At age 14, Amal is already taking part in protests 1917 - The Real October After Inez on Tahrir Square. In the years after, she searches Karin Ekberg, Sweden, 79’, p.15 for her identity in a country in transition. Katrin Rothe, Switzerland, France, Germany, 90’, p.8 A film about loss, but even more about love, Doc & Film International – Suzanne Nodale Petersburg, 1917: we re-experience the that leaves us grateful of getting a deeper – [email protected] year of the two revolutions. From the insight of how it is to life with grief. perspective of Russian artists such as Investigative Maxim Gorky and Kazimir Malevich, we Feelsales – Pablo Briseño Galván – [email protected] America’s Little Soldiers recount the events of this turbulent year. Politics / Society Marjolaine Grappe, France, 60’, p.24 New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] Aleppo’s Fall How does the US Army attract youth into its ranks? Human Interest / Social Issues Nizam Najar, Norway, Denmark, France, 85’, p.16 Edith Paris – Lydia Kali – [email protected] 24th Street Before Aleppo’s fall, Syrian/Norwegian director Zhiqi Pan, China, 90’, p.9 Nizam Najar explores the inside of the war. Art / Music / Culture To him one of the reasons the rebellion has An amusing but merciless portrait of a failed, stems from the Syrian society itself. American Valhalla wandering peddler named Su, who is Andreas Neumann, Joshua Homme, DR International Sales – Jan Daae – [email protected] discovering there’s less and less room for United Kingdom, 81’, p.25 him in rapidly modernizing China. Author’s Point of View The story of an extraordinary Zhiqi Pan’s Documentary Studio – Zhiqi Pan – [email protected] Alicia musical collaboration between two mavericks of American rock. Human Interest / Social Issues Maasja Ooms, The Netherlands, 89’, p.17 A disturbing, observing film portraying the Eagle Rock Film Productions – Peter Worsley 69 Minutes of 86 Days – [email protected] Egil Håskjold Larsen, Norway, 70’, p.10 daily life and deepest emotions of a young, homeless girl who is in danger of derailing. Escaping to survive, from a country Author’s Point of View at war, a 3-year-old girl is making her Cerutti Film – Willemijn Cerutti – [email protected] The Ancient Woods way through a chaotic Europe. Human Interest / Social Issues Mindaugas Survila, Lithuania, 85’, p.26 Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] Alison The Ancient Woods - close to faraway. V “Sengir ” – Mindaugas Survila – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Uga Carlini, South Africa, 60’, p.18 78/52 A jaw-dropping story of survival Human Interest / Social Issues against all the odds Alexander O. Philippe, United States, 91’, p.11 And Now, Love Journeyman Pictures – Annie Edwards – [email protected] An unprecedented look at the iconic shower Jill Guest, Germany, United States, 95’, p.27 scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s PSYCHO, the ‘Man Art / Music / Culture Ninety-six year old decorated WWII veteran, behind the Curtain’, and the screen murder that All We Need Is Another Chance Bernard Bail, was a Jew captured by the Nazis and profoundly changed the course of world cinema. Corbett Jones, United States, 72’, p.19 saved by the secret love of his German nurse. Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] After cutting a hit record behind bars at Paradigm Consulting – Peter Broderick – [email protected] Politics / Society an infamous, maximum-security prison Abuse and the UN a young man becomes a beacon of Youth hope and a legend among inmates. Karin Mattisson, Sweden, 59’, p.12 Andy’s Promise Senior UN official Anders Kompass BloodSweatHoney – Alex Nohe – [email protected] Nathalie Crum, The Netherlands, 16’, p.28 sounded the alarm about sexual abuse by Politics / Society A touching portrait of a 13-year-old boy peacekeeping French troops in the Central Allah in Europe fighting to prevent the centuries-old tradition African Republic, but instead of protecting Johannes Bucher, Jan Leyers, Belgium, 42’, p.20 of the “schutterij” from dying out. the victims, the UN directed their attention What is the future of Islam in Europe? NPO Sales – Marit Braun – [email protected] to Anders Kompass. He was suspended on How hopeful can we be on an European, History / Politics charges of misconduct and told to resign. enlightened version of Islam? International SVT Sales – Anna K Hagnefur – [email protected] Angry Inuk journalist, Jan Leyers, goes in search for Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Canada, 82’, p.29 Art / Music / Culture answers by travelling to European cities. A new generation of Inuit, armed with First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – social media and their own sense of The Accidental Photographer [email protected] Janolof Fritze, United States, 61’, p.13 humour and justice, are challenging the Henry Diltz´s 50 years in rock & roll A Human Interest / Social Issues anti-sealing groups and bringing their documentary about the life and work of the Almost Heaven own voices into the conversation. famous rock photographer Henry Diltz. Over Carol Salter, United Kingdom, 72’, p.21 National Film Board of Canada – Nathalie 30 interviews with rock stars from groups A coming of age story set in one of Bourdon – [email protected] like The Doors, Eagles, The Mamas & the China’s largest funeral homes. Human Interest / Social Issues Pappas, Lovin´Spoonful and many others. Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] Big Five Film and TV Productions AB – Janolof Anja & the Witch Children Fritze – [email protected] Jeppe Sig, Denmark, 58’, p.30 Anja Lovén has dedicated her life to saving “witch children” in Nigeria. Anja oversees an emergency organization and runs an orphanage for “witch children” in the town Uyo. DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected]

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Art / Music / Culture Politics / Society Author’s Point of View Anne & Jean Paul, Our World Area C, System D: Dealings Along Back to the Fatherland Leendert Pot, The Netherlands, France, 80’, p.31 the Jerusalem-Ramallah Road Kat Rohrer, Germany, Austria, Israel, 75’, p.45 Anne & Jean-Paul, our world, is a poetic portrayal Polina Medvedeva, The Netherlands, 84’, p.38 Back to The Fatherland is the story of young of the independent life of the filmmaker’s A group of young Palestinian rappers head for people leaving their home country to pursue sister Anne (Down’s Syndrome) and her partner their illegal concert in an unlicensed car, in their fortune somewhere else. A universal Jean-Paul (Fragile X Syndrome). It depicts, with an area which remains ungovernable by both tale in today’s globalized world, if these a touch of humor, their unique intimacy, their Israeli as Palestinian authorities, known for its young women and men were not moving happiness and difficulties, their special reasoning thriving grey economy and self-governance. from Israel to those countries where their in solving everyday dilemmas and the support Studio Polina Medvedeva – Polina Medvedeva families were persecuted and killed less without which this unique venture could not be. – [email protected] than a century ago, Germany and Austria. NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] GreenKat Productions – Kat Rohrer – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Art / Music / Culture Armed to the Teeth Human Interest / Social Issues Anne Clark – I’ll Walk Out Alberto Arnaut, Mexico, 111’, p.39 Back To The Taj Mahal Hotel Into Tomorrow On March 19th 2010, two honor students were Carina Molier, The Netherlands, 70’, p.46 Claus Withopf, Germany, 81’, p.32 tortured and murdered by the military, which In Back to the Taj Mahal Hotel, the terror attacks The film chronicles the work of the English later tried to disappear them in a common grave. on the famous five-star hotel in Mumbai poet and spoken word-artist Anne Clark. IMCINE – Edna Martinez – [email protected] (2008) formed the motive to investigate, Shaped by punk she pioneered electronic through eyewitness accounts from some Politics / Society music with her pre-techno classics “Sleeper victims, the impact of fear, both at an intimate, In Metropolis” and “Our Darkness” and Armed with Faith personal level and at the level of society. hugely impacted generations of musicians. Geeta Gandbhir, Asad Faruqi, United CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] States, Pakistan, 74’, p.40 Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert Science / Technology – [email protected] At the Afghan-Pakistani border of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where landmines and suicide Backlight: All in the Game Politics / Society bombings are frightfully commonplace, Bregtje van der Haak, The Netherlands, Another News Story Asad Faruqi and Geeta Gandbhir show United States, Japan, 47’, p.47 Orban Wallace, United Kingdom, 84’, p.33 that real war is still fought at home. What is needed to create a new What happens when the news cameras turn off? CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] world from scratch? Another news story goes behind the cameras NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] Experimental of the global news crews covering the refugee Nature / Environment story across Europe at the height of the crisis. As We’re Told Wislocki Films – Verity Wislocki – [email protected] Erik Holmström, Fredrik Wenzel, Sweden, 29’, p.41 Backlight: City for Sale What’s it like working inside Geert Rozinga, The Netherlands, 50’, p.48 Art / Music / Culture Swedens most hated agency? Can the tide be turned and the soul of Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex, Fasad Production – Hedvig Lundgren – [email protected] the city saved? Because who will the city of the future really belong to? Fashion & Disco Author’s Point of View NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] James Crump, United States, 90’, p.34 Avec l’amour Featuring Jessica Lange, Jerry Hall, Karl Lagerfeld, Nature / Environment Ilija Cvetkovski, Macedonia, 66’, p.42 Bill Cunningham, Yves Saint Laurent and many 115 rotten vintage cars, a young wife, Backlight: How Expensive is Nature? more. An intimate portrait of Antonio Lopez, the students that adore him – Dionis, a Daan Veldhuizen, The Netherlands, 50’, p.49 most influential fashion illustrator of 1970s and biology teacher with love for life. What is still considered to be ‘nature’ his colourful and sometimes outrageous milieu. (or just another reason to keep in the Anthropogenic, this era with – Luke Brawley – [email protected] Dogwoof on buying useless vehicles) humans as the crucial factor? Art / Music / Culture A love Story. NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] – Atanas Georgiev – [email protected] Ara Güler, Once Upon A Time Istanbul Trice Films Science / Technology Samuel Aubin, France, Turkey, 51’, p.35 Art / Music / Culture Backlight: Humans, Gods He is nicknamed “The eye of Istanbul”. The Awaken photographs that he has taken of his city have and Technology Jiawei Ning, China, 63’, p.43 Rob van Hattum, United States, Israel, 50’, p.50 gone around the world for the last 50 years, and (awaken)is an experimental creative film that they make for an unrivalled visual memory. What will our world look like in 25 years’ based on thefish men in my home town to Ara Güler is today 89 years old. We look time? No one knows for sure. By that explore the gental relationship between people his photographs, the great photographer time our work may have been entirely and nature.the sea has been frozen.And then tells their stories, their conceptions, their taken over by autonomic robots. the flim explored the living situation of fish historical and personal contexts. NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] man through that the fish man has to wait the – Samuel Aubin – [email protected] Rhizome frozen sea to melt only after that they can go Politics / Society Author’s Point of View fishing.there is no any dialogue,observing in a Backlight: Radical in Birmingham Arabic Secret cold,single angle.there is a mixture between Nirit Peled, United Kingdom, 50’, p.51 Julia Groszek, Poland, 52’, p.36 objective and subjective scence,and the In Birmingham, the second largest city in Kamil Filipek wants to meet his father Ilham wonderful sound in the working area stimulates England, one in five residents is Muslim. Al Madfai. Ilham is a renowned star of the audiences hearing directly;every scence in the Doesn’t this policy which in fact is targeted at Arabic folk music in the Middle East. The film may enlarge the feeling between people the prevention of radicalization, bring about two have never met. The director invites and things.fish man,his boat,and waiting the the complete opposite? And in doing so is viewers to Kamil’s live, to observe and reflect frozen sea to melt, multiple perspectives have it actually undermining the trust and social on the meaning of finding ones’ roots. been used in my work.but in fact,the real cohesion instead of it being strengthened? NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk situation is more complicated and interesting. Independent – Jiawei Ning – [email protected] – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Author’s Point of View Human Interest / Social Issues Backlight: The New Silk Route Arangol Ayotzinapa, The Turtle’s Pace Floris-Jan van Luyn, The Netherlands, 46’, p.52 Emil Zabala, Venezuela, Germany, Enrique García Meza , Mexico, 110’, p.44 The power is shifting from West to East. Until Mexico, Spain, 85’, p.37 Being a student at the Ayotzinapa rural today, the world history was a western-centered An idol of football in a land playing baseball teacher training college, or being one of those enterprise - based on the belief that everyone Fundación Amazonia Films – Blanca Rey students´ farm worker father or an indigenous should be like us, or at least should want to be. mother, usually means being invisible. NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] IMCINE – Edna Martinez – [email protected]

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Science / Technology Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Backlight: The Rise of Vertical Farming The Battle of Algiers, a Rebel High School Geert Rozinga, The Netherlands, Film Within History Alexander Kleider, Germany, 52’, p.69 United States, 48’, p.53 Malek Bensmaïl, France, Switzerland, 52’, p.61 Germany’s most unusual high school has no Our food travels for many kilometres, In 1965, Gillo Pontecorvo shot a film headmaster, no hierarchy and no pressure. uses an excessive amount of water, is reconstituting the events of the Battle of Algiers. This Berlin based school is entirely organized wasted on a tremendous scale and also With archive materials and interviews, this by its students without any outside funding. contaminates the environment. documentary give a strong look back at this film. The adult pupils pay their own teachers NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] INA – Fabrice Blancho – [email protected] and decide what they want to learn. Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert Youth Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] Backlight: Youtubeland: Becoming Who I Was Human Interest / Social Issues Like and Subscribe Chang-Yong Moon, South Korea, 95’, p.62 Nordin Lasfar, The Netherlands, After a boy is discovered to be the reincarnation A Better Man Attiya Khan, Lawrence Jackman, Canada, 78’, p.70 United States, 50’, p.54 of a centuries-old Tibetan monk, his godfather A Better Man offers a fresh and nuanced YouTube is travelling like a high-speed train into takes him on an epic journey to discover his past look at the healing and that one of the most powerful online platforms in the in a story of unconditional love and family bonds. can happen for everyone involved when world. Nowadays nearly every child dreams of Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – becoming rich and famous on the video platform. [email protected] men take responsibility for their abuse. National Film Board of Canada – Nathalie NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Bourdon – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Bee Nation Art / Music / Culture Bad Hombres Lana Slezic, Canada, 78’, p.63 Betty - They Say I’m Different Stef Biemans, The Netherlands, Mexico, 52’, p.55 The Opening Film of Hot Docs 2017 is a crowd- Phil Cox, United Kingdom, France, 52’, p.71 We investigate the most heavily used migration pleasing spelling bee doc with a difference. Pioneering funk singer and 70s ’Bold Soul Sister’ route on Earth, travelling between Guatemala Met Film Sales – Vesna Cudic – [email protected] Betty Davis took on establishment America and the US during the first months of the Human Interest / Social Issues and changed the music scene forever - then Trump Administration, to see what the so she disappeared. This film tells her story. called ‘bad hombres’ hope to find the USA. Before My Feet Touch The Ground Native Voice Films – Giovanna Stopponi – Sideways Film – Kazz Basma – [email protected] Daphni Leef, Israel, 78’, p.64 Daphni was a film student in the summer of [email protected] Art / Music / Culture 2011 when she set up a tent on the boulevard to Human Interest / Social Issues Ballerina protest housing costs. Little did she know that Between Us Douglas Watkin, Australia, 82’, p.56 she would become the leader of a major social Maciej Miller, Poland, 30’, p.72 N/A protest. The film depicts the adversity of struggle A young couple in their 20s are expecting a Film Mode Entertainment – Clay Epstein – and what happens when a woman who focuses child but don’t know they will cope. Faced with [email protected] on imagery all her life becomes an image herself. unexpected pressures and emotions they decide Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Politics / Society to separate and give the child up for adoption. Bar Talks by Schumann Art / Music / Culture They do not make this decision easily, with only Marieke Schroeder, Germany, 95’, p.57 Behind the wall two months remaining until the baby is due. The film follows world-renowned bartender Nefeli Sarri, Greece, 65’, p.65 The situation they find themselves in leads to Charles Schumann on the discovery of the What drives a creator’s mind? Following conversations and experiences, that will have world’s best bars in New York, Havana and Dimitris Papaioannou, one of the a lasting impact upon the rest of their lives. Tokyo. It’s an exploration of the history greater EU choreographers, in his most Gdynia Film School – Marcin Borchardt – [email protected] of bars culture and the cocktail itself. mysterious and essential creation. Human Interest / Social Issues Charismatic legend Charles Schumann ARGONAUTS S.A. – Ioanna Bolomyti – Beyond the Autism Spectrum: A influenced the world’s cocktail culture [email protected] notably with his best-selling classic: American Family’s Year Confronting Autism Author’s Point of View Bar: The Artistry of Mixing Drinks Steve Suderman, Canada, 86’, p.73 Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] The Beksinskis. A Sound When their two-year-old son, Oskar, is diagnosed and Picture Album with severe autism, Carly and Stef drop Politics / Society Marcin Borchardt, Poland, 80’, p.66 everything for a year to focus on his treatment. Barber Shop The story of an outstanding Polish painter, Zdzis Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] Luc Vrydaghs, Belgium, 26’, p.58 aw Beksi ski, and his complicated relationship Politics / Society In every episode, a population finds itself on with his son, Tomek, an extremely popular music the verge of change and a barber plays his journalist who suffered from depression and Beyond the Salween River Gigi Berardi, Myanmar, Thailand, role. As opinion maker, as confessor, as story made numerous attempts to commit suicide. United Kingdom, 75’, p.74 collector, as society barometer. Gradually, KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk Barber Shop measures the state of our world, – [email protected] In the jungle of Eastern Burma, a senior offering dialogue and human resilience as medic, a medical student and her trainer a hopeful perspective for the future. Human Interest / Social Issues face the consequences of the longest First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – Bektachis standing civil war of modern times. [email protected] Manuel Poutte, Belgium, France, 66’, p.67 Soul Rebel Films – Gigi Berardi – [email protected] Through the travel of REDOUANE, a young Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues Belgian with Moroccan origin, invited by his The Bastard friend ILJIR, a young French Albanian, we’ll Big Time Floris-Jan van Luyn, The Netherlands, 84’, p.59 find another way to be a Muslim today. Kaspar Astrup Schröder , Denmark, 90’, p.75 A harrowing tale about destiny and Lux Fugit Film – Manuel Poutte – [email protected] An intimate insight into the life of the genius DNA, racism and responsibilities. innovative mind of star architect Bjarke Ingles Een van de jongens – Renko Douze – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues and his struggle to maintain his own persona Benvenuti a Losone while making the world a better place to live. Author’s Point of View Patrik Soergel, Switzerland, Italy, 65’, p.68 Autlook Filmsales – Stephanie Fuchs – Batalives With current conflicts escalating in severity [email protected] Karolina Zalabáková, Czech Republic, 75’, p.60 and number, more and more immigration Human Interest / Social Issues Five stories from five cities built by centres are being set up for asylum seekers. Ba a company around the world. But how are the locals finding this “invasion” Birth of a Family Tasha Hubbard, Canada, 79’, p.76 Cinebonbon – Karolina Zalabáková – karolina@cinebonbon and how do the asylum seekers perceive Three sisters and a brother, adopted as infants the outside world and the people who take into separate families across North America, them in? A reflection on how different ways meet together for the first time in this deeply of perceiving the same reality can coexist. moving documentary by director Tasha Hubbard. RSI Radiotelevisione Svizzera – Anna Ferrara – [email protected] National Film Board of Canada – Nathalie Bourdon – [email protected]

