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29 October – 4 November 

2012 

55th International Leipzig Festival 

for Documentary and Animated Film 

DOK 

MArKet 

CAtALOgue 

2012 

306 Films from 66 Countries

Dok leipzig 

Dok 

Market 

catalogue 

2012

imprint 

Publisher 

leipziger Dok-filmwochen gmbH 

katharinenstraße 17 

04109 leipzig, germany 

www.dok-leipzig.de 

editorial staff 

Diana arnold 

katharina Bergfeld 

Proofreader 

patrick Burkholder 

design 

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Print 

Druckerei Wagner 

Verlag und Werbung gmbH 

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isBn 978-3-932214-30-1 

table of contents 

general 

inforMation 

p. 5 

greetings 

p. 11 

filMs a-Z 

p. 23 

Dok leipZig teaM 

p. 330 

inDexes 

p. 333

general 

inforMation 

p. 5 – 10 

5

location 

festival centre, 2nd floor 

Museum der Bildenden künste 

katharinenstrasse 10 

04109 leipzig 

oPening hours 

sun 28 oct 14:00 – 18:00 

Mon 29 oct until sat 3 nov 

10:00 – 22:00 

sun 4 nov 10:00 – 14:00 

doK marKet is organised by doK leipzig with the 

support of the media Programme of the european 

union, the mitteldeutsche medienförderung 

(mdm) and the federal government commissioner 

for culture and the media (bKm). 

general information 

Digital Dok Market 

Viewing facilities 

The digital DOK Market consists of a video library 

with 30 viewing stations. It is open to all accredited guests 

with special market badge. 

reservations 

Decision makers are welcome to book one of the viewing 

booths in advance. Please contact us by mail or talk to 

the staff at the DOK Market desk during the festival week. 

procedure 

On your festival accreditation you will find your personal 

log-in code. This code enables you to view films in the 

DOK Market during the entire festival week. For details, 

please see the instructions displayed in every booth. 

If you have any questions, please contact our DOK Market 

staff. After you have screened a film, the computer 

will prompt you for a brief comment. We will forward these 

comments to the film makers in a DOK Market report. 

Moreover, you will receive a report showing the viewed 

films and your comments. 

Dok Market catalogue 

All documentary films available in the DOK Market will 

be promoted through the Market catalogue. The films 

are listed in alphabetical order by English title. Different 

indexes at the back help to find the films you are 

interested in. 

Please note that all animated films of the festival are also 

digitised. Descriptions can be found in the DOK Leipzig 

Festival catalogue or as hand outs. 

location 

pfeffermühle café 

oPening hours 

tue 30 oct 17:00 – 18:00 

Wed 31 oct – sat 3 nov 

10:00 – 11:00 

tuesday, 30 october 

get together: cinemachile in 

cooperation with chileDoc 

18:30 – 19:30, festival centre 

trillerpfeiffenterrasse 

Dok lounge: MDr-treff 

22:00 – 1:30, ring-café 

Wednesday, 31 october 

reception: goethe-institute 



get together: Hff konrad Wolf 



Dok lounge: 

DokVille meets Dok leipzig 

22:00 – 3:00, ring-café 

thursday, 1 november 

get together: swiss films 



Dok lounge: arte party 

22:00 – 3:00, Moritzbastei 

friday, 2 november 

get together: eu-osHa 




Daily industry Highlights 

Dok industry talks 

Talks with industry experts and producers/filmmakers, 

covering topics such as distribution and marketing 

options for your film, as well as general introductions into 

film marketing, different markets and the who’s who 

of the international industry. All DOK Market and festival 

participants are warmly welcome to exchange experiences. 

All accredited guests are welcome. 

get togethers and Dok lounges 

DOK Leipzig’s evening events and the social highlight 

for accredited guests. This is where professional 

festivalgoers catch up over a drink and sometimes a bite 

to eat. Get Togethers take place during the blue hour 

between 18:30 to 19:30 h in the Festival Centre, 2nd floor. 

DOK Lounges are evening receptions that offer 

drinks and finger food, sitting and smoking areas as well 

as some background music. Both venues are open to 

everybody with a festival accreditation and are organised 

by DOK Leipzig in cooperation with its partners. 

All accredited guests are welcome. 

further events 

All offers of DOK Industry and DOK Training are listed 

in the blue Pocket Guide found in your festival bag. 

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Dok leipzig 

official programme 

films which premiered after 

1 october 2011, many of 

them world, international 

or german premieres 

Dok leipzig 

special programmes 


Dok Market sections 

DOK International Competition 

The champion’s league of documentary film. Our selection 

is not determined by subject matter but by the highest 

standards of adequate form and narrative structure. 

DOK German Competition 

Strong stories made in Germany, fresh new works, most of 

them world premieres. 

DOK Young Cinema Competition 

A section to discover the best new talents and films which 

explore the boundaries of what documentary is today. 

DOK International Short Competition 

Sometimes it does not take more than five minutes to show 

us the world and to make us laugh or weep. 

DOK International Programme 

Hot political issues, strong emotions and captivating 

stories from all over the world. Films for a broad audience 

in the best sense of the word. 

Animadoc 

A speciality of DOK Leipzig – this is where documentary 

and animation merge, where real stories and fates 

are conveyed with the means of outstanding artistic and 

creative animation film making. 

Focus Latin America 

The best in current documentary production from 

Spanish-speaking Latin America – an opportunity 

to discover a new and exciting generation of filmmakers. 

Doc Alliance 

Six key European documentary film festivals have joined 

forces and nominated one outstanding debut documentary 

each. A jury of European film critics has chosen three 

and one will be awarded with the Doc Alliance Award at 

DOK Leipzig’s opening ceremony. Discover the films here. 

Best of TV –POV 

DOK Leipzig honours 25 years of POV with a selection 

of great documentaries dealing with the fragility of 

democracy. 

Dok leipzig 

guests present 

Dok industry 

films exclusively 

available at the 

digital Dok Market 


Dok Market sections 

Documentary Campus Masterschool 

Every year European producers and directors develop 

documentaries for an international audience in the 

framework of the Documentary Campus Masterschool 

– one of Europe’s best and long-running vocational 

training programmes. Two new, finished films are included 

in the DOK Market. 

FilmFestival Cottbus 

An outstanding, Eastern-European film awarded at the 

FilmFestival Cottbus last year. 

Focus Saxony 

Local and home-grown – three documentaries that have 

been made by filmmakers from Saxony. 

Leipzig Screening 

A showcase of four, brand new and outstanding German 

films, giving a glance of the contemporary documentary 

film landscape in Germany. 

DOK Market 

In addition to the above mentioned sections, the DOK 

Market features films suitable for international audiences, 

promoting local and personal stories with cosmopolitan 

appeal and general sales potential. Those films have been 

recommended by our Festival selection committee 

or submitted by renowned international sales companies. 

Partner films 

In the framework of our DOK Festival and DOK Market 

exchange programme six different documentary 

institutions offer a fine selection of current films from their 

country and/or their programme: 

– ChileDoc, Chile 

– EastSilver & Institute of Documentary Film, 

Czech Republic 

– Hot Docs, Canada 

– Krakow Film Foundation & Polish Docs, Poland 

– StoryDoc, Greece 

– Visions du Réel & Swiss Films, Switzerland 

– DOK.Incubator, International training initiative 

for projects in post-production 

In the back of this catalogue, you will find an index of all 

market films sorted by those sections. 

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ground floor 

second floor 

10 

Entrance Brühl 


festival centre 

in the Museum of fine arts 

lockers 

museum caissier 

museum 

book shop 

Entrance Katharinenstraße 


Get Together 

Entrance Reichsstraße 


Industry 

Lounge 

Pfe�ermühle, Kretschmanns Hof 

DOK Industry Talks, 

Leipzig Screening, 

DOK.Incubator Preview 


Guest Counter 

museum coffee shop 

lift 

lift 


Market 

Entrance Böttchergäßchen 

greetings 

p. 11 – 22 

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greeting 

Dok leipzig 

The production process of a film is long and challenging 

for everybody involved. Film makers and producers 

struggle for developing, financing and realising their 

vision whilst financiers and supporters take risks and have 

to trust one another until the very end. To bring 

the film to its audience, to find international distribution 

and recognition is also 

Welcome to the 

demanding. Even though 

the huge world-wide 

55th International Leipzig 

film and TV market might 

Festival for Documentary 

seem anonymous, people 

are standing behind 

and Animated Film 

it who are interested in 

and to our DOK Market! 

meeting the team behind 

the films and hearing 

a film’s heartbeat. To get to know each other is a key tool to 

enter the Film Industry and succeed. To be here at 

DOK Leipzig is a marketing tool which film professionals 

should capitalize on and enjoy. 

The DOK Market team is glad to welcome you to its 8th 

edition. We showcase all documentary and animated 

films from the official festival programme plus 175 

further brand new documentaries recommended by the 

selection committee or our partner organisations. 

