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Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Author’s Point of View | Art / Music / Culture 1982 African Bride | Human Interest / Social Issues Lucas Gallo, Argentina, Brazil, 90’ Roy Dames, Jos Driessen, Kenya, The Amazing Johnathan Documentary Argentineans, towards victory! Belgium, Netherlands, 86’ Benjamin Berman, United States, 92’ chango.tv – Santiago Guidi – [email protected] African Bride is a tragicomic portret of Gilbert, What begins as a documentary about ‘The a retired Belgian soldier that seeks love in Amazing Johnathan’ becomes a bizarre story Human Interest / Social Issues Kenya. (Racist) prejudices, Gilbert’s drinking about the unravelling of his documentarian. 21 Days Inside and cultural differences make true love nearly United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Zohar Wagner, Israel, 65’ impossible. Greenland, Finland, Norway, Sweden, 21 days of detention and interrogation of a MM Filmprodukties – Joost Verheij – [email protected] Iceland, Australia, New Zealand Bedouin woman accused of murdering her Kew Media Group – Jonathan Ford – own son. Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society [email protected] Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] African Catwalk Paolo Pisacane, Italy, 54’ Art / Music / Culture | History Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative African Catwalk leads us through the The Amber Light #387 intricacies of South Africa, of its society, its Adam Park, United Kingdom, 93’ Madeleine Leroyer, Madeleine contradictions and its boundless energy An ode to the origins of whisky and Scottish Leroyer, France, 62’ through the revealing lens of fashion. culture. Every day, more migrants die in the GA&A Productions Srl. – Elisa Antonelli German-speaking Europe, Mediterranean. Nameless. – [email protected] Australia, New Zealand A team of forensic pathologists fight to restore Dartmouth Films – Wayne D’Cruz – the treasure of identity. Politics / Society [email protected] By giving the dead their dignity back, they After Your Revolt, Your Vote! Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth | Nature / Environment vouch for ours. Kiswendsida Parfait Kaboré, Burkina Faso, 87’ Industry Anbessa Forum France, Belgium, Italy, Middle-East, Poland, October 2014, Burkina Faso commits to a Harvest Mo Scarpelli, United States, 86’ Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, historic vote and a new movement is born: Anbessa follows one boy caught between two Denmark,Canada, Iceland, Finland, the ‘Balai Citoyen’ led by the young Burkina worlds as he navigates modernization on his Greece, French speaking Switzerland, generation. own terms and comes of age in a brave new Italian-speaking Switzerland. Les Valseurs – Justin Pechberty – [email protected] world. Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society Sweet Spot Docs – Anna Berthollet – error 99-dfs-subject Ahead of me the South [email protected] ABBA Forever: The Winner Takes It All Pepe Danquart, Germany, 116’ Inspired by Pier Paolo Pasolini’s famous Human Interest / Social Issues Chris Hunt, United Kingdom, Sweden, 54’ Angels on Diamond Street This definitive ABBA doc is an expert inside journey, filmmaker Pepe Danquart travels Petr Lom, Netherlands, Norway, 90’ look at their music, career and lasting impact. over 4000 km through Italy, with an old Fiat A film about three inspiring women fighting The band tell their story while we explore the Millecento. for social justice in an African American making of all of the major songs. Albolina Film – Roberto Cavallini – [email protected] church in impoverished North Philadelphia. Pop Twist Entertainment, Inc. – Doug History / Politics One day, a Mexican undocumented Zwick – [email protected] All Against All immigrant asks the church for sanctuary. Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth Luuk Bouwman, Netherlands, 86’ the Netherlands Accept the Call A comical mess of quarreling Dutch fascists ZIN documentaire – Corinne van Eunice Lau, United States, 83’ and would-be führers developed into a violent Egeraat – [email protected] A father seeks to understand why his son is machinery. All Against All investigates the Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics | Politics / Society accused of terrorism, as they journey to repair nature of fascism on the basis of this unknown Another Paradise their relationship after breaking each other’s history. Olivier Magis, Belgium, 82’ hearts. Doc.Eye Film – Joost Verheij – [email protected] Fifty years ago the entire Creole population of The Youth Film LLC – Eunice Lau – [email protected] Author’s Point of View the Chagos Islands was expelled by the British Youth | Politics / Society All Cats Are Grey in the Dark authorities. This secret operation took place in Adolescentes Lasse Linder, Switzerland, 18’ order to install a US Navy military base. Sébastien Lifshitz, France, 136’ Christian lives with his two cats Marmelade Andana Films – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] From the age of 13 to 18, Adolescentes and Katjuscha. As he is yearning to become Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues follows two teenagers during these years a father, he decides to fertilize his beloved The Arctic Camels where radical transformations and first times cat Marmelade by an exquisite tomcat from Karl Emil Rikardsen, Norway, 75’ punctuate daily life. abroad. When Torarin and the family move to the Drom, Tom, Com Pom, Monaco, SND Films – Sydney Neter – [email protected] small village in northern Norway, he and his Andorra, Local Authorities Art / Music / Culture | History / Politics | Human Interest sister Svalin want a horse. Instead of a horse, Doc & Film International – Estelle De however, the parents buy two Mongolian Araujo – [email protected] All I Can Say Danny Clinch, Taryn Gould, Colleen camels. Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society Hennessy, Shannon Hoon, United States, 100’ Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – Industry [email protected] Advocate Forum Shannon Hoon, singer of Blind Melon, filmed Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Harvest from 1990-95 with a Hi8 camera, recording up Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Youth Bellaiche, Israel, 108’ until hours before his death at age 28. Created Are You There? Lea Tsemel defends Palestinians: from 23 years later, this intimate autobiography is Maartje Nevejan, Netherlands, 92’ feminists to fundamentalists, from non-violent Hoon’s last work. Are you There? is a poetic essay film about demonstrators to armed militants. As far as CAA – Amanda Lebow – [email protected] where we are when we are not here. A journey most Israelis are concerned, she defends the Human Interest / Social Issues deep into inner space, regarding absence indefensible. epilepsy. Israel, Canada, Switzerland, Denmark, Alone Together Cerutti Film – Willemijn Cerutti – [email protected] Finland and the Netherlands, UK, Maya Tiberman, Kineret Hay-Gillor, Israel, 54’ US, Sweden, Norway, Germany Ravit spends her nights hugging abandoned Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] babies in the birthing ward until her 50th Arguments birthday creeps up on her and she realizes Olivier Zabat, France, 108’ that maybe she too, needs someone to hug Ron Coleman and his wife Karen Taylor her. welcome in their home people from all over Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Europe. Their guests hear invasive voices commenting on their thoughts and their daily actions. Andana Films – Stephan Riguet – [email protected]

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Human Interest | Art / Music / Culture | Experimental Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | History Industry Army Forum Balolé, the Golden Wolf Berlin Bouncer Kelvin Kyung Kun Park, South Korea, 90’ Harvest Aïcha Chloé Boro, Burkina Faso, France, 65’ David Dietl, Germany, 87’ All Korean men must serve in the military in A documentary about the life in a granite Berlin – from a divided city to metropolis - seen their youth. Army follows a South Korean soldier quarry in Burkina Faso. through the eyes of three famous bouncers. Woochul’s entire journey of the mandatory Sudu Connexion – Dorothee Oum – [email protected] They all came in the 80s and started living the service. nightlife. Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth Mon Films – Junho Park – [email protected] Baracoa Germany Magnetfilm GmbH – Georg Gruber – Art / Music / Culture Pablo Briones, Switzerland, 90’ [email protected] The Art of Museums - In a quiet Cuban village, Leonel, an Kunsthistorische Museum Vienna introspective boy, contemplates change as his Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society Kurt Mayer, Germany, 52’ older friend Antuán moves to the city. Best Unkept Secret “A breathtaking journey through the museums Sweet Spot Docs – Anna Berthollet – Ilan Mizrahi, Israel, 57’ of this world” - Welt.de [email protected] A story of an adolescent boy who discovers one day that he had been manipulated Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – Art / Music / Culture [email protected] and used throughout his life by fanatic Barbara Rubin and The Exploding organizations seeking to promote their Youth | Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues New York Underground ideology of fighting Jewish assimilation. Asho Chuck Smith, United States, 78’ Ruth Films – Hadar Porubanova – [email protected] Jafar Najafi, Iran, 30’ A virtual Zelig of the ‘60s, Barbara Rubin Asho is a shepherd child who is interested in introduced Andy Warhol to the Velvet Human Interest | Art / Music / Culture | History / Politics Industry cinema and acting. Underground, Bob Dylan to Kabbalah and Beyond the Bolex Forum Harvest Soureh Cinema Organisation – Maryam bewitched Allen Ginsberg. Alyssa Bolsey, United States, Switzerland, 95’ Naghibi – [email protected] Juno Films, Inc. – Elizabeth Sheldon A 1920s immigrant inventor disrupts the film – [email protected] industry with a movie camera for the masses: Politics / Society Industry the iconic Bolex. Decades later his great- Aswang Forum Human Interest | Politics / Society | Author’s Point of View Harvest granddaughter uncovers his epic story that was Alyx Ayn Arumpac, Philippines, France, Barzakh almost lost to time... Norway, Germany, Qatar, 85’ Alejandro Salgado, Spain, 72’ East Village Entertainment – Diana Holtzberg When Rodrigo Duterte becomes president of Hidden among the rocks and caves along the – [email protected] the Philippines, he sets in motion a machinery coastline of Melilla, a group of boys hope to of death to execute suspected drug users. make the crossing to Europe. Author’s Point of View Aswang follows people whose lives entwine The prospect of a better life is worth the Bile with the growing violence. endless waiting. Ira A. Goryainova, Belgium, 63’ Cinematografica films – Armi Rae S. La Maleta Films – David G. López de la An intimate essay on the human body, disease Cacanindin – [email protected] Osa – [email protected] and health. Departing from personal experience, filmmaker Ira A. Experimental | History | Art / Music / Culture History / Politics | Politics / Society Goryainova explores how Babenco - Tell me when I Die Battle we have looked at ourselves and our illnesses Bárbara Paz, Brazil, 75’ Clara Lazarim, Ricardo Mollan Saito, Caio over the centuries. A powerful and personal documentary about Castor, Guilherme Cerqueira César, Brazil, 15’ ARGOS centre for audiovisual arts – Laurence one of the greatest filmmakers from South A tragicomic illustration of the absurdity of Alary – [email protected] America, Hector Babenco. It is a film about contemporary Brazilian politics, brought into filming so never to die. painfully sharp focus in a single unplanned Art / Music / Culture | Youth | Science / Technology Brazil shot. Are we still listening to each other? Billion Dollar Game Taskovski Films Ltd. – Zorana Vuckovic Temporal Filmes – Ricardo Mollan Saito – [email protected] Rob Ryan, United Kingdom, 100’ – [email protected] Feature documentary on one of the biggest Human Interest / Social Issues entertainment brands in the world - the video Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society Because We Are Girls game franchise, Grand Theft Auto. Backlight: Beyond Emoji Baljit Sangra, Canada, 85’ Independent Film Company – Sarah Lebutsch Mea Dols de Jong, Netherlands, 50’ A conservative Indo-Canadian family must – [email protected] What does it take to get a new emoji on the come to terms with a devastating secret: three keyboard of a telephone? Where lies the power sisters were sexually abused by an older relative Youth to make this kind of decisions? beginning in their childhood years. Bird Boy Dutch CORE – Margaret Stanneveld – National Film Board of Canada – Nathalie Simon Lereng Wilmont, Denmark, 22’ [email protected] Bourdon – [email protected] 12-year old Reshat lost his father. When he is introduced to the old man Rachim, Reshat’s Nature / Environment Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues dream of becoming a bird trailer is rekindled. Backlight: Scramble For The North Pole Becoming Black Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – Kadir van Lohuizen, Yuri Kozyrev, Ines Johnson-Spain, Germany, 87’ [email protected] Michiel Hazebroek, Netherlands, 50’ As a child, filmmaker Ines Johnson-Spain was As Arctic sea ice rapidly melts due to climate told by her white parents that her dark skin Human Interest / Social Issues | Experimental | History change, tensions between superpowers rise color was a mere coincidence. Until one day Black&White over the area’s vast resources. she accidentally finds out the truth. Eluned Zoe Aiano, Czech Republic, 19’ Dutch CORE – Margaret Stanneveld – Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Nurses and Nazis, syphilis and seduction: [email protected] Luxembourg, Alto Adige All Video-on- this experimental short delves into a Demand rights, Pay-TV, Free-TV, IPTV scandalous urban legend from World War Two Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Science / Technology Czechoslovakia. Backlight: Surviving Chaos Kobalt Documentary – Anahita Nazemi – [email protected] ZLA Films – Linda Dedkova – [email protected] Daan Veldhuizen, Netherlands, 50’ Never before did man live in as free, safe and Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society accessible a world as we do today. But this Behind the Blood Blow it to Bits complex world is demanding more and more Loretta van der Horst, Netherlands, Ireland, 75’ Lech Kowalski, France, 119’ from our own capacities. Is the real crisis inside Following Pastor Daniel Pacheco, TV journalist A chronicle of a disappearing world of workers ourselves? Orlin Castro and hitman Matathan we get the film questions the means of fighting and Dutch CORE – Margaret Stanneveld – frighteningly close to the horrific violence in preserving one’s dignity in the face of the law [email protected] Honduras that no one seems able to end. and the powerful corporations, without sinking into violence Nature / Environment Kew Media Group – Jonathan Ford – Backlight: Wood Wide Web [email protected] Revolt Cinema – Odile Allard – [email protected] Tomas Kaan, Netherlands, 50’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth | Politics / Society Every tree tells a story, and every old forest is at Bellissime the same time a blueprint for a healthy human Elisa Amoruso, Italy, 82’ society: not homogeneous, but diverse and Three baby models and a Miss Over: when complex. beauty is a family business. 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Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Industry A Boarding School Forum Building Happiness The Circle Shalahuddin Siregar, Indonesia, Harvest Jesper Skaaning, Denmark, 58’ Margit Lillak, Estonia, 94’ Japan, Denmark, Qatar, 105’ For the past 100 years, Scandinavian countries To change the world, one needs to start A rare access inside an Islamic boarding have succeeded in creating a society built on within. school that teaches peaceful Islam for solidarity, peace and tolerance. But are things Estonia centuries in Indonesia but which is now under about to change? Allfilm – Johanna Trass – [email protected] threat from rising conservatism. DR Sales – Freja Johannne Nørgaard Sørensen – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Indonesia Human Interest | Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society Cleoniki Negeri Films – Suryani Liauw – [email protected] Burning Land Anna Antonopoulou, Greece, 29’ Human Interest / Social Issues Juan Camilo Olmos Feris, Colombia, 29’ Cleoniki - Fading memories. Booze Burning Land portrays a popular bullfighting Leo de Boer, Netherlands, 70’ festivity in Northern Colombia. Anna Productions – Anna Antonopoulou Booze takes us along a journey through the La Colmena Industria Creativa – Diana – [email protected] world of alcohol. With fun, recognizable Lowis – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment people who like a drink. Why do they drink, Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment | Politics / Society Climate Warriors really? And what is considered too much? Butenland Carl A. Fechner, Germany, 126’ Dutch CORE – Margaret Stanneveld – Marc Pierschel, Germany, 82’ Climate Warriors gives a voice to people [email protected] The story of a former dairy farmer and an acting for change. American activists, Human Interest / Social Issues animal activist who created the first retirement celebrities and German energy inventors all Border of Pain home for cows – saving countless animals drive towards the same goal: saving our world Ruth Walk, Israel, 50’ from their certain death. and keeping peace. There’s a silent collaboration between Israel blackrabbit images – Marc Pierschel – Japan, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Palestinian Authority regarding [email protected] fechnerMEDIA – Johanna Jaurich – johanna. Palestinian patients. The film documents the [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View exchanges across the borders and exposes Camino, a Feature Length Selfie Investigative the intricate connections. Industry Martin de Vries, Netherlands, 85’ Cold Case Hammarskjöld Forum Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Harvest Martin de Vries makes a 70-day journey on Mads Brügger, Denmark, 119’ History / Politics | Human Interest / Social Issues foot to Spain, an adventure which he records “Dag Hammarskjold was on the point of Born in Evin on his iPhone in an attempt to take stock of getting something done when they killed Maryam Zaree, Germany, Austria, 98’ his life. him. Notice that I said, `when they killed him’.” Born in Evin follows filmmaker and actress, RealEyes Media – Martin de Vries – [email protected] Harry S. Truman, former U.S. President. Maryam Zaree, on her quest to find out the German Speaking Italy, Balkan, North Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth | Author’s Point of View violent circumstances surrounding her birth Carrousel America, Sweden, Norway inside one of the most notorious political DR Sales – Kim Christiansen – [email protected] Marina Meijer, Netherlands, 68’ prisons in the world. A raw romantic film taking place within error 99-dfs-subject Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica Industry the four walls of a transformation center in Collective Forum – [email protected] Harvest Rotterdam, where the faces of at-risk youths Alexander Nanau, Romania, 109’ History / Politics | Experimental | Politics / Society and their supervisors mirror the normative Investigative journalists uncover massive fraud Breakfast in Kisumu society. in the Romanian health care system revealing Rebecca Achieng Ajulu-Bushell, Basalt Film – Simone van den Broek – [email protected] the price of corruption and ultimately, the South Africa, Kenya, United Kingdom, price of truth. Lesotho, Bulgaria, Germany, 37’ Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues The Cause ROU, LU, PL HU, Cz Republic, SVK, Breakfast in Kisumu is a mirror for anyone BG, Moldova, Serbia, ME, BA, Croatia, Andres Figueredo, Venezuela, 83’ whose place in the world is confused, N Macedonia, Slovenia, Kosovo, ES, With undercover cameras rolling for more compromised or, like most of us, complicated. Scandinavia, Switzerland, Israel, DE, US, CA than half a decade, a never-before seen, NKG Ltd – Rebecca Achieng Ajulu- Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Bushell – [email protected] intimate portrayal of Venezuela’s most dangerous prisons and corrupt penitentiary Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues system is revealed. Congo Calling Breath Capitolio – Andres Figueredo – Stephan Hilpert, Germany, 90’ Daria Kasperek, Poland, 25’ [email protected] In crisis-ridden eastern Congo, three A small, wooden structure between the Europeans are forced to question what it concrete buildings becomes a place to Art / Music / Culture The Changin’ Times of Ike White means to help. Deeply personal insights observe the wonders of everyday interactions. into the question: how helpful is the help of Daniel Vernon, United States, United Kingdom, 77’ KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Europe? Wilk – [email protected] Ike White, musical prodigy, recorded a funk and soul classic album inside a Californian Germany Stephan Hilpert – Stephan Hilpert – Politics / Society | History / Politics prison in 1974. 30 years later, director Dan [email protected] The Brink Vernon tracked him down, only to find a trail of Alison Klayman, United States, 91’ false identities. Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics After leaving the White House, Trump’s Met Film Sales – Vesna Cudic – [email protected] Congo Lucha controversial former chief strategist Steve Marlène Rabaud, Belgium, 60’ Bannon goes global with his effort to spread Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View Congo Lucha witnesses a current citizen extreme nationalism. Chasing Yehoshua movement embracing the african continent. Shay Fogelman, Israel, 82’ Australia, Canada, France, Italy, France, BBC Africa cover Who are you Yehoshua Elizur? United Kingdom, USA Belgian Docs – Thierry Detaille – thierry. Magnolia Pictures International – Marie Israel [email protected] Zeniter – [email protected] Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society Contradict Buddha in Africa Chinese Dreams Peter Guyer, Thomas Burkhalter, Nicole Schafer, South Africa, Sweden, 90’ Ruben Joachim Terlou, Netherlands, 120’ Switzerland, 89’ The intimate story of a boy growing up in a Chinese Dreams – especially in these times Six artists from Ghana explore global Chinese Buddhist orphanage in Malawi and of trade war and increasing distrust towards developments and shifts in values. How can the cultural challenges he faces between his China – paints another surprisingly human one face and contradict them? Can new African roots and Chinese upbringing. picture of this often misunderstood world visions for the future become new global Africa, Germany, France, Japan, Slovenia, power. realities? The Netherlands, South Korea Dutch CORE – Margaret Stanneveld – Switzerland [email protected] CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] Magnetfilm GmbH – Georg Gruber – [email protected]