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History Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Black and White Stripes - Brexitannia A Cambodian Spring The Juventus Story Timothy George Kelly, United Chris Kelly, United Kingdom, 121’, p.94 Marco La Villa, United States, 110’, p.77 Kingdom, Russia, 80’, p.86 “A Cambodian Spring” is an intimate and BLACK AND WHITE STRIPES depicts On or off. Yes or no. Leave or remain. unique portrait of three people caught up in an extraordinary love affair between Referendums divide and Brexit did so in the chaotic and often violent development Italy’s renowned Agnelli family and their a way never before in British history. that is shaping modern-day Cambodia. legendary football club, Juventus F.C. as Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica EyeSteelFilm – Bob Moore – [email protected] – [email protected] they journey through one of sports most Human Interest / Social Issues exhilarating come backs of all time. Politics / Society Canada In a Day Nexo Digital Srl – Pedro Citaristi – [email protected] The Broken Country Trish Dolman, Canada, 87’, p.95 Human Interest / Social Issues Melissa Silva Franco, Spain, 80’, p.87 Canada In A Day is a documentary Black Hole Mama We plunge right into the epicenter of the made entirely from videos filmed by Heidi Piiroinen, Finland, 47’, p.78 current crisis in Venezuela through the voices Canadians over the course of one day. “This is what I’ve got. You can’t order of its true protagonists. “The Broken Country” Screen Siren Pictures – Trish Dolman – [email protected] your life like you can a pizza.” is five intertwined stories showing how the citizens are making their way through Nature / Environment Black Hole Mama is an intimate portrait of the Canine Soldiers residents of a house doomed for demolition. the remains of a run-downgovernment. Feelsales – Pablo Briseño Galván – [email protected] Nancy Schiesari, United States, 58’, p.96 – Heidi Piiroinen – [email protected] Heidi Piiroinen In wars where the rules engagement have Politics / Society Nature / Environment shifted from traditional combat to the Black Lives Matter Brother Jakob unforeseen and the invisible, these highly Elí Roland Sachs, Germany, 92’, p.88 Joseph Oesi, South Africa, 108’, p.79 trained dogs are saving soldier’s lives and Why Marikana may still happen again! I lost my brother to a God named Allah. giving them comfort, hope and protection. While Jakob searches for the truth, I search Hambrook Films Pty Ltd – Joseph Oesi – [email protected] DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] for Jakob. Will we ever find each other? Investigative Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Cat Fight Blue Orchids Human Interest / Social Issues Johan Grimonprez, Belgium, 48’, p.80 Jairo Boisier, Chile, 23’, p.97 “We hang the petty thieves and appoint Building Bridges Father and son do homage to their missing cat. Heloisa Azevedo Passos, Brazil, 72’, p.89 the great ones to public office” La Dupla Jaja – Jairo Boisier – [email protected] The film pursues a possible relationship Zap O Matik – Daan Milius – [email protected] between the filmmaker and her father, an Politics / Society Art / Music / Culture engineer who had his moment of glory Cause of Death: Unknown Bobbi Jene during the Brazilian military dictatorship. Anniken Hoel, Norway, 88’, p.98 Elvira Lind, Denmark, Sweden, 94’, p.81 FiGa Films, LLC – Sandro Fiorin – [email protected] After her sister died suddenly and unexpectedly while being treated with A film about a woman’s fight for creative Art / Music / Culture independence as she strives to succeed with prescription antipsychotics, director Anniken her own art, facing the hardcore world of Bunch of Kunst - A Film Hoel begins a global investigation into the dance in a new country with a broken heart. About Sleaford Mods crimes of the pharmaceutical industry. Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] Christine Franz, Germany, 103’, p.90 Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin – Sleaford Mods have been called “the angriest [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues band in Britain”. Christine Franz’s official Nature / Environment Body a La Carte documentary feature follows the Nottingham Jean-Simon Chartier, Canada, 58’, p.82 Chasing the Rabbit punk-duo on a two-year journey from bedroom Paolo Impagliazzo, Denmark, 53’, p.99 In a world where self-image has become recording sessions to chart success. In wars where the rules of engagement an obsession, we can no longer ignore the Magnetfilm GmbH– Georg Gruber – [email protected] have shifted from traditional combat to the role that science and technology play in our unforeseen and the invisible, these highly quest for beauty. In a booming industry Youth trained dogs are saving soldiers’ lives and where plastic surgery is just another product A Butcher’s Heart giving them comfort, hope and protection to purchase, who knows when we will Marijn Frank, The Netherlands, 15’, p.91 bite? Even the sceptics have mirrors. 13 year old Wessel in doubting about his DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] Sideways Film – Kazz Basma – [email protected] future. Does he want to work with living Art / Music / Culture animals or will he become a butcher, just History Chavela like his tough father and grandfather? Catherine Gund, Daresha Kyi, United States, 93’, p.100 Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story Docmakers – Fabie Hulsebos – [email protected] Alexandra Dean, United States, 90’, p.83 A singer. A fighter. A symbol. This film rediscovers Hollywood wild-child, Hedy Politics / Society Latido Films – Oscar Alonso – [email protected] Lamarr, not only as an actress but as the brilliant The Call Human Interest / Social Issues mind who coinvented 1940s wireless technology. Enrico Maisto, Italy, 57’, p.92 Childhood Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] Sixty common citizens chosen by lot spend Margreth Olin, Norway, 90’, p.101 the day in a room at Milan Assizes Court Childhood is a quiet and close, life-affirming Art / Music / Culture waiting to find out who will be chosen film about the significance of play and fantasy. Botticelli Inferno to be a juror and decide on the lives and Speranza Film AS – Margreth Olin – [email protected] Ralph Loop, Germany, 90’, p.84 freedom of other human beings. A surprising look at the famous Renaissance Slingshot Films – Manuela Buono – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues painter Sandro Botticelli and a captivating Human Interest / Social Issues Children of Chance investigation on the mysteries hidden Thierry Michel, Pascal Colson, Belgium, 108’, p.102 in his drawings of Dante’s Inferno Call Me Tony In Cheratte, Belgium, Brigitte is a teacher of Klaudiusz Chrostowski, Poland, 62’, p.93 Nexo Digital Srl – Pedro Citaristi – [email protected] 11-year old students. Her pedagogical approach Konrad, an 18-year-old bodybuilder who aims to integrate these pupils into a constantly Art / Music / Culture wants to be an actor desperately fights changing world. While some of their elders opt Brasília: Life After Design for his absent father’s attention. Bart Simpson, Canada, United Kingdom, 88’, p.85 for identity closure, this film evokes the challenge KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk awaiting these children to integrate into The utopian city of Brasília is in transition – [email protected] more than half a century later. What is current society, in the face of terrorist attacks. it like to live in someone else’s idea? Doc & Film International – Suzanne Nodale – [email protected] Feelsales – Pablo Briseño Galván – [email protected]

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Science / Technology History / Politics History | Art / Music / Culture Cholesterol, the Great Bluff Comrade, Where Are You Today? Daniel Hope - The Sound of Life Anne Georget, France, 82’, p.103 Kirsi Marie Liimatainen, Kirsi Marie Nahuel Lopez, Germany, 100’, p.118 The link between coronary accidents and Liimatainen, Germany, Finland, 112’, p.110 Daniel Hope is one of the greatest cholesterol in the blood is a mainstream In 1988 the 20-year-old Finn Kirsi Marie violinists of our age. But his exceptional medical dogma that has been going on studies Marxism-Leninism at the international biography is also a story of escape, for the last 50 years. It has led to the academy in the GDR. The international expulsion and desire for self-discovery. development of a billion dollars “low-fat” solidarity is convincing, but the real socialism Mindjazz Pictures – Alessandro Lombardo – food industry; and the prescription of statins is marked by contradictions. 24 years later, [email protected] the most sold medicine in the world. Kirsi Marie meets her former fellow students Human Interest / Social Issues Yet, more and more researchers contest from South America, Middle East and Africa. the mainstream explanation. What remains of their dream of revolution? The Dawn Wall How did the dogma settle, what are the stakes Ilanga Films, Kirsi Marie Liimatainen – Kirsi Peter Mortimer, Josh Lowell, Austria, 100’, p.119 of the discussion and where do we stand today? Marie Liimatainen – [email protected] Legendary free climber Tommy Caldwell The film is a rigorous investigation on the tries to get over heartbreak by scaling Science / Technology cholesterol case, dealing with social, political, 3000ft of an impossible rock face: scientific and of course economical issues. Confluency the Dawn Wall of El Capitan. AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] David Blitz, The Netherlands, 64’, p.111 Red Bull Media House – Blayze Collins- About passion for technique and personal drama. Perucchetti – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Blitzfilm– David Blitz – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Chomo Politics / Society Maayan Arad, United Kingdom, 42’, p.104 The Dead Don’t Swim , France, 90’, p.120 As the first group of Buddhist nuns The Congo Marco Bentz, Brigitte Bousquet prepare to be awarded the prestigious Milo Rau, Germany, Switzerland, 100’, p.112 Through the portrait of two families, the Geshema degree, a young Indian nun, Staged as a tribunal on-location in Bukavu documentary interrogates the amazonian Chomo, reflects on her life and future. and Berlin, director Milo Rau creates an reality of contemporary Peru, exposes in everyday lives the consequences of a Mai Films – Khaled Gad – [email protected] unshrouded portrait of one of the biggest and bloodiest economic wars in human history. never ending colonization and questions Youth Magnetfilm GmbH– Georg Gruber – [email protected] humankind’s place in a desecrated world. Ocho Equis Film – Brigitte Bousquet – [email protected] City of Ghosts History Matthew Heineman, United States, 90’, p.105 Human Interest / Social Issues Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Matthew Crash & Burn Heineman follows up Cartel Land with Seán Ó Cualáin, Ireland, 81’, p.113 Dead Donkeys Fear No Hyenas , Sweden, Germany, Finland, 90’, p.121 another real-life international thriller. With In the early 80s Tommy Byrne was the Joakim Demmer deeply personal access, City of Ghosts is world’s greatest driver – an investigation A documentary thriller about the murky concept the story of a brave group of Syrian citizen into the economics of Formular One through of ‘land grabbing’ in Ethiopia - a modern form of journalists risking their lives to stand up Tommy´s rise and spectacular fall. colonisation where foreign investors buy or lease against the Islamic State in Raqqa. Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] large farmland areas in developing countries without benefiting the local population. Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert Human Interest / Social Issues The Creator of Universes – [email protected] Mercedes Dominioni, Uruguay, 78’, p.114 City of the Sun Experimental Rati Oneli, Georgia, United States, Juan is a sixteen-year-old diagnosed with Qatar, The Netherlands, 100’, p.106 symptoms of Asperger who makes movies with The Dead Nation Radu Jude, Romania, 83’, p.122 The lives, dreams and destinies of extraordinary his 96-year old grandmother. His movies serve A film constructed using the opposition of what characters unfold amidst the ruins of a semi- as a form of expression and personal refuge, but a huge collection of recently discovered glass- abandoned mining town. Music teacher keeps as he becomes increasingly concerned with the plate photographs from the 30’s and 40’s tell demolishing the city to build a new life for day his grandmother will be gone, his stories us about Romania and what they do not show. himself and his family; miner-turned-actor lives begin to explore his feelings about death. Taskovski Films – Irena Taskovski – [email protected] in a limbo unable to make a decision between Irreal cine – Gerardo Castelli – [email protected] his passion (theater) and money (working at History / Politics Politics / Society the mines); and two malnourished champion The Cry of the Ants Deaf Child athletes have to keep running just to survive. Liliane de Kermadec, France, 62’, p.115 Alex de Ronde, The Netherlands, 80’, p.123 Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica Deaf Child is a coming of age film be Alex – [email protected] Eight women tell how they entered the National Liberation Movement -Tupamaros in Uruguay. de Ronde in which he portrays the life Youth One is José Mujica’s wife and has choosen like of his son, a young man who happens to Cocaine Prison him the legal way, another, her sister still believes be deaf. The film follows Tobias from the Violeta Ayala, Australia, Bolivia, in revolution. They don’t regret their long years cradle to the present day through archive France, United States, 75’, p.107 of underground life, jail and torture. The spirit material and other personal footage. From inside one of Bolivia’s most of the Tupamaro movement is still alive. NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] infamous prisons, comes the story of Lilianedekermadec.cinéaste – Liliane de Human Interest / Social Issues Kermadec – [email protected] the foot soldiers of the drug trade. Death and the Judge UNF Pty Ltd – Daniel Fallshaw – [email protected] Author’s Point of View Hassan Ali Khademi Tameh, Iran, Human Interest / Social Issues D is for Division The Netherlands, 51’, p.124 Comedian Mind Davis Simanis, Latvia, Czech Republic, 89’, p.116 The documentary, ” Death and Pernille Rose Grønkjær, Denmark, 93’, p.108 Two worlds defined by a dividing line, two the Judge”, revolves around Iran’s Stress, laughs, identity crises and insecurity contradictory views of the past as well as the most famous criminal judge are all mixed in the life of this intelligent present. A film dealing with the tension existing IranZamin – Hassan Ali Khademi Tameh – [email protected] funny man. Welcome to the life and mind on the borders between Europe and Russia. of Danish comedian Anders Matthesen. Ego Media – Guntis Trekteris – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Danish Documentary Production – Sigrid Jonsson Human Interest / Social Issues Death of a Child Dyekjær – [email protected] Dad, Are You Watching Over Us Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors, Science / Technology Makoto Akagami, Japan, 49’, p.117 Denmark, Sweden, 79’, p.125 Complicit A six year story of how people who lost family How do you live with the unbearable? When the Lynn Zhang, Heather White, United States, 90’, p.109 members in the Great East Japan Earthquake worst has happened to you and your loved ones A Chinese activist with leukemia takes dealt with their grief, and move forward. and you have nobody but yourself to blame? risks in struggling to help factory workers NHK – Tomoko Matsuda – [email protected] Journeyman Pictures – Annie Edwards – [email protected] poisoned by the chemicals used to make cellphones and computers. Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected]

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Politics / Society Author’s Point of View Author’s Point of View Debt Society Didube, The Last Stop Dos Islas Sarah Sylbing, The Netherlands, 50’, p.126 Shorena Tevzadze, Real E.T. Films, Adriana F.Castelanos, Poland, Spain, 40’, p.144 In a working-class neighborhood in North Georgia, Switzerland, 64’, p.135 Dos Islas is a poetic story about old age, family Amsterdam, almost everyone is deep in debt. A musical fairy tale about a noisy station, and the bond between a granddaughter and Every month a parade of heavies, a bailiff, a where Niko, a veterinarian man is trying to a grandmother. The woman, who just turned police officer and a locksmith moves through save his peaceful kingdom from its demise. 102, tells stories about her past and childhood. the streets to evict people from their homes. Diafilm, Real E.T. Films– Shorena Tevzadze KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] – [email protected] – [email protected]

Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Art / Music / Culture Debut Dina Draw Me Saint-Exupéry Anastasiya Miroshnichenko, Belarus, 80’, p.127 Dan Sickles, Antonio Santini, United States, 101’, p.136 Andres Jarach, France, 52’, p.145 The soulless atmosphere of a women’s Taking the Grand Jury Documentary Prize at On the 31st of July 1944, Antoine de Saint- penitentiary destroys the prisoners’ Sundance 2017, Dina is a charming, quirky and Exupéry disappeared over the Mediterranean personality, kills all femininity in them. unconventional love-story between two eccentric Sea. With this mystery, a myth was born. Film looks at the rationality of the long souls that will resonate with all audiences. Who was the man whose book The prison terms for women with children. Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] Little Prince was translated into more Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] than 250 languages and dialects? Human Interest / Social Issues The film looks back at different moments of his Author’s Point of View Displaced intense life with an ironic look on the myth. Film Delta Heddy Honigmann, The Netherlands, 44’, p.137 archives and « drawn archives » help narrate Oleksandr Techynskyi, Ukraine, Germany, 81’, p.128 How to get the legal rights for the land you own the story told over the course of a flight. The future has sailed away, with us left Appel & Honigmann – Heddy Honigmann AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] behind. Astray, we did not board the magic – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues ship. The task at hand is simple - not to Human Interest / Social Issues perish in the fog, not to die from the cold, The Dread not to get trapped under the ice. The Distant Barking Of Dogs Pablo Aparo, Martin Benchimol, Argentina, 67’, p.146 Simon Lereng Wilmont, Denmark, 75’, p.138 Honest Fish Documentary Stories – Yulia In a godforsaken town in Argentina, homemade Serdyukova – [email protected] Everything has changed for 10 year old Ukranian remedies have replaced western medicine. “The boy Oleg, whose life has been turned upside Dread”, a rare disease that is only cured by an Human Interest / Social Issues down by the ongoing war in East- Ukraine. old man, whom no one is encouraged to visit. The Deminer Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Machita – Pablo Aparo – [email protected] Shinwar Kamal, Hogir Hirori, Sweden, 83’, p.129 Human Interest / Social Issues What difference can a pair of clippers Human Interest / Social Issues make? In deminer Fakhir’s hands: thousands Distant Constellation Dream Boat and thousands of human lives. Shevaun Mizrahi, United States, The Tristan Milewski, Germany, 90’, p.147 Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] Netherlands, Turkey, 80’, p.139 Once a year the Dream Boat sets sail for a cruise Full of Tarkovskian atmospherics and only for gay men. Far from their families and History featuring the inhabitants of a Turkish political restrictions, we follow five men from Demons in Paradise retirement home - pranksters, historians, five countries on the quest for their dreams. Jude Ratnam, Sri Lanka, France, 90’, p.130 artists and would-be Casanovas. The cruise promises seven days of sunshine, The result of a 10 year-work that Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] love, and freedom – but on board are also their shows for the first time the aftermath Art / Music / Culture personal stories, their doubts and uncertainties… of the Sri Lankan civil war. Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Upside Distribution – Johan de Faria – Divine Divas [email protected] Leandra Leal, Brazil, 110’, p.140 Art / Music / Culture The film brings back to scene eight iconic Human Interest / Social Issues Dreaming Murakami performers of the first generation of Brazilian Nitesh Anjaan, Denmark, Japan, 58’, p.148 The Departure drags that challenged the moral of a country As translator Mette Holm struggles to Lana Wilson, United States, 88’, p.131 in the height of a military dictatorship. find the perfect sentences capable of Emmy Award-winning filmmaker, Lana Upside Distribution – Estelle De Araujo – estelle. communicating what Haruki Murakami’s Wilson delivers an unforgettable portrait [email protected] characters are trying to tell us, the boundary of a Japanese punk-rocker-turned-Buddhist- Human Interest / Social Issues between reality and fiction begins to blur. monk who inspires others to embrace life. Final Cut for Real – Signe Byrge Sørensen – [email protected] Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] Do Not Fear Kezia Zurbrügg, Switzerland, 14’, p.141 Art / Music / Culture Art / Music / Culture Darkness falls. Thinking about the future Dries Desert Coffee is accompanied by a slight concern. Reiner Holzemer, Belgium, Germany, 90’, p.149 Mikael Lypinski, Poland, United States, 58’, p.132 People retreat, and seek protection and An insight into the life, mind and creative heart Slab City is a squatter community in the advice to prepare for uncertainty. of a Dries Van Noten, who, for more than 25 Sonoran Desert and ‘the last free place in Lucerne School of Art and Design Bachelor of Arts in years, has remained independent in a landscape Video – Edith Flückiger – [email protected] America’. The inhabitants live off-the-grid in of fashion consolidation and globalization. broken trailers or old school buses with no Youth Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] running water, electricity or sewage system. Their closest neighbors are the Marine Corps, #doinggood Human Interest / Social Issues LOEKE DE WAAL , Steffi Posthumus, who practice aerial bombing in the area. The Netherlands, 58’, p.142 Earth Sutra Sideways Film – Kazz Basma – [email protected] Jordi Carot, Spain, Nepal, India, A critical look at the voluntourism “phenomenon” United States, 52’, p.150 History / Politics where expectations and reality often clash. ‘Earth Sutra’ changes your vision of Tibet after Despot Housewives - The Impetuous Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin – [email protected] 55 years of Chinese oppression. It shows how Joel Sorel, France, 52’, p.133 the exile can positively influence our planet Further to the success of the first season, discover Human Interest / Social Issues regarding the crises of the 21st century. new episodes that combine love, glory, and terror. Dolphin Man, The Story AntropodDocs & Films – Antonio Cadierno This episode - The Impetuous - focuses on Dewi Parodi – [email protected] Sukarno (Indonesia) & Grace Mugabe (Zimbabwe) of Jaques Mayol Doc & Film International – Suzanne Nodale Lefteris Charitos , Greece, 52’, p.143 Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] Discover the story and legacy of the Eating Animals greatest free-diver in recorded history, Christopher Quinn, United States, 94’, p.151 Human Interest / Social Issues whose life became the inspiration for Luc Eating Animals, the feature-length The Devil’s Trap Besson’s cult-movie “Le Grand Bleu”. adaptation of Jonathan Safran Foer’s book Mitchell Stafiej, Canada, 93’, p.134 Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Röfekamp of the same name, tells the story of the Lane tries to reunite with his estranged family – [email protected] beginning of the end of factory farming. after excommunication from their church. 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Nature / Environment Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues Eerstewater Ethiopiques- Revolt of the Soul Fatum (Room 216) Helene Smit, South Africa, 82’, p.152 Maciek Bochniak, Poland, Germany, 85’, p.161 Ramon Gieling, The Netherlands, 77’, p.170 “Eerstewater: In Search of the Wellspring The story of forgotten Ethiopian musicians A highly educated man is being asked on a - Stories of the Psyche” explores how the who became a considerable inspiration Sunday afternoon by the police to help with human psyche transcends the struggles for free jazz and pop music nowadays. the investigation of the disappearance of three between survival and development, weaving CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] women of which two have been violated and together story, theory, music and metaphor. being murdered. During the thorough, long Youth Depth Leadership Trust – Helene Smit – [email protected] term and highly civilized, politely conducted L’Etranger interview, we see the two men being condemned Human Interest / Social Issues Kenneth Michiels, Belgium, 54’, p.162 to spend for hours in the same room. The man Elish’s Notebooks A documentary about BX Brussels, the slowly becomes a suspect and eventually a truth Golan Rise, Israel, 74’, p.153 social sporting project in Brussels founded approaching Dante’s hell is being confessed. After the death of Elisheva her children clear by Manchester City captain Vincent Thinking out Loud Productions – Ramon out her home and find some old journals. She Kompany. It offers an unfiltered look at the Gieling – [email protected] secretly wrote a journal for each of her seven sometimes tough reality of Brussels. children, whom she had never hugged. Now, The New Flemish Primitives – Steven Art / Music / Culture they open the journals for the first time. Allcock – [email protected] Fence Your Best Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Liat Mer, Israel, 60’, p.171 Human Interest / Social Issues The Israeli fencing empire has flourished Art / Music / Culture Exodus for decades thanks to its founder and Elvis And The Girl From Vienna Hank Levine, Brazil, 55’, p.163 legendary coach Haim Hatuel. Can he Kurt Langbein, Austria, 56’, p.154 Exodus tells intimate refugees stories from save the family empire from crashing Elvis and the Girl from Vienna is Trude’s account different parts of the world and follows before the Rio Olympic Games? of how Elvis’ career went from a southern United their personal journey for two years. Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] States singing sensation to a global legend. Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] History Politics / Society Ferrari 312B Nature / Environment Faith, Hope, Love: In Search Andrea Marini, Italy, 82’, p.172 Empathy of Russia’s New Heroines Can one car on its own represent a revolution? Ed Antoja, Spain, 75’, p.155 Katja Fedulova, Germany, 97’, p.164 If we’re talking F1 and Ferrari, then A story about animal respect told by a skeptic. Russia, home of world-famous thinkers, the answer can only be yes. Feelsales – Pablo Briseño Galván – [email protected] poets and artists. Russia, battlefield of And the car is the Ferrari 312B. Nexo Digital Srl – Pedro Citaristi – [email protected] History / Politics | Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative war, dictatorship and revolutions. 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the great Art / Music / Culture End of Truth revolution - but what is going on now? Tricia Todd, Eric Matthies, United States, Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] Festival United Kingdom, 56’, p.156 Tomasz Wolski, Anna Gawlita, Poland, 85’, p.173 End of Truth is an emotionally powerful Art / Music / Culture There is a classical music festival going on. The investigation into the global enterprise of FAME camera takes a look at the backstage, captures kidnapping for financial or political gain Giacomo Abbuzzese, Italy, France, 58’, p.165 the last rehearsals, follows the work of the and what happens when negotiations and A movie about the last breath of randomness technical crew, costume preparations and the rescue missions go horribly wrong. and vandalism in what it’s now called street art. banter between the singer and the pianist. Sideways Film – Kazz Basma – [email protected] La Luna Productions – Sébastien Hussenot KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk – [email protected] – [email protected] Politics / Society Erdogan: The Dictator’s Republic Investigative Politics / Society Ryan Heilman, Turkey, United States, Germany, The Family The Field Belgium, United Kingdom, 90’, p.157 Rosie Jones, Australia, 98’, p.166 Mordechai Vardi, Israel, 72’, p.174 Narrated by Alfred Molina and told through An incendiary, shocking investigation into one Ali Abu Awaad is a leading Palestinian the voices of Turkish citizens, Erdogan explores of Australia’s most notorious cults, The Family, activist who teaches his countrymen non- how a man with democratic ideals became and the scars its survivors still bear today. violent resistance and reaches out to Jewish the dictator he fought so hard to defeat. Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] Israelis at the heart of the conflict. Heilman Productions, LLC – Joe Heilman JMT Films Distribution – Michael Treves – [email protected] – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues The Family I Had Politics / Society Politics / Society Katie Green, Carlye Rubin, United States, 77’, p.167 The FIFA Family – A Love Story Eternity Never Surrendered What begins as a seemingly isolated incident Niels Borchert Holm, Denmark, 58’, p.175 Daniela Rea Gómez, Mexico, 73’, p.158 of a 13-year-old boy killing his three-year-old A rare glimpse into the multi-billion-dollar Is a portrait of the intimate battles sister slowly dissolves into the illuminating industry of professional football, governed that two women who wait for their the anatomy of a broken family. by 24 suits operating in the shadows. disappeared loved ones. Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] IMCINE – Edna Martinez – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Art / Music / Culture Fashion, Models and Muslima - Fight Hate With Love Etgar Keret Based on a True Story Andrew Michael Ellis, United States, 79’, p.176 The Female Islamic Revolution Stephane Kaas, Israel, The Netherlands, 54’, p.159 Michael Ta’Bon spent 15 years in prison, where Anita Lackenberger, Austria, 35’, p.168 In his short stories, Israeli writer Etgar Keret he promised himself that one day he would The documentary takes a look at the fifties mixes fantasy and reality. His own life story start a movement to prevent young people from and sixties and paints a wholly different also comes across as a modern fairy tale. In this repeating his mistakes. Now married and with picture of women’s rights in the Middle hybrid documentary, the filmmakers investigate two kids, his fierce commitment to community East from the one we’re used to today. why storytelling is essential for Keret’s survival. activism may ultimately cost him his family. ORF - Enterprise – Armin Luttenberger NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] – [email protected] Feelsales – Pablo Briseño Galván – [email protected] Author’s Point of View Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Ethiopia by Tuk Tuk Father’s Kingdom Fighting For Life Ludovico de Maistre, Ethiopia, Italy, 87’, p.160 Lenny Feinberg, United States, 107’, p.169 Jamillah van der Hulst, The Netherlands, 70’, p.177 3 Tuk Tuk, 3 Teams, 11 travelers, 18 days of travel, The life of Father Divine and the legacy he left. A unique look inside the South African prison more than 2500 km across southern Ethiopia. MAJ Productions – Lenny Feinberg – [email protected] Drakenstein Correctional Center and the The mission? Have fun while promoting a impressive work of Dutch boxing coach Sharita slow and responsible way of traveling. The van der Hulst in the rehabilitation program for record? Be the first in the history to reach prisoners that are serving heavy sentences. the Omo River on board of three-wheeler. Feelsales – Pablo Briseño Galván – [email protected] Taurinorum Adventures – Ludovico de Maistre – [email protected] 8 Docs for Sale 22nd International Documentary Market Amsterdam

Human Interest / Social Issues Nature / Environment Human Interest / Social Issues Final Year The Fruitful Farm The Goddesses Of Food Francisco Espinoza, Chile, 65’, p.178 Gudni Pall Saemundsson, Iceland, 30’, p.187 Verane Frediani, France, United Kingdom, 90’, p.195 Five inseparable Deaf friends prepares to face A culinary TV series which tells the inspiring In the male dominate food universe, discover their greatest fear: to study in a school of hearers. story of Arni, a young professional chef, who the women changing the game on all levels. Organicafilms– Francisco Espinoza – [email protected] follows his dreams of leaving the hectic pace of Presenting the best female chefs, for a quiet farm life in Iceland. including multi Michelin star chefs Human Interest / Social Issues DR International Sales – Helene Aurø – [email protected] Dominique Crenn and Barbara Lync, Fire Mouth and introducing rising new stars and those Luciano Pérez Fernández, Brazil, 9’, p.179 Author’s Point of View making incredible food in all corners of the world. City of Salgueiro, in the heartland Garden of Life A global journey exploring the female of Pernambuco, Brazil. Marco Niemeijer, The Netherlands, 73’, p.188 strength in gastronomy. In the stands, the heat punishes the fans. On An intimate portrait of Marco Niemeijer’s Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] the radio, Fire Mouth ignites the broadcasting. father in law suffering from Alzheimer’s. There`s no sports commentator like Fire Mouth. seriousFilm – Marc Thelosen – [email protected] Politics / Society Erika Azevedo – [email protected] Golden Dawn Girls Human Interest / Social Issues Håvard Bustnes, Norway, 90’, p.196 Author’s Point of View Garden of Stars When the members of Neo-Nazi party Golden Five worlds Stéphane Riethauser, Pasquale Plastino, Dawn are imprisoned, their daughters, wives and Giancarlo Soldi, Italy, 67’, p.180 Germany, Switzerland, 61’, p.189 mothers step up to take over the leadership. The 5 Italian Oscar winner directors tell how Once upon a time, there was an old DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] they are involved in the art of cinematography. cemetery in Berlin, where the They open their memories treasure to the public Brothers are resting in peace. Politics / Society and make us understanding their imaginary. TVCO – Geremia Biagiotti – [email protected] The Great European Cigarette Mystery Bizef Produzione srl – Stefania Casini – [email protected] Jeppe Rønde, Denmark, 58’, p.197 Human Interest / Social Issues Two reporters investigate the former Human Interest / Social Issues Geek Girls EU commissioner of health, and ends La Flor de la Vida Gina Hara, Canada, 83’, p.190 up in the middle of dirty politics and Claudia Abend, Adriana Loeff, Uruguay, 86’, p.181 A feature length documentary film by the lobbyism of big tobacco. After five decades of marriage, Aldo and Gina Hara on women in geek culture. DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] Gabriella are facing a crisis. What happened to Women Make Movies – Kristen Fitzpatrick – [email protected] the couple that fell in love in their twenties? History / Politics What is keeping them together now that Human Interest / Social Issues The Great White Hoax they are blowing out their eightieth candles? Genderblend Jeremy Earp, United States, 52’, p.198 Is it time to say good-bye? La Flor de la Vida Sophie Dros, The Netherlands, 97’, p.191 Donald Trump & the Politics of is a fairy tale facing reality - a universal story Everyday they are confronted with being Race and Class in America about love, relationships, and aging. different, yet they are proud to be who they are. Mundovision Ltd. – George Matta – [email protected] Film Sales Company – Andrew Herwitz – NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues History / Politics Grey Matter History / Politics Ghetto Uprising - The Untold Story Jan Louter, The Netherlands, 80’, p.199 Freedom For The Wolf Yuval Haimovich Zuser, Simon Shechter, Grey Matter follows two neurosurgeons and their Rupert Russell, Germany, 89’, p.182 Israel, Ukraine, Poland, 60’, p.192 patients during the treatment of brain disorders; Democracy is in crisis. A new generation The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising has become a besides life and dead, personality is at stake. of elected leaders is dismantling freedom symbol of heroism throughout the world, but NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] and democracy, as we know it. it’s generally accepted story is incomplete. Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Among the fighters was a group that was not Human Interest / Social Issues granted commemoration, although it was The Groove is Not Trivial History / Politics responsible for the uprising major battle. Tommie Dell Smith, United Kingdom, Freelancer on the Front Lines J.M.T. Films Distribution & Worldwide Sales – United States, Spain, 60’, p.200 Santiago Bertolino, Canada, 98’, p.183 Michael Treves – [email protected] One man’s personal quest for self- The film follows Freelance Canadian expression ignites a global movement Experimental reporter Jesse Rosenfeld and reveals toward cultural revival. the Middle East’s complex reality, while Ghost Hunting Verite Productions – Tommie Dell Smith – [email protected] also reflecting the everchanging context Raed Andoni, France, Switzerland, of journalism in the Digital Age. Qatar, Palestine (State of), 94’, p.193 Politics / Society National Film Board of Canada – Nathalie Together with an eclectic group of Palestinian Guardians of the Earth Bourdon – [email protected] ex-prisoners, Raed Andoni builds the Filip Antoni Malinowski, Austria, 59’, p.201 replicate of the Israeli investigation centre The Paris Agreement is a milestone in Art / Music / Culture in which they were all imprisoned once, history influencing the next decades. For Fritz Lang and attempts to re-enact its stories. the first time 195 nations committed to Gordian Maugg, Germany, 104’, p.184 UDI - URBAN DISTRIBUTION INTERNATIONAL – take action against climate change. The film The real thrilling story behind the creation of M. Louise Ronzet – [email protected] gives insights behind closed doors of the Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] Nature / Environment negotiations and reveals the clash of forces, Politics / Society | Nature / Environment | Human Interest / Social Issues which shape our future. A reflection of the Glacial Land global community told by high-ranking From Business to Being Gunnlaugur Thor Pálsson, Anna Dis Olafsdottir, figures. Can this agreement save our planet? Julian Wildgruber, Hanna Henigin, Germany, 89’, p.185 Johann Sigfusson, Iceland, 52’, p.194 Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] How do we want to live and work? Can Europe’s largest glacier, situated in Iceland, meditation and awareness-training help is the main focus of this film as scientists History to free people from stress provoking examine the ice caps, glacier sands as well as Guatemala: The Dictatorship’s patterns of thinking and behaving? the impact of global climate change on glaciers, Mindjazz Pictures – Alessandro Lombardo – rising sea levels and greenhouse gases. Disappeared Claudio Zulian, France, Spain, Guatemala, 60’, p.202 [email protected] DR International Sales – Helene Aurø – [email protected] A tribute to the dictatorship’s missing people Art / Music / Culture in Guatemala and a recount of the events. From Top To Bottoms Beliane – Anne Littardi – [email protected] Andri Freyr Vidarsson, Iceland, 91’, p.186 A documentary that is a beautiful and inspiring story about passion, endurance and unity within a group of people who live for the horsepower, speed, action, rollovers and brotherhood. 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Human Interest / Social Issues History / Politics Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View Gushegu Exile Heiress of the Wind House in the Fields Emil Nørgaard Munk, Denmark, 53’, p.203 Gloria Carrión Fonseca, Nicaragua, 88’, p.212 Tala Hadid, Morocco, 86’, p.220 What is life like if you live in exile in a My family’s silence inspires my search through a HOUSE IN THE FIELDS is a creative witch camps? And if you were given kaleidoscope of memories that will challenge the documentary that examines the life of the option to return home, could you myth of the Sandinista Revolution, redeeming an isolated rural Amazigh community forgive and forget the past? the pain caused by collective amnesia. in the High Atlas Mountains. Don’t Think Twice Film – Kasper Lykke Schultz Caja de Luz – Julio López Fernández – [email protected] – [email protected] Alpha Violet – Virginie Devesa – [email protected] Youth Human Interest / Social Issues Hello Salaam Investigative Gwendolyn Kim Brand, The Netherlands, 16’, p.213 Human Smugglers Ruth Kaaserer, Austria, 85’, p.204 Two friends travel to a Greek refugee Poul-Erik Heilbuth, Georg Larsen, Denmark, 58’, p.221 champion in weightlifting. After battling camp to meet Syrian refugees their A documentary revealing the salivary gland cancer the retired anthropologist age and see how they’re coping. wellorganized world of human smugglers should really take a step back, but this is far NPO Sales – Marit Braun – [email protected] operating in and outside Europe from what Gwendolyn has in mind. She is DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] training to compete again on the international Art / Music / Culture level, to finally become world champion once Heroines of the Pipes Human Interest / Social Issues again. Supported by her devoted trainer Pat Iben Haahr Andersen, Minna I Am Another You and her Ivorian husband Charlie, her fight Grooss, Denmark, 58’, p.214 Nanfu Wang, United States, 82’, p.222 against physical and personal limits begins. Anne Julie and Manduela are among the Through the eyes of a young drifter who Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] top ranks of the world pipemakers scene. A rejects society’s Rules and Intentionally scene dominated by men where collectors chooses to live on the streets, Chinese History / Politics pay in the five figures for one pipe filmmaker Nanfu Wang explores the meaning Hacking Justice Illumina Films – Robin Brinster – [email protected] of personal freedom- and its limits. Clara Lopez Juan Pancorbo, Spain, Germany, 52’, p.205 Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] When you are more than a journalist, Human Interest / Social Issues you need more than a lawyer... Highway Confessions Youth Visible Film – Thierry Detaille – [email protected] Elsbeth Fraanje, The Netherlands, 53’, p.215 I am Bisha Unexpected revelations and intimate Roopa Gogineni, Sudan, 12’, p.223 Youth confessions in an unlikely location along The story of one man’s quest to pull Half a Life the German highway: a chapel in a service the strings of Sudan’s dictator. Tamara Shogaolu, The Netherlands, area. In this creative documentary the Roopa Gogineni – Roopa Gogineni – [email protected] United States, 12’, p.206 personal stories of various chapel visitors An Egyptian LGBTQ-rights activist are interwoven in a surprising way and Human Interest / Social Issues finds hope — and faces a choice. shows the confrontation between the daily I Forgot Myself Somewhere SND Films – Sydney Neter – [email protected] grind and our secret fears and passions. Iker Elorrieta, Spain, Pakistan, 25’, p.224 NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] IFMS is a poetic portrait about the Politics / Society women of Baltistan, and the challenges Hallowed Ground History girls face to access education. Wilberry Jakobs, The Netherlands, Ireland, The Hitler Chronicles Pantoma Films – Alberto Sota – [email protected] Portugal, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Italy, 35’, p.207 Hermann Pölking-Eiken, Germany, 50’, p.216 What can a cemetery tell us about a More than any other Hitler biography, History country’s culture and history? the Chronicles depict everyday European I Want to be Rompicollo. The True NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] life between 1889 and 1945 in impressive Story of the Woman of Palio images, many of them in color. Human Interest / Social Issues Antonio Bartoli, Italy, 39’, p.225 Based on the most extensive compilation The pride of a small medieval town, the hope Happy of archive material to date, with almost of a girl, the production of a movie: they are Carolin Genreith, Germany, 90’, p.208 half of it previously unpublished sources, the ingredients of a small and unique story. The film director’s 60-year-old father Hitler’s life is shown in detail against the Videodocumentazioni snc – Silvia Folchi – regularly flies to Thailand to enjoy the social backdrop of the first half of the 20th [email protected] company of women her own age. Is this love, century in a contemporary interpretation. Human Interest / Social Issues asks his daughter, or more of a “business”? First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – A light-hearted and personal film. [email protected] I’m Fat New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] Halit Levy, Israel, 53’, p.226 Human Interest / Social Issues In a world in which body size matters, Halit Human Interest / Social Issues Hobbyhorse Revolution decides to love herself no matter what. Happy Winter Selma Vilhunen, Finland, 58’, p.217 Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Giovanni Totaro, Italy, 91’, p.209 Never stop doing what you love: A funny and An insight into the crisis of recent years, moving film about teenagers with growing Science / Technology seen from Palermo’s Mondello beach where pains, who discover their own voice and talent I’m in Love With My Car many families spend their summer holidays, through riding and making hobbyhorses. Michele Mellara, Alessandro Rossi, Italy, 52’, p.227 hiding behind the memory of a status First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – The five sense and how they changed the crisis has inevitably compromised. [email protected] since we drive: hearing, smell, touch, Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert sight, taste, that is to say the human Politics / Society – [email protected] biological nature, have been redefined and Homeless - 52 Days on Art / Music / Culture shaped according to the age of cars. The Harvest the Streets of Oslo First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – Aslak Danbolt, Norway, 91’, p.218 [email protected] Andrea Paco Mariani, Italy, 73’, p.210 Petter Nyquist leaves his girlfriend and The art of musicals to show the drama of Human Interest / Social Issues 2-year-old daughter to live as homeless farm workers exploitation close to Rome. in Oslo for 52 days during Christmas. I’m Not a Problem Child, OpenDDB – Andrea Paco Mariani – [email protected] Nordic World – Espen Huseby – [email protected] I Am a Challenge Human Interest / Social Issues Rolf Orthel, The Netherlands, 89’, p.228 Art / Music / Culture The Hate Destroyer The film shows young people who have Vincenzo Caruso , Italy, 52’, p.211 Hope I’m in the Frame been housed in a closed institution run Netalie Braun, Israel, 57’, p.219 The lifetime mission of a woman to fight by Youth Care for a longer period. A portrait of Michal Bat-Adam the first and only intolerance and become extraordinary Van der Hoop Filmprodukties – Leen van den woman director in Israel to regularly create films Berg – [email protected] GA&A Productions Srl. – Gioia Avvantaggiato – [email protected] since the 70s. The film intimately documents her and her husband director Moshe Mizrahi sharing the struggle to make films despite aging. Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected]