We are happy to continue our partnership with Switzerland 

(Vision du réel and Swiss Films), Czech Republic 

(East Silver and Institute of Documentary Film), Chile 

(Chile Doc) and Poland (Krakow Film Foundation). 

This year we entered into new partnerships with Greece 

(StoryDoc) and Canada (Hot Docs). Moreover we are 

proud to present the first results of our new training 

initiative, DOK.Incubator, which supports documentaries 

in post-production. 

All presented films have been produced within the last 

year 2011 – 2012 and they reflect the philosophy of 

DOK Leipzig: They have a unique access to their subject, 

they prove the critical point of view of the director and 

they stand out for their aesthetic quality. The DOK Market 

is the place to discover new creative documentaries with 

international appeal. Here you have the opportunity 

to quickly get an overview of the festival’s programme 

and the current developments in documentary and 

animated film making – whenever your schedule in Leipzig 

allows you to watch films. Our digital library is open for 

accredited guests with a Market badge during the 

whole week of the festival. Decision makers are welcome 

to book one of the 30 viewing booths in advance. 

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greeting 

Dok leipzig 

Four of the most outstanding and recent German 

documentary productions have been selected for an 

exclusive screening on the big screen: The Leipzig Screenings 

for International Buyers and Distributors take place on 

Monday. 

Since DOK Leipzig is a partner of the online distribution 

platform www.dafilms.com many of the best films of 

the festival programme will be available to all web users 

and documentary lovers after they have completed the 

festival circuit. 

The DOK Market in Leipzig is meant to be a personal 

networking place in a friendly atmosphere where you go to 

meet and discover films, talents, old and new partners 

and, of course, friends. Our aim is to help producers pro- 

moting their films to national and international 

industry representatives and to present a fine selection 

of documentary vintage 2011–2012. 

We also invite you to take advantage of the broad DOK 

Industry and DOK Training offers in order to listen 

and discuss, to network and get inspired, to refresh your 

mind: Get Togethers, DOK Industry Talks, DOK Summits 

and Panels, Case Studies, the Wild At Heart Think-Tank and 

many more. Please check our Pocket Guide with detailed 

information about the different events. 

We want to say Thanks to our partners and supporters 

who enable us to get the DOK Market and our 

DOK Industry offers going. The DOK Market is mainly 

organised with the support of the Mitteldeutsche 

Medienförderung (MDM), the MEDIA Programme of 

the European Union and the Federal Government 

Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM). We are 

especially grateful to Dr. Hans-Werner Schmidt, 

Jörg Dittmer and the staff of the Museum of Fine Arts 

for accommodating DOK Leipzig and the DOK Market 

again this year in their wonderful locale. 

Have a fruitful time in Leipzig and enjoy many thrilling 

encounters in our DOK Market and at the DOK 

Industry events. We are looking forward to a great festival 

week! All The Best, 

claas Danielsen 

festival Director 


Dok Market coordinator

greeting 

MDM 

On behalf of the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM), 

I bid you a warm welcome to the 55th International Leipzig 

Festival for Documentary and Animated Film and to the 

2012 edition of the DOK Leipzig industry and training 

section. It is a very great pleasure to be among the funding 

partners to this extraordinary event which will once 

again prove to be one of the 

most prestigious and 

important meeting points 

in the world of documentary 

filmmaking. 

Following the steps of the 

DOK Leipzig film festival 

with its long tradition, 

the DOK industry segments 

have become an excellent and well established service 

platform delivering a rich variety of offers: high-quality 

international projects, excellent business contacts and 

an interesting framework programme in a nice, exclusive 

and concentrated atmosphere. 

During the next days you will find yourself in the company 

of 1400 selected international filmmakers, producers, 

financiers, distributors and commissioning editors. They 

all come here to find new ideas or new partners for 

their upcoming films or media projects. To meet your needs 

the DOK Leipzig team has again developed an extensive 

line-up of events – including the DOK Market, the 

International Co-Production Meeting, case studies and 

sessions on current international trends and financing 

strategies, to be discussed by renowned experts, as well as 

numerous opportunities for networking and learning. 

Having introduced its innovative training offers last year 

with the successful DOK Net Lab as well as the Cross 

Media workshops, DOK Leipzig has implemented another 

new training opportunity this year – at DOK.Incubator 

you can take a first look at brand new projects from Europe’s 

promising filmmakers. 

I wish all of you many good and fruitful meetings with 

reliable and enjoyable partners. 

The DOK Industry 

segments have become an excellent 

and well established 

service platform delivering a rich 

variety of offers. 

Manfred schmidt 

executive Director 

Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung gmbH 

Nowadays, big film festivals like DOK Leipzig no longer 

just function as a glittering platform for films to be 

presented or as an important meeting point for film and 

media professionals from all over the world. Their role 

as creative hub for knowledge transfer and information as 

well as for the sustainable support of film projects is 

be coming more and more important. In times of continuous 

shifts film festivals serve as change indicators 

and strengthen and support the development, production 

and distribution of creative documentary films. 

Therefore, DOK Leipzig has decided to extend its 

activities out through the year and is launching, together 

with us, the six-month training initiative DOK.Incubator. 

As times are challenging for the documentary market 

production companies are 

being forced to completely 

shift their way of thinking, 

film producing and 

distributing to make the 

genre viable. 

DOK.Incubator supports film 

makers and producers 

with projects in the rough 

cut stage – a time when usually crucial decisions about 

the future quality and success of the films are taken under 

extreme time and money pressures. Three workshop 

modules help them to fully discover the potential of their 

films, to further develop and focus the storytelling and 

dramaturgy and inspire them regarding creative ways for 

marketing and distribution of their projects. 

Our aim is to maximize the potential of the film by pro- 

viding creative input, plan a powerful film release and 

a target distribution strategy as well as inspiring producers 

and film makers to use new media tools, social networks 

and alternative financing models. 

On Wednesday morning, 31 October 2012, you are warmly 

invited to experience the results of our training pro- 

gramme at the first DOK.Incubator Preview. Eight producers 

and directors will present their brand new films in front 

of industry professionals and potential partners and 

will be looking forward to your inspiring feedback. Please 

come, enjoy and support! 

We are looking forward to welcoming you. 

andrea prenghyová 

Head of Dok.incubator 

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greeting 

Dok.incubator 

Production companies 

are being forced to completely shift 

their way of thinking, film 

producing and distributing to make 

the genre viable.

greeting 

east silver 

We are presenting 

the East Silver selection of 

documentary films 

from Central and Eastern Europe 


It is a great honour for us to continue our cooperation 

with DOK Leipzig by presenting the East Silver selection 

of documentary films from Central and Eastern Europe 


In 2012 East Silver is bringing three remarkable films to the 

festival program. Private Universe by Helena Třeštíková and 

Rudolf Šmíd’s docu-animation Chronicle of Oldřich S. are 

both Czech representatives. 

They are based on the 

narrative technique caught 

in private family chronicles, 

showing not only the life 

of ordinary families but also 

how the Czech society 

has changed in the last four 

decades. 

The third selected doc Mama Illegal is directed by Austrian 

filmmaker Ed Moschitz. It shows sad stories of three 

women from a small town in Moldavia, living now in Austria 

as cleaning women. On top of their hard job they live 

a life in illegality without documents, far away from their 

children and families for years. 

Another ten documentaries can be found at the DOK 

Market. They are all part of the East Silver Market, which 

serves as a meeting point for the key industry professionals 

interested in exceptional, hand-picked creative East 

European documentaries. The best East European films 

of the East Silver Market are nominated in three 

categories (short, mid-length, and feature) for the Silver 

Eye Award which brings financial prizes and festival 

services all year round. 

The East Silver Caravan documentary showcase travels 

with a selection of the best creative documentaries from 

Central and Eastern Europe, in order to reach a wide 

international audience. We cooperate with 90 of the most 

prestigious film festivals and markets around the world. 

East Silver is organized by The Institute of Documentary 

Film. The main partner of the project is Jihlava International 

Documentary Film Festival. 

We wish you an inspiring festival and a successful market 

in Leipzig! Sincerely, 

Miriam ryndová (ex Šimková) 

east silver Manager 

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greeting 

krakow film foundation 

As it is every year, it is a great pleasure for me to present the 

newest Polish documentaries and animated films to 

DOK Leipzig guests as well as to the wonderful audiences 

again. The presence of Polish films at this year’s festival is 

a development of the continuous and growing cooperation 

between DOK Leipzig and the Krakow Film Foundation. 

Every year, thanks to the organizers, we have a unique 

opportunity to present within the framework of the DOK 

Market, a carefully chosen set of the newest Polish 

documentary films. We are also more than happy that a 

great number of Polish films were chosen to be screened in 

this year’s Festival Programme. We strongly recommend 

the winner of this year’s Krakow Film Festival – Entangled, 

awarded with the Golden Hobby Horse for the director 

Lidia Duda as well as with the Best Cinematography Award 

for DoP Wojciech Staroń, 

already known to the DOK 

Leipzig audience for his 

own documentary Argentinian 

Lesson, awarded with 

the Silver Dove last year. 

