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Beauty and Decay
Famed for guarding the doors of legendary Berlin techno club Berghain, stone-faced bouncer Sven Marquardt is also a gifted and expressive photographer who captured East Berlin's '80s punk scene in striking black-and-white portraiture.
| | Runtime: | 79 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | Rating: | G | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | German | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Artscapes | | Film Subjects: | Music & Musicians | | Popular Culture | | Visual Artists, Art & Photography | | Western & Central Europe | | | Director(s): | Annekatrin Hendel | | Producer(s): | Annekatrin Hendel | | Editor(s): | Gudrun Steinbrück | | Writer(s): | Annekatrin Hendel | | Cinematography: | Martin Farkas | | Thomas Plenert | | Johann Feindt | | Composer: | Robert Lippok | | Sound: | Nic Nagel |
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Beyond the Visible – Hilma af Klint
Over a century after her first boldly colourful painting, Swedish artist Hilma af Klint is finally taking her rightful place in history as a pioneer of abstract art—but why has the art world been so reluctant to recognize her?
| | Runtime: | 93 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | G | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | German | | Swedish | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Artscapes | | Film Subjects: | Visual Artists, Art & Photography | | Women Trailblazers & Rule Breakers | | Northern Europe | | | Director(s): | Halina Dyrschka | | Producer(s): | Eva Illmer | | Halina Dyrschka | | Executive Producer(s): | Alex Dewart | | Editor(s): | Antje Lass | | Mario Orias | | Writer(s): | Halina Dyrschka | | Cinematography: | Luana Knipfer | | Alicja Pahl | | Composer: | Damian Scholl | | Sound: | Niklas Kammertöns |
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Big Ideas presented by Scotia Wealth Management: The Rest
Ai Weiwei, celebrated contemporary artist, activist and director of The Rest, discusses the plight of refugees in Europe trapped between a disintegrating humanitarian aid system and intensifying nationalism, and his mission to ensure their stories be heard.
| | Runtime: | 78 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | French | | German | | Turkish | | Arabic | | Kurdish | | Farsi | | Italian | | Greek | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Special Events & Big Ideas Series | | Film Subjects: | Immigration, Multiculturalism & Refugees | | War, Conflict & the Military | | Western & Central Europe | | | Director(s): | Ai Weiwei | | Producer(s): | Ai Weiwei | | Editor(s): | Fen Wang | | Cinematography: | Niels Benoist | | Christopher Doyle | | Wenhai Huang | | Konstantinos Koukoulis | | Renaat Lambeets | | Dongxu Li | | Hengzhong Lv | | Yan Ma | | Johannes Waltermann | | Zanbo Zhang | | Zhenwei Xie | | Composer: | Karsten Fundal | | Sound: | Srdjan Bajski | | Stelios Bouziotis | | Yves Goossens Bara | | Tasos Karededos | | Oguz Kaynak | | Zenon Panosiflis | | Kiriakos Poukamisas | | Lajos Wienkamp Marques |
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Born in Evin
After discovering she was born in one of Iran's most notorious torture prisons, and with her mother refusing to speak, the filmmaker sets off to find answers from anyone willing to break decades of silence.
| | Runtime: | 98 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Austria | | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | French | | Persian | | German | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Personal Histories | | Survivor Stories | | Middle East | | Women & Women's Stories | | Website: | http://syndicadofs.com/films/born-in-evin | | | Director(s): | Maryam Zaree | | Producer(s): | Alex Tondowski | | Ira Tondowski | | Editor(s): | Dieter Pichler | | Writer(s): | Maryam Zaree | | Cinematography: | Siri Klug | | Sound: | Rudolf Gottsberger |
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Dear Brother
After a tragic car crash leaves his brother catatonic, a man strives to tether his sibling to life through a one-sided dialogue of music, videos and touch that deepens their bond and reveals the profound mutual value of caregiving.