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Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues I’m Still Here In Transit Intimate Battles Tana Gilbert, Chile, 14’, p.229 Constanza Gallardo Vásquez, Chile, 65’, p.237 Lucía Gajá, Mexico, 87’, p.245 A relationship of love united by the mental Four transgender people are wandering Through five stories, narrated in Finland, India, illnesses between a mother and a son around the streets while they tell us about Mexico, Spain and the USA, Intimate Battles who transcends time and its effects. their life experiences in a country that follows the road of resilience and reinvention of Patio de luz – Tana Gilbert – [email protected] does not have a place for them: they are the protagonists who survived domestic violence. only asking for dignity, love and respect, This violence happens in every social class, culture Politics / Society struggling against Chile’s worst face. and socio-economic levels. It is a war within a I’ve Got the Blues Inefable – Felipe Garrido – [email protected] home, where love was not supposed to hurt. Angie Chen, Hong Kong, 90’, p.230 AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] In the interaction of Hong Kong painter Politics / Society Wong Yan-kwai and the film director, sparks Indivisible Human Interest / Social Issues and arguments, egos and humility, love and Hilary Linder, United States, 79’, p.238 Invisible Strings betrayal, and human complexities surface. A heartrending exploration of the human Antoni D Krastev, Borislav A Scorpio Films Company – Pamela Mai Mai cost of US immigration policy Karamelski, Bulgaria, 63’, p.246 Lay – [email protected] Journeyman Pictures – Annie Edwards – [email protected] A documentary film about the interconnection between all human beings and our Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues connection with Planet Earth. Imposed Piece The Inertia Variations Never Know Productions – Georgi D Kerezov – [email protected] Brecht Vanhoenacker, Belgium, 74’, p.231 Johanna St Michaels, Sweden, ‘Imposed Piece’ is a documentary film about the United Kingdom, 85’, p.239 Human Interest / Social Issues final of the Queen Elisabeth Competition for Matt Johnson of legendary English band Iron Khan violin in 2015. Since its foundation it is considered THE THE invites us and his listeners - Naseer Khanday, India, 62’, p.247 one of the most challenging and prestigious inside his radio studio, where enlightened Parvez Khan Alias “Iron Khan” aka ‘Raja’ competitions for instrumentalists in the world. conversation is alive and kicking. But is was an Area Commander of JKLF (Jammu Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] he really done with making music? and Kashmir Liberation Front) in the early Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin – Nineties fighting an armed rebellion against Art / Music / Culture [email protected] India for Freedom. His younger brother Tariq Impulso Khan was killed by a rival Pro-Pakistani group Politics / Society Emilio Belmonte, France, Spain, 105’, p.232 and that is when he decided to live a non- Over recent years, the young spanish dancer Insha’Allah Democracy violent life for the future of his family. and choreographer Rocio Molina has become Mohammed Ali Naqvi, LLC, Pakistan, He started a backpacker’s lodge in the ski village the new shining star of Flamenco and United States, 82’, p.240 of Gulmarg. A popular tourist destination modern dance, using public improvisations Former Pakistani President Musharraf, between travelers. Dedicating his life to peace called impulsos to create choreographies. despite having a legacy as a dictator and channeling his energy in cooking for After having won the heart of both classical and being charged with treason, returns people. Growing up amongst international and new audiences, she’s now facing the to Pakistan and runs for president. riders his elder son ‘Dada’ caught on to biggest challenge of her career: the creation of 64th Street Media, LLC – Mohammed Ali snowboarding at an early age. Dada started a new show at the Chaillot National Theatre Naqvi – [email protected] guiding foreign riders on the mountain living in Paris, highlight of their 2016/2017 season. Art / Music / Culture in the hut. Ashraf the younger son on the Jour2Fete – Clémence Michalon – clemence. other hand fully administered and supervised [email protected] Inside A Volcano Saevar Gudmundsson, Iceland, 85’, p.241 operations at the lodge. The trio of the father History / Politics The incredible story of how the world and sons together become a sustainable team The Impure suddenly noticed the Icelandic soccer team. finally gaining traction in the tourist industry. Daniel Najenson, Israel, Argentina, 69’, p.233 DR International Sales – Helene Aurø – [email protected] However not for long as the GDA (Gulmarg “Impures” is how Argentinian Jewish pimps Development Authority) deems them Illegal were called in the early 20th century. They Art / Music / Culture and seals the hut. A start of some of the most built a network of vicious organizations Instant Dreams frustrating times for Parvaiz Khan and Family. trafficking in thousands of unfortunate Willem Baptist, The Netherlands, United Showreal Productions – Suril N Desai – [email protected] States, Germany, Japan, 91’, p.242 Eastern-European Jewish women, one of Art / Music / Culture Inventive visuals in this rollercoaster ride whom was the film director’s relative. The Isle of Medea Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] into the ingenious Polaroid photo system. Chemistry like you’ve never seen it before. Sergio Naitza, Italy, Greece, 85’, p.248 Human Interest / Social Issues Pieter van Huystee Film – Pieter van The documentary “The isle of Medea” In Jesus’ Name: Shattering the Silence Huystee – [email protected] explores the special relationship, born in the summer of 1969 during the filming of of St. Anne’s Residential School Art / Music / Culture “Medea”, between its director Pier Paolo Susan Grace Enberg, Canada, 42’, p.234 Instants of Cinema Pasolini and its protagonist Maria Callas. A poignant all-indigenous English and Cree- Sophie Bassaler, France, 6’, p.243 TVCO – Geremia Biagiotti – [email protected] English collaborative documentary film (42 INSTANTS OF CINEMA is a series that tells for the Human Interest / Social Issues mins) that breaks long-held silences imposed first time the encounter between the Magnum upon indigenous children who were interned Photos Agency and the world of cinema, with It’s Not Yet Dark at the notoriously violent St. Anne’s Residential each episode focusing on a single photographer. Frankie Fenton, Ireland, England, School in Fort Albany First Nation, Ontario. Doc & Film International – Suzanne Nodale United States, 77’, p.249 Susan G. Enberg Productions Inc – Susan Grace – [email protected] Narrated by Colin Farrell, this is the Enberg – [email protected] story of Simon Fitzmaurice, diagnosed Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues of Motor Neuron Disease, goes on to Intent to Destroy: Death, direct an award-winning feature film. In Praise of Nothing Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] Boris Mitic, Serbia, Croatia, France, 78’, p.235 Denial & Depiction An unlikely feelgood documentary. Joe Berlinger, United States, 115’, p.244 Art / Music / Culture Dribbling Pictures – Boris Mitic – [email protected] Pulling back the curtain on Genocide censorship in Hollywood due to U.S. government pressure Itzhak Alison Chernick, United States, Israel, 80’, p.250 Human Interest / Social Issues to appease a strategic ally, Intent to Destroy: Widely considered the greatest living Death, Denial & Depiction embeds with a In the Name of Your Daughter violinist, Itzhak Perlman takes us on a journey , United States, 90’, p.236 historic feature production as a springboard Giselle Portenier through his passion for music and his deep to explore the violent history of the Armenian In Northern Tanzania people believe that connection to his homeland of Israel. Genocide and legacy of Turkish suppression girls’ clitorises must be cut off to reach Submarine – David Koh – [email protected] maturity and reduce promiscuity, even and denial over the past century. though it is illegal. Mutilated girls command Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – twice the bride price as uncut girls [email protected] DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected]

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Human Interest / Social Issues History Art / Music / Culture Jaar, Lament of the Images Di Journey Kojo Paula Rodríguez, Chile, 78’, p.251 Maria Khan, United Kingdom, 107’, p.258 Michael Fequiere, United States, 14’, p.266 “JAAR lament of the images” observes Alfredo Di Journey is a socio-historical documentary Kojo is a loveable and precocious jazz Jaar’s creative process, he’s one of the most comprehensively exploring racism and prodigy. When he’s not at home in New relevant contemporary artists. He believes that immigration in historical context - through York, he’s touring the world, which art is “the last place” of freedom in our society. the chronicles of the African-Caribbean serves as both stage and classroom 3boxmedia – Valentín Romero – [email protected] community in Britain. Prominent British- All Area Crew – Michael Fequiere – [email protected] Jamaican intellectuals, political activists, artists Politics / Society and academics, along with members of 3 Art / Music / Culture Jaha’s Promise generations of a London Jamaican family, take Kollwitz - A life with art and war Patrick Farrelly, Kate O’Callaghan, United us on a thrilling, intellectually stimulating and Yury Winterberg, Henrike Sandner, States, United Kingdom, Gambia, 78’, p.252 inspiring journey that contributed to shaping Germany, 52’, p.267 A young African woman’s journey to save herself modern multicultural London and Britain. Graphic designer and sculptor Käthe Kollwitz before trying to change her own family and TRNS Productions – Bogdan Hristov – [email protected] ranges among the most important 20th society. It’s a narrative of the push and pull century artists worldwide. The film portrays of family and culture and the singular ability Human Interest / Social Issues an outstanding, charismatic woman with a of a young woman to bring about change. Juan Perros politically strong voice and meaningful work. First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – Rodrigo Imaz, Mexico, 34’, p.259 LOOKS International GmbH – Bettina [email protected] After realizing he had not been killed, Juan Offermann – [email protected] withdrew from the world and reinvented Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues himself in the flow of nature. James Stewart / Robert Mitchum: 212Berlin S.A. de C.V. – Trisha Ziff – [email protected] Kosher Love The Two Faces of America Evan Beloff, Canada, 45’, p.268 Youth Gregory Monro, France, 56’, p.253 What happens when a matchmaker, a newly When Stewart and Mitchum top billing in the Just Kids: My Body, My Life married couple and a single, religious hip-hop 1978 film The Big Sleep, they certainly did not Els van Driel, Kenya, 15’, p.260 artist explore the precise meaning of True Love? suspect that they would both embark upon Sabina (12) belongs to the Masai-tribe in Kenya, Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – eternal sleep on almost the same day in 1997. an ethnic group full of colorful rituals that are [email protected] Doc & Film International – Suzanne Nodale lasting for centuries. Although she is proud of her Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] cultural background, there is one rituals she is not too keen on: the circumcision of girls her age. Kuyt Deborah van Dam, The Netherlands, 69’, p.269 Experimental NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] Janbal How do you stay upright as a football Mina Bozorgmehr, Hadi Kamali Youth hero, when all eyes are on you? Moghadam, Iran, 72’, p.254 Just Kids: The Girl With the White Skin NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] Janbal, tells the legend of a love story between Annelies Kruk, Anneke de Lind van Youth , Tanzania, 15’, p.261 man and fairy which takes place on the island Wijngaarden L I S T E N of Hormoz in the Persian Gulf- South Iran. Anastazia lives in Tanzania, where almost Astrid Bussink, The Netherlands, 15’, p.270 Noir art groupe – Mina Bozorgmehr – [email protected] everyone around her, including her parents, has a dark skin color. Anastazia is the only white The conversations children have with the History / Politics person; she has Albinism, which means that Child Helpline are funny or naughty at times, A Japanese Rebel her skin, hair and eyes have no pigment. but more often sad or heartrending. Een van de jongens – Renko Douze – [email protected] Alain De Halleux, Belgium, France, 52’, p.255 NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] “Who is responsible for all this ? I am.” Human Interest / Social Issues Ventes - CBA/WIP Sales – Thierry Detaille Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] Kalès Lady of the Harbour Sean Wang, The Netherlands, China, 82’, p.271 Laurent Van Lancker, Belgium, 65’, p.262 History / Politics An intimate and inside perspective of Suzanna is a strong Chinese woman who has The Jewish Underground the ‘jungle’ of Calais, evoked through a settled in Greece 15 years ago. Since December Shai Gal, Israel, 90’, p.256 polyphony of men, tales and feels. 2015, she leads a group of Greek Chinese to help refugees, as atonement towards her past. Their target was to blow up the Muslim Polymorfilms– Ellen Meiresonne – [email protected] Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem. Success CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] Youth would have probable meant a World War. Politics / Society This political- detective thriller tells the Kendis story of how the members of the largest Bibi Fadlalla, The Netherlands, 15’, p.263 This Land , South Africa, 48’, p.272 terrorist organization of Israeli Right- Wing The ambitious Lavanya is, despite all Miki Redelinghuys settlers has now become a dominant power the obstacles, determined to make THIS LAND is powerful 48-minute within the current Israeli government. it in the international DJ world. documentary, about a small South African village who take a stand against a mining Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] HazazaH Pictures – Maarten Kuit – [email protected] development on their ancestral land Human Interest / Social Issues Investigative Plexus Films – Miki Redelinghuys – [email protected]

