2014 Munich DOK.fest
Films of the 2014 Documentary Festival in Munich:
DOK.international: all except "Gone Missing"
DOK.panorama: all except "We were Rebels"
DOK.horizonte: all except "Striplife"
DOK.deutsch: all except "Die Wirklichkeit kommt"
.................................."Göttliche Lage"
.................................."Halbmondwahrheiten"
.................................."Vom Ordnen der Dinge"
.................................."Was bin ich wert?"
DOK.ego: all except "Auf der Suche nach Heilern"
............................"Generation Waldsterben"
DOK.special: all except "First Class Asylum"
................................."Jüdisch für Anfänger"
................................."Making of Heimat"
................................."Sounds Queer"
................................."Willkommen zu Hause"
................................."Zurück in den Süden"
DOK.guest: all except "City of God - Ten Years After"
..............................."In the Shadow of the Copacabana"
DOK.international: all except "Gone Missing"
DOK.panorama: all except "We were Rebels"
DOK.horizonte: all except "Striplife"
DOK.deutsch: all except "Die Wirklichkeit kommt"
.................................."Göttliche Lage"
.................................."Halbmondwahrheiten"
.................................."Vom Ordnen der Dinge"
.................................."Was bin ich wert?"
DOK.ego: all except "Auf der Suche nach Heilern"
............................"Generation Waldsterben"
DOK.special: all except "First Class Asylum"
................................."Jüdisch für Anfänger"
................................."Making of Heimat"
................................."Sounds Queer"
................................."Willkommen zu Hause"
................................."Zurück in den Süden"
DOK.guest: all except "City of God - Ten Years After"
..............................."In the Shadow of the Copacabana"
List activity
289 views
• 0 this weekCreate a new list
List your movie, TV & celebrity picks.
89 titles
- DirectorPeter LatasterPetra Lataster-CzischUp close and without comment this film shows how breast cancer throws the lives of three women into turmoil. Sabrina, Vicky and Ingrid fight to uphold their dignity and womanhood despite the pain and sorrow they have to go through. How do they pick up the pieces and who is there to help?
- DirectorThomas WallnerStarsGerrit BeckerRichard DierickVanessa Van DurmeThe documentary "Before the Last Curtain Falls" tells the story of great love, bitter disappointments and self-doubts - but most of all of courage. The courage to take risks, try something new and be yourself - no matter what age. The film dives deeply into the exceptional and heart-warming stories of a group of transsexuals and drag queens in their sixties and seventies, who summon up their bravery to take to the stage one last time. For two years they have been touring in five continents, basking in the success of a spectacular show called "Gardenia", directed by Alain Platel and Frank Van Laecke. Now, as the show comes to a close, the glamorous aging performers must leave the limelight and go home to the quiet lives they left behind.
- DirectorGöran Hugo OlssonStarsLauryn HillKati OutinenGayatri Chakravorty SpivakThe most daring moments in the struggle for liberation from colonial rule.
- DirectorArash T. RiahiArman T. RiahiStarsAndy BichlbaumReverend BillyMike BonannoA documentary about modern and creative forms of non-violent protest and civil disobedience.
- DirectorMirjam LeuzeCentral Asia/Kyrgyzstan: When Erkingul and her friends meet for tea, they talk about toxic cyanide, bride kidnapping, and where to buy the fattest sheep. The women of KAREK are mothers and wives, but first and foremost they are activists, who challenge not only the nearby goldmine but also the Kirghiz government. When a revolution topples the regime in Kyrgyzstan they are at the forefront of the protests. Erkingul, the 'boss' of the group, makes a leap into the Kirghiz parliament and as a politician she now continues her struggle against the mine. Set in a post-Soviet and increasingly fundamentalist country, the film allows an intimate glimpse into a microcosm of outstanding women. A film about courage, female companionship, and life after a revolution.
- DirectorFarida PachaStarsChhanabhai Bababhai PagiDevuben Chhanabhai PagiGuhabhai Lakshmanbhai RathodYear after year, for an endless eight months, thousands of families move to a desert in India to extract salt from the burning earth. Every monsoon their salt fields are washed away, as the desert turns into sea.