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Human Interest / Social Issues Investigative | Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point Conviction Deceptive Diplomacy of View | Nature / Environment Nance Ackerman, Ariella Pahlke, Axel Gordh Humlesjö, Ali Fegan, Ola Doggy Love Teresa MacInnes, Canada, 78’ Christofferson, Sweden, Congo, 58’ Linda Kallistová Jablonská, Czech Republic, 70’ Conviction envisions alternatives to prison The story of the UN cover-up of the murder Doggy Love is a film about the relativity of through the eyes of women behind bars of its own experts Zaida Catalán and Michael happiness, contentment and the journey to and those fighting on the front lines of the Sharp in Congo became global news shaking one’s dream, paved with discomfort that would decarceration movement. the entire United Nations to its core. be unbearable for most people. English Canada SVT Sales – Anna Hagnefur – [email protected] Evolution Films, s.r.o. – Pavel Bercik – [email protected] National Film Board of Canada – Nathalie Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | History / Politics Bourdon – [email protected] Politics / Society Defender of the Faith Don’t Be Nice Human Interest / Social Issues | History | Politics / Society Christoph Röhl, Germany, 90’ Max Powers, United States, 96’ The Country Pope Benedict XVI led the Catholic Church into A team of young New York City Slam Poets Phyllis Ellis, Canada, 78’ its greatest crisis since the Reformation: the finds its voice as it competes for the National One extraordinary man and a handful of global child sex abuse scandal. We tell the story Championship. compelling Indigeneous citizens, champion an of his rise and fall and the failings of the Church. United States inspiring story of recognition and remarkable Germany Juno Films, Inc. – Elizabeth Sheldon people reviving their nation. New Docs – Luisa Schwamborn – luisa. – [email protected] Proximity Films – Howard Fraiberg – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Youth [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society Don’t Give a Fox Art / Music / Culture Delhi Dreams Kaspar A. Schröder, Denmark, 87’ Industry Cunningham Forum Christof Schaefer, Switzerland, 80’ In the outskirts of Copenhagen, the girl Harvest Alla Kovgan, United States, Kathputli Colony in Delhi is India’s largest artist skate crew Don’t Give A Fox is skating their Germany, France, 93’ community. Now the government has sold way to adulthood between the will to self- A cinematic experience about the legendary its land. The impending demolition causes determination and acceptance of their own American choreographer Merce Cunningham. resistance and splits the population of Kathputli vulnerability. UK, USA, Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Colony. Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin France, Benelux, China, Israel, Poland, Fama Film AG – Kemi Hernandez – [email protected] – [email protected] Portugal, Russia, Scandi/Baltics, Taiwan Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative | History / Politics Sem Descanso Down to Earth Art / Music / Culture | Nature / Environment Bernard Attal, Brazil, 78’ Renata Heinen, Rolf Winters, United Curiosity & Control In 2014, in Brazil, the young Geovane was Kingdom, United States, Netherlands, 91’ Albin Biblom, Sweden, 58’ arrested by the military police and never seen A family went on a five year journey to find a Can nature be reconstructed, do we learn again. His dad would not rest until he found the new perspective on life.They live with some anything in zoos and for whom do we really whereabouts of his son. of the oldest indigenous communities. A preserve nature? Curiosity and Control explores Brazil cinematic experience of ancient, earthly the thin line between curiosity, dominion, love 3boxmedia – Lorenzo Benítez – [email protected] wisdom. and control. Austria, France, Switzerland SVT Sales – Anna Hagnefur – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Comart Films – Michiel Berkel – [email protected] Devil’s Pie - D’Angelo Human Interest / Social Issues | History | Politics / Society Carine Bijlsma, Netherlands, United Kingdom, 85’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society Dark Side Devil’s Pie - D’Angelo is a trip through the Dreams From the Outback Natalie Assouline, Israel, 52’ musical universe and inner conflict of D’Angelo Jannik Splidsboel, Denmark, 59’ Moshe is a survivor. His family was murdered on the world tour of his long awaited third Today in the Kimberley, home to various when he was 13 years old. Moshe is different album Black Messiah! Aboriginal communities, most is in transition, from other survivors and did what many only Interakt Productions BV – Vera Emons – [email protected] causing limbo and distress. Some have given dared to dream of, he got revenge. up; others choose to fight to bring a change. upon request Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View upon request First Hand Films – Esther van Messel Dicktatorship - Macho Made in Italy First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – [email protected] Gustav Hofer, Luca Ragazzi, Italy, 87’ – [email protected] “To have a penis is to be chained to a madman” Human Interest / Social Issues wrote Sophocles. 2500 years later not much Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative Daughter of Light seems to have changed. Ecce Homo Aharon Trietel, Israel, 53’ Khashem Gyal, China, 100’ Italy, Germany, France, Austria, German 10 years after leaving Jewish ultra-orthodox Metok-karpo, a 13-year-old girl from Tibet, Speaking Switzerland, Israel, Brazil, life style, Arale comes back to his home town, embarks on a journey to find her father and to Belgium, Netherlands, Finland searching for his uncle who was kidnaped from visit her native grassland that she hasn’t seen Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] since birth. hospital bed in early 50’s in Israel. Impleo – Seiko Kato – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Digital Warriors - Women, Social Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society Media and Revolution Eden Hazard Christian Dear Homeland Bettina Kolb, Argentina, Guinea, Claudia A Escobar, United States, Mexico, 57’ India, Mexico, United States, 52’ Benteke, Bromance Thomas Bricmont, Pablo Crutzen, A deep reflection on family, resilience and what Twitter, Facebook, Instagram can spark Robin Smit, Belgium, 56’ it means to call a place home following Mexican revolutions. Women around the world are using artist, Diana Gameros in her immigration social media as a weapon in their struggle for A celebration of cultural diversity and a moving journey from Ciudad Juárez to San Francisco, equal rights. documentary of a Mr. Everyman who became one of the greatest football icons in the world. CA. Deutsche Welle – Irem Özgökceler – irem. KQED – Aine Cecile Henderson – [email protected] [email protected] Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] History / Politics | Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View The Death of Antonio Industry Art / Music / Culture The Disappearance Of My Mother Forum Harvest Eric Burdon - Rock’n’Roll Animal Sánchez Lomas Beniamino Barrese, Italy, 90’ Hannes Rossacher, Germany, 60’ Ramón Gieling, Salvador Beniamino Barrese aims the camera at his In Eric Burdon - Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal, Burdon Gieling, Netherlands, 86’ former-supermodel mother — and she ducks looks back on the ups and downs of his life and In the southern Spanish village of Frigiliana, — in this discomfitingly invasive documentary career – with plenty of incredible stories to tell. time has not healed wounds from the Franco portrait. France, Germany, UK era. Even now the murder of a villager in 1952 Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] divides the community. Doc & Film International – Estelle De Araujo – [email protected] Pieter van Huystee Film – Pieter van Huystee – [email protected]