The film will be presented 

in the International 

Competition. I can also highly recommend the debut film 

from Wajda School graduate – Radka Franczak – Losing 

Sonia, screened here in the International Young Talent 

Competition – Generation DOK. 

Worth mentioning are also the four animated short films 

made by young filmmakers screened within the framework 

of the Anima Competition: What Happens When Children 

Don’t Eat Soup by Paweł Prewencki (Animadoc), Paper Box, 

by Zbigniew Czapla and Emperor’s Toys by Tomasz Godfryd, 

Jarosław Moździerz, Joanna Rusinek, Joanna Wójcik, 

Grzegorz Wierzchowski and New German Animation: 

Afternoon by Polish filmmaker Izabela Plucińska. 

As in other years, the participants of this year’s Krakow 

Film Market can watch films recommended by the 

organizers of DOK Leipzig, just as the viewers attending 

the DOK Market are more than welcome to see some 

of the projects promoted under Polish Docs in the digital 

video-library. I sincerely believe that our proposal is 

interesting to all film professionals (and not only) those 

visiting DOK Leipzig this year. 

I wish organizers, guests and viewers an exciting and 

fruitful Festival and Market, 

We are more than happy 

that a great number of Polish films 

were chosen to be screened 

in this year’s Festival Programme. 

katarzyna Wilk 


polish Docs coordinator

greeting 

chiledoc 

Solidarity and film 

have been 

our touchstones. 

We are proud of our friends and thrilled to be members 

of DOK Leipzig for the third, consecutive year. The history 

of our documentary filmmakers’ relationship with the 

festival is a long one, built over decades, where solidarity 

and film have been our touchstones. 

We believe that the alliance we have today is part of that 

tradition, and the result of a relationship based on 

trust, collaboration, affection and a common interest to 

seek new alliances and expand documentary filmmaking 

horizons. 

Chiledoc is an organization whose objective is to internationalize 

the documentary productions of our country. 

In the last ten years, we have experienced constant 

growth and, therefore, we 

need to consolidate and 

create new networks. For this 

purpose, we have the support 

of the Chilean Council for 

the Arts and the Audiovisual 

Industry (CAIA), the 

Documentary Filmmakers Association of Chile (ADOC), 

many festivals and other national and international 

organizations, such as our partners in Germany, Dok 

Leipzig. It’s because of them that we are able to continue 

to project ourselves into the future. As a result of this 

collective endeavor we are very happy to coordinate, along 

with Cinemachile, this delegation of talented producers 

and directors, so they can attend and share their best 

projects. Our presence year after year has become stronger 

and this union consolidates the associative work that 

makes us a solid sector and boosts our films’ potential. 

The selected films for the festival competition, the Latin 

American section and those commercially available, 

offer a diverse array and strong images of our documentary 

cinema, which has been widely awarded and noted in 

the last years, due to its cinematographic language and 

subject matter. Our essence and idiosyncrasy can be clearly 

seen, marked by earthquakes and tsunamis, where lives 

and landscapes change constantly, where we fight our 

villains constantly and where we try to pursue our ideals. 

Today we can share with you this programming that 

reflects part of our spirit. We greet our colleagues and 

organizers of this version of Dok Leipzig, and we offer our 

warmest wishes for this to be an unforgettable festival. 

paola castillo & flor rubina 

co-directors chiledoc 

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greeting 

cinemachile 

DOK Leipzig is a space 

that offers a unique gathering 

between professionals 

from around the world. 

CinemaChile participation in this year’s DOK Leipzig is a 

source of great satisfaction. 

Firstly, to confirm that in Chile collective efforts outweigh 

individual ones. This is reflected in the partnership work 

that we are developing with our dear friends at Chiledoc. 

With them we share the interest in supporting the 

internationalization of Chilean documentary, making our 

directors and producers known around the world 

and encouraging co-production associations with foreign 

partners. This common interest to both organizations 

is complemented by the support provided by the Arts and 

the Audiovisual Industry Council (CAIA) and ProChile, 

both public entities that have consistently supported 

the Chilean audiovisual sector in its efforts to develop 

internationally. 

Our presence at DOK Leipzig is also the result of the 

systematic work between two of the most important 

associations in the country: APCT and ADOC, of which we 

are pleased and proud. The other major source of satisfaction 

is strengthening ties with DOK Leipzig, who by 

now we also recognize as partners and friends. In this third 

year of continuous participation in the festival, we are 

pleased to have documentaries in the Latin American 

section (Special Program), with projects in development 

and a number of films on the market. To complement 

this remarkable presence, 

we hope to draw attention to 

the Chilean documentary 

production through our 2012 

CinemaChile catalogue. 

For us DOK Leipzig is a 

space that offers a unique 

gathering between professionals 

from around the world, which is also a pleasant 

and inspiring experience that facilitates the development 

of more and better documentary projects of impact 

and significance. We wish a memorable festival to the 

organizers and all colleagues present in this new edition 

of DOK Leipzig! 

constanza arena 

cinemachile

greeting 

Hot Docs 

Hot Docs is North America’s largest documentary film 

festival and market event. This year we featured 

a diverse array of new Canadian documentaries. For the 

first time ever, we have compiled a selection of some 

of the highlights from this 

For the first time ever, 

we have compiled 

a selection of some of the highlights 

from this year’s festival. 

year’s festival. 

We have enclosed these 

films in order to promote 

Canadian documentary 

films and to generate 

an international interest in 

this diverse filmmaking 

community. Over 165,000 people attended Hot Docs this 

year, and each of these films attracted significant media 

and public interest, and scored very highly in our audience 

ratings. We are proud to present these films at DOK 

Market Leipzig: Over My Dead Body by Brigitte Poupart, 

Buzkashi by Najeeb Mirza, The Final Member by Jonah 

Bekhor and Zach Mat, Herman’s House by Angad Bhalla, 

Indie Game: The Movie by James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot, 

The World Before Her by Nisha Pahuja, Fists of Pride 

by Helene Choquette, Peace Out by Charles Wilkinson. 

All the best from Hot Docs and enjoy DOK Market 

Leipzig, 

chris McDonald 

executive Director 

Hot Docs 

StoryDoc is happy to be promoted as a DOK Leipzig 

partner for the first time this year. 

StoryDoc is a non-profit international educational institute 

for documentaries based in Athens, Greece. StoryDoc 

specializes in providing professional development training 

to film makers, media producers and journalists. StoryDoc 

training sessions focus on concept/idea development, 

film structure, script development, production of professional 

trailers, preparation for participation in pitching 

forums, know-how and negotiations for international 

co-productions as well as an introduction to and promotion 

in the international television market. Since 2005, 

StoryDoc has been successfully organizing residential 

workshops, e-training, pitching and coaching sessions. 

So far, StoryDoc has organized 20 international workshops 

with a significant track record in producing results – 

documentary films. 

The workshops turn to filmmakers, media producers and 

journalists specializing in international affairs and 

investigative reports from 

all over Europe and the 

Middle East. Its activity is 

to train and provide 

consulting and marketing 

services through educational 

and professional 

training programs. This is 

accomplished through an 

annual e-training program 

which includes one to 

one advising and residential workshops where participants 

are assigned a personal tutor with whom they work 

together to develop and improve their project. 

Participants/Projects are selected after an international 

open/public call. StoryDoc offers significant opportunities 

to develop a complete production package and a professional 

trailer which can be presented to the prestigious 

international pitching forums. The last workshop/pitching 

of the year attracts decision makers from the television, 

media and film industries, international commissioning 

editors, film funds, directors, producers and distributors. 

MEDIA PROGRAM by the EU is one of our significant 

supporters. We are based in Athens, Greece. 

We wish all visitors and professionals a successful festival 

week and DOK Market. With kind regards, 

chara lampidou 

event/coordinator Manager 

storyDoc 

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greeting 

storyDoc 

The StoryDoc workshops 

turn to filmmakers, media producers 

and journalists specializing in 

international affairs and 

investigative reports from all over 

Europe and the Middle East.

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greeting 

Visions du réel 

A common interest 

in the creative documentary in 

all its diversity has 

led to an intense collaboration. 

For several years, the international film festival Visions du 

Réel, Nyon and the promotion agency Swiss Films have 

been presenting some of the newest and most interesting 

Swiss films at Leipzig’s DOK Market. A common 

interest in, and commitment to, the creative documentary 

in all its diversity has led to an intense and successful 

collaboration with DOK 

Leipzig. 

The Swiss films presented 

here are part of the well 

known independent 

documentary film tradition 

in Switzerland, which 

is a result of a long history of 

support adopted by the state and the country’s regions, 

as well as by the public television broadcasters. 