- DirectorSabine Lubbe BakkerNiels van KoevordenStarsBobMarcelSet in a village on the edge of Belgium, Bob, Flemish, and Marcel, Walloon share their solitude, sense of humor and craving for alcohol.
- DirectorChristian FreiStarsHelen FisherMichael HaritonRosey La RougeLove is the best thing in life - until it's over. Heartbreak affects us all. Oscar-nominated director Christian Frei teams with famed anthropologist Helen Fisher to examine the power and resilience of love despite it all.
- DirectorMatthias von GuntenStarsRasmus AvikeLars JeremiassenPatrick MalakiWhen the ice melts in Thule, Tuvalu drowns in the ocean. A touching portrait of people whose joint fates are intimately linked though they live at two completely distant corners of the world.
- DirectorJos de PutterStarsCheetaNicole HendersonGlen SchultzDocumentary about three retired apes: a film star, a scientist and a cripple. They look back at their lives and the intriguing relationship between humans and apes. Who watches whom, and who learns from this?
- DirectorIain ForsythJane PollardStarsNick CaveSusie BickWarren EllisWriter and musician Nick Cave marks his 20,000th day on the planet Earth.
- DirectorAndreas JohnsenStarsAi WeiweiAndreas JohnsenLao AiA documentary reflects on artist Ai Weiwei's battle against the lawsuit thrust upon him by the Chinese government in an effort to silence him.
- DirectorAnnekatrin HendelStarsSascha AndersonWilfriede MaaßEkkehard MaaßSascha Anderson, writer, pop and media star in the GDR. Depicts her double life as a radical dissident and a Stasi informer.
- DirectorMadeleine SacklerStarsPavel GorodnitskiNikolai KhalezinNatalia KoliadaComprised of smuggled footage and uncensored interviews, DANGEROUS ACTS gives audiences a front row seat to a resistance movement as it unfolds both on the stage and in the streets. As the members of the Free Theater confront the choice of either repression at home or exile in the US and the UK, DANGEROUS ACTS reconfirms our belief that the power of art and hope can indeed change the world.
- DirectorKenneth ElvebakkStarsLukas Bjørneboe BrændsrødSyvert Lorenz GarciaTorgeir LundBallet Boys takes you through disappointments, victories, forging of friendship, first loves, doubt, faith, growing apart from each other, finding your own way and own ambitions, all mixed with the beautiful expression of ballet.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzMichael GlawoggerMichael MadsenStarsMeret BeckerGennadi VengerovBenedicte C. WestinSix directors tackle the question "If buildings could talk, what would they say about us?" by capturing iconic buildings with narration from the perspective of the buildings.
- DirectorYaron ShaniNurit KedarAn Arab man marries a Jewish woman and they live in quiet harmony within the Arab-Jewish community with their son and daughter. The family unit is broken when they discover that their Arab father is behind dozens of terror attacks.
- DirectorElisa AmorusoStarsMarioara DadiloveanuGiuseppe Della PellePino is a mechanic and a rally rides champion, who decides to become a woman, and names himself Beatrice. As a transgender, he meets Marianna, a nurse from Romenia who's taking care of Pino's old mother. Beatrice and Marianna fall in love and manage to get married in Rome, fighting established society and prejudice, both dressed as brides. An Italian love story, an unsurfarced road to become an unconventional family, in a too conventional country.
- DirectorJohannes HolzhausenStarsArnout BalisChristian Beaufort-SpontinMarcello FarabegoliAn in-depth look at daily life at one of the most famous cultural institutions in the world, The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
- DirectorValerie BlankenbylMa Na Sapna tells the story of several women in India, dreaming of a better future for themselves and for their families through surrogacy.