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Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View Human Interest / Social Issues Erwin Olaf – The Legacy Family2 For My Father’s Kingdom Michiel van Erp, Netherlands, 76’ Yifan Sun, Poland, 25’ Vea Mafile’o, Jeremiah Tauamiti, The struggles of a celebrated artist at the peak Lola was adopted into a Belgian family when New Zealand, 93’ of his fame taking stock, with pain in his heart, she was an infant. After eleven years she is The heart of a humble hero. of a life’s hard work - while, just at the right time, going to realize her dream to meet her birth New Zealand, Australia his body of work is safeguarded for posterity. parents in China. New Zealand Film Commission – Jasmin Dutch CORE – Margaret Stanneveld – KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk – McSweeney – [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Politics / Society Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics | Author’s Point of View For Sama Ettore Spalletti The Fantastic Waad al-Kateab, Edward Watts, Alessandra Galletta, Italy, 90’ Maija Blåfield, Finland, 30’ United Kingdom, 95’ We meet the great Italian artist Ettore Spalletti, Former North Koreans recount their For Sama is both an intimate and epic journey known for his Minimalist installations, in experiences of watching forbidden foreign into the female experience of war. his everyday world and in numerous solo films. Informed by these smuggled fiction films, Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – exhibitions in the world’s leading galleries and what did they imagine the unknown outside [email protected] museums. world to be like? Art / Music / Culture | History GA&A Productions Srl. – Elisa Antonelli Finland The Forbidden Reel – [email protected] Häivekuva Oy – Maija Blåfield – [email protected] Ariel Nasr, Canada, 119’ Human Interest | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Afghan-Canadian director Ariel Nasr marvels Europa, “Based on a True Story” Fat Front in the potent magic of movies to tell the Kivu Ruhorahoza, Rwanda, United Kingdom, 93’ Louise Unmack Kjeldsen, Louise astounding story of Afghan Film. A docufiction set in London by a Rwandan Detlefsen, Denmark, 90’ National Film Board of Canada – Nathalie director about a mysterious Nigerian man, his Fat Front is the story about young Scandinavian Bourdon – [email protected] British lover and the lover’s ex-husband set women who have had enough of self-hatred Art / Music / Culture | Youth | Human Interest against a backdrop of increasing nationalism. and shame and proudly call themselves fat. The Forbidden Strings Cocoon Production – Simone Späni – Denmark, Sweden, Norway Hasan Noori, Iran, Afghanistan, [email protected] LevelK – Lauren Valmadre – [email protected] Qatar, 80’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Science / Technology Experimental | Author’s Point of View | Science / Technology The Forbidden Strings tells the story of four Everybody Flies Fat Kathy Afghan rock musicians who take a dangerous Tristan Loraine, United Kingdom, 98’ Julia Pelka, Poland, 14’ journey from Iran to the heart of Afghanistan, in How safe is the air we breathe on a plane? The film is a philosophical treatise on order to make a dream come true. Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] dependence people from nature and the world Docmaniacs – Afsaneh Salari – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues around them. Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Industry Exemplary Behaviour Forget Me Not Forum Wilk – [email protected] Harvest Audrius Mickevicius, Lithuania, 85’ Sun Hee Engelstoft, Denmark, 54’ Meeting the sentenced to life: nothing is more Author’s Point of View | Youth Forget Me Not follows three such women who precious than time. My Father’s House have to decide whether to keep the baby or Era Film – Rasa Miskinyte – [email protected] Sabine Gilhuijs, Netherlands, 14’ give it up for adoption in South Korea. My father’s house is a doll house, full of secrets. Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – Human Interest / Social Issues [email protected] Exiled A house where I was forced to live in. Sabine Gilhuijs – Sabine Gilhuijs, – Leonor Zúniga, Nicaragua, 24’ Art / Music / Culture [email protected] In 1998, Zoilamérica accused her adoptive Forman vs. Forman father Daniel Ortega, leader of the Sandinista Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Science / Technology Helena Třeštíková, Jakub revolution & current president of Nicaragua, of The Fever Hejna, Czech Republic, 78’ rape & sexual abuse; 20 years later, she lives in Katharina Weingartner, Austria, 99’ The Forman vs. Forman documentary outlines exile. The Fever portrays the fight against malaria as the journey of the life of the most famous Mooshido Productions – Christopher a case study - in greed and courage. Czech filmmaker on which blows of fate Renteria – [email protected] Filmdelights – Christa Auderlitzky – blended with strokes of fortune, personal [email protected] searching and fumbling. Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment | Politics / Society Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Estonia, Fair Traders Human Interest / Social Issues Lithuania, Latvia, South Korea Nino Jacusso, Switzerland, 90’ Fiancees NEGATIV – Daniel Vadocky – [email protected] Three players in the free market take on ethical Julia Bünter, Switzerland, 80’ responsibility for their actions and the following Fiancees follows three women in Egypt on the Human Interest / Social Issues | History generations: they engage in sustainable long and complicated path towards marriage. From Slavery to Freedom production. Taskovski Films Ltd. – Irena Taskovski Arkady Kogan, Israel, 84’ Filmdelights – Christa Auderlitzky – – [email protected] The story of Soviet Refuseniks through the [email protected] prism of Natan Sharansky. After spending years Human Interest / Social Issues in prison for allegedly spying for the US, he Human Interest / Social Issues A Fish Tale ultimately won his struggle, paving the way for Faith Emmanuelle Mayer, Israel, 52’ all Soviet Jewry. Valentina Pedicini, Italy, 90’ Johnny lives in Israel and dreams of returning to A community of Catholic Shaolin monks who Africa with modern fish farming skills. Thérèse Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] follow the dream of their Master. A poetic and sees their children’s future elsewhere. When Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment emotional journey that will show the dangers their visas expire, tensions lead to an inevitable Froth and convictions of those who fight in the name clash. Ilya Povolotsky, Russia, Qatar, 84’ of faith. Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] A documentary drama about the irreversible Fandango Sales – Raffaella Di Giulio – and cyclic nature of history and the people [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative | Politics / Society Fixed living on the ruins of an empire. ANT!PODE Sales & Distribution – Maria Khanyutina Politics / Society | Investigative | Human Interest Karel van den Berg, Netherlands, 75’ – [email protected] Faith and Fury A Football Comedy. Marcos Pimentel, Brazil, 103’ Netherlands Art / Music / Culture | Author’s Point of View Faith and Fury depicts the religious conflicts Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Rofekamp Fuck, it’s Biology that exist in slums and suburbs of large – [email protected] Veronica Andersson, Poland, 29’ Brazilian cities and addresses the growing Fuck, it´s Biology is an intimate portrait of conservative wave that has spread over the a famous Polish contemporary artist seen country. through the lens of his Swedish and not so Tempero Filmes – Marcos Pimentel – famous filmmaker girlfriend. [email protected] KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Wilk – [email protected]

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Nature / Environment Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Garden, Zoological Golden Age Hakamada Mincheol Wang, South Korea, 98’ Beat Oswald, Switzerland, 52’ Louis Dai, Australia, 72’ The animals in the zoo are unlikely to survive if Extravaganza and glamour lining up in an Hakamada exposes the failings of the Japanese released back to the wild. Ultimately, the zoo existential contest against isolation, slackening criminal justice system through the plight of may well be the new habitat where they must limbs and lethargy. Iwao Hakamada. adapt themselves to live. upon request Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Cinema DAL – Evan Kang – [email protected] Halston Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth History Frederic Tcheng, United States, 120’ Gentle Warriors The Grapes of Wrath: the From Iowa to Studio 54, the classic rags- Marija Stonyte, Lithuania, Estonia, 75’ Ghost of Modern America to-riches story of America’s first superstar Gentle Warriors takes us on the journey of a girl Priscilla Pizzato, France, 52’ designer becomes a cautionary tale when becoming a warrior in the military and in her Symbol of indignation and rebellion, The Halston sells his name to Wall Street. own life. Grapes of Wrath written by John Steinbeck and Airlines, Australia/NZ, China, Israel Lithuania, Estonia published in 1939 raised a scandal. (TV), Russia/CIS, Scandi, Baltics, Spain CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] France, Germany, Finland, Switzerland (TV), SSA, USA, Canada, UK Doc & Film International – Estelle De Araujo Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Investigative | Politics / Society – [email protected] A Gift From God Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society Jørgen Lorentzen, Denmark, 52’ Investigative | Nature / Environment | Politics / Society Haydee and the Flying Fish Was the failed coup in Turkey in fact staged by Grazing the Amazon Pachi Bustos, Chile, 75’ the powerful President Erdogan himself? Or Marcio Isensee, Brazil, 49’ Forty years later, a Chilean woman who was was it just an unbelievable luck for him to use In the 1970s, there were almost no cows and tortured under Pinochet’s regime awaits a the moment to clean up the country? the Amazon rainforest was intact. Since then, a potentially historic court verdict and a chance DR Sales – Freja Johannne Nørgaard Sørensen – [email protected] portion the size of France has disappeared. to begin healing unimaginable wounds. ((o))eco – Marcio Isensee – [email protected] Brazil, Chile Human Interest / Social Issues Errante Producciones – Paola Castillo Art / Music / Culture | Science / Technology Gino Ti Amo - A Story of Sub- – [email protected] Proletariat in Calabria Great Architecture on a Small Planet Pino Esposito, Italy, Switzerland, 113’ Lars Roennow Torp, Denmark, 54’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth Gino, the main character in this film, is 55 years Climate change, pollution, megacities and CO2 Heart of Stone old and chronically unemployed. He lives in a emission: Danish architects are on the forefront Claire Billet, Olivier Jobard, France, 89’ Calabrian village and subsists with petty theft. developing sustainable architecture for future Ghorban reached France alone in 2010 when OS-FILM – Pino Esposito – [email protected] generations. he was 12 years old. He had travelled over DR Sales – Freja Johannne Nørgaard Sørensen – [email protected] 12,000 km from Afghanistan, experiencing the error 99-dfs-subject terror and dangers of clandestine migration. Industry Human Interest | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society Girl In Return Forum Andana Films – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] Katrine Kjær, Denmark, 55’ Harvest A Great Trip to a Small Country A global story about Amy, who decides to Mariana Viñoles, Uruguay, 106’ Art / Music / Culture reclaim her lost identity and fight against the The film follows the life of two Syrian Heat Singers adoption system. families from the first meeting with the Nadia Parfan, Ukraine, 63’ DR Sales – Freja Johannne Nørgaard Sørensen – [email protected] filmmaker in a refugee camp in Lebanon, as Music is born out of the crumbling central they leave their land behind to start anew in a heating system of Ukraine, as a team of Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society small country called Uruguay. devoted pipe-fitters rush from home to home Girl Alone Cordon Films – Micaela Solé – [email protected] to tame hot fountains and… to sing! Javier Ávila, Mexico, 92’ Ukraine Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society Nineteen year old Cintia is dead, murdered in Phalanstery Films – Illia Gladshtein – [email protected] her own home by a relative. The Guardian of Memory Cine al norte – Rodrigo Alvarez – [email protected] Marcela Arteaga, Mexico, United States, 93’ Author’s Point of View | History The desperate stories of Mexicans fleeing Heimat is a Space in Time Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth state-sponsored violence toward the Thomas Heise, Germany, Austria, 218’ The Girl on the Bridge unwelcoming US border are revealed with Heimat is a Space in Time picks up the Leanne Pooley, New Zealand, 92’ striking visual poetry. biographical pieces of a family torn apart Mental health advocate, Jazz is on a mission to Gefilte Films Sa De Cv – Marcela through the end of the 19th and into the 20th speak out about suicide. Arteaga – [email protected] century. New Zealand, Australia Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture New Zealand Film Commission – Jasmin – [email protected] McSweeney – [email protected] Gun Show Richard Chisolm, United States, 30’ Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth After assembling mock assault rifles out Herbs: Songs of Freedom Industry Gods of Molenbeek Forum Tearepa Kahi, New Zealand, 90’ Harvest of everyday found objects, sculptor David Reetta Huhtanen, Finland, 72’ Hess goes on the road to explore America’s Songs of Freedom. Growing up in Brussels’ infamous Molenbeek obsession with guns. New Zealand, Australia district, a trio of curious six-year-olds grapple Richard Chisolm LLC – Richard Chisolm New Zealand Film Commission – Jasmin with oversized questions of religion and faith in – [email protected] McSweeney – [email protected] a frightening adult world. Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Finland, Belgium, Germany, The Netherlands, Industry H is for Harry Forum Here I Am Austria, Switzerland, Luxemburg, Harvest Japan, Slovenia, South Korea Ed Owles, Jaime Taylor, United Kingdom, 86’ Billie Mintz, Canada, 78’ CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] H is for Harry is a coming of age story about An artistic and cinematic documentary that Harry, a charismatic 11-year old boy, who arrives explores what its like to live with dementia History / Politics | Politics / Society at secondary school in suburban London as told by the residents who live in a nursing Golda unable to read or write. home. Sagi Bornstein, Udi Nir, Israel, Germany, 88’ Mercurial Pictures Ltd – Jon McGoh Innov8r Films – Billie Mintz – [email protected] The eventful story of Golda Meir’s term as – [email protected] prime minister of Israel-from her surprising rise Human Interest / Social Issues to power and iconic international stature as Art / Music / Culture Las Hermanas de Rocinante “queen of the Jewish people”, to her tragic and The Haendel Variations Alexandra Kaufmann, Germany, Switzerland, 87’ Christine Jezior, Germany, 52’ lonely demise. With the collapse of the economy, thousands The Haendel Variations focuses on the inner Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] of Spanish horses were abandoned by their life of the extraordinary violinist Ida Haendel owners. Lois runs a rescue farm where she has and on the two things that still give her life been saving horses for the past ten years. meaning: her love for music and for her fellow Germany, Switzerland human beings. 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Human Interest / Social Issues | Science / Technology Art / Music / Culture Author’s Point of View Hi, AI House of Cardin I Never Climbed the Provincia Isa Willinger, Germany, 88’ Todd Hughes, P. David Ebersole, Ignacio Agüero Piwonka, Chile, 90’ With an AI, you have to keep your sentences United States, 95’ The construction of time is not only a formal short and to the point. This piece of advice is Millions know the iconic logo and ubiquitous element of cinema, but also the way we given to Chuck as he’s picking up his robot signature but few know the man behind the understand life. partner Harmony fresh from the factory. larger than life label. Ultimately we seek to Manufactura De Peliculas – Macarena Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin answer the question: Who is Pierre Cardin? Lopez – [email protected] – [email protected] France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Australia, China, Human Interest | History / Politics | Author’s Point of View Russia, Hong Kong, Italy, Iceland, Sweden Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society I Owe You a Letter About Brazil Doc & Film International – Estelle De Araujo Highflyers Carol Benjamin, Brazil, 88’ – [email protected] Lena Leonhardt, Germany, 88’ The film investigates the essential bonds within Race pigeon breeding is a multi-million dollar Human Interest / Social Issues a Brazilian family, from the military period to business. Highflyers tells the story of winners How To Be Married the present context, aiming to reveal how the and losers in a game ruled by the new powers Emil Langballe, Denmark, 77’ historical facts can affect our personal lives. of global economy. A tribute to love and togetherness. Daza Filmes – Maria Barreto – [email protected] Germany DR Sales – Freja Johannne Nørgaard Sørensen – [email protected] Author’s Point of View | Art / Music / Culture Magnetfilm GmbH – Georg Gruber – [email protected] History / Politics | Human Interest / Social Issues I Walk How To Steal A Country Jørgen Leth, Denmark, 94’ Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics | History Mark Kaplan, Rehad Desai, South Africa, 87’ It is a film about a man who is hunting The Hitler Chronicles - A film about the global drift towards ever- something undefined, a final showdown, a call Blueprint for Dictators increasing entanglement between business for help, a call for reconciliation and an attempt Hermann Pölking-Eiken, Germany, 50’ and government, and the polarization it brings: to find love before it all finally ends. As never seen before, and more topical today presidents and multinationals live unassailably Denmark than any other Hitler biography, the Chronicles in their own bubble. Danish Documentary Production – Sigrid Jonsson depict everyday European life between 1889 Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert Dyekjær – [email protected] and 1945 in impressive images, many of them – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Science / Technology | Investigative in color. Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative | Politics / Society iHUMAN upon request Humanity on Trial Tonje Hessen Schei, United States, China, First Hand Films – Esther van Messel Jonas Bruun, Denmark, 52’ Switzerland, United Kingdom, 95’ – [email protected] When the refugee crisis hits Europe, a young iHuman is a political thriller about artificial Human Interest / Social Issues Dane travels to Greece to volunteer rescuing intelligence, power and social control. Holding Silence refugees from the Aegean Sea. Norway, Germany France André Kloer, Netherlands, 15’ upon request Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Three artisans find how being highly focused First Hand Films – Esther van Messel on their crafts lures them into a sense of – [email protected] Author’s Point of View | Experimental | Human Interest silence. Which in turn invites each of them to In a Whisper Science / Technology Patricia Pérez Fernández, Heidi Hassan, go down a contemplative journey along their Industry Hunting For Hedonia Forum Spain, France, Switzerland, Cuba, 80’ family history line. Harvest Pernille Rose Grønkjær, Denmark, 88’ An intimate and revealing autoethnographic March21 – André Kloer – [email protected] An exploration of the human brain, science and film about friendship, forgiveness and exile. Art / Music / Culture | History | Politics / Society the mysteries of our minds. Habanero Film Sales – Alfredo Calvino – Holly Near: Singing For Our Lives Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, [email protected] Jim Brown, United States, 63’ Poland, Czech Republic Author’s Point of View | History American Masters profile of a key figure in the Journeyman Pictures – Victoria In Mansourah, You Separated Us Womens and LGBTQ movements, whose songs Zanotto – [email protected] Dorothee Myriam Kellou, France, Algeria, 71’ and performances transformed thousands of Art / Music / Culture | History / Politics | Politics / Society Back in Mansourah, his native village, Malek lives. With Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda. I Am (Not) a Monster collects with Dorothée-Myriam, his daughter, a North America Nelly Ben Hayoun, United Kingdom, 98’ historical memory to this day hidden. Pop Twist Entertainment, Inc. – Doug A rip-roaring, wild tour of the world in search of Les Films du Bilboquet – Eugénie Michel-Villette – Zwick – [email protected] the source of knowledge, and how our thinking [email protected] Art / Music / Culture and actions can render monsters. Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth Home Away from Home, the Dartmouth Films – Wayne D’Cruz – [email protected] In My Blood It Runs Worlds of Do Ho Suh Maya Newell, Australia, 84’ Marjoleine Boonstra, Netherlands, 52’ Human Interest / Social Issues A rare insight into the world of 10-year old Do Ho Suh is a Korean sculptural artist, I Am Belmaya Dujuan, an Arrernte/Garrwa boy living in Alice commuting between London, Seoul and New Sue Carpenter, United Kingdom, 82’ Springs who is a child-healer, speaks three York. Recreating his homes in translucent and A revolutionary tale of a young Nepalese girl’s languages yet is ‘failing’ in school. dreamlike artworks, he wonders where and determination to challenge social norms and Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US when does home exist. transcend the life she was born into, through Closer Productions – Tamara Hardman – Aperta Film & TV – Lies Janssen – documentary filmmaking. [email protected] [email protected] Dartmouth Films – Wayne D’Cruz – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues In the Arms of Morpheus Honeyland Human Interest / Social Issues Marc Schmidt, Netherlands, 82’ Ljubomir Stefanov, Tamara I Am Sofia In the arms of Morpheus is an exploration of the Kotevska, North Macedonia?, 85’ Silvia Luzi, Italy, 83’ domain of sleep, an attempt to penetrate the When a nomadic family moves in and breaks I am Sofia is an exploration, almost a visual realm of the incomprehensible. Honeyland’s basic rule, the last female wild navigation. It is the story of a young woman DOXY – Janneke Doolaard – [email protected] beekeeper in Europe must save the bees and born in the body of a man and the fatigue of restore natural balance. her awareness. Human Interest / Social Issues Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert GA&A Productions Srl. – Elisa Antonelli Inland – [email protected] – [email protected] Juan Palacios, Spain, 91’ With an observational tone and an almost Experimental | Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth surreal manner, Inland proposes a sensorial trip I Love You I Miss You I Hope through the empty territory of Spain. I See You Before I Die Taskovski Films Ltd. – Zorana Vuckovic Eva Marie Rødbro, Denmark, 76’ – [email protected] A harsh and dreamy story of a young Midwestern girl and her longing heart. Broadcast in Denmark Paloma Productions – Julie Friis Walenciak – [email protected] 8 Docs for Sale 24th International Documentary Market Amsterdam