| | Runtime: | 106 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | German | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | World Showcase | | Film Subjects: | People with Disabilities & Disability Issues | | Families & Family Relationships | | Health & Healthcare | | | Director(s): | Julia Horn | | Producer(s): | Erik Winker | | Martin Roelly | | Editor(s): | Alexandra Karaoulis | | Johannes Hiroshi Nakajima | | Writer(s): | Julia Horn | | Cinematography: | Timm Lange | | Composer: | Jörg Follert | | Sound: | Filipp Forberg | | Michael Arens | | Michael Ciesla |
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DocX at Autodesk
DocX is an interdisciplinary section of the Festival celebrating documentary work that lives outside the traditional format. This year, there are a number of free virtual reality and interactive experiences available at Autodesk Technology Centre.
| | Runtime: | 3-21 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Various | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | Various | | Program Category: | DocX |
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#Female Pleasure
In this rousing feminist primer, five women from around the world risk their lives to question the patriarchal barriers oppressing female sexual pleasure. From porn to art to advertising to religion, the true culprit of shame—misogyny—is exposed in all its forms.
| | Runtime: | 97 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Switzerland | | Germany | | Premiere Status: | Canadian Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | Japanese | | German | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | The Changing Face of Europe | | Film Subjects: | Gender & Sexuality | | Love & Relationships | | Religion & Spirituality | | Women Trailblazers & Rule Breakers | | Website: | http://www.femalepleasure.org | | | Director(s): | Barbara Miller | | Producer(s): | Philip Delaquis | | Editor(s): | Isabel Meier | | Cinematography: | Anne Misselwitz | | Gabriela Betschart | | Akiba Jiro | | Composer: | Peter Scherer |
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Gaza
Fully blockaded and home to almost two million people, the Gaza Strip is portrayed in the news as the world's largest open-air prison—but this rare immersion into everyday Palestinian life reveals the pressures of occupation and the humanity straining to flourish.
| | Runtime: | 90 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Ireland | | Canada | | Germany | | Premiere Status: | Canadian Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | Arabic | | English | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Special Presentations | | Film Subjects: | Poverty | | War, Conflict & the Military | | Middle East | | Website: | http://www.gazadocumentary.com | | | Director(s): | Garry Keane | | Andrew McConnell | | Producer(s): | Paul Cadieux | | Brendan J. Byrne | | Executive Producer(s): | Trevor Birney | | Maryse Rouillard | | Co-Producer(s): | Christian Beetz | | Editor(s): | Mick Mahon | | Cinematography: | Andrew McConnell | | Composer: | Ray Fabi | | Sound: | Benoi^t Dame | | Catherine Van Der Donckt |
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Hi, AI
With artificial intelligence already in our homes and androids at our doorsteps, this poetic contemplation offers a challenging look at the new normal: robots that transcend gadgetry to assume intimate and indispensable roles in the everyday.
| | Runtime: | 85 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | German | | Japanese | | Italian | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | World Showcase | | Film Subjects: | Technology & Culture | | Science & Technology | | | Director(s): | Isa Willinger | | Producer(s): | Stefan Kloos | | Editor(s): | Stephan Krumbiegel | | Olaf Voigtlaender | | Writer(s): | Isa Willinger | | Cinematography: | Julian Krubasik | | Composer: | Ralf Pilgram | | Sound: | Clemens Becker | | Tim Hofer | | Philipp Sellier | | Yoshitake Hashimoto |
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Home After War
What if your home becomes the place you fear? In this nerve-wracking first-person experience, join an Iraqi father as he returns to his house in Fallujah to check for hidden explosive devices.
| | Runtime: | 20 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | USA | | Germany | | Iraq | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | Not rated | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | Arabic | | Program Category: | DocX | | Website: | https://www.homeafterwar.net/ | | | Director(s): | Gayatri Parameswaran | | Producer(s): | Felix Gaedtke | | Sandra Bialystok | | Lauren Burmaster | | Paula Cuneo | | Executive Producer(s): | Amy Seidenwurm |
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ISIS, Tomorrow. The Lost Souls of Mosul
Renowned journalists return to Mosul in search of the most dangerous weapon created by three years of ISIS occupation: children. Chilling interviews with radicalized and traumatized youths reveal how deeply the seeds of war are sown.