Coming from all parts of Switzerland, the films share an 

aesthetic and ethic commitment in all their exciting 

diversity of genres, approaches, points of view and styles 

of writing and all have an individual fingerprint. They 

are made by experienced as well as new directors and 

producers. They explore collective memories or individual 

destinies, tell spectacular stories or impress by intimate 

narrative. Many of them got great responses by press 

and public in international film festivals and are going to 

be distributed worldwide and released in cinemas. 

Most of the films have been shown at the 2012 Visions du 

Réel in Nyon. You may notice that we are convinced 

that documentary filmmaking not only deals with subjects, 

but also and above all, with form and aesthetics. We invite 

you to join Visions du Réel’s next edition between 

19 and 26 April 2013. You will discover outstanding world 

and international premieres in the festival programme 

and attend inspiring encounters with film makers from all 

over the world. Within the large programme of the 

Doc Outlook International Market, you will find around 

350 selected films at the Media Library and may attend 

the Pitching du Réel, Docs in Progress, Focus Talk and Rough 

Cut Lab to discuss current subjects at the panels. 

See you soon, 

gudula Meinzolt 

Head of Doc outlook-international Market 

Visions du réel 

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of a HuMan 

by Markku lehmuskallio, anastasia lapsui 

section 

Dok international 

competition 

The film is examining a man through the figures he 

has carved and painted on the rock. Cave paintings are 

mirrors through which ancient people are watching 

us as we are actually watching them. Do we understand 

each other ? Do we see ourselves in the stone age paintings 

? The film is a journey into the past and, at the same 

time, a portrait of a man, right here and right now. 

genre 

ethnology / religion 

History / politics / current affairs 

facts 

finland, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

75 min 

original title 

Yksitoista ihmisen kuvaa 

original language 

finnish 

Produced by 

Markku lehmuskallio 

giron filmi oy, finland 

in co-Production With 

erkki astala 

Yle, finland 

involved broadcasters 

Yle, finland 

sales contact 

Marja pallassalo 

the finnish film foundation 

kanavakatu 12 

Helsinki, finland 

marja.pallassalo@ses.fi 

www.ses.fi 

section 

Dok Market 

1712 Battle 

of tHe Baltic 

by florian Dedio 

In 1712, the Great Northern War had been devastating 

Northern Europe for twelve years. Sweden, the predominant 

power in Northern Europe, was challenged 

by an alliance of Denmark and Russia. Sweden had a 

mighty army stationed on the German island of Ruegen. 

But this army needed supplies, so Sweden sent over 

100 supply ships, escorted by its mighty battle fleet. This 

huge fleet was spotted along the way. Denmark sent 

its own warships – and the two fleets clashed somewhere 

north of the island of Ruegen. But where exactly this 

battle took place, how many ships were sunk, and how 

important it was has remained unknown for 300 years. In 

2011, a team of archaeologists and historians scoured 

the Baltic Sea’s murky waters and the naval archives of 

Sweden and Denmark. Using state-of-the-art technology, 

they uncovered several wrecks from the battle, as well 

as previously-lost documents, describing what a 

debacle for Sweden this battle turned out to be. The film 

accom panies the ongoing excavation and the scientists 

at work. Key moments are re-enacted, using the very few 

authentic sailing vessels from the 18th century in existence 

today. Combined with archaeological footage, both 

above and underwater, and digital reconstructions of 

the wrecks found, the film reveals the secrets of one of the 

biggest navel battles of the Baltic. 

genre 


facts 

germany, Denmark, 

sweden, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

52 min 


1712 Battle of the Baltic 


english 

sales contact 

Bettina oebel 

looks Distribution gmbH 

escherstraße 22 

30159 Hannover, germany 

oebel@looksfilm.tv 

www.looksfilm.tv 

24 25 

film id 

3144

film id 

635 

section 


competition short 

24 Buckets, 7 Mice, 

18 Years 

by Marius iacob 

A unique way of life that repeats itself every day, slowly 

transformed Imre and Piroska in some museum 

ex hibits. In a quiet and isolated world we meet a couple 

whose existence begins to depend on the inter action 

with a different world and the absurd within. Their line 

of work turned them into a sort of local attraction, 

and vacationing foreigners are brought to see ‘the bears’ 

and photograph themselves with them. Their life 

stands still, like in a museum diorama, from which they 

are trying to break through. 

genre 

Human interest 

portrait 

facts 

romania, 2012 

colour, DigiBeta 

30 min 


24 galeti, 7 soareci, 18 ani 


romanian 

Produced by 

pintilie adina 

Manekino film, romania 

www.manekinofilm.ro 

Public screenings 

4 / 2012 Visions du réel, 

switzerland 

5 / 2012 krakow iff, poland 

8 / 2012 sarajevo iff, Bosnia 

sales contact 

Marius iacob 

Manekino film 

Banu Manta 18 

011226 Bucharest, romania 

marius.iacob@manekinofilm.ro 

www.manekinofilm.ro 

section 

Dok.incubator 

300 tons of golD 

by tibor kocsis 

The film follows the fight of a farmer, Eugen David, for 

the survival of his beautiful village and his happy 

life in the mountains of Romania. A Canadian company 

wants to open Europe’s largest opencast goldmine 

here. They plan to relocate the people and destroy four 

mountains along with part of Rosia Montana itself, a 

2,000-year-old settlement, with its historical monuments 

and unique, ancient galleries. The local population 

is made up of unemployed miners who support the plan 

while Eugen and his family are not willing to accept 

the local landscape being turned into something more 

similar to the surface of the moon. In their opinion, 

the planned construction of a cyanide mine and tailing 

pond will quite possibly create the biggest ecological 

time bomb Europe has ever seen. The plan splits the 

once peaceful community in two. Brothers and friends 

become enemies. Politicians come and go, but no one 

has passed a decision on the gigantic project so far. 

Eugen, the most powerful landholder, refuses to leave his 

home. He wants to protect his land, the churches and 

the cemeteries. In a fight against the Gold Corporation, 

our hero brings the battle from his farm all the way 

to Brussels. 

As this film is part of the DOK.Incubator workshop 2012 and 

still in post-production, DOK Market presents only a trailer. 

genre 



facts 

Hungary, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

90 min 


300 tonna arany 


romanian 

Produced by 

tibor kocsis 

flora film international, 

Hungary 

www.florafilm.hu 


nrk, norway 

sales contact 

tibor kocsis 

flora film international 

Madách imre út 8 

1075 Budapest, Hungary 

florafilm@florafilm.hu 

www.florafilm.hu 

26 27 

film id 

3341

film id 

2356 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe 5tH season 

by gunther Merz 

‘We are sometimes the people in the meadows, sometimes 

the people under the meadow …’ With this poem 

by Ernst Jandl, the seniors of the ensemble 5th season 

occupy every place in Stuttgart with their flashmob action. 

‘Living offside ? Thanks ! No need !’ The players face 

a parted response from the audience: in addition to 

enthusiasm and encouragement – rejection and lack of 

understanding. Moving beyond the offside age re- 

quires a lot: at her performances Marijke lays her shyness 

aside. Joseph, who forgets his pain while playing, or 

Manne who after his stroke, again finds the way back to 

the theatre group. They all come together to use their 

still remaining time. 

genre 

arts / culture / Music 

science 

facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

54 min 


Die 5te Jahreszeit 


german 

Produced by 

gunther Merz, germany 

www.merzfilm.de 

sales contact 

gunther Merz 

richard-sorge-str. 66 

10249 Berlin, germany 

gunther.merz@yahoo.com 

www.merzfilm.de 

74M2 

by paola castillo 

Iselsa and Catty chose, along with 150 families, to 

be part of a social experiment: to be inserted in a middle 

class neighbourhood in Valparaiso. As community 

leaders and friends they have worked together on the 

project and to be integrated in a neighbourhood 

that rejected them because they are considered potential 

delinquents. The documentary observes, over 

seven years, the struggle to obtain their homes, the inte- 

gration to the neighbourhood and the challenge to 

overcome their deep inherited disagreements through 

this process. If they don’t, the neighbourhood they 

have fought for will be put at risk. 

genre 



facts 

chile, usa, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

67 min 


74m2 


spanish 

Produced by 

paola castillo 

errante productions, chile 

www.errante.cl 


christi collier 

itVs, usa 


Yle, finland 


10 / 2012 Valdivia, chile 

sales contact 


errante productions 

Holanda 3634 Ñuñoa 

cp 7790767 santiago, 

chile 

pcastillo@errante.cl 


28 29 

film id 

3230 

section 

chileDoc

film id 

3044 

section 

Dok Market 

aBout face: 

superMoDels, tHen 

anD noW 

by timothy greenfield-sanders 

Portrait photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’s 

lush new film is an intimate view of women whose 

images have defined our sense of beauty over the past 

five decades. An uncensored look at many of the 

biggest names in modeling, About Face reveals the stories 

behind the magazine covers displaying these multi- 

cultural pioneers. Each woman is candidly interviewed 

in the studio and shares her experiences, ideas on 

longevity, and philosophy of life in the fashion industry. 