Art / Music / Culture Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues Inna de Yard: The Soul of Jamaica Kate Nash: Underestimate the Girl Kosher Beach Peter Webber, France, 80’ Amy Goldstein, United States, 52’ Karin Kainer, Israel, United States, 62’ Reggae legends partnering up again in “This is a matter of life and death to me A group of Orthodox Jewish women arrive at Kingstown heights because making music keeps me alive. And the Kosher Beach in Tel Aviv from their closed Met Film Sales – Vesna Cudic – [email protected] being in the music industry has almost killed off community. When the Rabbis try to close me.”-Kate Nash the beach they have to decide, give in or fight? Author’s Point of View It Takes A Family Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Susanne Kovacs, Denmark, 59’ Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View It Takes A Family is a story about the attempt to Keeper Lady Time free yourself from the shadows of the past. Johan Kramer, Netherlands, 75’ Elina Talvensaari, Finland, 68’ Taskovski Films Ltd. – Tijana Djukic Keeper is a documentary about the outsiders in When does a person truly disappear? – [email protected] football, and a tribute to the outsiders in life. Finland (TV rights) Dutch CORE – Margaret Stanneveld – Aamu Film Company – Emilia Haukka Youth | Art / Music / Culture Jawline [email protected] – [email protected] Liza Mandelup, United States, 99’ Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics | Author’s Point of View “an eye-opening look at the realities of teenage Khartoum Offside Land Without God social media stardom” The Hollywood Reporter Marwa Zein, Sudan, Denmark, Gerard Mannix Flynn, Ireland, 74’ Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – Norway, France, 75’ An intimate portrait of a family coming to terms [email protected] A group of young ladies in Khartoum with decades of institutional abuse and the are determined to play football professionally. impact it has had and is still having on their Art / Music / Culture | History / Politics Jiri Trnka - A Long Lost Friend They are prepared to defy the ban imposed by lives. Sudan’s Islamic Military government. Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin Joel Farges, Czech Republic, France, 79’ – [email protected] The extraordinary story of a great spirit Morocco Filmotor – Michaela Čajkova – [email protected] charming children and adults alike who, against Politics / Society | Nature / Environment | Human Interest his will, became a pawn in the ideological war. Youth Landless Reserved territories: Czech Republic, Kids On The Silk Road - Camila Freitas, Brazil, 112’ Slovakia, France, French speaking The Monkey King Resistance in a landscape in dispute. Switzerland and Belgium (just TV rights). Kaspar Astrup Schröder, Denmark, 21’ FiGa Films, LLC – Lidia Damatto – [email protected] Hausboot – Vladimir Lhotak – [email protected] 11-year old Yang from Beijing plays the leading Experimental | Nature / Environment | Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / role as the Monkey King at the famous Chinese Landscape Zero Culture | Author’s Point of View Opera. Will his classmates ever understand his Bruno Pavić, Croatia, 90’ Journey fascination with the myth of the Monkey King? An unusual coexistance between people and Fanny Bräuning, Switzerland, 85’ Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – industry in a small coastal area. [email protected] A man and a woman travel the world in a Kazimir – Ivan Perić – [email protected] camper van: Niggi, a photographer, and Human Interest / Social Issues Annette, the love of his life, paralyzed from the Investigative King of the Cruise The Last Night neck down for 20 years. Sophie Dros, Sophie Dros, Netherlands, 74’ Frédéric Nassif, Canada, 43’ Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin A rich and extravagant Scottish Baron spends An investigation documentary series by – [email protected] his time on luxury cruise ships, surrounded by journalist Monic Néron whose only goal is to try romantic couples, well-to-do families, hard- Human Interest / Social Issues to reveal the truth about the gruesome murder working staff and retired elderly people. The Journey of Javier Heraud of the children, still unsolved after 45 years. Benelux Javier Corcuera, Peru, Spain, 96’ French Canada. Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Ariarca, grandniece of the poet Javier Heraud, Encore Television-Distribution – Chrystine discovers a story to tell: His great-uncle, poet History / Politics | Human Interest / Social Issues | History Girard – [email protected] and guerrilla fighter was murdered at the age of The Kingmaker 21 in the jungle of Peru in 1963. Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Lauren Greenfield, Lauren Culture | Author’s Point of View Quechua Films – Juan Castro de Jong Greenfield, United States, 100’ – [email protected] Last Night I Saw You Smiling Centered on the indomitable character of Kavich Neang, Cambodia, 78’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Imelda Marcos, The Kingmaker examines, with The iconic White Building, home to 493 families Culture | Author’s Point of View unprecedented access, the Marcos family’s in Phnom Penh, faces demolition. Director The Journey of Monalisa improbable return to power in the Philippines. Kavich Neang follows his family and neighbors Nicole Costa, Chile, 98’ Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] as they move out before its total destruction. Documentary on transgender two spirit artist United Kingdom, Ireland, Cambodia, Thailand Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics and immigrant Ivan Monalisa living in New York Anti Archive – Daniel Mattes – [email protected] City. Kings of Šumava Mimbre Producciones – Daniela Camino Kris Kelly, Czech Republic, Ireland, 70’ Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] Using a visual rich balance of Documentary and Last of the Mohicans Animation Kings of Sumava poetically explores Max Ploeg, Netherlands, 48’ Human Interest / Social Issues the duality of hero, villain and people smuggler The maverick Tonny tries to find her place in Kalin and The Jail Team Josep Hasil. society by starting her own driving grocery in Petko D. Gyulchev, Bulgaria, 64’ Czech Republic, Slovakia, UK, Ireland the Dutch city Tilburg. Kalin and The Jail Team is a film about the Bionaut Films – Přemysl Martinek – [email protected] Max Ploeg – Max Ploeg – [email protected] efforts of one man to overcome the value systems of the outcasts of society. His goal: at Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society History least one out of 100 people to rise out of the The Kiosk The Last of Them gutter. Alexandra Pianelli, France, 78’ Pierre Goetschel, France, 70’ Izograph – Galina G. Shtarbeva – [email protected] A young plastic artist, who came to lend a hand It was by chance that I’ve met Rosette, the to her mother, invites you to spend 1 hour and last survivor of a small group of women who Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth 20 minutes with her behind the cash register of escaped Auschwitz-Birkenau, which my Karla and Nordahl her news stand. grandmother Fernande was part of. Elisabeth Aspelin, Norway, 19’ Les Films de l’oeil sauvage – Quentin Les Films de l’oeil sauvage – Frédéric A film about six-year-old Karla`s world and Laurent – [email protected] Féraud – [email protected] how she deals with having a big brother with learning difficulties. Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment | Science / Technology Nitteberg Film og TV – Halvor Nitteberg – [email protected] Kiruna - A Brand New World Greta Stocklassa, Czech Republic, 87’ If we could build a new society from scratch, what would it look like? Paul Thiltges Distributions – Paul Thiltges – [email protected]

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Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth | Politics / Society Leave the Bus Through The Letter A Loss of Something Ever Felt the Broken Window Maia Lekow, Carlos Eduardo Lesmes Lopez, Estonia, 82’ Andrew Hevia, United States, 75’ Christopher King, Kenya, 83’ Dutiful daughter Eeva embarks on a quest to Upon realizing that the survey he intended to When Karisa’s grandmother is called find and save her brother, deep in the bowels make about fiercely independent art scene at a witch, he travels from Mombasa to her rural of Bogota’s underworld. Art Basel Hong Kong isn’t going according to home to investigate. It gradually emerges who Estonia, Colombia plan, filmmaker Andrew Hevia instead creates sent the threatening letter and why. Alasti Kino – Liis Nimik – [email protected] a personal and comedic study of loneliness, Circle and Square Productions – Maia Lekow – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues culture shock and the contemporary art world Lost in Memories that Film Threat calls “the most original and Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View Ruud Lenssen, Netherlands, 71’ fascinating documentary you’ll see all year.’ Letters to A. What happens when director Ruud Lenssen’s Sweden Wiktoria Szymanska, Wiktoria father is told he suffers from dementia? While Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – Szymanska, Poland, 60’ Jac clings to his idyllic meadow, mother Ria [email protected] Poetic portrait of a unique boy set against the struggles with her role as a caregiver. Human Interest / Social Issues back drop of the hostile city. Ruud Lenssen Documentaires – Ruud Leftover Women KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Lenssen – [email protected] Shosh Shlam, Hilla Medalia, Israel, 84’ Wilk – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Leftover Women is how the Chinese describe Industry Politics / Society Love Child Forum educated, cosmopolitan women who are not Harvest Lieber-man Eva Mulvad, Denmark, 110’ married and settled by the time they reach their Nurit Kedar, Israel, 65’ “…an extraordinary wealth of surprises, key mid-twenties. How did Avidgor Lieberman–who immigrated moments, and emotion…whipsawing between Met Film Sales – Vesna Cudic – [email protected] to Israel without ties or a penny in his pocket– terror, exhilaration, love, bitterness, loneliness, Politics / Society | Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues rose to serve as defense minister, and what and belonging.” Film Threat A Legacy of Horses does his story reveal on the changes the Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – Jessica Karlsson, Annika Karlsson, Sweden, 16’ country went through. [email protected] Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] In observational scenes that shift back and Human Interest / Social Issues forth in time, the story unfolds of fathers and Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society Mad About Truffles sons, men and horses, love and devotion - in an Little Germans Jascha de Wilde, Ben Hendriks, Netherlands, 85’ urban extraordinary suburban horse culture. Frank Geiger, Denmark, 54’ Set in the black truffle kingdom of France, Systerskaparna AB – Jessica Karlsson – Based upon a real story, Little Germans offers this film shows how one of the most exclusive [email protected] insights into the structures of various rightwing mushrooms enchants the senses and becomes Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society extremist families, presented in a unique mix of a jewel in haute cuisine. Lemebel animation and documentary. Dutch CORE – Margaret Stanneveld – Joanna Reposi Garibaldi, Chile, 96’ Germany, Austria, France [email protected] DR Sales – Freja Johannne Nørgaard Sørensen – [email protected] An intimate and political portrait of Pedro Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society Lemebel, artist, writer and Chilean activist who Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics | Author’s Point of View Madame became a Queer Latin American icon. Little Man, Time and the Troubadour Stéphane Riethouser, Switzerland, 90’ Compañía de Cine – Paulina Portela – Ineke Smits, Netherlands, Belgium, 100’ A grandmother and her grandson engage in [email protected] Bypassing political propaganda and combining an intimate conversation, exploring gender, Art / Music / Culture elements from documentary, fiction and sexuality and transmission of identity. Leonardo da Vinci, a Man in Motion animation, the film sheds a poetic light on a Sweet Spot Docs – Anna Berthollet – Eve Ramboz, Nathalie Plicot, France, 52’ question: what is home, what makes a country? [email protected] Based on Leonardo da Vinci’s codices, Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert Author’s Point of View | History animations and visual effects shed a new light – [email protected] Made in Auschwitz: The on the artistic, scientific and technical work of Human Interest / Social Issues Untold Story of Block 10 the celebrated Renaissance genius. Logbook Sonya Winterberg, Sylvia MENA, Canada, Switzerland Jin-oh Bok, South Korea, 98’ Nagel, Germany, Israel, 72’ I.N.A. – Elsa Lonne-Smith – [email protected] A secret journal of the divers at the forefront of Gynecologist Carl Clauberg conducted Human Interest / Social Issues South Korea’s medical experiments on Jewish women in Lessons in Humanity most catastrophic Sewol ferry disaster rescue Auschwitz. His “research” on birth control and Branko Istvancic, Croatia, 53’ operation. infertility is part of the medical canon to this Croatian veterans saved around three hundred J.J. Productions – Jin Jeon – [email protected] day. patients from certain death in a humanitarian Germany, France, Israel, Dutch Human Interest | Author’s Point of View | History / Politics evacuation. Most of them were Serbians from A Long Breath Speaking Belgium, Brazil the psychiatry ward. Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Remi Itani, Lebanon, 67’ Artizana Film – Irena Skoric – [email protected] In the marginalized neighborhood of Bab Al Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Tabbaneh in the inner city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Made in Boise Lessons of Love Ibrahim struggles with unemployment, the Beth Aala, United States, 84’ Małgorzata Goliszewska, daily threat of war and his own demons. Four women find purpose carrying babies for Katarzyna Mateja, Poland, 72’ Crystal Films – Dima Al-Joundi – [email protected] strangers in Boise, Idaho - the unregulated A highly cinematic and joyful journey into a and unofficial “surrogacy capital” of the United Art / Music / Culture States – and encounter complexities along the woman’s battle to reinvent herself in her best The Long River Slides age of life, when you are 69. way. Sanne Rovers, Netherlands, 55’ USA Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – The Long River Slides is a musical documentary [email protected] Met Film Sales – Vesna Cudic – [email protected] film set boatmovie with Dutch musical Author’s Point of View | History | Human Interest / Social Issues ensemble De Kift. Human Interest / Social Issues Let’s Talk TV: The Netherlands Madness in Aleppo Marianne Khoury, Egypt, 97’ Docmakers – Ilja Roomans – [email protected] Lina Sinjab, Syria, 83’ A mother and her daughter explore together Eastern Aleppo is bombed and besiege. the trajectory of four generations of women Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative | Nature / Environment Medical team strive to rescue people. The from their family. Lords of Water madness of the war only made them more Jérôme Fritel, France, 87’ MENA resilient. But at the end they were all forced to This documentary investigates the Pyramide International – Constance Poubelle leave. financialization of water by banks, investment – [email protected] Lina Sinjab – Lina Sinjab – [email protected] funds and hedge funds, a battle taking place on many fronts: ideological, political, environmental, and economic. TV rights: France, Belgium, Italy, Quebec, Croatia Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] 10 Docs for Sale 24th International Documentary Market Amsterdam

