Dearest readers and users of this catalogue, - German Documentaries

FLIES AND ANGELS
by Kerstin Stutterheim and Niels Bolbrinker ARTS | PORTRAIT
Ilya Kabakov was born in the Ukraine in 1933. Today he is considered one
of the most important contemporary artists worldwide, and there is practically
no significant museum of contemporary art around the world that
doesn't show at least one of his installations. With his etchings, paintings
and particularly with these installations he has for decades now created a
phantastic world that serves as a counterpoint to the brutal reality and its
many failed visions. These installations, executed with exquisite detail, are
strange and enchanted spaces. They are like film sets telling life histories,
touching emotions and memories held by people everywhere. But his
stories are more than personal dramas: Kabakov is one of the last great
utopists, he looks disenchantedly at the debris of the 20th century but at the same time, with human
warmth and a distinct imagination, he is able to envision other worlds.
German title: FLIEGEN UND ENGEL
93min | 35mm | 1:1,85 | DigiBeta | English, German version
One week after a seemingly harmless car accident, a 45-year-old man wakes up with total amnesia.
The doctors and family are baffled, as there is no evidence of brain damage or other physical causes.
Sixteen years later, filmmaker Rick Minnich returns to his native California with a camera in search of
answers to why his father's memory still hasn't returned. He talks with his family members, and reconstructs
in detective-story fashion the period of time before and the years following the accident. Along
the way, Rick not only discovers many deep-rooted emotions that had never been dealt with, but
also uncovers startling facts that shed a very different light on his father's memory loss. Was he really
struck by a horrible affliction, or was he perhaps trying to escape from a life he could no longer lead?
German title: FORGETTING DAD – VATER OHNE VERGANGENHEIT
Festivals:Max Ophuels Prize in Saarbruecken, Goteborg
Awards: IDFA-Joris Ivens Competition / Special Jury Award, Seal of Approval: "highly recommended"
84min or 58min | HDcam | DigiBeta | DVD | original English version with German subtitles available
Production:
filmtank gmbh
film + medienproduktion
Lippmannstr. 53
22769 Hamburg, Germany
tel.: +49 (0) 40-4318610
fax: +49 (0) 40-43186111
filmtank@filmtank.de
www.filmtank.de
FORGETTING DAD
by Rick Minnich and Matt Sweetwood PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW | FAMILY | HUMAN-INTEREST | IDENTITY
Four families, four children born with the Down-Syndrome,
four concepts how to meet such a challenge. Joerg, Carina,
Anica und Finnian were born in 1969, 1985, 1994 and 2002.
Cornelia Thau accompanied the families for more than 4 years.
In FOUR LIVES the parents frankly talk about their wishes,
hopes and successes, but also about the disappointments, doubts
and difficult decisions they have to make.
Joerg, Carina, Anica und Finnian present themselves as selfassured
personages with own interests, wishes and longings. They demonstrate social competence,
artistic talent as well as ambition, persistency, humor and an impressive charm.
A film for all people who are interested in concepts of life under those special conditions.
German title: VIER LEBEN
68min | 16:9 | DVD | BetaSP | original German version with English subtitles available
World Sales:
Films Transit International, Inc.
Jan Rofekamp
252 Gouin Boulevard East
Montréal Quebec H3L 1A8
Canada
tel.: 514-844-3358
fax: 514-844-7298
janrofekamp@filmstransit.com
www.filmstransit.com
www.forgettingdad.com
FOUR LIVES
by Cornelia Thau HUMAN INTEREST | FAMILY | YOUTH | SOCIAL
World Sales:
Michael Busch Filmproduktion
Hofhausstr. 38
60389 Frankfurt, Germany
tel.: +49 (0) 69-4788 5010
info@vierleben-derfilm.de
www.vierleben.de
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