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HOME AFFAIRSTHE “HOME AFFAIRS“ FILMSTHE TERM “HOME AFFAIRS“ WAS SELECTED AS THE MAIN THEME OF THE SHORT FILM COMPETITION, AND RECEIVED OVER 300 ENTRIES. THEFILMS BROUGHT IN A MULTITUDE OF INTERPRETATIONS AND ANALYSIS OF HOME RELATED AFFAIRS.From left to right: DRAWING WISHES by Aki Nakazawa, THE HOUSE ON GULMOHAR AVENUE by Samina Mishra, SUPER 8 SERIES #1 by Pedro Maia, and FAMILY PORTRAIT by Rob BrownThe selection shows the very different aspects of Home Affairsfrom privacy to politics and from family matters to politicalintervention in the streets. The films cover the entirerange of filmmaking genres, from video art, to experimental,documentary film and essay to fiction films as well.The 14 films of the programme:DRAWING WISHES2006, Japan, 4 min., video art. Directed by Aki NakazawaIt is the sky I have never seen before that makes me realise that my past is behindme. Trails draw borderlines, leaving the story behind so that I can discover thenew and dream afresh.DRAWING WISHES is also being screened at the BerlinaleForum Expanded Programme this year.THE HOUSE ON GULMOHAR AVENUE2005, India, 6 min., essay. Directed by Samina MishraTHE HOUSE ON GULMOHAR AVENUE is set in a part of New Delhi where fourgenerations of the filmmaker’s family have lived. It traces the personal journeyof the filmmaker through ideas of identity and belonging to arrive at a complexunderstanding of what it can mean to be a Muslim in India today.SUPER 8 SERIES #12006, Portugal, 3 min., experimental film.Directed by Pedro MaiaA music video made for the Portuguese project, “The Legendary Tiger Man“. Thework is based on super-8 private family films – found footage from the 80s.FAMILY PORTRAIT2006, UK, 4 min., experimental film. Directed by Rob BrownA terrified mother calls emergency services when her estranged husband turnsup in the driveway with a gun.SUKIYAKI – A CONVERSATION PIECE2005, Japan, 5 min., video art. Directed by Mayumi NakazakiIt is a conversational piece – a family portrait in video. Participants are linkedby an activity: they are having a sukiyaki party. The work is about ‘otherness‘ inrelation to the question of one’s identity.GINGER BINGER2006, UK, 4 min., documentary. Directed by Simone BennettA short video made by the director together with her British grandmother whotalks about the Royals.NEONORANGENE KUH2005, Germany, 5 min., performance piece.Directed by Mischa Leinkauf and Matthias WermkeFrom left to right: SUKIYAKI by Mayumi Nakazaki, GINGER BINGER by Simone Bennett, NEONORANGENE KUH by Mischa Leinkauf/Matthias Wermke, and BANGKOK TANKS by Nawapol Thamrongrattanrit12BERLINALE TALENT CAMPUS #5