Archival footage and interviews with designer Calvin 

Klein and agency head Eileen Ford round out this 

chronicle. About Face is a step back in time to a glamorous, 

yet complicated era when drugs were rampant and 

women were routinely harassed and mistreated. The 

divergent attitudes among the women about everything 

from the business of modeling, to aging and plastic 

surgery, are fascinating and priceless. About Face cele- 

brates the raw intelligence and staying power of these 

timeless icons. 

genre 

portrait 

facts 

usa, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

72 min 


about face: supermodels, 

then and now 


english 

Produced by 

timothy greenfield-sanders 

autlook filmsales, austria 


HBo, usa 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 

films transit international 

252 gouin Boulevard east 

H3l 1a8 Montreal, canada 

jan@filmstransit.com 

www.filmstransit.com 

aDDiction 

by torsten königs, christoph tölle 

section 

Dok Market 

‘All men seek happiness. This is the motive of every 

action of every man, even of those who hang themselves.’ 

(Blaise Pascal) Four people in Berlin. Their life is 

all about addiction. In Addiction we follow them around 

in their daily lives. Through them we get to know 

directly what it really means to be an addict. The film tells 

their stories strictly from their point of view. We as the 

viewers are present when their bodies ask for more, we 

watch how the heroin is bought, we observe preparation, 

consumption, having a high and suffering from the 

withdrawal symptoms. We see what the addiction has 

caused them to become and how they nevertheless 

want to live their lives. Four people, four heavy addicts, 

show their world to us and we are allowed to participate 

in their activities, their thoughts and their feelings. 

One would like to look the other way – and watch them 

closely at the same time. The film is not simply a 

document. Instead, it treats the topic in an essayistic 

manner. Does ‘addiction’ only mean an ‘illness’ – or 

doesn’t it also mean the quite general, human search for 

happiness which makes ‘addicts’ out of some of us ? 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, HD Videofile 

83 min 


sucht 


german 

Produced by 

christoph tölle, germany 

www.christoph-toelle.de 


torsten königs 

koenigsklub, germany 

sales contact 

christoph tölle 

Danckelmannstr. 48 


christoph-toelle@t-online.de 

www.christoph-toelle.de 

30 31 

film id 

2143

film id 

1752 

section 

focus saxony 

ag geige 

– an aMateur filM 

by carsten gebhardt 

Artist collective or avant-garde band – it is still uncertain 

how to describe the group of four young people from 

Karl-Marx-Stadt, who in the late 80s seized the unlikely 

opportunity by the state-operated (and state-con- 

trolled) youth radio station DT64 not only to be noticed 

favourably due to submitted cassettes featuring self-pro- 

duced music, but also to be broadcasted. Just a short 

time later the band was touring the country, their music 

was produced professionally by this very radio station, 

and only a couple of weeks before the German reuni- 

fication, they surprisingly found themselves in the recording 

studios of the nation’s sole record combine. And 

yet, all four of them weren’t even musicians, but autodidacts. 

Their gigs were rather performances than 

concerts: the oddly artificial costuming, the use of self- 

produced and over-painted films and videos, the lyrics, 

from strangely absurd to poetic. And a music which under 

the dictate of the omnipresent economic scarcity was 

produced with the aid of tape recordings and randomly 

gathered equipment and characterized by electronic 

sounds and samples. The film shows live recordings, still 

existing video material and tries to follow up the artistic 

intention and the peculiarities of the period by interview- 

ing and conversing with all the protagonists. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

80 min 


ag geige – ein amateurfilm 


german 

Produced by 

carsten gebhardt, germany 

www.carstengebhardt.eu 

sales contact 

carsten gebhardt 

Weststraße 44 

09112 chemnitz, germany 

dienstag@voxxx.de 

www.carstengebhardt.eu 

all HappY 

Mornings 

by omer Yefman 

section 

Dok Market 

A personal journey into bisexual being, the film exposes 

a piece of the passionate, wild world found by the 

filmmaker in documenting his relationship with Chen, 

a rising rock star. Facing the pressure all around him, 

Yefman tries to find a way to feel complete without hav- 

ing to explain and without feeing guilty. Alongside 

the personal dilemma is his singular family – his brother 

Gil, who keeps pushing the limits of gender, his sis- 

ter Rona, a photographer who lives in New York, and their 

grand childless parents, who are longing for the conti- 

nuity of their family tree. Like the men he talks to confi- 

dentially, they present him with the main conflicts in 

his life. As the inevitable crisis looms, a new factor emerges 

and illuminates things in a new light. 

genre 

author’s point of View 


facts 

israel, 2012 

colour, B / W, DigiBeta 

60 min 


kol Habkarim Ha’smechim 


Hebrew 

Produced by 

ari Davidovich 

HyperMedia, israel 

www.hypermedia.co.il 


noga communication 

channel 8, israel 


5 / 2012 Docaviv iff, israel 

6 / 2012 tlVfest, israel 

sales contact 

ari Davidovich 

HyperMedia 

27c Dubnov st’ 

64957 tel aviv, israel 

ari@hypermedia.co.il 

www.hypermedia.co.il 

32 33 

film id 

1958

film id 

3236 

section 

Dok Market 

aMeer got His gun 

by naomi levari 

Ameer is about to enlist in the army. As opposed to the 

majority of eighteen-year-old boys in Israel, for whom 

army service is mandatory, Ameer is exempt from 

military service under the assumption that his enlistment 

may endanger Israel’s security. That is because 

Ameer is a Muslim Arab. And yet, Ameer has decided to 

volunteer. All alone, he sets out on a journey to civic 

and self-definition, while carefully navigating the thin 

line between Jewish and Arab societies. Ameer, an 

eternal optimist, wishes to be both a proud Arab and an 

enthusiastic Israeli, while his only enemy is reality. 

genre 



facts 

israel, 2011 


58 min 


Bnei and not B'nei 


arabic, Hebrew 

Produced by 

saar Yogev 

Black sheep film productions 

israel 

www.bsheepfilms.com 


reshet channel 2, israel 


reshet channel 2, israel 


7 / 2011 Jerusalem iff, israel 

1 / 2012 fipa, france 

5 / 2012 london iff, united 

kingdom 

sales contact 

Diana karklin 

rise and shine World sales 

schlesische straße 29 / 30 


diana.karklin@ 

riseandshine-berlin.de 

www.riseandshine-berlin.com 

section 

Dok Market 

aMong Men 

– gaY in 

east gerManY 

by ringo rösener, Markus stein 

Homosexuality was not an issue in the Socialist system. 

It was considered a ‘relic of decadent bourgeois morality’, 

and it was thought that it would automatically take 

care of itself. Section 175, the anti-homosexual provision 

of the German Criminal Code, which had been tightened 

by the Nazis during the Second World War, was 

retained in West Germany. In the East, it was returned 

to its pre-Nazi version. Here one could initially live 

more freely – just not talk about it. In this film, six men 

tell their story about how gay men lived and loved in 

the GDR – and by no means are they always in agreement. 

Among Men tells the story of individuality in a uniform 

system. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, B / W, HDcam 

91 min 


unter Männern – schwul in der 

DDr 


german 

Produced by 

olaf Jacobs 

Hoferichter & Jacobs gmbH 

germany 

www.hoferichterjacobs.de 


Björn koll 

salzgeber & co. Medien gmbH 

germany 

www.salzgeber.de 


MDr, germany 


2 / 2012 Berlinale, germany 

5 / 2012 filmkunstfest MV, 

germany 

6 / 2012 out takes, new Zealand 

8 / 2012 gender Docufilm fest 

rome, italy 

sales contact 

olaf Jacobs 

Hoferichter & Jacobs gmbH 

scheffelstr. 31a 


o.jacobs@hoferichterjacobs.de 


34 35 

film id 

3349

film id 

2888 

section 

Doc alliance 

tHe anaBasis 

of MaY anD fusako 

sHigenoBu, Masao 

aDacHi, anD 27 Years 

WitHout iMages 

by eric Baudelaire 

Who are May and Fusako Shigenobu ? Fusako leader of a 

small extreme left-wing group, the Japanese Red 

Army– has been hiding in Beirut for nigh on 30 years. 

May, her daughter, only discovered Japan at the age of 

27. And Masao Adachi ? A screenwriter and radical, 

activist filmmaker, committed to the armed struggle. 

Amongst other things, he is also the instigator of a 

‘theory of landscape’ fukeiron: through filming landscapes 

Adachi seeks to reveal the patterns of oppression. 