- DirectorRodrigo H. VilaStarsChico BuarqueElba BusteloDavid ByrneAlmost fifty years ago, when she was very young and unknown, Mercedes Sosa broke the mould by drafting, together with other four young artists, the so-called "Manifesto del Nuevo Cancionero" (The New songbook Manifesto). How did this manifesto make an impact on the next generations? How much did the "Nuevo Cancionero" influence the development of the "Nueva Trova Cubana"? How did this ideology affect the politics of both emerging and developed countries? Apart from the millions of records she sold, the thousands of concerts she made all over the world, her countless fans and detractors, Mercedes Sosa left behind an indelible legacy, an ideal that has not become a reality yet but which keeps pushing forward. "Mercedes Sosa, The Voice of Latin America" is a deep intimate journey into Mercedes Sosa's world, not only as an artist but as human being. An autobiography through her own voice. She will guide us through her life, her successes and failures, her love stories and all her suffering. With never seen before achieve, an artistic construction and several international artists giving their testimony about Mercedes Sosa's importance for Latin America political and musical history, this documentary will show the ideology of an artists who went beyond the borders of music , to become in one of the most influential personalities of the 20th century.
- DirectorKhalo MatabaneStarsKhalo MatabaneNelson MandelaGreg MarinovichKhalo Matabane asks global thinkers, Apartheid-victims and Mandela's entourage to classify Nelson Mandela's achievements, thereby providing a multifaceted approach to his myth.
- DirectorMarcin MalaszczakStarsStanislaw CheminskiJerzy SzlosarStefan SzyszkaSieniawka is a journey into the irrational subconscious of humanity.
- DirectorMichael ObertStarsLouis SarnoSamedi Mathurin BokombeJim Jarmusch25 years ago, Louis Sarno, an American, heard a song on the radio and followed its melody into the Central Africa Jungle and stayed. He than recorded over 1000 hours of original BaAka music. Now he is part of the BaAka community and raises his pygmy son, Samedi. Fulfilling an old promise, Louis takes Samedi to America. On this journey Louis realizes he is not part of this globalized world anymore but globalization has also arrived in the rainforest. The BaAka depend on Louis for their survival. Father and son return to the melodies of the jungle but the question remains: How much longer will the songs of the forest be heard?
- DirectorCarlo ZorattiStarsCarlo ZorattiAlex NazziEnea GabinoSearching for the first time, the three friends Enea, Carlo and Alex are dfinding a whole lot more than they were looking for.
- DirectorAlex GibneyStarsLance ArmstrongReed AlbergottiBetsy AndreuA documentary chronicling sports legend Lance Armstrong's improbable rise and ultimate fall from grace.
- DirectorRoberto MinerviniStarsSara CarlsonColby TrichellTim CarlsonSara, a girl being home-schooled on a goat farm alongside her 11 siblings, finds her devout values challenged after she meets Colby, an amateur bull rider.
- DirectorMladen KovacevicStarsPetar CulinovicVera IlicJosip KomljenovicVera, a private detective retired to the village where she grew up as shepherdess, and Pera, the know-it-all peasant of many esoteric skills, are the last remaining leaf-players - both in the autumns of their lives, still strongly blowing into leaves. Josip is an amateur inventor set out to decode the obscure artistry of leaf-playing. "Unplugged" is an existential allegory about music played on tree leaves, humorously rattling between the most primitive of instruments and the most universal escapism of music. Music has rarely been so offbeat. "Unplugged" was selected to more than 70 festivals (among them Visions Du Réel, Hot Docs, CPH:DOX, Dok Leipzig, FIDMarseille, Raindance, and so on) where it won 10 awards.
- DirectorErrol MorrisStarsDonald RumsfeldErrol MorrisFormer United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, discusses his career in Washington D.C. from his days as a congressman in the early 1960s to planning the invasion of Iraq in 2003.
- DirectorPeter KerekesIvan OstrochovskýPavol PekarcikStarsLenka RzepkováThe Film maps the terrorist acts of individuals in the period of "normalisation" in Czechoslovakia. Their attempts, which often remained unrealized, were isolated heroic cries in the homogeneous gray mass of society. With the main theme as the background, the film looks at issues of ethics, irrationality and terrorism, its sense and deadly force in today's world. The film focuses on a trio of protagonists. The first wanted to blow up a podium during Labour Day celebrations in the 1970's. The second wanted to assassinate the President and launch an anti-Communist revolution, but his letter addressed to the CIA was so naive that he never received a response. The third destroyed billboards. At the time their acts were crimes, though today they are considered to be heroism. It is a film about relative perspectives on history and its heroes.