A Jobless World? The Kevin Case Human Interest / Social Issues Philippe Borrel, France, 52’, p.257 Dan Josefsson, Sweden, 180’, p.264 Full time employment appears to be a symbol The Kevin Case was the first in modern Swedish Land of the Free , Denmark, 58’, p.273 of a time long gone. Intelligent machines, history where young children were accused of Camilla Magid more reliable and less costly than humans, having murdered another child. The brothers In South Central, , we follow Brian, a are in the process of replacing us, while the were only 5 and 7 years old when the police former LA gang member of “the Crips”, who has development of algorithms contributes accused them of the murder of 4-year-old just been released after having spent his whole to the increasing work automation. Kevin. Since then they have lived their lives adult life in prison and is now in his forties. DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] Doc & Film International – Suzanne Nodale in secrecy and they have never told their – [email protected] side of the story. Until now. Dan Josefsson Human Interest / Social Issues takes us on an unravelling journey as the Land of the Homeless story unfolds of one of the most high-profile Marcin Janos Krawczyk, Poland, 55’, p.274 Swedish murder investigations of the 1990s. Father Paleczny, a monk who devoted his life SVT Sales – Anna K Hagnefur – [email protected] to help the homeless, came up with an idea Art / Music / Culture of building a huge yacht that would take Kevyn Aucoin him and his charges around the Earth. Lori Kaye, United States, 90’, p.265 KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk – [email protected] Told through his own footage, this is the story of iconic makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin from his troubled childhood to becoming the most in- demand celebrity and fashion make-up artist. Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] 12 Docs for Sale 22nd International Documentary Market Amsterdam

History / Politics Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues A Land Without Borders The Last Honey Hunter Little Yellow Boots Michael Alalu, Nir Baram, Israel, 62’, p.275 Ben Knight, Nepal, 35’, p.283 John Webster, Finland, Germany, 95’, p.291 A travelogue by Nir Baram, an Israeli writer, in Join Maule Dhan on his final journey to Filmmaker John Webster sets out on the occupied territories, to examine whether the the Nepali cliffs, in what may be the end a road-trip with his imaginary great idea of” two states for two peoples” is relevant of this powerful and dangerous tradition granddaughter in an attempt to understand and whether there is any chance for peace. of harvesting hallucinogenic honey. the moral and behavioural choices that Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Felt Soul Media – Travis Rummel – [email protected] make tackling climate change so difficult. Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert History Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] Landscape After the Storm Last Men in Aleppo Anastasia Cherkassova, Russia, France, 90’, p.276 Feras Fayyad, Denmark, Syria, 90’, p.284 Politics / Society This film unfolds as a conversation with Through the volunteers from The White The Lonely Battle Of Thomas Reid inhabitants of Crimea in the aftermath Helmets we experience daily life, death Feargal Ward, Ireland, 80’, p.292 on the annexation by Russia. Their and struggle in the streets of Aleppo. A story of one man’s fight to hold on to his stories weave a compelling tale about DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] house and lands as state and corporate life and death, hope and resignation. powers conspire against him. Art / Music / Culture Zadig Productions – Anastasia Cherkassova – FSE Films – Luke McManus – [email protected] [email protected] The Leading Role Sergey Bukovsky, Ukraine, 63’, p.285 Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Is this film about a mother? About an actress? The Long Season Landscapes About a woman’s fate? What happens when a Leonard Retel Helmrich, The Vincent Fournier, Philipp Baben son directs a film about his mother, an actress? Netherlands, Lebanon, 115’, p.293 der Erde, France, 52’, p.277 Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] An intimate portrait of life in an improvised camp Four humble ladyboys collecting rubber at in the Bekaa valley, where thousands of Syrians night, rice during the day, looking for a way to Human Interest / Social Issues stay after they fled their hometown of Raqqa. survive, exist and have the others accept them. Lenno & the Angelfish Films Transit International, Inc. – Jan Röfekamp Dragway Productions – Vincent Fournier – Shamira Raphaëla, The Netherlands, 18’, p.286 – [email protected] [email protected] Lenno & the Angelfish tells the story of Lenno, a 10-year old boy, who tries his best Human Interest / Social Issues Art / Music / Culture to behave. But how to be ‘a good boy ‘when Lonnie Holley: The Truth of the Dirt Larger Than Life: The everybody has their own opinion of what the Marco Wiliams, United States, 30’, p.294 Kevyn Aucoin Story difference is between right and wrong? Lonnie Holley: The Truth of the Dirt is Tiffany Bartok, United States, NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] an intimate portrait of a self-taught United Kingdom, 102’, p.278 African American visual artist and musical Human Interest / Social Issues Artist, Iconoclast, Ahead of his time performer from Birmingham, Alabama. Cinetic – John Sloss – [email protected] Leocadia’s Dream HipTruth Productions – Marco Wiliams – Krzysztof Nowicki, Poland, 18’, p.287 [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Leocadia, the main character, has been running Investigative Last Days in Shibati a small family music shop on Las Ramblas Hendrick Dusollier, France, 58’, p.279 for many decades. The camera observes the The Lost Kids of Calais Stephane Marchetti, France, 60’, p.295 A portrait of the last remaining old neighborhood last, very hard, months of her work because in Chongqing, where the narrow alleyways her shop is to be closed down. Her shop How kids survive in Europe’s largest slum are rapidly making way for gleaming sells classical music albums on vinyl. Edith Paris – Lydia Kali – [email protected] high-rises and vast shopping centers. She begins to throw away her old records, leaving History ZED – Chloé Persyn – [email protected] them on benches along Las Ramblas as she takes Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle her beloved little dog for a walk. By leaving the Gustavo García Salmerón, Spain, 91’, p.296 Human Interest / Social Issues records, she leaves traces of her past behind her. A charming and rich portrait of eccentric The Last Fight KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk matriarch Julita Salmerón and her family. Victor Vroegindeweij, The Netherlands, 70’, p.280 – [email protected] A film about Marloes Coenen, one of the world’s With hilarious and unexpected turns we best MMA fighters, who forces herself to give Science / Technology discover just how Julita got her three childhood her all, one more time, to win her last title fight. Let There Be Light wishes: lots of kids, a monkey, and a castle. Even if she has to pay the highest price… Mila Aung-Thwin , Canada, 52’, p.288 Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] Witfilm– Nienke Rispens – [email protected] The world’s most complex science Human Interest / Social Issues experiment is humanity’s greatest hope Nature / Environment for the future of clean energy. Love is Potatoes Aliona van der Horst, The Netherlands, 90’, p.297 The Last Guardians CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] Joe Tucker, Adam Punzano, United A Dutch filmmaker is given an inheritance Kingdom, Ecuador, 45’, p.281 Human Interest / Social Issues of six square meters of a small, wooden Two tribes in the Ecuadorian Amazon Lindy Lou, Juror Number 2 house in a village outside Moscow. She struggle to preserve their culture and way Florent Vassault, France, 60’, p.289 embarks on a journey back into the of life against oil company encroachment. Lindy, a former juror, starts a journey secrets of her mother’s Russian past. Zeppers Film & TV – Frank van den Engel – [email protected] Day 600 Ltd – Mike Freedman – [email protected] through Mississippi looking for the 11 jurors alongside whom she sentenced Politics / Society Nature / Environment a man to death, 20 years ago. The Last Harvest Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] Love the Sinner Jessica Devaney, Geeta Gandbhir, Tina-Marie Qwiberg, Sweden, 58’, p.282 Human Interest / Social Issues United States, 17’, p.298 The Last Harvest centres around our soil as the foundation of life, nature, environment, Little Fire Love the Sinner is a short documentary food chains and food. The condition of our Nicky Maas, The Netherlands, 15’, p.290 exploring the connection between Christianity soil is the basis for human life on our planet When Noëll gets Gerrit, a though buddy and homophobia in the wake of the shooting as we know it, yet soil is something we take with a motorcycle, appointed to him at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. for granted. Experts in England fear that if they head of on an adventure. Women Make Movies – Kristen Fitzpatrick – [email protected] our model of production does not change NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] Politics / Society we have as little as 100 harvests left. Love, Cecil SVT Sales – Anna K Hagnefur – [email protected] Lisa Immordino Vreeland, United States, 99’, p.299 Lisa Immordino Vreeland (Diane Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel, Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict) blends archival footage and photographs with voice over of Cecil Beaton’s famed diaries to capture his legacy as a complex and unique creative force. Cinetic Media – Jason Ishikawa – [email protected]

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Youth Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Loving Lorna Manic Miatari Jessica Karlsson, Annika Karlsson, Kalina Bertin, Canada, 84’, p.307 Aiko Kawahara, Japan, 25’, p.314 Ireland, Sweden, 61’, p.300 Manic chronicles filmmaker Kalina Bertin’s In the search for fugitives from the There’s always been a strong horse culture in the journey to understand the devastating impacts law, the Japanese police have a secret suburb Ballymun and Lorna and her family are of mental illness on her family. Convinced weapon they fall back on when other a part of it. It’s Lorna’s last summer break and that her father holds a key piece of the investigative methods fail: miatari. she dreams about becoming a farrier. This is a puzzle, she sets out to find the truth about NHK – Tomoko Matsuda – [email protected] poetic, empowering coming-of-age film, a story a man known alternately as a cult leader, a of survival, relationships, horses and dreams. scam artist, a prophet, and a dad of fifteen Art / Music / Culture SVT Sales – Anna K Hagnefur – [email protected] children across five separate families. Michail and Daniel EyeSteelFilm – Bob Moore – [email protected] Andrei Zagdansky, Ukraine, United History / Politics States, Czech Republic, 89’, p.315 Lust for Power Author’s Point of View A deaf child with cerebral palsy and his Tereza Nvotová, Slovakia, Czech Republic, 89’, p.301 Maregrave father, an artist. Kafka and Fate. How the small country lost its mind Justine Cappelle, Belgium, 25’, p.308 MaGiKa Film – Gennady Kofman – [email protected] PubRes – Zuzana Mistrikova – [email protected] An impressionist portrait of a threatening North Sea, depicted as a collection of Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues -perpetually growing- human decay. Michelin Stars - Tales From the Kitchen Lyubov Justine Cappelle – Justine Cappelle – [email protected] Rasmus Dinesen, Denmark, 82’, p.316 Staffan Julén, Sweden, 90’, p.302 Get behind the scenes of the mythical Michelin A film about the innermost elements of love Politics / Society Guide of fine dining and take an in-depth look Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] Mariam at the secret Michelin-inspectors’ work to Mohamed Jaffer, Iraq, 28’, p.309 understand the criteria for obtaining one, two Youth From under the rubble, the truth paved the way or three stars in the notorious red guidebook Maineland for it, where the clearest and most visible horizon DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] Miao Wang, China, United States, 89’, p.303 is the military media camera which opened its Over 370,000 students from mainland China space for events without motives or intentions, Nature / Environment are enrolled in Western high schools and except to cover the facts impartially, “Maryam” The Milk System universities - six times more than a decade ago another picture of the reality of the heroic role Andreas Pichler, Germany, Italy, 91’, p.317 - why is this so and what is the cultural impact? of the national media, He was driven by a path Milk is big business. Everything connected Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – parallel to what the fighter offers to achieve the to it is considered as healthy, natural and [email protected] message of freedom, the restoration of land and nutritious. But is it really? We want to know the consequences – now and in the future. Art / Music / Culture the dignity confiscated by criminal organizations Military Media team – Murtadha Al-Musawi Magnetfilm GmbH– Georg Gruber – [email protected] The Making of a Dream – [email protected] Daniela Ambrosoli, Switzerland, 62’, p.304 Human Interest / Social Issues This documentary investigates the rough Human Interest / Social Issues The Mine way of a ballet dancer, from first steps as a A Marriage Story Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz, Poland, 60’, p.318 little child, to the goal to become a principal Helena Trestíková, Czech Republic, 102’, p.310 A portrait of three women of different ages who dancer in a world renowned company. 35 years of one couple’s shared life. work in the same place. Coal sorting in the Rydu Pierino Ambrosoli Foundation – Daniela Negativ Film Productions – Daniel Vadocky – [email protected] towy Hard Coal Mine is a tough way to earn a Ambrosoli – [email protected] living, yet the protagonists show a lot of spirit. Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Unfortunately, their everyday struggle is not Mayskaya street limited to coal sorting only but involves the most Mama Colonel Gabriel Tejedor, Switzerland, 70’, p.311 down-to-earth matters, too, such as fighting , Congo, France, 72’, p.305 Dieudo Hamadi Belarus, Winter 2015. The omnipotent with clerks to have toilets cleaned in the women’s Colonel Honorine, more commonly known as president Loukachenko is starting his workplace. Sometimes, their only weapon is “Mama Colonel”, works for the Congolese police campaign looking for a 5th mandate. a sense of dignity and a sense of humour. force and heads the unit for the protection of As Kostia celebrates his 18th birthday and KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk minors and the fight against sexual violence. gets ready to vote for the first time, he takes – [email protected] Having worked for 15 years in Bukavu, in the us around in his village and his family and east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, friends. Following their paths from small jobs Human Interest / Social Issues she learns she is transferred to Kisangani. There, to drinking cessions, they all try to understand Miss Maria, Skirting the Mountain she finds herself faced with new challenges. and conceive their country and their future. Rubén Mendoza, Colombia, 90’, p.319 Through the portrait of this extraordinarily brave IDIP Films – Xavier Derigo – [email protected] In Boavita, one of the most conservative Catholic and tenacious woman, who fights for justice to villages in Colombia, Third World, Earth, lives be done, this film addresses the issue of violence Art / Music / Culture Miss Maria Luysa. She’s 45 years old and was towards women and children in the DRC and Meetings with Ivor born a boy. But this isn’t the story of yet another the difficulty of overcoming the past war. Alan Gilsenan, Ireland, 82’, p.312 being mired in gender and identity conflicts: Andana Films – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] Meetings With Ivor is a quirky new film about it’s the life of a person who, having suffered music, madness and the unifying influence the horrors of rural life in this country with Human Interest / Social Issues of the heart as it expresses itself in the life of all its morality, knew –even before she was A Man’s Place ground-breaking Irish psychiatrist, Ivor Browne. born– how to use her singular strength to stand Coline Grando, Belgium, 58’, p.306 Browne is a man ahead of his time and so this tall, like a stalk of wheat, impervious even to Men between the ages of 20 and 40 have been is a film which may take time to get noticed earthquakes, and who has yet to experience confronted with an unforeseen pregnancy. In internationally. Watch it and decide for yourself… a sorrow capable of exhausting her tears. most cases, abortion followed. They reveal their Parzival Productions – Tomas Hardiman – [email protected] Habanero Film Sales – [email protected] feelings and thoughts about this event. Through these life stories, the film reflects on a man’s Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues place in the relations between women and men. Meyer’s Manhattan Food Adventure A Modern Man AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] Keld Klüwer, Denmark, 55’, p.313 Eva Mulvad, Denmark, Germany, 84’, p.320 Claus Meyer is the founder of the world- Every note matters, every detail counts renowned NOMA restaurant and one of the - perfection is not just an attitude! creators and pioneers of the New Nordic Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin – Cuisine, which has taken the world by storm. [email protected] DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected]

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Human Interest / Social Issues Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues Moldovan Miracle Move! Dance your Life Naila and the Uprising Stian Indrevoll, Moldova, Norway, 58’, p.321 Fanny Jean-Noel, France, 76’, p.329 Julia Bacha, United States, 76’, p.337 In Moldova there is only one optometrist. Move! a “poetrip”. It’s a unique, poetic and When a nation-wide uprising breaks out, a He has a simple solution to a big health aesthetic film about dance around the world! young woman in Gaza must make a choice problem, but due to a dysfunctional political Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] between love, family and freedom. system, he faces major problems. Just Vision – Julia Bacha – [email protected] History / Politics DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] Mr Gay Syria Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Ayse Toprak , France, Turkey, Germany, 88’, p.330 Namibia - The Cuban Female Monogamish Two gay Syrian refugees try to rebuild their Boxing Revolution Tao Ruspoli, United States, Italy, 73’, p.322 lives after having been forced to leave Maceo Frost, The Netherlands, United States, 77’, p.338 Recovering from a heartbreaking divorce, their country. What brings them together Namibia is a 39 year-old female boxer independent filmmaker and son-of-an-Italian- is a crazy dream: to join the international in Cuba on the age limit of being able Prince Tao Ruspoli takes to the road to talk to beauty contest, Mr. Gay World. to participate in the Olympics. his relatives, advice columnists, psychologists, Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] She has been training intensively for historians, anthropologists, artists, philosophers, years, waiting for the government to lift sex workers, sex therapists, and ordinary couples Human Interest / Social Issues Muhi - Generally Temporary a ban that forbids women to compete about love, sex & monogamy in our culture. in boxing. This is her last chance. Rina Castelnuovo-Hollander, Tamir Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – Revolver Films – Klaudia Gainza – [email protected] [email protected] Elterman, Israel, Germany, 87’, p.331 Muhi (Muhammad), a boy from Gaza that Art / Music / Culture Art / Music / Culture for the past seven years lives with his Never Be Boring: Billy Wilder Morisot - The Heart is a Rebel grandfather in an Israeli hospital. Muhi now André Schäfer, Germany, 52’, p.339 Klaas Bense, The Netherlands, 70’, p.323 faces the most critical choices of his life. The untold story of legend Billy Wilder, In France, at a time when it was inconceivable Medalia Productions – Hilla Medalia – hilla@ including his European years. for a woman to pursue a career in art, Berthe medaliaproductions.com SND Films – Sydney Neter – [email protected] Morisot courageously followed her passion Human Interest / Social Issues and became one of the founding members Human Interest / Social Issues of the Impressionist art movement. My Father’s Choice Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki Yan Ting Yuen, The Netherlands, 80’, p.332 Zeppers Film – Frank van den Engel – [email protected] Kaku Arakawa, Japan, 70’, p.340 The small-scale story of the father and family Human Interest / Social Issues The Academy Award-winning animated of director Yan Ting Yuen told within the film director Hayao Miyazaki shocked the The Mossad; Imperfect Spies context of the vast history of China and the world when he announced his retirement. Duki Dror, Israel, Germany, 50’, p.324 Chinese diaspora. Her father led three very However, he turned to CGI to make a The Mossad, Israel’s Foreign Intelligence agency, different lives: one in Dapeng, China, one short film he had long contemplated. has been almost completely sealed off to in Hong Kong, and one in the Netherlands. NHK Enterprises Inc. – Kayoko Ohmae – [email protected] the media for many years. Now, for the first Were these all his own choices or was he time since its founding, dozens of its former merely drawn into the vortex of history? Youth operatives have agreed to be interviewed. Witfilm– Jantien Ekkes – [email protected] The Next Guardian These rare interviews, and the personal Human Interest / Social Issues Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya Zurbó, and political dilemmas and challenges they Bhutan, Hungary, 74’, p.341 bring to light, form the hear of the four-part My Fucking Problem The contrasting dreams of two generations Anne Van Campenhout, The Netherlands, 44’, p.333 documentary series The Mossad: Imperfect clash within the microcosm of an ancient Spies. Viewers are drawn into a personal account ‘My Fucking Problem’ is a personal Buddhist monastery in Bhutan, when Gyembo of the top-secret operations that have shaped documentary by Anne van Campenhout an ordinary teenager is chosen as the next Israel’s past and may yet shape its future. about vaginismus. She is unable to have guardian of their family monastery by his father. penetration sex because her vagina hurts. Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica How does she find her way in a world in – [email protected] Nature / Environment which penetration seems to be the norm? Mother of the Earth De Familie Film & TV – Monique Busman – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Youth Mahnaz Afzali, Iran, 52’, p.325 Human Interest / Social Issues No Land’s Song “Hayedeh Shirzadi” received a PhD in Ayat Najafi, Iran, France, Germany, 90’, p.342 Ecology and created the only 100% waste My Happy Complicated Family Since the 1979 revolution, women in Iran have recycling plant in her city of Kermanshah. Tessa Louise Pope , The Netherlands, 17’, p.334 been banned from singing solo in public. So She wants to do this in every city in Iran. More and more kids nowadays grow up in a what happens when filmmaker Ayat Najafi’s Kara Film Studio – Maryam Bagheri – [email protected] non- traditional or modern family construction. sister decides to stage an all-female concert? What stories lie behind these families and Illumina Films – Robin Brinster – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues what are the effects on the children? Motherland HazazaH Pictures – Maarten Kuit – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Ramona S. Diaz, Inc., Philippines, Author’s Point of View No Obvious Signs United States, 94’, p.326 Alina Gorlova, Ukraine, 64’, p.343 An immersive look inside the world’s busiest My Name is Nobody What is left backstage of the heroic videos maternity hospital in The Phillippines, one of the Denise Janzee, The Netherlands, Italy, 119’, p.335 of our warriors in Ukraine? What do they world’s poorest and most populous countries. In a search for a classmate of film director have to face, one on one, in peaceful Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] Sergio Leone and film composer Ennio life, and where does the war stop? Morricone in Rome, this film explores the Tabor – Alina Gorlova – [email protected] Nature / Environment magical aura of fame. A film about fame Mountain and the glimmer of living in the shadows. Human Interest / Social Issues Jen Peedom, Australia, 74’, p.327 Talent United BV – Paul Ruven – [email protected] No Place for a Rebel From the director of the BAFTA-nominated Maartje Wegdam, Ariadne Asimakopoulos, Human Interest / Social Issues Sherpa and narrated by Willem Dafoe, Mountain The Netherlands, 76’, p.344 explores the nature of our modern fascination The Mystery of the Milking Robots Sixteen years after rebels abducted him as with mountains in collaboration with one of Vuk Janic, The Netherlands, 83’, p.336 a child, Opono Opondo (26) returns home the greatest chamber orchestras in the world. A farmer works day-and-night to to Uganda as an adult war commander. Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] pass along a thriving farm to his Now he has to re-adapt to civil society. sons. But what if it goes wrong? Milos Film – Ariadne Asimakopoulos – [email protected] History / Politics Doxy Films – Janneke Doolaard – [email protected] The Mountain Pact Manuele Cecconello, Italy, 76’, p.328 An old partisan tells a young fashion stylist the story of labour rights to achieve equal pay between men and women in textile production. acta films– Francesca Conti – [email protected]