Human Interest / Social Issues Experimental Author’s Point of View Mafia Is Not What It Used To Be Marshawn Lynch: A History Merci Maman! Franco Maresco, Italy, 105’ David Shields, United States, 84’ Sophie Glanddier, France, 87’ 25 years after the massacres of Falcone and A powerful political parable about the American A still very dynamic octogenarian goes looking Borsellino, Franco Maresco decides to make media-sports complex and its deep complicity for her mother with her eccentric daughter. a new political and satirical film to shows the with racial oppression. Their wild investigation around the world turns contradictions of a Country. Cargo Film & Releasing – David Piperni – into a light and sentimental epic. Fandango Sales – Raffaella Di Giulio – [email protected] Prima Luce – Antonio Magliano – antonio. [email protected] [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Art / Music / Culture Martin Margiela: In His Own Words Human Interest / Social Issues Making Waves: The Art of Reiner Holzemer, Germany, Belgium, 90’ Midnight Family Cinematic Sound A look at Martin Margiela, the fashion world’s Luke Lorentzen, Mexico, United States, 58’ Midge Costin, United States, 94’ answer to Banksy, an elusive and enigmatic “A thrilling, subjective, portrait of one family’s An incredible look at how sound is used in the designer whose revolutionary creations attempts to navigate the corrupt economy filmmaking process and features notable film changed the face of fashion while remaining of emergency health care... A thrilling ride.” – personnel including sound designers Walter completely anonymous. Christian Gallichio, The Playlist Murch, Ben Burtt and Gary Rydstrom. Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – UK, USA, Canada, China, F. Yugoslavia, [email protected] Politics / Society Finland (TV), Israel (TV), Japan, Netherlands Massacre River Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society (TV), Spain (TV), Taiwan, Airlines Suzan Beraza, United States, 55’ Midnight Traveler Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Pikilina is a Dominican-born woman of Haitian Hassan Fazili, United States, Afghanistan, 86’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society descent. Violence erupts when the country When the Taliban puts a bounty on Afghan La Mami of her birth, the Dominican Republic, reverses director Hassan Fazili’s head, he is forced to flee Laura Herrero Garvin, Laura Herrero birth right citizenship. She and 200,000 others with his wife and two young daughters. Garvin, Spain, Mexico, 80’ are made stateless. Doc & Film International – Estelle De Araujo Inside the mythical Barba Azul (Bluebeard) Illumina Films – Robin Brinster – [email protected] – [email protected] Cabaret in Mexico City, the women of the night Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues | History | Politics / Society gather in an ebb and flow of emotions. Max Richter’s Sleep Mike Wallace is Here Mexico Natalie Johns, United Kingdom, United States, 99’ Avi Belkin, United States, 88’ Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] This film follows Max Richter as he consolidates An engaging look at the life and career of Nature / Environment the most ambitious performance of his critically legendary 60 Minutes newsman Mike Wallace, Man With A Family acclaimed 8-hour opus, Sleep. and how he redefined broadcast journalism Mikael Strandberg, Denmark, 0’ Eagle Rock Entertainment – Peter Worsley with his hard-hitting interview style. A bittersweet family portrait of the Strandbergs – [email protected] UK, USA, Canada, Greece, Israel (TV), Spain (TV) Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] as they move to a cabin in Greenland. Once Nature / Environment | Human Interest / Social Issues settled in the icy paradise, everything seems Máxima Art / Music / Culture to be going well — until everything starts going Claudia Sparrow, United States, 88’ Miniature very wrong. A multi-billion-dollar corporation meets Tony Coleman, Canada, 52’ DR Sales – Freja Johannne Nørgaard Sørensen – [email protected] their match in a fearless Indigenous woman Inside our world there is another; an alternate Art / Music / Culture who remains uncowed after years of violent reality, in a different scale. Miniature is a Margaret Atwood: A Word After intimidation. fascinating journey into lush, intricate and a Word After a Word Is Power Submarine Entertainment – Dan mesmerising tiny worlds. Braun – [email protected] Japan, Sweden, Canada. Peter Raymont, Nancy Lang, Canada, 90’ Poet and novelist, Margaret Atwood is a Espresso Media International – Jessica History / Politics Reilly – [email protected] household name. Millions of her readers know Meeting Gorbachev her books from cover to cover, but few know Werner Herzog, André Singer, United States, 90’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View the woman behind these stories. Legendary director Werner Herzog meets Mirador Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Mikhail Gorbachev for a series of exclusive one- Antón Terni, Uruguay, 70’ Switzerland, Australia on-one interviews with the man who ended the “A film about friendship through the senses and Kew Media Group – Jonathan Ford – Cold War. a metaphor about connection and loss” [email protected] UK, USA, Canada, Taiwan, Poland (TV), Czech Uruguay, USA Movies for Festivals – Johanna Tonini Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture Republic (TV), Australia/NZ (TV), Belgium Maricarmen (TV), Brazil (TV), Greece, MENA (TV), Scandi/ – [email protected] Sergio Morkin, Mexico, 80’ Baltics, Slovenia (TV), Spain (TV), SSA (TV) Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture She is a cello player, music teacher, writer and Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Morgana marathon runner, lives alone and is completely Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | History Isabel Peppard, Josie Hess, Australia, 71’ blind. The story sways between laughter and a Men are Hungry Too A lonely house-wife’s plan to end it all takes an bare-boned meditation on the act of living. Gabriele Licchelli, Italy, 20’ unexpected turn when her last hurrah begins Lupe & Hijos Films – Sergio Morkin – Nardo and Mimmi were very young in 1973, a radical journey of sexual exploration and [email protected] when they were forced to choose between personal re-invention. House of Gary – Karina Astrup – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues staying in their village in Italy or leaving. Nardo The Marriage Project opened a bar and Mimmi ended up working in Human Interest / Social Issues Atieh Attarzadeh Firozabad, the Gotthard Tunnel. Mother Hesam Eslami, Iran, France, 80’ Broga Doite Film – Andrea Settembrini Kristof Bilsen, Belgium, Netherlands, 82’ Ehsan House is a charity run psychiatric – [email protected] A tender documentary about a Thai mother center near Tehran. Its director has decided Art / Music / Culture caring for Westerners afflicted by Alzheimer’s. to give the opportunity to the patients to form The Men’s Room Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert relationships, get married and live as a family. Petter Sommer, Jo Vemund – [email protected] TV rights: Middle East, Balkans, Iran. , Norway, 58’ Svendsen Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] Once a week a group of cheerful middle aged Mother and Son Author’s Point of View | Human Interest / Social Issues men get together for beer and music. Their Hilal Baydarov, Azerbaijan, 119’ Mars, Oman friendship is untouchable until one day, they In rural Azerbaijan, a mother welcomes her Vanessa Del Campo, Belgium, 20’ must admit that nothing exists forever. adult son, who left home eight years earlier. In Astronauts in the desert of Oman. Or is it Mars? Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] the calm rhythm of rural life, reflective silences Cassette for Timescapes – Emmy punctuate their personal, philosophical. Oost – [email protected] conversations. Ucqar Film – Hilal Baydarov – [email protected]

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Art / Music / Culture | History | Youth Human Interest / Social Issues | Science / Technology Human Interest | Nature / Environment | Politics / Society The Mother of Beauty My Voice Will Go With You No Gold for Kalsaka Frank van Osch, Netherlands, 51’ Bruno Tracq, Belgium, France, 85’ Michel K. Zongo, Burkina Emmeline Snively was a Mother of Beauty Fabienne Roelants and Christine Watremez Faso, Germany, 80’ for hundreds of models in the 40’s and 50’s, are amongst the foremost experts in medical The people of Kalsaka fight against the including Marilyn Monroe. hypnosis. Through their intimate relationship injustice inflicted upon them by a multinational The Netherlands with their patients, they bring a human bond to company which exploited their natural gold SND Films – Sydney Neter – [email protected] modern medicine. resources and destroyed their livelihood. Wrong Men – Benoît Roland – [email protected] Rushlake Media GmbH – Lena Werle Human Interest | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society – [email protected] Mother-Child History | Politics / Society Andrea Testa, Argentina, 65’ The Mystery of the Black Book Human Interest | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society Mother-Child is shooting in the intimacy of Boris Maftsir, Israel, 70’ No Man’s Land public hospitals in Buenos Aires suburbs that In 1947, the book “Black Book”, a collection of Charlotte Müller, Belgium, France, 22’ puts on stage the voice of young women who testimonies and articles about the Holocaust No Man’s Land explores the unspoken territory are going through pregnancies or decided to in the Soviet Union was to be published in of independent women making the choice of interrupt it. Moscow, but it was shelved by the Russian emancipation Pensar con las Manos – Francisco Márquez authorities. and motherhood. – [email protected] JMT Films Distribution – Michael DocNomads – Frederik Nicolai – [email protected] Treves – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment | Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Mothers of the Land Art / Music / Culture Nomad Meets the City Alvaro Sarmiento, Diego Sarmiento, Peru, 74’ Mystify Michael Hutchence Anji Sauvé Clubb, United States, 80’ Mothers of the Land accompanies five women Richard Lowenstein, Australia, 102’ One family, a world apart. from the Andean highlands in their daily Sophisticated and gregarious, yet shy and CINEPOINT – Alice Tabery – [email protected] struggle to maintain a traditional and organic insecure; Michael Hutchence, the lead way of working the land. singer and songwriter of INXS, was a mix of error 99-dfs-subject Norie HDPERU – Alvaro Sarmiento – [email protected] contradictions. Yuki Kawamura, Luxembourg, 80’ Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Yuki Kawamura embarks on a roadtrip with his MS Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Youth father to Sapporo, Japan, to talk to the people Suzanne Raes, Netherlands, 55’ Narrow Red Line who knew Norie, Yuki’s mother, who died when A dialogue in film between a writer and a Farzad Khoshdast, Iran, 90’ he was only three years old. scientist about the disease dominating their How a theater production can change the Les Films Fauves – Gilles Chanial – [email protected] lives. lives of some young prisoners who never Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point TV: The Netherlands experienced any kind of art? of View | Nature / Environment Docmakers – Ilja Roomans – [email protected] Iran, Israel North Iranian Independents – Mohammad Atebbai Leslie Lagier, France, 49’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Experimental – [email protected] Industry A portrait of the Yukon in Canada’s far My Darling Supermarket Forum Tali Yankelevich, Brazil, 72’ Harvest Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society northwest. Once, people came here to find Unloading, inventorying, restocking, replacing. Negra freedom and fortune, but years of intensive The synchronized choreography of employees Medhin Tewolde Serrano, Mexico, 72’ mining have inflicted immeasurable damage on of a supermarket store and their relationship to I was seven years old when I was first called the landscape. the material world and search for meaning in “Black” on the street. I turned around to see France their lives. who they were talking to, until I realized it was Local Films – Nicolas Brevière – [email protected] me. Brazil Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture Elo Company – Renato Manganello – [email protected] Terra Nostra Films – Daniela Contreras Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Elizabeth Carrol, United States, 72’ My English Cousin Human Interest / Social Issues Master chef, teacher, writer, and activist Karim Sayad, Switzerland, 90’ Neighbors Diana Kennedy has become one of the most The story of Fahed, an Algerian immigrant in a Tomislav Zaja, Croatia, 74’ celebrated culinary legends of Mexican cuisine small english town, narrated by his filmmaker Neighbors is an observational documentary but has also been fighting for change in the cousin... about people with mental illness who are environment. Switzerland, Qatar leaving their institution after decades spent in USA, Canada, China, Israel (TV) Close Up Films – Joelle Bertossa – [email protected] isolation... Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Croatia Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Youth Human Interest / Social Issues T-Film – Tomislav Zaja – [email protected] My God Never Dies Objector Daichi Amano, Japan, 18’ Human Interest / Social Issues Molly Stuart, Israel, Palestine, 75’ A monologue of an anonymous Burmese Never Whistle Alone Like all Israeli youth, Atalya is obligated to Muslim reveals that his application for Marco Ferrari, Italy, 75’ become a soldier. Unlike most, she builds asylum has been turned down by Japanese Think about your job, your office, your relationships with Palestinians, challenges her government for nearly 20 years. colleagues... What if you discover that your national rite of passage, and is imprisoned for Luba Luft – Daichi Amano – [email protected] boss is corrupt? her dissent. Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert Buried Seed Productions – Molly Stuart – Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society – info@deckert–distribution.com [email protected] My Path Nature / Environment | Politics / Society Politics / Society | History / Politics Henrik Lundø, Denmark, 59’ Industry Newtopia On the Inside of a Military Forum How do you navigate life when most of it was Harvest already chosen for you? For Frederik, Crown Audun Amundsen, Denmark, 52’ Dictatorship Prince of Denmark, fitting into a role that he was The adventurous traveler Audun Amundsen Karen Stokkendal Poulsen, Denmark, 54’ predestined to take on has not always been is spellbound in the deep jungle of Mentawai The entire world praised the military and Aung easy. in Indonesia by a people living like they have San Suu Kyi, when power was passed on to DR Sales – Freja Johannne Nørgaard Sørensen – [email protected] always done for thousands of years. the democracy icon after 50 years of military DR Sales – Freja Johannne Nørgaard Sørensen – [email protected] dictatorship. One year later she defended an Art / Music / Culture ethnic cleansing. My Rembrandt Human Interest / Social Issues No Box For Me. An Intersex Story All territories available upon request, Oeke Hoogendijk, Netherlands, 120’ except for DK, DE and FR. Rembrandt is the grandmaster of intimacy, 350 Floriane Devigne, France, 58’ M and Deborah were born intersex; with First Hand Films – Gitte Hansen – gitte. years after his death many people, even entire [email protected] nations, are obsessed with his paintings. sex characteristics different from the binary Dutch speaking Benelux understanding that everyone must be either Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] male or female. Andana Films – Stephan Riguet – [email protected]