Anabasis ? This, ever since Xenophon, has been the 

name given to difficult or even circuitous homeward 

journeys. It is this complex, dark story, always full of 

tension that Eric Baudelaire has chosen to evoke using 

the documentary format. Shot in Super 8, and in the 

manner of fukeiron, contemporary views of Tokyo and 

Beirut are blended in with archive footage, TV clips 

and excerpts from films to spread out the backdrop for 

May and Adachi’s voices and memories. They speak 

of everyday life, of being a little girl in hiding, of exile, 

politics and cinema and the fascinating relationships 

between them. Jean-Pierre Rehm 

genre 



facts 

france, 2011 


66 min 


l’ anabase de May et fusako 

shigenobu, Masao adachi et 27 

années sans images 


english, french, Japanese 

Produced by 

eric Baudelaire, france 

sales contact 

eric Baudelaire 

41bis, Quai de la loire 

75019 paris, france 

info@baudelaire.net 

anatoMY 

of a Departure 

by oliver tataru 

section 

Dok international programme 

Anatomy of a Departure presents the director’s family, 

who once lived in Ceausescu’s oppressive Romania, 

a country with no illusions for a brighter future. With 

many difficulties, they immigrated to Germany, to 

seek the promise of freedom. Together with this family, 

we go back to a haunting decision, which once taken, 

successively destroyed the place they called home. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 


73 min 


anatomie des Weggehens 


german 

Produced by 

David lindner 

filmallee, germany 

www.filmallee.com 


Br, germany 

sales contact 

David lindner 

filmallee 

Bayerisches filmzentrum 

Bavariafilmplatz 7 

82031 München, grünwald, 

germany 

david@filmallee.com 

www.filmallee.com 

36 37 

film id 

441

film id 

3214 

section 

Dok Market 

anD italY took 

fligHt 

by stefano tealdi 

Mario Marangoni and Giancarlo Zanardo are making 

a one hundred year-old dream come true. They have 

re-constructed the first air machine designed by Gianni 

Caproni and will make it fly. It is a massive vehicle 

with hand sown wings and a unique (and unreliable) 

4 piston engine. In 1910, it only flew 250 metres, but 

this time it will fly for real and the builders will be in the 

pilot’s seat. Following its reconstruction, the film 

narrates the adventures of the Italian Gianni Caproni, 

the man that gave birth to the most important air 

industry in Europe, at least until the second world war. 

genre 



facts 

italy, 2012 


52 min 


e l'italia Volo 


italian 

Produced by 

elena filippini 

stefilm international, italy 

www.stefilm.it 


rodolfo concer 

kr Movie, italy 


tsi, switzerland 


5 / 2012 trento ff, italy 

sales contact 


stefilm international 

Via galliari 5b 

10125 torino, italy 

elena@stefilm.it 


section 

Dok german competition 

anD WHo taugHt 

You to DriVe 

by andrea thiele 

Three expats learning to drive realize that the great 

challenge is not the strange traffic rules (in their 

new countries), but rather their ingrained behavioural 

patterns. They all need a driving license somewhat 

urgently. While taking lessons and trying to pass their 

tests, they realize how their cultures are entirely in 

their way. Their confusion over driving on the right 

or left side of the road, waving hand-signals or clicking 

are just the beginning of their ‘comedy of errors’. 

The film follows three people who learn life lessons 

much bigger than driving. Mirela, an impatient, decisive 

German woman launches her international design 

business in India – where buying a coffee can take 2 

hours. Jake, a very relaxed citizen of the USA, seduced 

by the glory and mystery of Tokyo, discovers that 

his favourite word ‘whatever’ does not translate into 

Japanese. HyeWon, meekly asking permission from her 

husband before making any decision in Korea, learns 

to live by herself alone in Germany ! This movie celebrates 

cultural diversity and questions our underlying 

structures and values which shape and challenge us: 

A fun, funny and dramatic story of people losing their 

way, finding another way, and discovering who they 

really are. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

90 min 


and Who taught You to Drive 


english, german, Hindi, 

Japanese, korean 

Produced by 

stefan kloos 

kloos & co. Medien gmbH, 

germany 

www.kloosundco.de 


Br, germany 

sales contact 

stefan kloos 




stefan.kloos@kloosundco.de 


38 39 

film id 

2870

film id 

280 

section 


competition 

anotHer nigHt 

on eartH 

by David Muñoz 

Egypt, a country under revolution. Cairo, a mega-city 

with the worst traffic in the world. In endless traffic 

jams, passengers and taxi drivers talk and debate about 

their present and future. And we discover the details 

that draw their lives. 

genre 



facts 

spain, 2012 


52 min 


otra noche en la tierra 


arabic 

Produced by 

David Muñoz 

Hibrida, spain 

www.davidmunoz.es 

sales contact 

David Muñoz 

Hibrida 

Burgos 21 

pozuelo de alarcon 

28223 Madrid, spain 

hibrida@hibrida.es 

www.davidmunoz.es 

appassionata 

by christian labhart 

Pianist Alena Cherny has been living in Switzerland for 

15 years. She has a dream: she wants to donate a grand 

piano to the music school of her Ukrainian hometown, 

as a sign of gratitude for having been able to make 

her first steps in music there. The grand piano’s journey 

becomes a moving search for traces in the places of 

her childhood and youth. When Alena Cherny speaks 

and plays the piano, one can feel everything that shaped 

her, from the contrasts and catastrophes she experienced, 

to the beginnings she made and the farewells she 

had to take. A film about the migration of a strong woman; 

full of sorrow, anger, enthusiasm and love. 

facts 

switzerland, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

83 min 


appassionata 


english, german, russian, 

ukrainian 

Produced by 

paul riniker 

riniker communications 

gmbH, switzerland 

www.rinikercommunications.ch 


srf, switzerland 

sales contact 

Bea cuttat 

look now 

gasometerstrasse 9 

8005 Zürich, switzerland 

info@looknow.ch 

www.looknow.ch 

40 41 

film id 

2156 

section 

Visions du réel & swiss films 

genre 

portrait

film id 

2484 

section 


arBeit HeiMat opel 

by ulrike franke, Michael loeken 

Arbeit Heimat Opel profiles six young people, aged 

16 to 19, who began their apprenticeships as industrial 

mechanics at the Opel plant in Bochum, Germany 

in 2009. While they must learn to cope with a new phase 

in their lives, the start of their professional careers and 

approaching departure from the security of their 

parental homes, Opel itself is being sucked deeper and 

deeper into the maelstrom of the international financial 

crisis and facing ever-increasing economic pressure. 

We follow Jerome, André, Sinan, Tim, Marius and Marcel, 

with all their hopes and fears, through this period 

of radical change; we are introduced to their dreams for 

the future as well as their worries. They stand at the 

threshold of a professional life whose future is already 

uncertain. At the same time, Arbeit Heimat Opel contrasts 

the everyday lives of the Plant II apprentices with 

GM and Opel’s fortunes on the world stage on two seem- 

ingly unrelated levels. Despite their distance both in 

physical and in media terms, the two levels repeatedly 

intersect and come into contact with one another, 

connecting global strategies with local and personal life 

plans – and vice versa. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

90 min 


arbeit Heimat opel 


german 

Produced by 

ulrike franke, Michael loeken 

filmproduktion loeken franke, 

germany 

www.loekenfranke.de 


WDr, germany 

sales contact 

ulrike franke 

filmproduktion loeken franke 

alvenslebenstraße 10 

50668 köln, germany 

franke@loekenfranke.de 

www.loekenfranke.de 

section 


competition 

are You listening ! 

by kamar ahmad simon 

When rain comes to dyke, village women rush to collect 

rainwater … but with the fresh breeze coming in, Rakhi 

(27) takes her refuge in rain ! By the coastal belts of 

Bangladesh, in a small village named ‘Sutarkhali’, Rakhi 

lives with her man Soumen (32) and their son Rahul 

(6). Fighting against all the odds of the woods, along with 

around a 100 families, they cultivated the land for gen- 

erations. On May 27, 2009 … when Rahul was only 4 years 

old, a tidal surge hit the coastal belts of Bangladesh. 

Saline water flooded the land, ruining the harvest, home 

and everything and forced almost a million to take re- 

fuge in an age-old dyke. For Rakhi, Soumen and Rahul … 

life was not the same anymore. Are You Listening ! is 

about Rakhi’s hope to ensure a dignified future for her 

son Rahul. It’s about her jobless husband Soumen’s 

frustration for failing to provide for his family, and about 

a community’s struggle to get back the land they have 

lost. Seasons change topography, even relations … Yet after 

the rain … They go out with spades and shovels to re- 

claim the life again, Are You Listening ! 

genre 



facts 

Bangladesh, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

90 min 


shunte ki pao ! 


Bengali 

Produced by 

sara afreen 

Beginning production, 

Bangladesh 

www.beginningproduction.com 

sales contact 

sara afreen 

Beginning production 

flat 4a (old), House-tobu, plot 1, 

road 4, Banani DoHs 

1206 Dhaka, Bangladesh 

info@beginningproduction.com 

www.beginningproduction.com 

42 43 

film id 

2410

film id 

3172 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe art of YoDeling 

by eivind tolas 

A hipster goes yodel. We follow the philosophy student 

and yodeler Polkabjørn on his way to the ultimate 

yodel experiences and to success. He and his musical 

companion Kleine Heine take their yodel act from 

the narrow fjords of Norway to huge stadium concerts, 

the world’s leading throat expert, the Faroe Islands, 

Texas and Germany. We meet their enthusiastic manager, 

a male stripper and one of the biggest yodel fans on 

earth. Why are they doing this ? Do they really like it ? 