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Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues No Place for Tears Of Sheep And Men Opera About Poland Reyan Tuvi, Turkey, 87’, p.345 Karim Sayad, Switzerland, France, 78’, p.352 Piotr Stasik, Poland, 41’, p.360 War. Noises in the fog. The inhabitants of Kobane Sixteen-year-old Habib dreams of training Referring to the Polish tradition of a creative are fleeing over the border to a Kurdish village on his prized sheep to become a fighting documentary in the style of Wojciech the Turkish side. There they make a stand against champion and middle-aged Samir just wants Wiszniewski, the film presents various IS by forming a human chain. An impressively to sell enough sheep before Eid to make manifestations of Polishness: patriotic poetic film about returning and hope. ends meet, in this emotive profile of two and religious rituals, everyday traditions CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] men in an troubled Algerian community. as well as characteristic landscapes or Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] intimate memories from childhood. Science / Technology KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk Nokia Mobile - We Were Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] Old Marine Boy Connecting People Human Interest / Social Issues Arto Koskinen, Finland, 52’, p.346 Moyoung Jin, South Korea, 86’, p.353 The rise and fall of Nokia and the Finnish mobile The story of a father and husband whose Orione Toia Bonino, Argentina, 65’, p.361 phone industry from grassroots, from the unwavering love and devotion for his wife and aspect of the basic engineers, experienced by two children lead him to work hard after they A young marginal, accused of minor crimes, those, who made the miracle happen and faced escape from North Korea with nothing. His has died in a police operation. His affections the destruction. Many ended unemployed, job as a deep-sea diver exposes him to great portray his life and his decisions. Without some moved to new areas of work, and dangers he needs overcome to feed his family. issuing any judgment Orione faces us with few found a new innovative entrepreneur CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] what we would rather not have to see. Cruz del Sur Cine – Mario E. Levit – [email protected] in themselves. Today, something new may Youth be smouldering in the ruins of Nokia. On a Knife Edge Human Interest / Social Issues First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – Jeremy Williams, United States, 89’, p.354 of Everything [email protected] Set against a background of rising tension Mila Turajlic, Serbia, France, Qatar, 100’, p.362 error 99-dfs-subject and protest, a Lakota teenager learns A door locked for 70 years in a Normal Is Over The Movie first-hand what it means to lead a new house haunted by history Renée Scheltema, Australia, Belgium, generation and enter adulthood in a world Dribbling Pictures – Mila Turajlic – [email protected] where the odds are stacked against him. Canada, China, India, Malawi, The Politics / Society Journeyman Pictures – Catherine Foot – [email protected] Netherlands, South Africa, 103’, p.347 The Other Side of the Wall Award-winning feature documentary about Human Interest / Social Issues Pau Ortiz, Spain, 52’, p.363 humanity’s wisest responses to climate change, As their mother is imprisoned under dubious species extinction, resource depletion, income On Putin’s Blacklist Boris Ivanov, Canada, United States, Russia, charges, and the father is non-existent, inequality and the link between all these issues. United Kingdom, Denmark, Belgium, 52’, p.355 Ale (18) and Rocio (13) are faced with the Telekan cc – Renée Scheltema – Renee@ NormalisOverTheMovie.com As the whole world holds its breath to see greatest challenge possible. They promise what happens next with Russiagate in US, each other to keep the family together - Human Interest / Social Issues ON PUTIN’S BLACKLIST sheds some light especially for their smaller siblings. Not Without Us! on the topic of Putin’s meddling in world First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – Sigrid Klausmann, Germany, 90’, p.348 politics and those individuals that have [email protected] Fourteen countries, 16 children, five continents, been on the wrong side of his wrath . Human Interest / Social Issues one voice. A film about the future of the planet, a New Docs – Luisa Schwamborn – [email protected] Ouaga Girls future these children will one day help to shape. Human Interest / Social Issues Theresa Traore Dahlberg, Sweden, Burkina And an appeal to us all: NOT WITHOUT US! Faso, France, Qatar, 83’, p.364 New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] On the Edge of Freedom Anita Hopland, Jens Lengerke, Denmark, 58’, p.356 A group of young women from Ouagadougou Human Interest / Social Issues We follow two young roofers who, with no study at a girl school to become car mechanics. Notes Not to Forget sefaty measures, conquer the tallest buidings Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] Hatuey Viveros, Mexico, 90’, p.349 and deepest abysses in Russia and Ukraine. Human Interest / Social Issues Piro is a mathematician whose obsessions have DR International Sales – Helene Aurø – [email protected] Our Ghosts been captured in three notebooks; one to keep Youth Hannah M Ruddle, United Kingdom, 5’, p.365 a rigorous control over his expenses, another When your whole life is in a garden, what to remind himself of the location of the things On the Edge of Life happens when you have to leave it behind? he collects in case he ever needs them, and one Yaser Kassab, Syria, 45’, p.357 A poetic Journey about loss and grief. Hannah Ruddle – Hannah M Ruddle – more for the most important events of his life. [email protected] IMCINE – Edna Martinez – [email protected] Zenloop – Yaser Kassab – [email protected] Politics / Society Politics / Society Politics / Society Pachamanka - Singing for Freedom Nothing is Forgiven One day in Aleppo Ali Alibrahim, Syria, Sweden, Denmark, 24’, p.358 Markus Toth, Austria, 67’, p.366 Vincent Coen, Guillaume Vandenberghe, “Pachamanka” is not your average music Belgium, 58’, p.350 An insight into ordinary people’s lives, where they try to live through a normal documentary. In fact there is a lot to discover Shot over five years, ‘Nothing is Forgiven’ here starting with different concepts of tells the story of how Zineb El Rhazoui, a day in the besieged city of Aleppo. Verité Production – Feras Fayyad – [email protected] freedom, how to survive as a musician and Moroccon activist and journalist, became a the fragile dynamics within a group that survivor of the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris. Human Interest / Social Issues has existed for almost 40 years now. First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – LA MANADA Video- & Filmproduktion – [email protected] Open Doors Pavel Marcano, Argentina, France, 64’, p.359 Markus Toth – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Bonifacio is just one of the hundreds of Human Interest / Social Issues Nothing Like Before patients who live in Open Door, a psychiatric hospital located on the outskirts of Buenos Pagans Lukas Kokes, Klara Tasovska, Czech Republic, 90’, p.351 Elisa Flaminia Inno, Italy, 52’, p.367 Nothing Like Before offers a cinematically Aires. After several failed attempts to reintegrate into society, he has no other What is religion today? In Pagani, a small captivating look into the lives of teenagers town near Pompeii, a gay community of forced to grow up sooner than they would like. choice than to make the hospital his home, and his fellow patients, his family. devotees to The Lady of the Hens keep Nutprodukce – Alice Teslikova – [email protected] ancient pagan traditions alive. Adapting Swift Productions – Didier Costet – [email protected] them to a contemporary pop culture. Parallelo 41 Produzioni – Elisa Flaminia Inno – [email protected]

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History / Politics Science / Technology Politics / Society The Panama papers The ’s Mask The President From The North Joachim Dyfvermark, Sven Bergman, Simonka de Jong, The Netherlands, 93’, p.375 Lars Feldballe Petersen, Denmark, 60’, p.383 Sweden, Iceland, 41’, p.368 The Pilot Mask is a documentary about the Can a person blossom as a President and The “Panama Papers” has become a milestone emotional rollercoaster where seriously ill create a new democratic Somalia after 47 in the international fight against tax evasion children end up in a hospital for a long time. years away from his native country? and money laundry and 400 journalists The documentary shows the perspective of DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] worked with the leak, including Sven Bergman the children and how to keep up with it. Author’s Point of View and Joachim Dyfvermark. Their interview NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] with the Icelandic Prime Minister about his Primas offshore business was broadcast worldwide Human Interest / Social Issues Laura Bari, Canada, Argentina, 99’, p.384 and changed Iceland’s modern history. Piripkura Two cousins come of age together, SVT Sales – Anna Hagnefur – [email protected] Mariana Oliva, Renata Terra, Bruno overcoming the heinous acts of violence Jorge, Brazil, 82’, p.376 that interrupted their childhoods. Human Interest / Social Issues In this chronicle of an expedition, the First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – Paradise Within Reach Amazonian habitat of the only two nomadic [email protected] Barbara den Uyl, The Netherlands, Piripkura, can only be protected if there History United States, Germany, 60’, p.369 is proof they are still living there. A portrait of the world-famous garden designer Synapse Comunicacao – Luiza Campos – The Prince and the Chief: Travels in and landscape architect Piet Oudolf. [email protected] the Interiors of North America Van der Hoop Filmproducties – Leen van den Peter Adler, Austria, 52’, p.385 Human Interest / Social Issues Berg – [email protected] In April 1833, scientist Maximilian von Playing God Wied, a German prince, and Swiss painter Human Interest / Social Issues Karin Jurschick, Germany, 52’, p.377 Karl Bodmer travelled up the Missouri by Pardon My Genes This is Feinberg’s story of highly emotional steamboat. They planned to observe and Mette Rose, Denmark, 60’, p.370 dilemmas as told by himself, as he record the indigenous peoples and the Passing on a geneticdisease to your took the role of ‘PLAYING GOD’. epic landscape of the American West children and the world falls apart. Films Transit International Inc – Jan Röfekamp ORF - Enterprise – Armin Luttenberger DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] – [email protected] – [email protected]

Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Art / Music / Culture The Patriot The Poetess The Prince and The Dybbuk Daniel Sivan, Israel, Canada, 73’, p.371 Stefanie Brockhaus, Andreas Elwira Niewiera, Piotr Rosolowski, Against the backdrop of rising Anti-Semitism Wolff, Germany, 89’, p.378 Poland, Germany, 82’, p.386 in France, a militant-Zionist hacker declares Bravery can wear many faces, and A cinematic journey on the trail of war against the leaders of the Anti-Semitic here it also wears a burqa. Hollywood filmmaker and “human movement. “The Patriot” is a dark tale of CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] chameleon”, Michal Waszynski. extremism and vengeance in the Cyber Age Nature / Environment Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Poets of Life Author’s Point of View Human Interest / Social Issues Shirin Barghnavard, Iran, 73’, p.379 The Prince of Ostia Bronx The Penalty A poetic portrayal of the life of Shirin Parsi – rice Raffaele Passerini, Italy, 74’, p.387 Will Francome, Mark Pizzey, farmer, environmentalist, and social activist. Dario dreams to be Al Pacino, while United Kingdom, 86’, p.372 Kara Film Studio – Maryam Bagheri – [email protected] Mauri desperately aims for a stage all for The Penalty tells the stories of three Politics / Society himself, until today, when the director they fascinating people affected by the Poor Europe always dreamed to meet, shows up. American capital punishment system. I Wonder Pictures World Sales – Andrea Mirella Pappalardo, Germany, 52’, p.380 Doc & Film International – Suzanne Nodale Romeo – [email protected] – [email protected] Why 119 million people live under the breadline in 2017. How could this happen? The reality of Human Interest / Social Issues Art / Music / Culture deprived children, unemployed young adults, Prisoner Piet Hein Eek and indigent workers spreads all around the Ana Tipa, Uruguay, 92’, p.388 Niek Koppen, The Netherlands, 55’, p.373 Union. What does Europe do for them? Has While working on the construction of Piet Hein Eek is regarded as one of the most it declared war on this plague or surrendered Uruguay’s largest prison, Miguel must come important designers of applied art in the to it? Visiting young unemployed people in to terms with his double life. As his internal Netherlands. He is best known to a mass Ireland, Italy and Portugal, this film investigates struggle thrives, he must find enough audience with his furniture made of scrap wood. beyond the social and economic aspects and courage to tell the truth to his loved ones. He started a company that grew explosively, outlines how this situation impacts the politics. Huerfanita Films – Ana Tipa – [email protected] opened his own factory, shop and gallery in First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – Eindhoven and from that moment, curious [email protected] Politics / Society audiences flooded in from the Netherlands and Art / Music / Culture Puck’s World abroad. The company managed to survive the Gert-Jan de Vries, The Netherlands, 57’, p.389 financial crisis, but there are other crises. Coming Portraits of the Rainbow Puck, a multiply disabled girl, was born into a soon: Piet Hein Eek provides an intimate and Ayumi Nakagawa, Japan, 78’, p.381 normal Dutch family. How do her parents cope occasionally revealing glimpse behind the scenes Photographer Leslie Kee takes portraits of 10,000 with her mental and physical handicaps and of the designer and entrepreneur Piet Hein Eek. LGBTQ people living in Japan. His conflicts on the situation as such? How do her brothers NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] what “Art Can Do” and shed a light on Japan’s get along with their sister? And how does her improvement for the sexual minorities. family deal with Puck leaving home at 17, as she Human Interest / Social Issues TEMJIN Co.,Ltd – Mayu Hirano – [email protected] has the intellect of an 18 months’ old baby. Piet Is Gone Human Interest / Social Issues Puck’s father has filmed the family for over Jaap van Hoewijk, The Netherlands, 65’, p.374 Pre-Crime 20 years from Pucks birth until now. Because Peter is Gone wants to uncover ’the anatomy’ of Puck cannot speak, the rest of the family Monika Hielscher, Matthias a disappearance. A film about the Kafkaesque interviews each other by which a very intimate Heeder, Germany, 88’, p.382 world in which Toos Beentjes has been film is created; you can’t get any closer. Science fiction turns into disturbing fact as living in since her brother has vanished. NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] Zeppers Film & TV – Judith Vreriks – [email protected] forecasting software, algorithms and databases quickly become the new fortune-tellers for future crimes, driving us to ask: how much are we willing to abandon for the sake of security? Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin – [email protected]