- DirectorJennifer BaichwalEdward BurtynskyStarsInocencia González SainzMarcus SchubertBill NanceA documentary on how water shapes humanity.
- DirectorLuc SchaedlerBased on three different places, the film portrays the infractions to which people living in modern day China are subjected due to rapid developments.
- DirectorHilla MedaliaShosh ShlamStarsRan TaoThis uniquely telling film takes an entertaining and unsettling look into Chinese rehabilitation centers treating internet addiction, which the Chinese government has classified as a serious clinical disorder.
- DirectorCharlie Petersmann
- DirectorMahmoud KaabourA documentary filmed in the controversial labor camps of the United Arab Emirates. The film follows a massive Bollywood singing and trivia competition that searches across 70 labor camps throughout the country to find and crown the champ of all camps. The film alternates between music trivia competition and the gritty reality of a drab life lived by the laborers, while weaving in intimate scenes of their daily routines and emotional reflections on their life as laborers in Dubai. Narrated (and sung) often in the voices of the laborers, it paints a complete portrait of this vast and isolated population of men who come to build the dream cities of the Arab world while supporting their societies and economies back home in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
- DirectorMohamed El AboudiStarsHanan RyahiBilalBouchraA film about a Moroccan woman Hind who doesn't officially exist, because she was raped as a teenager, but who now is one particle of the greater political change sweeping across the Arab region.
- DirectorAnnalet SteenkampFollows four generations of South African Boers as they grapple with their identity as white farmers in a post-Apartheid South Africa, where land ownership is highly contentious and violence and racism are endemic.
- DirectorBeathe HofsethSusann ØstigaardAs a young Indian girl born outside caste, Thulasi is trying to box her way out of poverty, but the struggle for an independent life is hardest outside the ring.
- DirectorJuri Mazumdar
- DirectorJocelyn FordFollowing a chance encounter on the streets of Beijing, a destitute Tibetan widow tries to give her child to an American journalist, drawing the foreigner into a violent family feud.
- DirectorSara IshaqStarsSara IshaqAfter 10 years in Scotland, Sara Ishaq travels back to her childhood home in Yemen and takes her camera along. She hopes to feel at home in the place that was once so close to her heart, but the complications soon become clear.
- DirectorKasim AbidThe filmmaker films from his window in three Middle Eastern cities (Ramallah, Bagdad and Erbil) : the ballet of men and machines also tells a story of resilience.
- DirectorMartin Rieck
- DirectorBenedikt KubyStarsTobias Moretti
- DirectorJudith KeilAntje Kruska
- DirectorAnna ThommenStarsChristian ZinggEhsanullah HabibiNazlije AlijiYoung migrants from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Serbia and Venezuela attend a Swiss integration class where they learn a new language and prepare for employment.
- DirectorHelen SimonStarsIsabelle F.Tina R.Johanna T.Three Generations silenced by a gruesome family secret and a society refusing to see reality behind closed doors. No Lullaby tells the story of the life and death fight that a mother and her daughter must lead to break the silence.
- DirectorFranziska SchönenbergerJayakrishnan SubramanianTwo cultures collide through the marriage of a European woman and a Indian young man. Throughout travels and encounters between the diverse members of the two families, they discover the others' tradition and learn how to decode behaviour and emotions.
- DirectorAitor MerinoAmaia MerinoStarsAsier ArangurenJuan Diego BottoPilar CastroAsier and I grew up in the Basque Country. One day he disappeared and I found out he had joined ETA. How could I explain the reasons that led Asier to make a decision, which even I had trouble grasping?