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Investigative | Nature / Environment Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues On The Wild Side Our Time Machine Prison for Profit Giacomo Giorgi, Italy, 85’ Yang Sun, S. Leo Chiang, China, United States, 81’ Ilse van Velzen, Femke van With interviews with activists, politicians and Shaken by news of his father’s dementia, Velzen, Netherlands, 85’ organisations, this film unites the global anti- Chinese artist Maleonn sets off to build a time We follow prisoners, guards and an hunting movement and sheds light on the machine. investigative journalist who uncovers psychology of hunting, and most relevant anti- USA, Canada, China, Hong Kong, widespread human rights violations in the hunting methods. Taiwan, New Zealand South African privately run prison by the Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] controversial private security firm G4S. The Netherlands Art / Music / Culture | Youth Human Interest / Social Issues Once Aurora Over the Hills IFProductions – Femke van Velzen – [email protected] Benjamin Langeland, Stian Servoss, Norway, 71’ Martin Marecek, Czech Republic, 78’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth Once Aurora is a coming of age story from An adventurous journey to the far east as well Punks inside the music industry about a girl trying as into one’s own past. Maasja Ooms, Netherlands, 92’ to find who she will be as an artist and as a NEGATIV – Daniel Vadocky – [email protected] Punks shows three Dutch teenagers whose woman. behaviour is criminal. They are trying to better Human Interest / Social Issues Norway, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand their lives with the help of a no-nonsense Overseas CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] caretaker, somewhere deep in rural France. Sung-A Yoon, Sung-A Yoon, Belgium, France, 90’ Cerutti Film – Willemijn Cerutti – [email protected] Author’s Point of View In one of the many training centers dedicated Once the Dust Settles to domestic work in the Philippines, a group Politics / Society John Appel, Netherlands, 85’ of trainees are getting ready to face both Push A film about disaster handling and mental homesickness and the possible abuses lying Fredrik Gertten, Sweden, 92’ reconstruction. ahead overseas. ‘Push: a gripping new film about how global The Netherlands Belgium, France finance is fuelling the housing crisis and making Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] cities unaffordable to live in.’ - Patrick Butler – [email protected] Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – Investigative | Politics / Society [email protected] Art / Music / Culture Pano: Mission Chaos: How Russia Once Were Brothers: Robbie Turns (Dis)Information into a Weapon Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture Robertson and The Band Pascal Seynhaeve, Belgium, Netherlands, 30’ Queen Lear Daniel Roher, Canada, United States, 100’ In this documentary we dive into the world of Pelin Esmer, Turkey, 84’ The story of a rock band that went from half-truths, polarization and disinformation. Shakespeare’s King Lear travelling on the dusty backing up Bob Dylan to becoming one of the Is it Russia’s intention to no longer be able to and risky roads most influential groups of its era. decide what is true and what is not? to the remotest forgotten villages of Turkey USA, Canada, Japan, Australia, Dutch CORE – Margaret Stanneveld – turns delicately into Queen Lear in the hands of Indonesia, Ex-Yugoslavia [email protected] a peasant-women theatre group. Magnolia Pictures International – Marie Sweet Spot Docs – Anna Berthollet – Zeniter – [email protected] Nature / Environment | Youth [email protected] Pano: Youth For Climate Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth Sarah Sylbing, Belgium, Netherlands, 42’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View | History One More Jump Inspired by Greta Thunberg, teenagers all over Radical Evil Emanuele Gerosa, Italy, 82’ the world have been skipping school to fight for Stefan Ruzowitzky, Germany, Austria, 52’ When Abdallah was invited to Europe, he a more robust climate policy. After winning the Oscar for Best Foreign Film decided not to return to Gaza. His friend and Dutch CORE – Margaret Stanneveld – for ‘Counterfeiters’, Stefan Ruzowitzky asks why teammate Jehad still lives segregated in the [email protected] normal people become mass murderers. Strip. Can you ever be free if you must leave First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – esther. everything behind? Human Interest / Social Issues [email protected] Passing Away Fandango Sales – Raffaella Di Giulio – Politics / Society | Investigative [email protected] Joeri Weyn, Belgium, 39’ Passing Away is a moving and, at the same Radio Silence Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society time, funny human interest series about six very Juliana Fanjul, Switzerland, Mexico, 77’ One Towards the Other different Flemish funeral directors, who each Carmen Aristegui, a fight for free speech. Stéphane Mercurio, France, 56’ have their own approach to their business and Sweet Spot Docs – Anna Berthollet – In Barcelona, the director Didier Ruiz to life. [email protected] undertakes a new theatrical adventure with 7 Woestijnvis NV – Willem Stellamans – Willem. Art / Music / Culture Trans people that are non professional actors. [email protected]. The Rag King Andana Films – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture | Youth Alessandro Di Ronza, Italy, 52’ Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics | Politics / Society Pearl of the Desert A modern fairy tale about the evolution of Otranto Pushpendra Singh, India, South Korea, 82’ costume-designing in movie industry in the last Jonian Bisai, Albania, Greece, Italy, 24’ In the Indian desert, Moti sings out to be free 70 years. Katër i Radës was the first boat that sank in a from the shackles of old customs. After a Italy naval blockade against migration flows. Now it musical journey of his own, he realizes where GA&A Productions Srl. – Elisa Antonelli is a monument for global migration established his music belongs. – [email protected] by the same authority that ordered its sinking. Taskovski Films Ltd. – Tijana Djukic Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society Jonian Bisai – Jonian Bisa – [email protected] – [email protected] Real Men Art / Music / Culture | History | Science / Technology Experimental | Author’s Point of View | Nature / Environment Hasko Baumann, Germany, 74’ Our Lucky Hours The Plastic House Real Men investigates the myth of the screen Martine Deyres, France, 77’ Allison Chhorn, Australia, 45’ hero made in Hollywood and the impact it has During the Second World War, 45,000 Attempting to cope with the loss of her on men all over the world. psychiatric patients perished in French Cambodian parents, a young girl begins work in Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin hospitals. Only one facility survived this her family’s titular ‘plastic house’, as the seasons – [email protected] decimation, at the Saint-Alban asylum. pass... Science / Technology | Art / Music / Culture | Experimental Sweet Spot Docs – Anna Berthollet – Author of the Accident – Chris Luscri – [email protected] Recoding Art [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Experimental Bruno Moreschi, Gabriel Pereira, Brazil, 15’ Practical Dreams An experience that brings together Artificial Yulia Piskuliyska, United Arab Emirates, 10’ Intelligences and contemporary art to A seasoned architect embarks on an existential reveal hidden layers of the field of art and journey through the streets of Dubai in an technological systems. attempt to reconstruct his reality. Pessoa Producoes – Fernanda Pessoa – [email protected] Yulia Piskuliyska – Yulia Piskuliyska – [email protected]

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History / Politics | Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative | Youth Politics / Society Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project Riders of Destiny School of Seduction Matt Wolf, United States, 85’ Michael Niermann, Germany, 90’ Alina Rudnitskaya, Denmark, 58’ Before “fake news” Marion Stokes, civil On the remote island of Sumbawa, Indonesia, “A thoughtful look at Russian culture and the rights-era public personality, recorded news the market for tiny jockeys is huge. This film long-term impact on the lives of individual 24 hours/ day, every day. She would pay a follows two young child jockeys and their ‘graduates’ of Seduction School and their profound price for dedicating her life to this families. But in this traditional sport, accidents families” Filmink.com visionary project are frequent. Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – United States, Canada TV rights: Greece, Germany, Middle [email protected] Cargo Film & Releasing – Cailin McFadden East, Portugal, Japan. Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics – [email protected] Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] The Sea Between Us Art / Music / Culture Art / Music / Culture Marlene Edoyan, Canada, 102’ Red! Art in Soviet Lands Ring of Dreams Told through the personal stories of two Pierre-Henri Gibert, France, 52’ Willem Baptist, Netherlands, 70’ women, the film takes us to Beirut 25 years During the 1910s in Russia, a group of In a world where fantasy meets reality Tengkwa after the end of civil war to see if reconciliation visionary painters adopted radically abstract leads a band of Dutch show wrestlers and tries is possible in a country still broken over approaches, upsetting the artistic conventions to train a new generation of super heroes. sectarian strife. of their time. Netherlands Fauve Film – Marlene Edoyan – [email protected] Rights are only available in Europe Tangerine Tree – Nienke Korthof – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture | Author’s Point of View apart from Poland, Finland France and The Sea of Itami Jun Italian speaking Switzerland. Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth Dawoon Jung, South Korea, 112’ I.N.A. – Elsa Lonne-Smith – [email protected] Ringside Andre Hörmann, United States, 93’ The story of Itami Jun, a Korean diaspora Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics | Politics / Society Ringside looks at the dangerous, volatile world architect raised in Japan. Look into his “home” The Reformist - A Female Imam of Chicago’s South Side from the perspective piled up with nature and time. Marie Skovgaard, Denmark, 59’ of two remarkably gifted young boxers. Japan Sherin is opening one of Europe’s first US, Canada, Germany Jeonju International Film Festival – Sarah mosques run by female imams. Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Kang – [email protected] DK, NO, SE, IL, FI, NL Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative | Nature / Environment First Hand Films – Esther van Messel Sea of Shadows – [email protected] Rising from the Tsunami Hélène Robert, Jeremy Perrin, France, 68’ Richard Ladkani, Austria, 105’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | History / Politics A journey among the living and the dead in Following undercover investigators, Requiem for Williamsburg post-tsunami Japan. environmentalists, journalists, and the Mexican Yara Hannema, Netherlands, 30’ La Société des Apaches – Jean-Baptiste Fribourg Navy on their desperate effort to rescue the All the driven Brooklyn artist and gallery owner – [email protected] Earth’s smallest whale from extinction. wants, is to stay in her beloved neighbourhood UK, USA, Canada, Mexico where she built here entire life, but super- History | Youth | Politics / Society Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] gentrification threatens to destroy her life-work. The Royal Life Guard Peter Granzau Kabel, Denmark, 43’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society Bijvoorbeeld bv – Stella Bronwasser Industry In The Royal Life Guard we enter the backstage Seahorse Forum – [email protected] Harvest of the Danish Royal Life Guard to unveil what Jeanie Finlay, United Kingdom, 89’ Human Interest / Social Issues hides behind the polished uniforms and the One trans man’s pioneering quest to fulfil an Restoring Dignity iconic bearskin headdresses. age-old desire: to start his own family. Claire Jeantet, Fabrice Catérini, France, 52’ REinvent Studios – Helene Aurø – [email protected] Submarine Entertainment – Benjamin People disfigured by noma, a neglected Braun – [email protected] disease, are going through the long process Art / Music / Culture of facial reconstruction in Sokoto, Nigeria. Rumo Human Interest | Author’s Point of View | Art / Music / Culture They are also on a life-changing journey to Flavio Frederico, Mariana Pamplona, Brazil, 77’ The Season When Velvet overcome years of isolation. Rumo recalls the trajectory of the São Paulo Antlers Get Ripe Inediz – Claire Jeantet – [email protected] homonymous group that wrote a fascinating Galina Leontieva, Russia, 63’ chapter of Brazilian musical history, especially If you’ve ever wondered whether reindeer Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture | Politics / Society in the 80’s. antlers bleed if you saw them off, this film will The Revenge of the Diva Kinoscopio Cinematografica Ltda – Flavio leave you with no doubt. Gustav Ahlgren, Sweden, 80’ Frederico – [email protected] CA Own Word – Galina Leontieva – [email protected] Once internationally famous, a faded opera diva attempts revenge on a world that Human Interest / Social Issues Investigative | Nature / Environment pushed her from the spotlight. Can one last Runner The Secret Lives of Pigs performance draw the crowds to prove her Bill Gallagher, United States, 87’ Ola Waagen, Norway, 52’ critics wrong? One man’s journey from refugee to Olympian. A hard-hitting and shocking exposé following Picky Pictures – Daniel Pynnönen – daniel@ This Is It Films – Bill Gallagher – [email protected] the young schoolteacher, Norun Haugen, as ettriktigtproduktionsbolag.com she goes undercover in the industrialised pig Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative | History / Politics industry for five years. Scars Investigative | Politics / Society DR Sales – Freja Johannne Nørgaard Sørensen – [email protected] Rich and Religious Agnieszka Zwiefka, Germany, 79’ Adam Tatt, Denmark, 40’ Scars brings us the never told before story Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment | Politics / Society It seems contradictory that preachers are of female fighters within the Tamil Tigers, a The Seer and The Unseen making millions of dollars on faith. The high life separatist militant organization fighting for Sara Dosa, United States, 84’ led by the televangelists is in stark contrast to independence during the Sri Lanka Civil War. An unexpected environmental doc that tells the people of their parishes. Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin the story of Ragga, an Icelandic grandmother, DR Sales – Freja Johannne Nørgaard Sørensen – [email protected] – [email protected] activist and “seer” who speaks on behalf of nature under threat. Art / Music / Culture | Experimental | Author’s Point of View Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics | Youth Industry Submarine Entertainment – Josh Scheme Birds Forum The Ride Harvest Braun – [email protected] Esther Polak, Ivar van Bekkum, Netherlands, 11’ Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin, Sweden, A woman and a man are on her their way to a United Kingdom, 90’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth place where something bad happened long Scheme Birds is the story of Gemma, a teenage Selfie ago. troublemaker, growing up in a world of pigeons Agostino Ferrente, France, Italy, 78’ LIMA Amsterdam – Theus Zwakhals – [email protected] and violence. From childhood to motherhood, When 16-year-old Davide was shot by a her life unfolds as innocent games turn towards policeman on the streets of Naples, director serious crime. Agostino Ferrente asked his friends to tell his Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica story—which is also their story—from their own – [email protected] perspective. Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert – [email protected]

