60 Jahre DEFA-Studio für Trickfilme

DDR 1977/1985/1978 | Short-film Programme, Trickfilm | diverse

A short film program for children from the colorful world of DEFA studios.

And Still We Rise

EAU 2015 | Documentary | Richard Lusimbo, Nancy Nicol

Ayotzinapa: cronica de un crimen de Estado

Ayotzinapa: cronica de un crimen de Estado | Mexiko 2014 | Documentary | Xavier Robles

Baltic Animations

Estland/Lettland/Litauen | Children's Film, Short-film Programme

Blut/Victory Day

"Кровь" и "День победы" | Russland 2013/2014 | Documentary | Alina Rudnitskaia

Caminantes de la memoria

PE 2014 | Documentary | Heeder Soto Quispe

Coming to terms with the past in the Peruvian context. The film shows that working through the past means a long road back to the hometown, to have the courage to seek out the sites where one experienced violence, in search of heimat and ...

Condor

Condor | Brasilien 2007 | Documentary | Roberto Mader

A film about the aftermath of Operation Condor in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile.

Consumed: Inside the Belly of the Beast

Consumed: Inside the Belly of the Beast | Großbritannien 2011 | Documentary | Richard Heap

CONSUMED – Inside the Belly of the Beast is a documentary about the psychological roots of the modern consumerist culture.The film uses interesting 20th-century archival footage.

Drone

Drone | Norwegen 2014 | Documentary | Tonje Hessen Schei

DRONE depicts sensitive information about the drone war in Pakistan and offers an unique insight into what happens behind the scenes in modern warfare.

Encercle par l'etat islamique

Encercle par l'etat islamique | Frankreich 2015 | Documentary | Xavier Muntz

Filmfest Dresden – Internationales Kurzfilmfestival

Deutschland/ Schweiz/ Slowenien/ Mexiko/ USA/ Belgien 2013 | Short-film Programme

La finca humana

Honduras 2016 | Documentary | Brian Olson

A stirring documentary about Honduran farmers.

Hija de la laguna

Hija de la laguna | PE 2015 | Documentary | Ernesto Cabellos

Historias de agua

Historias de agua | 2017 | Documentary | Gabriela Delgado Maldonado, Juan Manuel Torres-Solari Injoque

Die Hoffnung ist ein langer Abschied

Deutschland 2016 | Drama | Andreas Neu

An anthology film about love told in fragments.

Dixieland

Dixieland | LV 2015 | Documentary | Roman Bondarchuk

Lidice

Lidice | CZ 2013 | Animation, Short-film Programme, Children's Film | Petr Nikolaev

Die Mauer ist weg

D 2017 | Documentary | Clemens Wilhelm

Muros

Muros | Spanien 2015 | Documentary | Migueltxo Molina, Pablo Iraburu

The world is increasingly more divided by walls. There are human beings on either side of them. Brilliant editing connects people living and working on different sides of decisive walls between Mexico/U.S., Spain/Morocco, Israel/Palastine and South ...

Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights

USA 2014 | Documentary | Nevline Nnaji

Single

Single | Deutschland 2015 | Documentary | Jan Bonny, Alex Wissel

SINGLE documents the short era of a venue conceptualized by Wissen as an alternative model of public space and a participatory “social sculpture.” It is also the fictional story of a young man whose constant performing causes him to lose track ...

La voz de Gualcarque

La voz de Gualcarque | HN 2015 | Documentary | Paola Reyes, Domingo Marin

A Syrian Love Story

Frankreich/ Großbritannien/ Libanon/ Syrien 2015 | Documentary | Sean McAllister

This intimate family portrait helps us to understand why people are literally dying for change in the Arab world. Yet, as Raghda is released from prison, filmmaker Sean McAllister himself is arrested for filming and the political pressure around all ...

Territorium der Freiheit

RUS/F 2016 | Documentary, Sociological Film | Aleksandr Kuznetsov

A documentary filmed in a national park in Siberia.

Tranquilandia

Kolumbien 2014 | Documentary | Joel Stangle

Director Joel Stangle lets the oppressed speak in their own words: they illustrate the horrifying human rights conditions in Colombia.

Unfairtobacco Filmfest

Documentary

Untouchable: Children of God

Singapur/Nepal/Indien/USA 2014 | Documentary | Grant Knisely

In the brothels of India, young girls perish every day. A mere 1% of these sex slaves ever escape or get rescued. Look into the eyes of young survivors as they share their stories and you will be touched by the untouchables.

Los Veganeros

Deutschland 2015 | Comedy | Lars Oppermann | 16

“Los Veganeros” is a captivating balancing act between informative facts and entertaining comedy. A vegan tragedy that prompts rethinking …

Videoclips

A presentation with video examples by Cornelia Lund (Universität Hamburg) and Holger Lund (DHBW Ravensburg)

Watchers of the Sky

Frankreich/ USA/ Niederlande/ Tschad/ Ruanda 2014 | Biography, Documentary | Edet Belzberg

Why is the genocide of a million people less of a crime than the murder of an individual? Raphael Lemkin, a lawyer and peace researcher of Polish-Jewish heritage, asked this provocative question in 1947 and developed a bill against genocide. The ...

When Elephants Fight

USA/Bermudas/Kongo/Ruanda/Kanada 2015 | Documentary | Michael Ramsdell

The Democratic Republic of Congo has many precious minerals that have become indispensable for modern technologies. Unfortunately, one of the deadliest conflicts since World War 2 has been going on because of these treasures.