- DirectorMia EngbergStarsOlivier DesautelDirector Mia Engberg received a call from a man from the past, who tells her he spent several years in prison. She remembers Paris, a motorcycle, a cat, memories and things that got lost in the way.
- DirectorEric AschStarsEric AschWas my father really a spy, as his file in the former East German Secret Service (STASI) suggests? This question marks the starting point of a personal and ironic journey into my father's past which still remains somewhat mysterious even today. As his son and as a filmmaker I have started a thorough examination of his life. After over one year of research I find myself confronted with a huge pile of material: boxes full of memories, old letters, official and private documents, photos, audio recordings and video tapes. Family events are suddenly intermingled with facts from contemporary history.
- DirectorGustav HoferLuca RagazziStarsGustav HoferLucia MascinoLuca RagazziAward-winning filmmakers Luca Ragazzi and Gustav Hofer make a bold and cheeky return to Hot Docs with another timely and autobiographical look at contemporary Italian society. Following their festival and theatrical hit films Suddenly Last Winter (about the travails of a modern gay couple in Italy) and Italy: Love It, or Leave It (about the challenges of living and working under the controversial Silvio Berlusconi) their latest doc takes a decidedly, well, left turn. After the Second World War, Italy was home to the largest Communist (later socialist) party in the West. The party's efforts to enhance social and economic conditions for all Italians earned them remarkable electoral success and influence. Seeking a more equal and progressive Italy, the filmmakers set out to discover why their country has now become so persistently conservative, and what happened to its once proud and vital left-wing sensibilities.
- DirectorKim LonginottoInternationally-acclaimed, multiple award winning filmmaker Kim Longinotto (ROUGH AUNTIES, World Cinema Jury Prize in Documentary, Sundance, 2009) returns to Sundance 2013 with the World Premiere of her new documentary, SALMA-the extraordinary story of a woman who becomes the legendary activist, politician, poet, Salma.
- DirectorKim LonginottoThe practice of female genital mutilation is explored through personal stories of Kenyan women.
- DirectorFlorence AyisiKim LonginottoStarsVera NgassaBeatrice NtubaSet in Kumba in South West Cameroon Sisters in Law follows Adultery, Rape and Abuse cases led by a Female Judge.
- DirectorKim LonginottoStarsKazuko HohkiYukiko HohkiChika NakagawaA clever comment on the traditional representation of Japanese women, through a series of interviews.
- DirectorAnna BrassIn 2008, Afghan teenagers Hossein, Reza and Kaka flee their homeland for Europe, hoping to find freedom and peace. By coincidence they arrive in Greece, but Greece is at the dawn of the crisis and soon it becomes clear that they cannot stay. However, they cannot leave neither, since Greece's frontiers are one of the best monitored on the continent. Yet, the three friends keep trying to leave Greece in order to reach another European country and to pass through a rightful asylum procedure. An undertaking that puts at risk not only their friendship, but also their lives.
- DirectorDidier GuillainChristiane SchmidtStarsBeniamin BorosIosif BorosSimon BorosThis documentary movie is a portrait of a Roma family in a small village in Romania. The parents of the family asked us (the co-directors) to become the godparents of the youngest daughter 10 years ago. This portrait was made during the four seasons- during the daily struggle of carrying for the existential needs. It is the final student project of Christiane Schmidt at university of television and film, munich.
- DirectorNoemi SchneiderStarsWalaa Hussein
- DirectorDirk HethOlaf WinklerA quiet film about "ordinary people." It's unusual aesthetic imagery plainly reflects the central problem within society: WORK. Almost incidentally the film inspires creative thinking - to find alternatives to the dominant performance and market-orientated spirit.
- DirectorVanessa LapaStarsTobias MorettiSophie RoisAntonia MorettiA documentary that uses a cache of letters, diaries and documents to reveal the life of SS-leader Heinrich Himmler.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreCharlton HestonMarilyn MansonFilmmaker Michael Moore explores the roots of America's predilection for gun violence.