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Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth | Science / Technology Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society Setting The Bar: A Craft Sing Me a Song Striving For Tomorrow Chocolate Origin Story Thomas Balmès, Thomas Balmès, Tom Exelmans, Laurens Vanlandschoote, Tim Shephard, Mexico, United States, Australia, 85’ France, Germany, Switzerland, 99’ Belgium, Netherlands, 26’ How craft chocolate really can change the As the Internet finally arrives in tiny Bhutan, A portrait of four young Nicaraguans, who each world. we witness its transformative impact on a work for an uncertain future in their own way. Taiwan young Buddhist monk whose initial trepidation Dutch CORE – Margaret Stanneveld – Taskovski Films Ltd. – Tijana Djukic gives way to profound engagement with the [email protected] – [email protected] technology. Politics / Society UK, USA, Germany, France, Switzerland History / Politics | Human Interest / Social Issues Sumercé Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Shadow Flowers Victoria Solano Ortega, Colombia, 83’ Seung-Jun Yi, South Korea, 105’ Art / Music / Culture The Paramos of Columbia is a A North Korean woman struggles to go back to Slava’s Journey: Secrets of Snow unique and important ecosystem. her family in Pyongyang, North Korea, but the Steve Haisman, Clive Howard, United Small farmers have inhabited the area for political absurdity hinders her journey back to Kingdom, Russia, France, Brazil, 66’ generations, today it’s wanted by international her loved ones. Slava, the great Russian clown, takes his stage mining companies forcing the farmers to fight South Korea spectacular Snowshow deep into the real snow back. Taskovski Films Ltd. – Tijana Djukic of the Russian Arctic. Illumina Films – Robin Brinster – [email protected] – [email protected] Boulder Creek International – Matt Jeschelnik Politics / Society | Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | History | Politics / Society Summerwar Shadows of the Empire Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment Moritz Schulz, Ukraine, Germany, 81’ Karol Starnawski, Poland, 74’ Smog Town Jasmin and Jastrip grow up in Ukraine. Three separate stories of people variously Meng Han, 80’ Surrounded by war, they visit the Azovez camp bruised and uprooted by Russia’s never-ending It may take generations to gain back and become little soldiers and real patriots. And war on small states that are unwilling to comply the blue sky back in China. that is what they came for - but not why they to its imperial politics. CAT&Docs – Catherine Le Clef – [email protected] stay. KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg – Louis Wilk – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Wick – [email protected] Sonny Art / Music / Culture Pawel Chorzepa, Poland, 41’ Human Interest / Social Issues Industry Shai K The story of 18-year-old boy who is so Sunless Shadows Forum Harvest Ari Davidovich, Israel, 110’ entangled in love for his father that he cannot Mehrdad Oskouei, Iran, 74’ The untold story of Israel’s greatest start a new happy life. A picture of life in an Iranian juvenile detention tragicomedian. Munk Studio - Polish Filmmakers Association – Michal center, where a group of adolescent girls serve Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Hudzikowski – [email protected] their sentence for murdering a male member of their family. Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View Art / Music / Culture DreamLab Films – Nasrine Médard de Shalom Allah The Sound is Innocent Chardon – [email protected] David Vogel, Switzerland, 99’ Johana Ožvold, Czech Republic, 68’ When Muslims are shown in the media, they are Electronic music is a playground. And your toy Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point portrayed as the bad guys. How then is it to be can be an instrument, a machine, an object… of View | Nature / Environment explained that every year, over a hundred Swiss Czech Republic, Slovakia Suspension people convert to Islam? Cinémotif Films s.r.o. – Kristýna Michálek Simón Uribe Martínez, Colombia, 75’ Switzerland Květová – [email protected] After a strong struggle against time and Taskovski Films Ltd. – Marina Diaz-Cabrera nature, the works can be suspended and the History – [email protected] modern road is abandoned in the middle of the Space Dogs mountain. Art / Music / Culture Elsa Kremser, Levin Peter, Austria, Germany, 91’ Colombia Shooting the Darkness How a Moscow street dog was sent into space ViceversaCine – Marcela Lizcano – Tom Burke, Ireland, 52’ and returned as a ghost. [email protected] What makes a good news photograph and Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert what exactly “is” the image you’re looking at? – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Ireland, France, Germany, New Zealand Sustainable Islands Art / Music / Culture | Experimental | History Eef de Graaf, Netherlands, 73’ Taskovski Films Ltd. – Tijana Djukic Speak So I Can See You – [email protected] Sustainable Islands is a journey over the Dutch Marija Stojnić, Serbia, Croatia, Qatar, 73’ waters, gives us a glimpse into the kitchen of Human Interest / Social Issues Set at the intersection of an observational the Dutch islands and its pioneers on their way Shooting the Mafia documentary and an audio-visual experiment, to a sustainable future. Kim Longinotto, Ireland, United States, 97’ this film reimagines the role of the old-school, Eef de Graaf Producties – Eef de Graaf Sicilian Letizia Battaglia began a lifelong battle live, spoken word radio in the global epidemic – [email protected] with the Mafia when she first dared to point her of loneliness. camera at a brutally slain victim. Finland - TV rights, Serbia Investigative | Author’s Point of View | Politics / Society Met Film Sales – Vesna Cudic – [email protected] Square Eyes – Wouter Jansen – [email protected] Talking About Adultery Bara Jichova Tyson, United Human Interest | History / Politics | Author’s Point of View Art / Music / Culture | Youth | Human Interest / Social Issues States, Czech Republic, 72’ Sidik and the Panther Stage: The Culinary Internship Your secrets reveal who you are. Reber Dosky, Netherlands, 83’ Abby Ainsworth, Canada, 78’ Incomplete Pictures LLC – Bara Jichova Sidik is searching for a leopard in the mountains Stage follows a group of aspiring chefs during Tyson – [email protected] of Kurdistan, North-Iraq. For Sidik, the return of a nine-month apprenticeship at one of the best Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society the leopard symbolizes a new hope for nature restaurants in the world: Mugaritz, nestled in Industry Talking About Trees Forum and man in this region of war and destruction. the hills outside San Sebastian. Harvest Suhaib Gasmelbari, France, Sudan, Journeyman Pictures – Victoria Canada Germany, Chad, Qatar, 93’ Zanotto – [email protected] Cargo Film & Releasing – Cailin McFadden – [email protected] Ibrahim, Soliman, Manar and Altayeb, 4 Nature / Environment sudanese filmmakers and close friends since Silent Forests Human Interest / Social Issues more than 45 years.They tirelessly try to inspire Mariah Wilson, Cameroon, 110’ Stretch! the love of cinema in a wounded country. A rare glimpse inside the forest elephant Esther Pardijs, Netherlands, 55’ Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] poaching crisis Top-level sports without parents is impossible. Canada, UK With parents it’s often a disaster. Journeyman Pictures – Victoria Dutch CORE – Margaret Stanneveld – Zanotto – [email protected] [email protected]

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Human Interest / Social Issues Nature / Environment Art / Music / Culture Tao – Fighting for Football in China Through Greenland - With Trumbull-Land Michiel Ebbing, Netherlands, 61’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Grégory Wallet, France, 49’ The life story of a passionate Beijing football Cecilie Frydenlund, Denmark, 43’ Douglas Trumbull was a pioneer of modern coach fighting to give football a chance in Follow Danish Game of Thrones superstar special effects. Known for his work with Stanley modern Chinese society. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau on an adventurous Kubrick on 2001: A Space Odyssey and Steven Dutch CORE – Margaret Stanneveld – expedition through the world’s largest island. Spielberg’s Encounters of the Third Kind. [email protected] DR Sales – Freja Johannne Nørgaard Sørensen – [email protected] Andana Films – Stephan Riguet – [email protected]

Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music / Culture History / Politics | Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth Human Interest | Nature / Environment | Politics / Society Taste of Sky Tiny Souls A Tunnel , United States, 84’ Michael Yuchen Lei Dina Naser, Jordan, Qatar, France, 86’ Nino Orjonikidze, Vano Industry Forum Viewed through the universally bonding power After escaping the Syrian war, a free-spirited Arsenishvili, Georgia, 89’ Harvest of food, Claus Meyer has taken his mission to 9-year old and her family must navigate An old railway station in a remote valley of La Paz opening of Gustu, a groundbreaking confined life when stranded in Zaatari Refugee Georgia suddenly becomes a site for a big cooking school for Bolivia’s impoverished Camp in Jordan. change, when hundreds of Chinese settle youth. Syndicado Film Sales – Aleksandar Govedarica around it to build the New Silk Road. US – [email protected] France, Germany Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues Artefact Production – Nino Orjonikidze – [email protected] History / Politics | Art / Music / Culture | Human Interest To Kid or Not To Kid Author’s Point of View Tension Structures Maxine Trump, United States, 75’ Under the Sky Feargal Ward, Adrian Duncan, Ireland, France, 45’ The new childfree movie that breaks the myth Marta Skiba, Poland, 13’ This roving travelogue forges unexpected that if you don’t have kids, you’re weird, selfish, An old man in a twilight of his life longs for his connections between ambitious Parisien or somehow wrong. greatest passion - flying. structures and the tensions surrounding the Regarding TV rights: USA & Canada. KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna gilets jaunes protests. Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] Wilk – [email protected] FSE Films – Feargal Ward – [email protected] Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View Human Interest / Social Issues Human Interest / Social Issues Together Unpaved Road to Peace That Which Does Not Kill Carmen Cobos, Netherlands, 78’ Jaap Van ‘t Kruis, Netherlands, 55’ Alexe Poukine, Alexe Poukine, Belgium, 85’ How does one react when you are told you Caldono was one of the most besieged villages Ada is 19. A man she knows invites her to dinner have an incurable illness? of the war in Colombia. Now the FARC guerrillas and she accepts. Everything goes so quickly. The Netherlands return to their former hometown. What’s She doesn’t defend herself. Body and mind in Films Transit International Inc. – Jan Rofekamp stronger: the urge for revenge or the need for tatters. – [email protected] reconciliation? Andana Films – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] Art / Music / Culture DOXY – Janneke Doolaard – [email protected] History / Politics Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am Human Interest / Social Issues There are No Lions in Tel Aviv Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, United States, 120’ The Unseen Duki Dror, Israel, 63’ Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, explores the Behzad Nalbandi, Iran, 61’ A parable about Tel Aviv-a new city envisioned extraordinary life and artistry of the legendary How urban beautification changes the city by dreamers, replaced by indifferent Nobel laureate. The film covers her remarkable face? Just through rounding up the so-called bureaucrats, and then taken over by real-estate journey from Lorain, Ohio to Stockholm, unsavory and unseen characters? tigers. Sweden, and beyond. Iran, Isreal Go2Films – Hedva Goldschmidt – [email protected] Curatorial – David Koh – [email protected] Iranian Independents – Mohammad Atebbai History / Politics | Human Interest / Social Issues Author’s Point of View – [email protected] They Call Me Babu Tony Fraginals Art / Music / Culture Sandra Beerends, Netherlands, 78’ Ben Young, United Kingdom, 16’ Unstoppable: Sean Scully Alima worked as a nanny in the former Dutch An adolescent boy unwittingly befriends an and the Art of Everything colony of Indonesia. She tells her story which infamous hoaxer and forms an unsettling Nick Willing, United Kingdom, 84’ plays against the backdrop of WWII and the lifelong bond. Unstoppable: Sean Scully and the Art of struggle for independence, over unique archive Autokino – Ben Young – [email protected] Everything documents a year in the life of artist footage. Experimental | Author’s Point of View | Nature / Environment Sean Scully, one of the world’s richest painters, Pieter van Huystee Film – Pieter van as he flies around the world to open 15 major Huystee – [email protected] The Tough Marcin Polar, Poland, 14’ exhibitions. History / Politics | Human Interest | Politics / Society The camera follows a man, step by step, and Netherlands, Ireland, Israel, U.K. Industry Met Film Sales – Vesna Cudic – [email protected] This Is Not a Movie Forum takes part in the exploration of the spaces Yung Chang, Canada, Germany, 106’ Harvest never seen before, which more and more Human Interest / Social Issues For more than 40 years, journalist Robert Fisk fiercely resist the delicate human matter. Up To Down has reported on some of the most violent and KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna Nazareno Manuel Nicoletti, Italy, 74’ divisive conflicts in the world. Wilk – [email protected] Up to Down is an underground world, right France, Germany Human Interest / Social Issues under the skin. It’s a globalized suburb: a National Film Board of Canada – Nathalie place where lives together dark and mocking Bourdon – [email protected] Traces Aysun Bademsoy, Germany, 90’ portraits of characters who seem unable to live Human Interest / Social Issues The film goes on a quest to search for in this world. This Train I Ride traces left in the German society after Arci Movie – Antonio Borrelli – [email protected] Arno Bitschy, France, Finland, 77’ killings committed by the National Socialist Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society Lured by the call of the rails, 3 women left Underground terrorist group in the early 2000s. Industry The Valley Forum everything behind to pursue a hobo lifestyle. – Heino Deckert Harvest Deckert Distribution GmbH Nuno Miguel Pereira Escudeiro, Italy, 76’ A quest for identity, freedom and finding one’s – [email protected] As thousands of refugees attempt to cross the place in the world. Human Interest / Social Issues French-Italian border the state cracks down on Deckert Distribution GmbH – Heino Deckert – [email protected] Transkids the local communities that come to their aid in Hilla Medalia, Israel, 50’ this unfolding human rights crisis. Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Investigative Four Israeli teenagers undergo the process of Point du Jour International – Doris Weitzel Industry A Thousand Girls Like Me Forum life-and-identity-saving gender transformation – [email protected] Harvest Sahra Mani, Afghanistan, France, 54’ in a country where military service is mandatory Khatera, 23, confronts her family and the and Orthodox Jewish religion is the law. traditions of her country to seek justice for Met Film Sales – Vesna Cudic – [email protected] years of sexual abuse by her father. upon request First Hand Films – Esther van Messel – [email protected]

