german documentaries 2012 (pdf - 7 mb)

demo_lition
by Claudia Reiche and Dorothea Carl CITIES | GENTRIFICATION | SUSTAINABILITY | SOCIETY | POLITICS
In the course of urban redensification and gentrification processes, the demolition of buildings
produces numerous spectacles of precise destruction that strongly attract passers-by. Collective protest
is an exception. Instead, there is either admiration for the unbelievable power of the demolition
machinery or fascinated dismay at the sight of destruction.
The experimental film, consisting of documentary footage of various demolition sites in Hamburg, creates
a new space when being combined in a fragile constellation with the acoustic space of various
analytical and emotional comments. The zone of uncertainty between the spectacular and the (hidden)
structural elements of capitalism forms the subject of the film.
12min26sec | HDV | DigiBeta | original German version with English subtitles available
On December 18th, 2011 Berlin-based 'Haus der Kulturen der Welt' hosted an event called
DEMOCRACY UNDER ATTACK – AN INTERVENTION. This intervention consisted of ten statements by
German intellectuals raising concerns about the state of democracy in the face of the European financial
crisis. Austerity measures provide excuse for curtailing democratic rights. Politics refer to 'marketbased
democracy', while institutions lacking legitimacy emerge, such as the ominous Troika. So-called
rescue efforts occur with an alleged time pressure caused by 'the markets'. Hence, decisions taken with
such urgency are considered to be 'without alternative'. Democracy is about weighing alternatives and
it is constantly at risk – especially when apparent necessities suggest that there is no time to pass
lengthy and time-consuming parliamentary procedures.
With statements by Franziska Augstein, Friedrich von Borries, Carolin Emcke, Julia Encke, Romuald
Karmakar, Nils Minkmar, Ingo Schulze, Joseph Vogl, Harald Welzer and Roger Willemsen.
www.facebook.com/pages/Angriff-auf-die-Demokratie-Eine-Intervention/142136435896336?sk=wall
German title: ANGRIFF AUF DEMOKRATIE – EINE INTERVENTION
Festivals: Berlinale / PANORAMA
102min | HDcam | original German version with English subtitles available
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german documentaries 2012
Contact:
Abbildungszentrum
Dorothea Carl
Arnoldstr. 26 – 30
22765 Hamburg, Germany
tel.:+49 (0) 40-3193959
post@do-ca.de
www.do-ca.de
DEMOCRACY UNDER ATTACK – AN INTERVENTION
by Romuald Karmakar POLITICS | CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY | ECONOMY | CONFLICTS | CONTROVERSY
Desplazado traces the innermost of people who were displaced
from their land. They used to be peasants on the fertile soils
out in the wide tropical countryside of Colombia. Now their life
is limited to a miserable hut in a refugee camp outside a big
city. The deprivation of homeland and belongings and the loss
of dignity and culture determine the lives of displaced people,
'desplazados'. In dreams full of hope and plans for the future
they escape the daily hardship of life.
But the memories of the past won't leave them alone. They live in a state of paralysis, waiting for God
to help them out. But it's violence that makes the change.
The film interweaves documentary sequences with audio drama asking the viewer to create the missing
image out of their own picture of a refugee.
Contact:
Pantera Film GmbH
Uhlandstr. 160
10719 Berlin, Germany
tel.: +49 (0) 30-68810141
welcome@romuald-karmakar.de
www.romuald-karmakar.de
DESPLAZADO
by Mechthild Katzorke and Volker Schoewerling EXILE | CONFLICTS | HUMAN RIGHTS | WAR&PEACE | EXPERIMENTAL
Festivals: Ethno FF Munich,
96min | HD | Blu-ray | original Spanish version with German or English subtitles available
Production:
catlinafilm berlin
Katzorke & Schoewerling
Sophie-Charlotten-Str. 84
14059 Berlin, Germany
tel.: +49 (0) 30-30109307
post@catlinafilom.de
www.desplazado.de