And, will Polkabjørn ever meet the Jodlerkönig, his 

big yodel hero ? 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

norway, 2012 

colour, Beta sp 

58 min 


the art of Yodeling 


english, norwegian 

Produced by 

Johnny Hilmvag 

flimmer film, norway 


10 / 2012 Bergen, norway 

sales contact 

esther van Messel 

first Hand films 

neunbrunnenstrasse 50 


esther.van.messel@ 

firsthandfilms.com 

www.firsthandfilms.com 

as You like it 

by paula oneț 

If you could pick only one photograph of yourself for 

the next generations to remember you, which one would 

you choose ? The film brings together stories from 

people facing their gravestone picture while still being 

alive and focuses on the image of the self as a threshold of 

the visible world they leave behind. As this is an eter- 

nal memory for the descendants, people seem to be very 

keen on finding ‘the right’ portrait. How would you 

recognize your 82-year-old grandparents if their grave- 

stone portrait shows them as 16-year-old adolescents ? 

The graveyard picture is also part of the collective 

memory of the society we live in. That’s why Sabina, a 

72-year-old widow, wants to replace her gravestone 

picture because she is ‘too red’ and she will be misjudged 

as an alcoholic. Making a gravestone picture is not an 

easy task nowadays, as the photo ceramic companies offer 

a variety of shapes and backgrounds, from colourful 

curtains to natural landscapes or ‘heaven-like’ sceneries. 

While the audience discovers the graveyard as a public 

photo album and a living social document, the characters 

fall into a psychological process of finding the perfect 

image to-be-remembered. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

romania, 2012 


21 min 


După fel și cHip 


romanian 

sales contact 

paula oneț 

Mihai Viteazul, nr. 10, ap. 3 

445100 carei, romania 

paula_onet@yahoo.com 

44 45 

film id 

3235 

section 

storyDoc

film id 

400 

section 

animadoc 

tHe BasketBall 

gaMe 

by Hart snider 

In 1983, nine-year-old Hart attends Jewish summer camp 

for the first time. A haven for Hart and other Jewish 

kids, camp is suddenly disrupted by the announcement 

of a special visit: kids from a nearby town will be their 

guests at a cultural mixer. But this is not just any group 

of visitors – these kids have been taught anti-Sem- 

itism and Holocaust denial in school. The night before 

they arrive, Hart and his friends speculate about what 

tomorrow will bring. They fear the worst, imagining the 

visitors might burn the camp down, or maybe even 

try to kill them. Incorporating animation, documentary 

and personal memoir, The Basketball Game unfolds 

from filmmaker Hart Snider’s point of view. Snider uses 

humour and suspense to tell a poignant tale of hope and 

tolerance in the face of fear and stereotypes. 

genre 


facts 

canada, 2012 


5 min 


the Basketball game 


english 

Produced by 

tracey friesen 

national film Board of canada 

canada 

www.nfb.ca 


3 / 2012 global Visions ff, canada 

4 / 2012 reel 2 real iff, canada 

4 / 2012 Viewfinders iff, canada 

sales contact 

Élise labbé 


3155, cote-de-liesse road 

H4n 2n4 saint-laurent, canada 

festivals@nfb.ca 

www.nfb.ca 

BatterY Man 

by Dusan saponja, Dusan cavic 

section 

east silver & iDf 

Meet a man whose life was changed by electricity. An 

extraordinary person who can fry a hot dog with his bare 

hands in an attempt to become the first human laser ! 

Slavisa Pajkic, aka Biba Struja (Electric Biba), is capable 

of conducting electricity and he can consciously 

control its power while discharging it. The central story 

of the movie is the inner and outer journey of a rural 

superhero in his attempt to discover what exactly hap- 

pens in his body, but also to enter Guinness Book of 

Records before he loses his power. Is he an illusionist or 

a real superhero ? 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

serbia, 2012 


54 min 


Biba struja 


serbian 

Produced by 

snezana penev 

ciklotron, serbia 

www.ciklotron.net 


tV ontario, canada 

Dr tV, Denmark 

orf, austria 

ur, sweden 

knowledge network, canada 


4 / 2012 Beldocs, serbia 

6 / 2012 iDfa, netherlands 

sales contact 

snezana penev 

ciklotron 

omladinskih brigada 196 / 43 

11070 Belgrade, serbia 

snezana.penev@ciklotron.net 

www.ciklotron.net 

46 47 

film id 

1805

film id 

2164 

section 

Dok Market 

Beautiful faces 

by russell Martin 

Beautiful Faces offers a compelling look at one of the 

world’s most remarkable hospitals, the disfigured young 

patients to whom it offers new lives, and the team 

of surgeons, physicians, and medical professionals who 

believe it’s the best place in the world to practice 

their unique, life-transforming craft. Beautiful Faces 

interweaves the stories of patients and their families who 

come to the reconstructive plastic surgery unit at 

Hospital Gea Gonzalez seeking physical transformations 

that will renew their own and their loved ones lives 

with the personal stories of the enormously talented med- 

ical professionals whose work is both their passion and 

their gift to humankind. Beautiful Faces ultimately 

demonstrates that, in many ways, the distinction between 

patients and caregivers is only an illusory one, and that 

much more than cutting, sawing and sewing, the essen- 

tial task of the hospital is the freeing of the human 

spirit. It is work that allows doctors and patients alike to 

look comfortably in the mirror and understand that 

they are vitally important members of the human family. 

genre 


science 

facts 

Mexico, usa, 2012 


75 min 


Beautiful faces 


english, spanish 

Produced by 

alvera de leon 

alma y arte productions, 

united kingdom 


kazz Basma 

sideways film, united kingdom 

www.sidewaysfilm.com 

sales contact 

kazz Basma 

sideways film 

7 Bouverie Mews, Bouverie road. 

n16 0al london, 


kazz@sidewaysfilm.com 


section 

Dok Market 

Beer is cHeaper 

tHan tHerapY 

by simone de Vries 

‘I’m 22 years old and I must have killed 30 people. The 

same thing that you were given badges for over in 

Iraq, would have you considered a serial killer over here. 

That’s a very weird thought to have running around 

in your head when it’s dark, going to sleep or late at night.’ 

There is no place for doubt, sadness and fear in the 

American army. Still, many soldiers struggle with these 

feelings. Beer is Cheaper than Therapy portrays 

what goes on behind the façade of heroism and the ‘John 

Wayne mentality’. 

genre 



facts 

netherlands, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

55 min / 78 min 


Beer is cheaper than therapy 


english 

Produced by 

frank van de engel 

Zeppers film, netherlands 

www.zeppers.nl 


Vpro, netherlands 



11 / 2011 Vpro, netherlands 

sales contact 








48 49 

film id 

1059

film id 

561 

BeerlanD 

by Matt sweetwood 

section 

Dok Young cinema 

competition 

and leipzig screening 

Matt Sweetwood – a Midwestern American in Germany 

– takes a humorous outside look at his complex 

new neighbours from a perspective he loves most but 

he knows the least about: beer. He believes that solving 

the mystery of the German beer culture may be the 

key to understanding German contradictions, misleading 

stereotypes, and insider drinking knowledge that 

Germans seem to share only among themselves. Germany 

is overrun with more beer styles, beer breweries, beers 

festivals, and beer history than Americans ever knew 

possible. Matt must learn to embrace people whose thick 

dialects he can hardly understand, and travel to parts 

of Germany far off the tourist path, light years from the 

famous Oktoberfest. Paving his own personal beer trail, 

he soon discovers a new side of Germany that is equally 

puzzling. This small country, divided by thousands 

of different traditions, rules and emotions, is seemingly 

tied together by beer. Finally, he finds his Germany, 

a place he called Beerland. It is a country filled with hun- 

dred heart-felt traditions and countless ways to enjoy 

beer. A home to German cosiness and cheesy folk songs, 

where friends are waiting to be discovered and world’s 

problems are easily solved. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2011 

colour, B / W, Dcp 

85 min 


Beerland 


english, german 

Produced by 

olaf Jacobs 

Hoferichter & Jacobs gmbH, 

germany 



Br, germany 

sales contact 

andrea seibert 

global screen 

sonnenstraße 21 

80331 München, germany 

andrea.seibert@globalscreen.de 

www.globalscreen.de 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe Bella Vista 

by alicia cano 

The Bella Vista is a story of a house starting as a football 

club, becoming a successful transvestite brothel only 

to be changed into a catholic chapel, all in a small conserv- 

ative village in Uruguay. In this playful documentary, 

two transvestites, one brothel’s Madam and a gaucho foot- 

ball player, will bring to life this battle for control 

over a single physical space, driven by the same motivation: 

passion. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

uruguay, germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

73 min / 52 min 


el Bella Vista 


spanish 

Produced by 

alicia cano, uruguay 


thomas Mauch 

filmproduktion thomas Mauch, 

germany 

sales contact 

Manuela Buono 

taskovski films 

7 granard Business centre 

Bunns lane 

nW7 2DQ london, 


sales@taskovskifilms.com 

www.taskovskifilms.com 

50 51 

film id 

1040

film id 

3210 

section 


Bells of Happiness 

by Marek sulik, Jana Bucka 

Mariena and Roman are cousins. They share one passion 

which has little to do with their everyday life – 

admiration of singer stars Karel Gott and Dara Rolins. 