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Nature / Environment Art / Music / Culture Science / Technology Pure Charcoal Raphael - The Lord of the Arts A Residence Above the Clouds Robert Müller, Switzerland, 93’, p.390 Luca Viotto, Italy, 90’, p.399 Guillermo Carnero Rosell, Spain, In calm, stunning images, the documentary The first film adaptation of the life and United Kingdom, 100’, p.407 “Köhlernächte” by Robert Müller draws the work of one of the most famous artists The story of a man who changed the viewer into the archaic world of commercial in the world - Raphael Sanzio. way we looked at the stars forever. charcoal burning in Switzerland’s Napf region. Nexo Digital Srl – Pedro Citaristi – [email protected] Bubango Films – Guillermo Carnero Zeitraum Film GmbH – Carola Kutzner – [email protected] Rosell – [email protected] History Human Interest / Social Issues The Reagan Show History / Politics Quasi Domani Pacho Velez, Sierra Pettengill, United States, 75’, p.400 Return of a President - After Gianluca Loffredo, Italy, 52’, p.391 Locarno-winning directors chronicle Ronald the Coup in Madagascar In a small Calabrian village, in Southern Reagan’s presidency through never-before- Lotte Mik-Meyer, Denmark, 59’, p.408 Italy, the lives of migrants mingle and seen archival footage, and in doing so reveal A military coup d’etat in Madagascar in 2009 diverge in a contradictory setting. Emotions, how the Hollywood star’s leadership style lands the democratically elected president stereotypes and fears intertwine in a dramatic foreshadowed Donald Scunner’s rise to power. in exile in South Africa. With unique access yet touching, bittersweet portrait. Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] to President Ravalomanana and his advisors, Colibrì Film srl – Gianluca Loffredo – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues the film tells the unusual inside story about Art / Music / Culture political intrigue and power, and the role the The Rebel Surgeon former colonial powers play. Ravalomanana , Sweden, Ethiopia, 51’, p.401 The Queen of Vienna - Anna Erik Gandini will run for the presidential elections in 2018. An exceptional portrait of a surgeon who got Sacher and her Hotel Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] Beate Thalberg, Austria, 54’, p.392 tired of Swedish bureaucracy and moved to Anna Sacher, owner of Vienna’s famous Ethiopia. In a small field hospital, with limited Author’s Point of View Sacher Hotel, created the realm of the social resources, he uses anything at hand to help Rezo elites almost 150 years ago with an attrative the patients, like a cheap power drill from the Leo Gabriadze, Russia, Georgia, 63’, p.409 blend of private and public spheres. local supermarket, hose clamps, bicycle spokes Rezo is a movie told and painted by ORF - Enterprise – Armin Luttenberger and fishing line instead of suture thread. Rezo Gabriadze, Georgian artist, writer – [email protected] SVT Sales – Anna K Hagnefur – [email protected] and creator of Marionette theatre. The Art / Music / Culture movie is an autobiographical animated History / Politics documentary questioning ideas of deep Queerama Rebels on Pointe humanity, kindness and heartiness during , Canada, 52’, p.402 Daisy Asquith, United Kingdom, 70’, p.393 Bobbi Jo Hart uneasy times after the 2nd World War. The one and only documentary on Queerama - A century of gay Bazelevs – Veronika Belenikina – [email protected] rights and desires on film. the all male ballet group “Les Ballets Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica Trockadero de Monte Carlo”. Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] SND Films – Sydney Neter – [email protected] A River Below Mark Grieco, United States, Brazil, 86’, p.410 Art / Music / Culture Politics / Society A River Below captures the Amazon in all Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution Recruiting for Jihad its complexity as it examines the actions Yony Leyser, Germany, 83’, p.394 Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen, Adel Khan of environmental activists using the media , Norway, 79’, p.403 What happens when the community you Farooq in an age where truth is a relative term. For three years a well-known Norwegian need is not the community you have? Journeyman Pictures – Annie Edwards – [email protected] CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] extremist gives unique access to his everyday life until he is arrested for recruiting for ISIS. Art / Music / Culture Author’s Point of View East Village Entertainment – Diana Holtzberg Robin’s Road Trip Raghu Rai - An – [email protected] Simone de Vries, The Netherlands, 52’, p.411 Unframed Portrait Human Interest / Social Issues Renowned Dutch photographer and international Avani Rai, India, Finland, 55’, p.395 The Red Soul rising star: Robin de Puy travels 10.000 miles through the USA on her motor to conquer Raghu Rai is the father of Indian photography. Jessica Gorter, The Netherlands, 58’, p.404 her fears and find a new creative self. The His story is told by his daughter Avani Why is it that still so many Russians defend result is the documentary Robin’s Road Trip, Rai, who fights for her own voice in Stalin as a great leader and a hero? “The Red nominated for an International Emmy Award. the shadow of her strong father. Soul” lays bare the Russian psyche of today – Fulko Autlook Filmsales – Stephanie Fuchs – and shows a world full of contradictions. Dutch Features Global Entertainment [email protected] Kuindersma – [email protected] Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert Politics / Society – [email protected] Science / Technology

Ransacked Human Interest / Social Issues Robo Sapiens Petur Einarsson, Iceland, 53’, p.396 The Reindeer Keepers Jelle Brandt Corstius , The Netherlands, 43’, p.412 In the new six-part VPRO travel series When the Banks went bust, hedge funds Per-Josef Idivuoma, August Robo Sapiens Jelle Brandt Corstius made billions and the people paid the price. Sandström, Sweden, 58’, p.405 investigates how robots and artificial Ransacked is the story of one ordinary The Reindeer Keepers is an unmissable intelligence influence our lives and how family who decide to fight back. and heart-warming documentary giving DR International Sales – Helene Aurø – [email protected] this will still be changing even more. us an intimate insight to the everyday lives NPO Sales – Margaret Stanneveld – [email protected] Investigative of three young reindeer keepers living in The Ransom Sapmi. We join them through hectic summer Author’s Point of View Rémi Lainé, France, Belgium, 96’, p.397 nights, hard work, family get togethers, Romantic Road The Ransom allows viewers to dive into party, Tinder swipes and a football derby. Oliver McGarvey, Canada, United Kingdom, the secret system of Kidnap & Ransom, SVT Sales – Anna K Hagnefur – [email protected] India, Bangladesh, 80’, p.413 designed by major insurance companies Art / Music / Culture London lawyer and wife re-define later life by in response to the 30,000 kidnappings REM motoring across rural India in their battered 1936 Rolls Royce, falling into company with committed every year around the world. Tomas Koolhaas, United States, 72’, p.406 Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] tea-wallahs and maharajahs, dodging tribal An artful glimpse into the brilliant mind of conflicts and battling with border-officials to the world’s most celebrated architect Human Interest / Social Issues get to a human rights festival in Bangladesh. Journeyman Pictures – Annie Edwards – [email protected] The Rape of Recy Taylor Rover Films – Oliver McGarvey – [email protected] Nancy Buirski, United States, 91’, p.398 To the countless women whose Author’s Point of View voices have not been heard. Roosenberg Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] Ingel Vaikla, Estonia, Belgium, 30’, p.414 Roosenberg is a memory, a story of a space at the beginning of the end. Vaikla Studio – Ingel Vaikla – [email protected]

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Art / Music / Culture Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Rumble: The Indians Who Seeing Voices Sing it Loud Rocked the World Dariusz Kowalski, Austria, 90’, p.423 Julia I. Peters, Germany, Tanzania, 90’, p.432 Catherine Bainbridge, Canada, 60’, p.415 The protagonists of Seeing Voices may An electrifying music film shot in the Rumble is about the role of Native not be able to hear, but that definitely magnificent landscape of Tanzania, Americans in popular music history. does not leave them without words. where choral music becomes pop, social Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Röfekamp Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] cohesion and personal impulsion. – [email protected] Patra Spanou Film Marketing & Consulting – Human Interest / Social Issues Patra Spanou – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Siblings The Russian Job Laura Plancarte, United Kingdom, Mexico, 80’, p.424 Human Interest / Social Issues Petr Hork , Czech Republic, 64’, p.416 The parallel the stories of two Mexican brothers Singled Out A Swedish power-manager is hired to that want to go back to the US after being Belen Sanchez, Mariona Guiu, Spain, 80’, p.433 bring the miracle of the capitalist business deported for life, with the story of an American Being single and over thirty is no easy model to the dying automobile factory woman who lost her house and today believes feat in a world where marriage remains in the Russian city of Tolyatti, but soon she can get it back through Trump’s promises the norm – this is a shared story of four enough he realizes that revolution should Feelsales – Pablo Briseño Galván – [email protected] educated women in four countries. happen without any change at all. Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin – Art / Music / Culture [email protected] Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin – Sidemen: Long Road to Glory [email protected] Investigative Scott Rosenbaum, United States, 80’, p.425 Art / Music / Culture An intimate look at the incredible lives and A Six Dollar Cup of Coffee Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda legacies prolific and influential blues ‘sidemen’ Andres Ibañez Diaz Infante, S.A. De C.V., Stephen Nomura Schible, United Pinetop Perkins, Willie Smith and Hubert Sumlin. Alejandro Diaz San Vicente, Mexico, 73’, p.434 States, Japan, 102’, p.417 Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – When an indigenous co-op of coffee As Ryuichi Sakamoto returns to music following [email protected] producers in Chiapas, Mexico decides to attract new clients abroad to secure their cancer, his haunting awareness of life crises Youth leads to a resounding new masterpiece. business model, they are confronted with the Doc & Film International – Suzanne Nodale Siéva harsh reality of the global coffee market. – [email protected] Jenni Nyberg, Finland, 58’, p.426 Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin – A non fiction dance movie about youth in Helsinki [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues and also about how to become oneself. History / Politics The Same Zone2 Pictures Oy – Hannu-Pekka Vitikainen Dejan Petrovi , Serbia, 17’, p.418 – [email protected] Sobibor Excavated, the It is a story about personal needs and Human Interest / Social Issues 4 stages of deceit aspirations, making decisions based upon Mark Limburg, The Netherlands, 52’, p.435 the expectations of others and the loss of Silas About 200.000 people were murdered in Anjali Nayar, Hawa Essuman, South the all-important feeling of individuality. extermination camp Sobibor. In 1943 the Nazi’s Africa, Canada, Kenya, 90’, p.427 Independent Film Centre Filmart – Dejan closed it down, covering up their killings with Petrovi – [email protected] With a network of dedicated citizen reporters thick layers of earth and asphalt. What was by his side, seasoned Liberian activist Silas left of the remains slowly sank into the ground Human Interest / Social Issues Siakor challenges the corrupt and nepotistic and remained there for more than 70 years. Sand and Blood status quo in his fight for local communities. Waiting to be excavated. Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Matthias Krepp, Austria, 90’, p.419 Stone Film & TV – Mark Limburg – [email protected] Young refugees from Iraq and Syria reflect Human Interest / Social Issues on their lost youth, while found private Human Interest / Social Issues video footage provides a disturbing Silence is a Falling Body Solitary Land Agustina Comedi, Argentina, 72’, p.428 view of the development of war. Tiziana Panizza, Chile, 107’, p.436 Vienna Film Academy – Leni Gruber – [email protected] After my father died, the details of his life get lost A story about inmates who live in in silence. My need to get to know him, reveles a a prison without walls on the most Human Interest / Social Issues story marked by sexuality and political activism. remote island in the world. El Calefon – Juan Carlos Maristany – Saving the Hermans Domestic Films – Macarena Fernández – [email protected] Gilad Goldschmidt, Israel, 86’, p.420 [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Saving the Hermans follows the unbelievable, History / Politics one year long journey of the Herman family Silent War Solving My Mother across Asia- from Thailand to Israel. They Ieva Ozolina, Latvia, 104’, p.437 Manon Loizeau, France, 72’, p.429 travel 25,000 miles, in an old fire engine Dissatisfied with life and unability to deal with Since the beginning of the conflict in they had converted into a caravan. the opposite sex, a young mathematician is Syria, rape has been used as a tool of Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] blaming it on his mother, holding her responsible war by the Syrian regime: these women for shaping his personality the wrong way. Human Interest / Social Issues have decided to break the silence. FA Filma – Madara Melberga – [email protected] Sea Sorrow Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Vanessa Redgrave, United Kingdom, 72’, p.421 Human Interest / Social Issues Drawing on her own experience as a wartime Silvana Some Things Are Hard To Talk About evacuee, British actress and campaigner Vanessa Stefanie Brockhaus, Germany, 75’, p.438 Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring, Christina Redgrave tells the story of refugees fleeing Some Things Are Hard To Talk About is a Tsiobanelis, Sweden, 91’, p.430 European war zones throughout the last century personal documentary about the secrets of A revolutionary love story and a journey and drawing parallels between government abortions in my family over three generations. through the first years of the career attitudes towards refugees in the 1930s and now. – Stefanie Brockhaus – of a contemporary feminist icon. Brockhaus / Wolff Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] [email protected] Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin – Author’s Point of View [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues

See You Tomorrow, God Willing! Human Interest / Social Issues Songs For Kit Ainara Vera, Spain, 63’, p.422 The Silver Branch Ruslan Fedotow, Belarus, Russia, 57’, p.439 A girl — or a woman? — wearing a bright “See you tomorrow, God willing!” is happy Katrina M Costello, Ireland, 80’, p.431 documentary film about the daily life red scarf, plush mouse in tow. Looking at her The Silver Branch is a film about one man’s of a group of old Franciscan sisters. you won’t guess she’s 50 and homeless for journey through life which underpins First Hand Films – Milena Stokar – milena. three years. She survives in the cold streets a search to reconnect with nature and [email protected] of Moscow by her incredible passion to live. culture as primary sources from which – Ruslan Fedotow – [email protected] we learn a deeper understanding of Fist Film ourselves and our surroundings. Sea Fever Productions – Katrina M Costello – [email protected]

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Human Interest / Social Issues Science / Technology Politics / Society South Bureau Homicide The Story of Little Foot The Subversives Mark Earl Burman, Mike Cooley, Paul John Myburgh, South Africa, 68’, p.447 Miles Roston, The Netherlands, Spain, 80’, p.455 United States, 78’, p.440 This is the story of the discovery and excavation A modest man whose wife cut his hair, Theo van South Bureau Homicide, set in South Los of the most complete apeman fossil skeleton Boven becomes Director of Human Rightsfor Angeles, explores the unsung bond created ever found in the history of the world! the UN in 1977. No bureaucrat, he battles by the homicide detectives of LAPD and the Never before has a discovery of this magnitude the most repressive regimes of the late 20th local community’s anti-violent-crime activists been witnessed on camera. Filmed over a period century, beginning with Chile and Argentina who together investigate and cope with the of twenty years in the blackness of a cave, in and opens his UN door for the firsttime to persistent menace of homicidal violence that The Cradle of Humankind - South Africa. “subversive” survivors from across the world. plagues a disproportionately small part of LA. Off The Fence – Ellen Windemuth – [email protected] GAIA Audiovisuals S.L. – Carles Pastor – Film Mode Entertainment – Clay Epstein – [email protected] [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues The Strange Sound of Happiness Politics / Society Youth Diego Pascal Panarello, Italy, Germany, 89’, p.448 Sunflowers of Nicaragua Southern Belle Diego Pascal Panarello’s personal journey Florence Jaugey, Nicaragua, 80’, p.456 Nicolas Peduzzi, France, 84’, p.441 from the torrid coasts of Sicily to the frozen From the darkness to the big screen, At age 15, Taelor’s idyllic childhood abruptly flatlands of Yakutia in Siberia reveals the Nicaraguan Sex Workers don’t flee from ends after the violent & sudden death of use, myths and legends of the mouth harp, justice; they help administer it. her doting father. Now 26, free-spirited spread throughout the world as a symbolic Camila Films – Florence Jaugey – [email protected] Taelor navigates drug abuse, guns, madness key that can open our mind and soul. Youth & inherent violence of the rich, white Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert Houstonian ghettos in Trump’s America. – [email protected] Swim Team The Festival Agency – Leslie Vuchot – [email protected] Lara Stolman, United States, 82’, p.457 Experimental This is Swim Team, the story of the parents of Art / Music / Culture The Stranger a boy on the autism spectrum, who formed Spiral Nicole Nielsen Horanyi, Denmark, 110’, p.449 a competitive swim team. They recruit Jeffery Kalousdian, Armenia, 90’, p.442 A true story about a lie diverse teens on the spectrum and train After a very successful 50-year career dancing LevelK – Tine Klint – [email protected] them with high expectations and zero pity. and teaching ballet around the world, Rudolf Espresso Media International – Amy Freshwater has returned home to Armenia to revive the Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] dyeing National Ballet. However, as Rudolf A Stranger On My Couch Politics / Society struggles to transform the undisciplined Grzegorz Brzozowski, Poland, 55’, p.450 troupe into a modern ballet company, An image of a contemporary city from A Tale of Singers and Murderers coming home is not always full of glory the couchsurfers’ perspective. Stefan Eberlein, Germany, 90’, p.458 20 Years Later Films – Jeffery Kalousdian – [email protected] KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk A song contest behind bars. Drug dealers, – [email protected] thieves and murderers jailed in Russia’s many Art / Music / Culture prisons sing of homesickness, love, war and Spookers Investigative forgiveness. They dream of taking part in Nick Batzias, New Zealand, 82’, p.443 Stray Bullet the traditional Kalina Krasnaya contest. Inside the charmingly frightening world of Jean-Cosmes Delaloye, Switzerland, New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] Spookers, New Zealand’s top scare park United States, 70’, p.451 Youth Journeyman Pictures – Annie Edwards – [email protected] In one of America’s most violent cities, a gang shootout ends in the accidental killing The Talk - True Stories About History of a 12-year-old girl, Genesis Rincon. the Birds and the Bees Stay Behind - My Grandfathers Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – Alain Delannoy, Canada, 9’, p.459 Secret War [email protected] There are things in life you never forget. Ida Grøn, Denmark, 57’, p.444 Politics / Society One of them, like it or not, is “The Talk”. One trace after the other indicates that Ida’s Strike a Rock SND Films – Sydney Neter – [email protected] 94-year old beloved Grandfather, a respected Aliki Saragas, South Africa, 87’, p.452 Human Interest / Social Issues dentist from the province and a freedom fighter After a massacre shakes the foundations of Talking Money under the occupation of Denmark, worked their poverty stricken mining community, directly under the CIA during the Cold War in Sebastian Winkels, Germany, Marikana, two grandmothers rise up out of their Switzerland, Georgia, 90’, p.460 Denmark. It´s not something he´s willing to homes and lead their community in a historic admit to, though. This is a family affair with A look behind the scenes of modern banking: fight against seemingly insurmountable odds from Bolivia to Pakistan, Benin to Switzerland, global wings, high stakes and big surprises. for justice and dignity. In an intimate story Bullitt Film ApS – Vibeke Vogel – [email protected] we take a look at 15 confidential meetings where the personal becomes political through between bank customers and bank consultants. fighting on-the-ground to the corridors of Art / Music / Culture New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] power, how will these women take on Goliath Stealing Rodin enemies and make their voices heard? Art / Music / Culture Cristobal Valenzuela, France, Chile, 80’, p.445 Elafos Productions – Aliki Saragas – [email protected] An Auguste Rodin’s sculpture has been Tango on a Visit stolen. 24 hours later a shy young art student History / Politics Irene Schüller, Germany, 52’, p.461 returned the piece arguing that he had A documentary about the desire to get closer to Stronger Than A Bullet oneself through the embrace with a stranger. stolen it as part of an artistic project. Maryam Ebrahimi, Sweden, 75’, p.453 Irene Schueller – Irene Schüller – [email protected] María una Vez – Maria Paz González – [email protected] Maryam Ebrahimi’s film explores the History / Politics misuse of photographer Saeid Sadeghi’s Author’s Point of View images from the first Persian Gulf War for Tarzan’s Testicles Still Alive Iran’s war propaganda, which propelled a Pauline Beügnies, Belgium, 80’, p.446 Alexandru Solomon, Romania, France, 107’, p.462 generation to their deaths as martyrs. Remembering revolution, moving A film about utopias, a metaphoric Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert drama that threads the similar on with their lives – [email protected] Ventes - CBA/WIP Sales – Thierry Detaille destinies of monkeys and men. – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert Subtitles Heroes – [email protected] Franco Dipietro, Italy, 72’, p.454 The story of the world’s largest fansubber community. CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected]