| | Runtime: | 80 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Italy | | Germany | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | Arabic | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Made In Italy | | Film Subjects: | Children & Youth | | Middle East | | Religion & Spirituality | | War, Conflict & the Military | | | Director(s): | Francesca Mannocchi | | Alessio Romenzi | | Producer(s): | Gabriele Immirzi | | Martina Haubrich | | Lorenzo Gangarossa | | Executive Producer(s): | Silvia Bonanni | | Editor(s): | Emanuele Svezia | | Sara Zavarise | | Cinematography: | Alessio Romenzi | | Francesca Mannocchi | | Composer: | Andrea Ciccarelli |
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Lord of the Toys
A 20-year-old in Germany collects hundreds of thousands of YouTube followers by way of cracking offensive jokes, getting drunk and humiliating others on video in this dystopian sketch of a generation who never knew the world without social media.
| | Runtime: | 95 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | International Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | German | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | The Changing Face of Europe | | Film Subjects: | Children & Youth | | Technology & Culture | | Western & Central Europe | | Website: | http://www.lordofthetoys.com | | | Director(s): | Pablo Ben Yakov | | Producer(s): | Pablo Ben Yakov | | Editor(s): | Pablo Ben Yakov | | André Krummel | | Writer(s): | André Krummel | | Pablo Ben Yakov | | Cinematography: | André Krummel | | Composer: | Kat Kaufmann | | Sound: | Tobias Adam | | Simon Peter |
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Marek Edelman... and There Was Love in the Ghetto
Tragically short lives grasp at fleeting love in this artful recreation of the engrossing Holocaust memoir of the leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, offering a moving testament to the power of the heart.
| | Runtime: | 79 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Poland | | Germany | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | Polish | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | International Spectrum | | Film Subjects: | Jewish Interest | | Love & Relationships | | War, Conflict & the Military | | Russia & Eastern Europe | | | Director(s): | Jolanta Dylewska | | Andrzej Wajda (co-director) | | Producer(s): | Anna Wydra | | Editor(s): | Izabela Pajak | | Writer(s): | Jolanta Dylewska | | Agnieszka Holland (co-writer) | | Cinematography: | Kuba Kijowski | | Jolanta Dylewska | | Composer: | Raphael Roginski | | Sound: | Marcin Lenarczyk |
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Persister Shorts Program
Women speak out from both sides of the camera against a culture that accepts men's abuse of power, patriarchy's control over female bodies, and the racist, sexist, sizeist and ableist beauty standards imposed on them.
| | Runtime: | 77 | | Country Listing: | Various | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | Various Languages | | Program Category: | Persister | | Film Subjects: | Women & Women's Stories | | | Director(s): | Various |
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Propaganda: The Art of Selling Lies
Artists Kent Monkman, Shepard Fairey and Ai Weiwei highlight this cautionary tale about the power of persuasion. As the roots of indoctrination are traced from cave drawings through to presidential tweets, potent lies have never been better disguised.
| | Runtime: | 90 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Canada | | Germany | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | Rating: | G | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | French | | German | | Italian | | Chinese | | Rohingya | | Korean | | Arabic | | Russian | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Making Believe | | Film Subjects: | Journalism & The Media | | Politics & Political Intrigue | | Technology & Culture | | | Director(s): | Larry Weinstein | | Producer(s): | Aeschylus Poulos | | Bernd Wilting | | Sonya Di Rienzo | | Mathias von der Heide | | Executive Producer(s): | Jane Jankovic | | Wolfgang Bergmann | | Natasha Negrea | | Martin Pieper | | Michael Robson | | Neil Tabatznik | | Editor(s): | David New | | Writer(s): | David Mortin | | Andrew Edmonds | | Cinematography: | John Minh Tran | | Composer: | Raffael Seyfried | | Andreas Schäfer | | Sound: | Adam Burke | | Sanjay Mehta | | David McCallum | | Ian Rankin | | Jane Tattersall | | David Caporale | | David Rose |
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The Rest
From Chinese artist and political activist Ai Weiwei comes a powerful work that follows the daily lives of refugees in Europe as they hang in limbo between a disintegrating humanitarian aid system and intensifying nationalism.