- DirectorStephanie WeimarMy brother is about to make the biggest decision of his life. He has joined the Catholic order of the Steyler Missionaries to become a missionary priest. If he doesn't have a change of heart, he will take his final vows in a year's time and commit to a life of chastity, poverty, obedience and service to the Catholic Church. I am highly critical of his choice. This film is my quest to understand my brother's extreme decision and explore his world that lies behind the thick monastery walls. As Gregor opens up his life to me and shares his innermost feelings we grapple with our very different attitudes towards sex, family, faith and religion.
- DirectorAlice AgneskirchnerStarsAlice AgneskirchnerBerlin has become a magnet for young Israelis - and the three characters at the center of this film are no expectation. More than 100 years ago Simon and Rosa Adler came to Berlin from Galicia to fulfill their dreams. Their apartment is now lovingly restored by three young Israelis. Along with the filmmaker they examine the complex connection to the history of Germany.
- 20091h 31mNot Rated8.0 (65)DirectorBertram VerhaagStarsJeffrey M. SmithÁrpád PusztaiAndrew KimbrellThis is a documentary thriller about how Agro-Chemical multinational corporations victimize international scientists to prevent them from publishing their scary findings.
- DirectorEva WolfThe film INTENSIVE CARE depicts the everyday work of doctors and nurses at a Berlin ICU. It allows an insight into the mental and emotional challenges the staff is facing on a daily basis, dealing with decisions that have far reaching consequences for their patients. Often it is the staff of the intensive care unit - the doctors and nurses - that are confronted with difficult ethical questions that their patients haven't yet had to consider. Questions with no easy answers. How do we want to die, and how do we want to live?
- DirectorNicolas PhilibertStarsJean-François AchilliEvelyne AdamJean-Claude AmeisenTwenty-four hours in the life of Radio France, from one dawn to another. Along its corridors, inside its recording studios, with its producers, presenters, journalists and various guests. And outside on a motorbike in the wake of the Tour de France or in the company of a thunderstorm photographer.
- DirectorGilbert NdahayoStarsGeorge W. BushBill ClintonBan Ki-moonA survivor of the Rwandan genocide resurfaces to confront his parents' murderers, and provides himself and his beloved ones peace.
- DirectorPeter Liechti
- DirectorLeon GastStarsMuhammad AliGeorge ForemanDon KingBoxing documentary on the 1974 world heavyweight championship bout between defending champion, George Foreman, and the underdog challenger, Muhammad Ali.
- DirectorMichael WadleighStarsJoan BaezRichie HavensRoger DaltreyOscar-winning musical chronicle that brilliantly captures the three-day rock concert and celebration of peace and love that became a capstone for the Sixties.
- DirectorLena StillerEver since she was a teenager, Bianca has been a political activist. After she finishes university, she decides to leave her native Malta and travel to Palestine. Her goal: to campaign for the human rights of Palestinian civilians and document violations of these rights. Every day, equipped only with a megaphone and a small camera, she accompanies Palestinian farmers to their fields and homes in the Buffer Zone the border area actively defended by Israel. One day, her camera captures the moment in which she, herself, is shot by Israeli snipers during a demonstration. Having returned to Malta, Bianca discovers that her Italian colleague and friend, Vittorio, has been kidnapped and murdered by members of a fundamentalist group in Gaza. How to carry on after youve experienced life and death with such intensity ? How to come to terms with reality when your beliefs and assumptions have been shaken to the core? What are the consequences of standing up for what you believe in? A cinematic collage of Biancas journey home, her original footage from Gaza, and her new life in the North of England.
- DirectorAline Fischer
- DirectorAlexandra KaufmannIn his world one can talk to animals, pray to the universe for having sun or rain or snow, whatever you need. In his world you can mean yes and no at the same time. Seconds changed the life of my little brother Johannes and consequently mine. A fall turned a healthy child into a life task. Being You, Being Me is the story of my brother who fell from bed when he was one year old and suffered severe brain damage due to lack of oxygen. Out of this medically hopeless case, a positive young man developed. It has been a long, painful journey, which has demanded a lot from my family. But it has been worth it.