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History / Politics Experimental Human Interest / Social Issues Taste of Cement Treasure Hunt - Searching Ultra Ziad Kalthoum, Germany, Lebanon, Syria, for Fenn’s Legacy Balazs Simonyi, Hungary, Greece, 81’, p.480 United Arab Emirates, Qatar, 85’, p.463 Katalin Hanappi, Austria, United States, 48’, p.472 In 36 hours the participants in the Spartathlon, In TASTE OF CEMENT, Ziad Kalthoum Forrest Fenn is very, very rich. But when he one of the toughest long-distance marathons composes a striking essay on what it found out he had cancer, he decided to spark the in the world, must cover a distance of 246 means to live in exile in a war-torn world sense of adventure in people across the world kilometres. By day and night the runners with no possibilities to return home. ORF - Enterprise – Armin Luttenberger battle against the heat, the cold and the Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica – [email protected] clock. What drives them to take on this – [email protected] superhuman feat of endurance? Investigative CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues The Trial - The State of Thank You For The Rain History / Politics Julia Dahr, Norway, United Kingdom, 87’, p.464 Russia vs. Oleg Sentsov Umva Askold Kurov, Estonia, Poland, Five years ago, the Kenyan farmer Kisilu Musya Jessie Zinn, South Africa, 5’, p.481 Czech Republic, 71’, p.473 started to document his family, his village and Umva (‘rewind’) is a collaborative documentary the impact that climate change is having on both. Award-winning filmmaker Askold Kurov explores that explores this post-democratic Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] the fascinating case of his Ukrainian colleague, disillusionment from the perspective of three filmmaker Oleg Sentsov acused of terrorism young South African women who, despite Human Interest / Social Issues and sentenced to 20 years of prison in Russia. being “born frees”, do not feel free at all. Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin – The Third Option Red Coat Films – Jessie Zinn – [email protected] Thomas Fürhapter , Austria, 78’, p.465 [email protected] Politics / Society Who decides what is normal? In his complex Human Interest / Social Issues essay film, Thomas Fürhapter elaborates on True Conviction Undercover Jihadi these questions. The film peels away the Barry Stevens, Canada, 52’, p.482 Jamie Meltzer, United States, 84’, p.474 various thematic layers to reveal essential There’s a new detective agency in Dallas, Texas, Undercover Jihadi, with undercover operative questions regarding birth, normalization started by a group of exonerated men with Mubin Shaikh, is a film going into the heart and life optimization – thus transforming decades in prison served between them. of counterterrorism and de-radicalization an issue that affects only a small number approaches around the world. Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] of people into one that concerns us all. Sideways Film – Kazz Basma – [email protected] Taskovski Films – Tijana Djukic – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Science / Technology Politics / Society True Warriors Niklas Schenck, Germany, 90’, p.475 Unfair Game: How Trump Won Third World Billionaires Thomas Huchon, France, 70’, p.483 Kristoffer Eriksen, Denmark, 29’, p.466 TRUE WARRIORS is the powerful story of Kabul theatre group AZDAR and their How American opinion has been manipulated Danish journalist Kristoffer Eriksen meets some daring play about a suicide bombing. Edith Paris – Lydia Kali – [email protected] of the wealthiest people in Third World Countries. Films Transit International Inc – Jan Röfekamp DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] Politics / Society – [email protected] The Unforgiven History / Politics Investigative Lars Feldballe Petersen, Finland, Denmark, 75’, p.484 This is Congo Truth Detectives Can evil be forgiven? And should it? Daniel McCabe, Congo, United States, Anja Reiss, Germany, France, 90’, p.476 A war criminal is confronted with his Canada, Qatar, 91’, p.467 Today, almost in real time, victims of war victims and with himself as a young man A highly-immersive, unfiltered look into one of and crimes use mobile devices to film and during the civil war in the Balkans. the longest conflicts in the world, This is Congo, photograph their experiences. We show CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] has its world premiere at the Venice Biennale. how international investigators collect Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues this evidence for criminal prosecution The Union New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Lorena Giachino, Chile, 75’, p.485 Through my Rear Window Human Interest / Social Issues The Amateur Soccer Referee Federation has a Salvo Manzone, Italy, France, 68’, p.468 A Tune of Devotion new board of directors. But these leaders receive An illegal dump materialized outside my Varun Chounal, United States, India, 10’, p.477 a broke organization and despite they have also window, in the heart of Palermo, became Weaving three artistic ruminations on ‘Sufism’ aged, will work together to reinvent themselves. the metaphor of a world full of garbage. into one harmony of devotion - A religious art Errante Producciones – Paola Castillo – [email protected] Nevertheless, the solutions exist: Zero Waste! form breaking down the walls of prejudice. Epinoia – Salvo Manzone – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Independent – Varun Chounal – [email protected] Unknown Male no. 1 - A Murder in Italy Art / Music / Culture Experimental Hugo Berkeley, United Kingdom, Italy, 88’, p.486 Thus Spoke De Crescenzo Turtle Rock This is the story of one woman’s extraordinary Antonio Napoli, Italy, 74’, p.469 Xiao Xiao, China, 101’, p.478 investigation while being haunted by the tabloid Luciano De Crescenzo sold about 50 millions Poetically experiencing the uncontaminated press in a tragic murder case and media frenzy copies worldwide, and his books are beauty in a remote mountain village, DR International Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] published in more than 30 Countries. But he as well as the infiltrating sufferings is much more than a successful novelist and a Science / Technology and struggles of the three generations: Unseen Enemy philosophy popularizer: he has been cartoonist, grandma, her son, and grandson. photographer, tv screenwriter, actor, director Janet Tobias, United States, 60’, p.487 Individual – Lin Lin – [email protected] Bunker Hill srl – Daniel Pleacoff – [email protected] Unseen Enemy examines why in the 21st Human Interest / Social Issues century we are experiencing a rash of diseases Art / Music / Culture The Ugliest Car that were once only outbreaks but have now To Die to the Deserts Grzegorz Szczepaniak, Poland, 47’, p.479 become full-blown epidemics. Moving across Marta Ferrer Carné, Mexico, 85’, p.470 Join Bogdan, his mother Kazimiera and the globe, you’ll meet our characters: doctors, A journey to the semi-desert, in the northern Wartburg, the “ugliest car”, on a road trip disease detectives, everyday men and women. Mexico, looking for the last singers and from the concentration camp of Majdanek Every one of them has stepped into the horror the vestiges of Cardenche singing. in Poland to a former Nazi labor factory of an epidemic and emerged deeply changed. IMCINE – Edna Martinez – [email protected] in Germany. A portrayal of a unique Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues relationship between mother and son. Tongue Cutters Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert – [email protected] Solveig Melkeraaen, Norway, 85’, p.471 Small Children, Big Knives. A youth doc about young kids from the age of 5 working as cod tongue cutters in Northern Norway. CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected]

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Art / Music / Culture Author’s Point of View Human Interest / Social Issues Uprize! War When Pigs Come Sifiso Khanyile, South Africa, 58’, p.488 Sulev Keedus, Estonia, 55’, p.497 Biljana Tutorov, Serbia, Croatia, The youth of 1976 and the world that made them War is a story about a peacekeeper, who after Bosnia-Herzegovina, 74’, p.506 Zinc Pictures – Tshego Molete Khanyile – [email protected] having returned from a mission could not The media and the politics have integrated come to terms with his life anymore, with the with the privacy of Dragoslava’s family, and this Nature / Environment life between the present and the eternity. she contemplates with humour and firmness. Vatnajokull - Iceland’s Heart of Fire F-Seitse – Kaie-Ene Rääk – [email protected] Each and every one of her actions during Valdimar Leifsson, Iceland, 27’, p.489 the day is an act of responsibility through Vatnajokull, Europe’s biggest glacier, is more than Nature / Environment which she begins changing the world. just a huge sheet of ice. Seven active volcanoes Wastecooking - Season 2 Slingshot Films – Manuela Buono – [email protected] slumber underneath it, but can awaken any time. Peter Sihorsch, Jakob Kubizek, Austria, 26’, p.498 DR International Sales – Helene Aurø – [email protected] The second season David Gross is traveling History / Politics from Denmark across Europe to Romania, When The Guns Go Silent History his dumpster-kitchen always in tow to turn Natalia Orozco, France, Colombia, 58’, p.507 Venice and the Ghetto ‚garbage’ into a culinary experience. The FARC, the oldest guerrillas in the world, are Klaus Steindl and Yury Winterberg, Austria, 52’, p.490 Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] finally taking the path of democracy, together 2016 marks the 500th anniversary of the with the Colombian government. How to foundation of the Ghetto in Venice - a turning Human Interest / Social Issues achieve peace after 50 years of civil war? point in the history of the Jewish people. We Carry It Within Us Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] ORF - Enterprise – Armin Luttenberger Helle Stenum, Denmark, 67’, p.499 – [email protected] The film investigates different perspectives Science / Technology on the shared colonial past between Denmark History | Politics / Society | Art / Music / Culture ... When You Look Away and US Virgin Islands. Who and what are being Phie Ambo, Denmark, 84’, p.508 El Viaje - A Road Trip into remembered, and how is the history told today? Where are the limits of consciousness and Chiles Musical Heritage MixConsult – Helle Stenum – [email protected] are we connected in ways we never knew? Nahuel Lopez, Germany, 93’, p.491 Phie Ambo asks these big questions in a EL VIAJE is a vibrant journey through Chile Art / Music / Culture filmic experiment with surprising answers. and its musical tradition, the “Nueva Cancion We Margiela CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] Chilena”. We encounter the most important Mint Film, The Netherlands, 99’, p.500 protest musicians from the 60’s until today. The untold story of the enigmatic and singular Human Interest / Social Issues Mindjazz Pictures – Alessandro Lombardo – fashion house Maison Martin Margiela as The White World According [email protected] told by the old équipe of the house. to Daliborek Some Shorts – Wouter Jansen – [email protected] Youth Vít Klusák, Czech Republic, 105’, p.509 Human Interest / Social Issues A stylized portrait of an authentic Czech neo- Volte Nazi, who hates his life but doesn’t know what to Monika Kotecka, Karolina Poryza a, Poland, 14’, p.492 We the Stones Alvaro Torres-Crespo, Costa Rica, Mexico, 74’, p.501 change. Corrosively absurd and starkly chilling in Zuzia -12, has been training vaulting for two equal measure, this tragicomedy investigates the A group of men have panned the rivers for years and has extraordinary role topping the radical worldview of “decent, ordinary people.” acrobatic pyramid. She is “flyer” lifted by the years deep in Costa Rica’s jungle. Now the government has decided to expel them. Hypermarket Film – Martina Struncova stronger and more experienced vaulters- – [email protected] “base”. Another intensive season begins. Betta Films – Amaya Izquierdo – [email protected] During training sessions it becomes apparent Art / Music / Culture Art / Music / Culture that the girl has lost some of her grace and Who is Oda Jaune? lightnes. At first the coach blames the “base” We Were Kings Kamilla Preffer, Germany, 75’, p.510 Christian von Brockhausen, Timo but they admit that Zuzia is to big to lift her. Speaking softly. Grosspietsch, Germany, 90’, p.502 It became clear that she is “just growing” Painting loud. Music drama about a group of youths from and her role is given over to a younger girl. Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk Germany who make it to LA with their – [email protected] band – but fail disastrously. As adults, they Nature / Environment overcome their demons to make music again. Who Owns Nature? Human Interest / Social Issues New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] Alice Agneskirchner, Germany, Waiting For The Sun Human Interest / Social Issues Switzerland, Canada, 96’, p.511 Kaspar Astrup Schröder , Denmark, 90’, p.493 Where do we as humans find ourselves In China more people are on death row Weaving on the scale: are we nature’s – our Yang Wang, China, 94’, p.503 than the rest of the world combined. The world’s – protectors or its destroyers? “Weaving” follows two textile worker families children of the convicts are often left alone, Broadview TV Gmbh – Anke Schleicher – stigmatized and living in the streets. Some during the five year demolition process as [email protected] of these abandoned kids however do find they struggle to adapt to outside change a place they can temporarily call home. while trying to keep their families intact. Human Interest / Social Issues Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] Rising Productions – Chris Huang – [email protected] Why We Cycle Arne Gielen, Gertjan Hulster, The Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Netherlands, 56’, p.512 Waking the Sleeping Giant: The Welcome To Normandy The reason why the Dutch cycle so much is Ariane Doublet, France, 52’, p.504 not as obvious as it seems. In the film we ask Making of a Political Revolution A small village of Normandy is getting Jon D Erickson, Jacob Smith, United States, 93’, p.494 everyday cyclist and experts the question why ready to welcome a new family. “Waking the Sleeping Giant” is the story they cycle. The answers are rather surprising. The mayor is totally in favor, the local of the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Nieuw en Verbeterd – Arne Gielen – [email protected] sheriff fears for his tranquility, others get Senator Bernie Sanders, and the effort all exited by their new welcoming mission History / Politics to build a reenergized left-wing political whilst the youngest observe amused movement in the United States. Winnie how the elders may be disturbed. Pascale Lamche, France, The Purple Frog Productions – Jacob Smith – [email protected] Time goes by, authorizations are delayed, Netherlands, South Africa, 84’, p.513 Human Interest / Social Issues elections confirm the extreme right wing’s Winnie Madikizela Mandela is one of the most Wall progress and after a year the family finally arrives. misunderstood and intriguingly powerful Moran Ifergan, Israel, 64’, p.495 AndanaFilms – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] contemporary female political figures. Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] “You lack inner peace, I can see it in your Human Interest / Social Issues eyes...” With this abrupt remark thrown at What Happened in Vegas her by a woman visiting Jerusalem’s Wailing Ramsey Denison, United States, 80’, p.505 Wall, filmmaker Moran Ifergan is reminded A law unto themselves: meet the Las of the religion she left in her late teens, Vegas Metropolitan Police department when she used to frequent this holy site. Journeyman Pictures – Annie Edwards – [email protected] Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected]

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Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues A Woman Captured The World in Slow Motion Yves’ Promise Bernadett Tuza-Ritter, Hungary, Germany, 89’, p.514 Ludovico de Maistre, Ethiopia, Nepal, Melanie Gärtner, Germany, 79’, p.527 A European woman has been kept by a family Mongolia, Vietnam, Morocco, Namibia, Yves leaves his home in Cameroon to try as a domestic slave for 10 years. She is one of Myanmar, Senegal, 12’, p.521 his fortune in Europe. The trip takes eight over 45 million victims of modern day slavery It’s just like the difference that exists between years. A film about family, the dream today. Drawing courage from the filmmaker’s Fast Food and Slow Food: would you rather of Europe and about not giving up. presence, she decides to escape the unbearable have a hamburger in 5 minutes, or a steak while Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert oppression and become a free person. sitting at a table sipping a glass of good wine? – [email protected] Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica Main traveler is famous Italian YouTuber Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] Gabriele Saluci often accompanied by Ludovico de Maistre, director and producer. The couple Zhalanash – Empty Shore Politics / Society of travelers explore the world on a budget Marcin Sauter, Poland, 40’, p.528 Women at the Top on board of crazy vehicles telling stories in a Eponymous Zhalanash is a port city over Marita Neher, France, Germany, 52’, p.515 funny way and documenting different cultures, the Aral Sea. This place between a great Equal opportunities and the distribution wonderful or ugly places and social issues. Every water and a vast desert which used to be of power – what is the reality in European episode is completed with great graphics. a prosperous link of the Soviet economy is boardrooms today? In in-depth interviews, Taurinorum Adventures – Ludovico de Maistre just a shadow of its former glory today. we look at the careers of three top female – [email protected] KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk managers from Germany, France and Spain. – [email protected] New Docs – Elina Kewitz – [email protected] Investigative World Of Darkness Politics / Society Giles Alderson , Kevin Lee, Sweden, 85’, p.522 Women of the Venezuelan Chaos ’World of Darkness: The Documentary’ Margarita Cadenas, France, 83’, p.516 profiles the cult role-playing games that Five women from Venezuela, from different created a phenomenon in the 1990s backgrounds and generations, draw a portrait - a zeitgeist that helped shape film, of a society in perdition and allow us to literature, fashion and club culture. take the pulse of a population in distress, Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] to represent a sort of barometer of the situation of this Latin American nation. Youth CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] Wounded Gold Mustafa Hadziibrahimovic, Bosnia- Human Interest / Social Issues Herzegovina, The Netherlands, 50’, p.523 Wonderful Losers: A Different World The documentary ‘Wounded Gold’ is literally Arunas Matelis, Lithuania, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, and figuratively about trial and error. Getting Ireland, Latvia, United Kingdom, Spain, 71’, p.517 wounded during a war, losing a leg, recovering, Arunas Matelis followed the Sancho Panza’s playing sitting volleyball and finally becoming of professional cycling for 7 years during European, World and Olympic champion with the prestigious “Giro d’Italia” and reveals the national team. This is the story of the the unseen world of these wonderful national sitting volleyball team of Bosnia- losers running at the back of the race. Herzegovina. ‘Wounded Gold’ portrets four Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert strong human beings who surived the war and – [email protected] injuries, three of them were children at that Experimental time, and in post-war Bosnia they all became The Work true champions and the proud of the country. Evariste Film Producties – Sanne Vermaas – [email protected] Jairus J. McLeary, Gethin Aldous, United States, 87’, p.518 Human Interest / Social Issues Inside Folsom Prison, The Work follows three A Year of Hope men during four days of intensive group Mikala Krogh, Denmark, The Netherlands, 83’, p.524 therapy with serving convicts, revealing an ”A Year of Hope” is a coming-of-age story intimate and powerful portrait of authentic about a group of boys from the streets of human transformation that transcends the capital of The Philippines, Manila, who what we think of as rehabilitation. get a chance to change their lives forever. Dogwoof – Luke Brawley – [email protected] CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected]

Human Interest / Social Issues Nature / Environment The Workers Cup Yoeme Labyrinth Adam Sobel, United Kingdom, 89’, p.519 Sergi Pedro Ros , Mexico, 90’, p.525 Inside the labor camps of Qatar, African and Millenary and figsty, the Yaqui Tribe defends Asian migrant workers building the facilities thier existence. Since 2010, Sonora´s government of the 2022 World Cup compete in a football diverts illegally 75 million cubic meters of water tournament of their own: The Workers Cup. from the Rio Yaqui each year. This situation Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] has sparked struggles and resistances. In Experimental parallel, the Yaquis have seen flooded their World Domination territory of methamphetamines. Now they seek for answers to these external aggressions Fritz Ofner, Austria, 52’, p.520 in the depths of their cultural identity. Who brought about catastrophes such as – Edna Martinez – [email protected] 9/11 or Charlie Hebdo? Who pulls the strings? IMCINE Watch as social media forces us to find whole Experimental new ways to fight these conspiracies. You Rock ORF - Enterprise – Armin Luttenberger Evgeny Grigorev, Russia, 112’, p.526 – [email protected] Dos & Don’ts to miss your own life. Pervoe Kino Film Company – Anna Selyanina – [email protected]

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