| | Runtime: | 78 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | 14A | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | French | | German | | Turkish | | Arabic | | Kurdish | | Farsi | | Italian | | Greek | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Special Presentations | | Film Subjects: | Immigration, Multiculturalism & Refugees | | War, Conflict & the Military | | Western & Central Europe | | | Director(s): | Ai Weiwei | | Producer(s): | Ai Weiwei | | Editor(s): | Fen Wang | | Cinematography: | Niels Benoist | | Christopher Doyle | | Wenhai Huang | | Konstantinos Koukoulis | | Renaat Lambeets | | Dongxu Li | | Hengzhong Lv | | Yan Ma | | Johannes Waltermann | | Zanbo Zhang | | Zhenwei Xie | | Composer: | Karsten Fundal | | Sound: | Srdjan Bajski | | Stelios Bouziotis | | Yves Goossens Bara | | Tasos Karededos | | Oguz Kaynak | | Zenon Panosiflis | | Kiriakos Poukamisas | | Lajos Wienkamp Marques |
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RIOT NOT DIET
Outdated patriarchal notions of beauty, size and conformity are overthrown by a group of women who present a new and inclusive paradigm, embodied by the rallying cry "RIOT NOT DIET." Shame is shunned, and instead, size, feminism and queer modalities are celebrated and unleashed. Coming soon to a public space near you!
| | Runtime: | 17 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | German | | English | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | Shorts | | Website: | https://juliafuhrmann.com/portfolio_page/riotnotdiet/ | | | Director(s): | Julia Fuhr Mann | | Producer(s): | Andreas Günther | | Editor(s): | Andi Pek | | Writer(s): | Julia Fuhr Mann | | Anna Christ | | Cinematography: | Julia Swoboda | | Composer: | Zdrada Palki | | Sound: | Cornelia Böhm |
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Searching Eva
Refusing to fix her own identity and career in permanence, the enigmatic protagonist of this thoroughly millennial character study proves through selfies, sex scenes and social media that online, you can be everything and nothing at once.
| | Runtime: | 84 | | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | R | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | English | | German | | Italian | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | World Showcase | | Film Subjects: | Gender & Sexuality | | Technology & Culture | | Women & Women's Stories | | Website: | http://syndicadofs.com/films/searching-eva | | | Director(s): | Pia Hellenthal | | Producer(s): | Daniela Dieterich | | Erik Winker | | Editor(s): | Yana Höhnerbach | | Writer(s): | Giorgia Malatrasi | | Pia Hellenthal | | Cinematography: | Janis Mazuch | | Sound: | Marcus Zilz |
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Touching from a Distance II: Transmediations in the Digital Age
This exhibition presents recent digital works immersed into the bookshelves and media hardware at the Goethe Media Space, exploring the theme of transmediation: the process of translating a work into a different medium—analog or digital, written or visual.
| | Copyright: | 2019 | | Country Listing: | Germany | | Canada | | UK | | Premiere Status: | World Premiere | | Rating: | Not rated | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | German | | English | | Accessibility: | Partial Subtitles | | Program Category: | DocX | | | Director(s): | Tina Sauerlaender (Curator) |
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Una Primavera
When a woman finally leaves her 40-year abusive marriage, her filmmaker daughter begins a video diary of her emancipation. What emerges is a startling image of modern Italy, where cultural machismo still privileges "the family" above women.
| | Runtime: | 80 | | Copyright: | 2018 | | Country Listing: | Austria | | Germany | | Italy | | Premiere Status: | North American Premiere | | Rating: | PG | | | Festival Year: | 2019 | | Language: | Italian | | Accessibility: | Full Subtitles | | Program Category: | Made In Italy | | Film Subjects: | Italy | | Personal Histories | | Women & Women's Stories | | | Director(s): | Valentina Primavera | | Producer(s): | Johannes Schubert | | Editor(s): | Federico Neri | | Writer(s): | Valentina Primavera | | Federico Neri | | Cinematography: | Valentina Primavera | | Composer: | Macarena Solervicens | | Sound: | Macarena Solervicens | | Azadeh Zandieh |
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