- DirectorJona HonerPeter, a 56-year-old writer, undergoes a personality change caused by the brain damage a tumor inflicted. His wife, Annette, must learn to live with her new husband. Filmed before, during and after surgery, the documentary I contemplative shows us how fragile our personality is and how closely it is connected to our physical brains.
- DirectorNicole VögeleA finely-woven tapestry, unifying things that are incommensurate. What is it about? Something that we all know, but which resonates differently with each of us, that cannot be put into words. You could call it our inner hum.
- DirectorJanine JembereStarsHolger Hiller
- DirectorKathrina EdingerEduard StürmerStarsRené AlbersThomas de MaizièreThomas HeiseConsideration of past, present and future of a small village in Germany. For over a century - wars and states went by - the military is the largest employer. The everyday life of the community is inextricably linked to the events on the nearby military training area. Diaries, daily instructions, petitions, letters and photos tell about daily life at different times.
- DirectorVíctor Orozco RamírezA short animated documentary about the drug-related violence in Mexico.
- DirectorNarges KalhorBenedikt SchwarzerThe Iranian filmmaker Narges Kalhor, daughter of a former advisor of Ahmadinejad's, has been living in exile in Germany for four years. When she hears that the fellow Iranian rapper Shahin Najafi, who is also living in exile in Germany, faces death threats and has to hide because of one of his songs, she doesn't hesitate and has to find him. On her search she encounters fear everywhere. Narges Kalhor has to face her inconvenient memories of suppression, hatred and anger for her past in Iran.
- DirectorMaya Connors
- DirectorVasili VikhliaevGagauzia is a region of the most unknown country in Europa, Moldova. A place, most people are eager to leave. Some stay though. Vasili was left behind. His wife went to work in Turkey 6 years ago. Their son Sergei hasn't heard from her ever since. Anna cannot leave behind her past, cannot leave behind her roots. And Manjul never wanted to leave in the first place. He finds freedom in this restricted place.
- DirectorReber Dosky
- DirectorGeorges GachotStarsMartinho da VilaNey MatogrossoNana MouskouriSamba, together with football and beautiful woman, is what springs to mind when we think of Brazil. We wish to transcend such cliches and take Samba at its word, for what it is. And that is the great discovery of this film: that Samba cannot be reduced simply to dance and lascivious hip movements. Samba is also word, language, text, lyrics or simply said a way of life and also a cry against discrimination of black people. The composer and singer Martinho da Vila is our charismatic Cicero, guiding us through the world of Samba, telling stories about his 45-year career, meet his Samba school in Rio de Janeiro, the Vila Isabel.
- DirectorJens HoffmannStarsDante BonfimDanilo BarbosaThiago Mosquito'Mata Mata' is the Brazilian term for a 'knockout match': a win-or-go-home battle, do or die and sometimes also a metaphor for life. The Film 'Mata Mata' is the never before told story of the ups and downs in becoming a football superstar.
- DirectorCesar Oiticica FilhoStarsNeville de AlmeidaGilberto GilHélio OiticicaOiticica Filho, nephew of Hélio Oiticica, one of the most essential figures in the evolution of Brazil's revolutionary art-movements of the 1960s and 1970s, combines skillful research with his exceptional access to his uncle's films and documentation of artworks. The "Heliotapes"-audiotapes onto which the artist recorded ideas and "manifestations" from Rio de Janeiro, New York, and London before dispersing them to friends-make up the soundtrack of the documentary, along with terrific musical choices. With the addition of a treasure trove of images, this dynamic construction immerses the viewer in the universe of Hélio Oiticica, who guides us through the invention of his Bólides, Penetráveis, Núcleos, Parangolés, etc.
- DirectorMarcelo MesquitaGuilherme ValiengoStarsLuis Alves da CostaFabio CyprianoEgas Marcolino de AssisA new way of painting graffiti was born in Sao Paulo. Hip Hop was replaced by Brazilian regional culture and OsGemeos' crew works were spread to galleries around the world. However, a new visual pollution combat act made the City Hall cover their paintings in grey in their hometown.