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Investigative | Politics / Society History / Politics | History | Politics / Society Human Interest / Social Issues Venezuela, The Curse of Oil Watergate What Remains Of Me - Emiliano Sacchetti, Italy, 52’ Charles Ferguson, United States, 270’ Survived Boko Haram Venezuela, The Curse of Oil takes stock of the From Academy Award® -winning director Marta Santamato Cosentino, Italy, 52’ last 9 months of a country in free fall, to show Charles Ferguson, comes the full story of the What Remains of Me is the story of a group of the crisis behind-the-scenes. conspiracy led by President Richard Nixon women and girls who survived and escaped Norway, Swiss French, Sweden, Germany, France and his White House staff and how they were Boko Haram’s atrocities. GA&A Productions Srl. – Elisa Antonelli brought to justice. GA&A Productions Srl. – Elisa Antonelli – [email protected] UK, USA, Canada, Czech Republic (TV), Denmark – [email protected] (TV), France/French Speaking Europe (TV), Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative | History / Politics Politics / Society Norway (TV), Poland (TV), SSA (TV), Spain (TV) Industry Victims of Impunity: The Other What Walaa Wants Forum Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] Harvest Genocide of Rwanda Christy Garland, Denmark, 56’ Jon Cuesta, Spain, 74’ Human Interest / Social Issues “A classic coming-of-age story with a 25 years after the Genocide of Rwanda, a film Waterproof girl-power message, about a bullheaded rewrites the official history to uncover one Daniela König, Germany, 88’ Palestinian girl who decides to become a of the best-hidden lies of our history and the The first female plumbers in Jordan repair police officer.” Variety impunity of president Paul Kagame. leakages, clean water tanks and show Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – [email protected] Ebano Media – Hayat Traspas – [email protected] housewives how to handle water properly, but then a lawsuit puts their friendship to a test. Art / Music / Culture Human Interest / Social Issues What’s Eating Tiny Tim Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin The Village – [email protected] Johan von Sydow, Sweden, 75’ Claire Simon, France, 52’ Tiny Tim collapses on stage in Minneapolis, Lussas is a small village in the south of France, Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative | Science / Technology when singing “Tiptoe Through the Tulips”, his with only one main road crossing the village. We Believe in Dinosaurs major hit from 1968. His third wife, Miss Sue, This real village, is turning over time into the Clayton Brown, Monica Ross, United States, 83’ holds him in her arms when his heart stops. Hollywood of documentary films. With the goal of proving that the bible is US Andana Films – Stephan Riguet – [email protected] scientifically and historically accurate, a new DR Sales – Freja Johannne Nørgaard Sørensen – [email protected] generation of “Earth Creationists” open the Politics / Society floodgates between Science and religion in the Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society The Voice of Ahmad United States. When I Shut My Eyes David Ofek, Shadi Habib Allah, Doron US, Canada; Estonia; Israel Sergio Blanco, Mexico, 63’ Djerassi, Dan Geva, Noam Kaplan, Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Two indigenous Mexican inmates express what Mamdooh Afdile, Israel, 81’ they could not said before a judge, as they The first ever Israeli documentary film to Human Interest / Social Issues | History / Politics | Politics / Society were not assigned an interpreter during their feature an Arab protagonist is revisited 50 We Will Stand Up criminal process. years later by top graduates of the Sam Spiegel Tasha Hubbard, Canada, 98’ Cinecolmena – Michelle Ibaven – Film School. On a summer day in 2016, a young Indigenous [email protected] JMT Films Distribution – Michael man named Colten Boushie died from a Nature / Environment Treves – [email protected] gunshot to the head after entering Gerald Stanley’s rural property with his friends. When Rain is Over Human Interest / Social Issues Tina-Marie Qwiberg, Sweden, 58’ English Canada Waiting for a miracle Nature will always be here. And nature can and National Film Board of Canada – Nathalie Aljona Suržikova, Estonia, 14’ Bourdon – [email protected] will restore our biosystems. The only question A woman’s biggest joy is giving the gift of life to is, will we help her do that? Or let her do it by a new human being. Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View | Youth herself, after we are gone? Diafilm – Aljona Suržikova – [email protected] We Will Talk Again SVT Sales – Anna Hagnefur – [email protected] Mateusz Bulawa, Poland, 21’ Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View Two brothers on the threshold of adulthood are Human Interest / Social Issues Waiting for the Carnival still under the custody of their mother who is When the Monkey Comes Around Marcelo Gomes, Brazil, 86’ strongly supported by their grandmother. David Paul Meyer, Germany, 30’ A small village in the Brazilian outback is KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna “There is no Heroin in Stuttgart anymore. It’s considered the nation’s capital of jeans. It’s Wilk – [email protected] all about substitute drugs”. The Film portrays also a microcosm that depicts modern day people who have arranged their lives with their capitalism and its transgressions. Art / Music / Culture | Author’s Point of View drug habit. Brazil, US, Canada, France Weirdy Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg – Louis Cinephil – Philippa Kowarsky – [email protected] Pawel Dyllus, Poland, 29’ Wick – [email protected] After a long break, brilliant artist and director - Author’s Point of View Bogdan Dziworski is back making a new film. Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point of View Walchensee Forever KFF Sales & Promotion – Katarzyna When the Persimmons Grew Janna Ji Wonders, Germany, 110’ Wilk – [email protected] Hilal Baydarov, Azerbaijan, Austria, 119’ Walchensee Forever is a personal story about A mother waits for her son to return for the women in her own family & their search for Human Interest / Social Issues | Art / Music persimmons harvest. / Culture | Author’s Point of View identity - love, longing, loss, birth, death – the Western Arabs Austria, France cycle of life. Subobscura Films – Georg Tiller – [email protected] Omar Shargawi, Denmark, 78’ Deckert Distribution GmbH – Liselot Verbrugge Western Arabs is a documentary-hybrid; an Human Interest / Social Issues – [email protected] intimate portrait which follows the director and When the South Wind Blows Human Interest / Social Issues his Danish/Arab family through both good and Kalliopi Legaki, Greece, 80’ The Wall hard times over a period of 12 years. A documentary film about the Mobile Astrid Askberger, Sweden, 4’ Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin Mental Health Units in the Cyclades islands. We knew they were going to build something – [email protected] The meetings of the therapists with their outside on the parking lot.We heard the patients and the efforts - with the help of the Nature / Environment | Human Interest | Author’s Point of View foundations being pounded into the ground The Whale from Lorino community - for their cure. and watched as cracks appeared. Portolanos Films – Maria Gentekou – Maciej Cuske, Poland, 57’ [email protected] MigDig AB – Kristina Meiton – [email protected] The clash of two disappearing worlds - the Youth oldest Siberian civilisation and the universe of Human Interest / Social Issues | Nature / Environment Industry The Wanderers majestic whales in a film about the paradox of When Tomatoes Met Wagner Forum Harvest Matiss Kaza, Latvia, 91’ history and a harsh fight for survival. Marianna Oikonomou, Greece, 72’ In three different parts of the world, young Pokromski Studio – Mikołaj Pokromski The humorous and uplifting story of two Latvians attempt to find themselves through – [email protected] ingenious Greek cousins and five village nomadic explorations, questioning different women, who tackle the world market with their aspects of what it means to be young. home grown tomatoes. Deep Sea Studios – Matiss Kaza – [email protected] Rise and Shine World Sales – Diana Karklin – [email protected]

International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2019 17 Docs for Sale 24th International Documentary Market Amsterdam Docs for Sale 24th International Documentary Market Amsterdam

Please note: all Docs for Sale films are available for distribution worldwide except regions indicated in red.

Human Interest / Social Issues Art / Music / Culture | History Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth | Art / Music / Culture Where the Light Shines Women Make Film: A New Road A Year Full of Drama Daniel Etter, Afghanistan, 82’ Movie Through Cinema Marta Pulk, Estonia, 106’ Afghanistan’s first ski team reach for a brighter Mark Cousins, United Kingdom, 840’ A young woman takes on an audacious human future. Women Make Film is an epic exploration of experiment while trying to find her place in the Switzerland, Japan, Germany, Austria cinema history through the lens of some the world and struggling with the past of her family. Journeyman Pictures – Victoria world’s greatest directors – all women. Told in Kinoteater – Paul Piik – [email protected] Zanotto – [email protected] 40 “chapters”. Human Interest / Social Issues UK, USA, Canada, China, Finland Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth Yellow Ribbon (TV), Greece (TV), India, Poland (TV), Where We Belong Hyunsook Joo, South Korea, 88’ Jacqueline Zünd, Switzerland, 78’ Portugal, Spain, Sweden (TV) Unexceptional people just like you and I sit in “intimate and poetic“ - Cineuropa Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] front of a camera. Their small stories come to Autlook Filmsales – Salma Abdalla – Human Interest / Social Issues | History reach a question. What were you doing on the [email protected] Women’s Day 16th of April, 2014? Art / Music / Culture Dolya Gavanski, United Kingdom, Russia, 52’ Cinema DAL – Evan Kang – [email protected] Who Let the Dogs Out Intimate, surprising, funny, eccentric, painful Brent Hodge, Canada, 60’ and contradictory – Women’s Day explores the Who really came up with that song you can lives of women living through a convulsive era never get out of your head? of historical and social change. Norway, USA, Canada Wide House – Anaïs Clanet – [email protected] Journeyman Pictures – Victoria Art / Music / Culture | History / Politics | History Zanotto – [email protected] Woodstock: 3 Days That Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society | Science / Technology Changed Everything Who Made You Richard Poggioli, United States, 54’ Iiris Härmä, Finland, 52’ Today more than ever, Woodstock has deep, Artificial intelligence is reaching our mental lasting meaning. Its mix of music, culture and and physical existence like never before in the idealism resonates across the years. It gave history of human kind. The film leads us to the youth a voice, and energized social justice world of cyborgs, sex robots and androids. movements. upon request North America First Hand Films – Esther van Messel Pop Twist Entertainment, Inc. – Doug – [email protected] Zwick – [email protected]

Human Interest / Social Issues | Author’s Point Human Interest / Social Issues | Investigative of View | Nature / Environment The World According to Amazon The Wind. A Documentary Thriller Adrien Pinon, Thomas Lafarge, France, 78’ Michal Bielawski, Poland, 75’ Amazon has built the largest supermarket in The Wind is a multi-thread story on a clash mankind’s history. and Jeff Bezos is now aiming between people and the forces of nature, for the Moon, … but what is the price of this woven into a documentary thriller. dazzling success? KFF Sales & Promotion – Barbara Orlicz- TV rights: France, Canada, USA, Belgium, Szczypuła– [email protected] Spain, Germany, Israel, Denmark, Middle East, Nature / Environment | Youth Croatia & Italian-speaking Switzerland. Industry Java Films – Kathryn Bonnici – [email protected] Winter Lake Forum Harvest Petteri Saario, Finland, 15’ Human Interest / Social Issues Wrong! Thirteen-year-old Emika and her cousin Ximei Antti go camping in winter surrounded by Andy Cohen, United States, 101’ beautiful, enchanting nature. An orphaned girl fights authorities so fellow Finland victims infected with HIV during China’s Citizen Jane Productions Oy – Elina Pohjola government-sponsored black blood economy – [email protected] can receive medication to survive in the hidden Human Interest / Social Issues | Politics / Society AIDS villages. Winter’s Yearning Andrew Cohen Films – Andy Cohen – Sidse Torstholm Larsen, Sturla [email protected] Pilskog, Norway, 77’ Human Interest | History / Politics | Politics / Society They were promised the biggest project in XY Chelsea Greenland’s history. Tim Travers Hawkins, Tim Travers Denmark & Greenland Hawkins, United Kingdom, 92’ CAT&Docs – Maëlle Guenegues – [email protected] XY Chelsea tells the story of Chelsea Manning, Art / Music / Culture | Author’s Point of View the controversial whistleblower whose 35-year Wintopia sentence in a maximum security prison was Mira Burt-Wintonick, Canada, 90’ commuted by President Obama in 2017. Wintopia traces the enigmatic footsteps of UK, USA, Canada, Denmark (Theatrical), France, renowned documentary filmmaker Peter Israel (TV), Norway (TV), Spain (TV), Sweden (TV) Wintonick through the lens of his daughter, as Dogwoof – Ana Vicente – [email protected] she attempts to decipher the map he has left Human Interest / Social Issues | History behind. Yab Yum CAT&Docs – Maëlle Guenegues – [email protected] Anna Maria van ‘t Hek, Netherlands, 75’ Human Interest / Social Issues The rise and fall of one of the world’s most A Woman Without a Name iconic brothels, Yab Yum. An intimate portrayal Farzad Khoshdast, Iran, 80’ of the lust, secrets and inevitable criminality Female inmates in a Tehran prison give a that took place behind the closed doors. rare voice to their shocking crimes and Dutch CORE – Margaret Stanneveld – punishments. [email protected] Israel, Iran (no farsi language WW) Journeyman Pictures – Victoria Zanotto – [email protected]

18 Docs for Sale 24th International Documentary Market Amsterdam

Nature / Environment | Politics / Society | Human Interest You Think The Earth Is a Dead Thing Florence Lazar, France, 70’ You Think that the Earth is a Dead Thing provides a look “at the ecological crisis” of Martinique’s soil. France,Germany Sister Productions – Julie Paratian – julie. [email protected]

Human Interest / Social Issues | Youth | Politics / Society Your Turn Eliza Capai, Brazil, 93’ Three students fight over a right to speak and to share their points of view regarding the largest student struggle of the century and the recent political context in Brazil. Plataforma Taturana – Renato Manganello – [email protected]

Human Interest / Social Issues | History | Politics / Society Zlota Tomasz Knittel, Poland, 84’ Austere, intimate portrait of the neighborhood community. KFF Sales & Promotion – Barbara Orlicz- Szczypuła – [email protected]

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