They collect and exchange newspaper clips from 

tabloids, they rehearse together songs from the repertoire 

of their idols and borrow their identities under 

which they are known by their relatives and neighbours. 

In spite of all expectations, Mariena is Karel and Roman 

is Darinka (i.e. the girl is the male singer and the boy 

is the female singer). One day, they decide that they will 

sing their favourite hit ‘Zvonky šťastia’ and they will 

send it to Karel and Dara with their own video-clip on 

the DVD. For this project, they are accompanied by 

documentarists Marek Šulík and Jana Bučka. Thus, there 

arises a mutual play in which roles of protagonists and 

film-makers are exchanged, but also those of media stars 

and simple people from socially weaker classes. 

genre 



facts 

slovakia, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

62 min 


Zvonky šťastia 


slovak 

Produced by 

Jana Belisova 

oZ Zudro, slovakia 

www.zudro.sk 


6 / 2012 artfilmfest, slovakia 

7 / 2012 karlovy Vary ff, 

czech republic 

sales contact 

Jana Belisova 

oZ Zudro 

Drazicka 20 

841 01 Bratislava, slovakia 

vasolibe@gmail.com 

www.zudro.sk 

section 

Dok Market 

BengHaZi: 

BeYonD 

tHe front line 

by natalia orozco 

On February 17th of 2011, the first images of the Libyan 

civil upheaval travelled across the world. After 42 

years under Gaddafi’s rule, the international community 

stood in awe at a country profoundly divided. On the 

one hand there were those loyal to the Regime and on the 

other an improvised and inexperienced opposition. 

The conflict escalated as protesters turned into armed 

rebels, confronting the Dictator’s army. But beyond 

the front line laid the most fascinating face of the Arab 

awakening. During an entire year the filmmakers 

portrayed the struggle of five civilian leaders that head- 

ed a different resistance: one of ideas. Among them are 

Libyan journalists whose colleagues were killed during 

the early days of the revolution; long-time political 

prisoners that saw freedom within their grasp. Courageous 

women that took to the streets in support for 

the rebels also became characters in our journey. Artists 

that challenged censorship and became the voice of 

the revolution. Through intimate portraits the film ex- 

plores the contradictions that coexist in the Libyans long- 

ing for justice and freedom. The moving stories allow 

us to travel across a society where uncertainty governs the 

future and hope promises peace. 

genre 



facts 

colombia, Mexico, france, 2012 


52 min 


Benghazi: Beyond the front line 


arabic, english 

Produced by 

Jaime escallon 

lulo films, colombia 

www.lulofilms.com, 

ximena sotomayor 

lulo films, colombia 

www.lulofilms.com 


Jean-Michel rodrigo 

Mécanos productions, france 


france Ô, france 

rcn, colombia 

tV5, france 

france 3 corse, france 

sales contact 

Diana karklin 







52 53 

film id 

3240

film id 

3255 

section 

Dok Market 

Bert stern: 

original MaDMan 

by shannah laumeister 

Star photographer, original ‘Mad Man’ and cultural 

icon Bert Stern, who has made the world’s most gorgeous 

and sensual women his subject for the last 50 years 

(Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Sofia Loren, Eliza- 

beth Taylor, Claudia Cardinale, Brigitte Bardot, 

Twiggy, Stanley Kubrick’s Lolita, Kate Moss, Scarlett 

Johansson, etc.) now becomes the subject, revealing 

his untold, wild and spectacular life story to his long 

time-muse, including Bert’s infamous Last Sitting 

with Marilyn Monroe – which he shot six weeks before 

her tragic and untimely death. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

usa, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

87 min 


Bert stern: original Madman 


english 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






a Better life is 

elseWHere 

by rolando colla 

section 


For eight years, Rolando Colla follows three people 

who are trying to change their lives: a lonely shepherd 

who has retreated into the mountains of Sarajevo; 

a Cuban psychiatrist and hard rock fan attempting to 

break out of the system and a Swiss single mother 

determined to emigrate. A long-term study of the way 

people wrestle endlessly with their dreams. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 


colour, Dcp 

90 min 


Das Bessere leben ist anderswo 


Bosnian, spanish, swiss german 

Produced by 

elena peadrzzoli 

peacock film, switzerland 

www.peacock.ch 


almir sahinovic, Bosnia 




10 / 2012 Busan iff, south korea 

10 / 2012 Hofer filmtage, germany 

sales contact 

elena peadrzzoli 

peacock film 

Mühlebachstrasse 113 


elena@peacock.ch 

www.peacock.ch 

54 55 

film id 

534

film id 

3292 

section 

Best of tV – poV 

Better tHis WorlD 

by kelly Duane de la Vega, katie galloway 

The story of Bradley Crowder and David McKay, who 

were accused of intending to firebomb the 2008 

Republican National Convention, is a dramatic tale of 

idealism, loyalty, crime and betrayal. Better This World 

follows the radicalization of these boyhood friends from 

Midland, Texas, under the tutelage of revolutionary 

activist Brandon Darby. The results: eight homemade 

bombs, multiple domestic terrorism charges and a 

high-stakes entrapment defence hinging on the actions 

of a controversial FBI informant. Better This World goes 

to the heart of the war on terror and its impact on civil 

liberties and political dissent in post-9 / 11 America. 

genre 



facts 

usa, 2011 


89 min 


Better this World 


english 

Produced by 

katie galloway 

loteria films, usa 

www.loteriafilms.com 

kelly Duane de la Vega 

loteria films, usa 

Mike nicholson, usa 


David layton, usa 


american Documentary | poV, 

usa 

sales contact 

catherine le clef 

cat&Docs 

18 rue Quincampoix 


cat@catndocs.com 

www.catndocs.com 

section 

Dok Market 

BetWeen tWo-spirit 

by laurence périgaud 

Becoming a woman at sixty. Chris feels neither a man 

nor a woman, but more like a ‘Two-Spirit’: in between 

both genders. Now turning sixty, this professor of 

management is taking the big plunge. One year in his / 

her life, from the operation in Thailand, through the 

apprenticeship of femininity back in Switzerland, to the 

coming out as a woman. A year in which Chris takes 

wing as a female to become Christa. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 


colour, HDcam 

77 min 


entre il et ailes 


english, french, german, 

swiss german 

Produced by 

laurence périgaud, switzerland 

www.entreiletailes.com 


tsr, switzerland 


4 / 2012 Visions Du réel, 

switzerland 

sales contact 

stephan riguet 

andanafilms 

le Village 

07170 lussas, france 

contact@andanafilms.com 

www.andanafilms.com 

56 57 

film id 

638

film id 

2620 

section 


BeYonD WrieZen 

– a MoVie aBout 

life after serVing 

tiMe in Jail 

by Daniel abma 

A movie about life after serving time in jail. This docu- 

mentary tells the story about three delinquent 

adolescents Imo (22), Jano (17) and Marcel (25) three 

years after the day of their release from prison in 

Wriezen (Brandenburg, Germany). We see children 

being born, furniture torn to pieces, driving lessons 

on a pig-farm and drug deals on Berlin-Alexanderplatz. 

Beyond Wriezen (AT) observes life through the per- 

spective of the adolescents, and shows their hopes, pride, 

thoughts and fears. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

88 min 


nach Wriezen – ein film über das 

leben nach der Haft 


german 

Produced by 

Hff konrad Wolf, germany 

sales contact 

cristina Marx 

Hff konrad Wolf 

Marlene-Dietrich-allee 11 

14482 potsdam, germany 

distribution@hff-potsdam.de 

www.hff-potsdam.de 

Big BoYs gone 

Bananas !* 

by fredrik gertten 

section 


What is a big corporation capable of in order to protect 

its brand ? Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten’s 

experienced this recently. His previous film Bananas !* 

(2009) recounts the lawsuit that 12 Nicaraguan 

plantation workers brought against the fruit giant Dole 

Food Company. The film was selected for competition 

by the Los Angeles Film Festival. Nothing wrong so 

far, right ? But then Gertten gets a strange message: the 

festival removes Bananas !* from competition. Then, 

a scathing article appears in the Los Angeles Business 

Journal about the film, and Gertten subsequently 

receives a letter from Dole’s attorney threatening him 

with legal action. What follows is an unparalleled 

thriller that has Gertten capturing the entire process – 

from DOLE attacking the producers with a defamation 

lawsuit, bullying scare tactics, to media-control 

and PR-spin. This personal film reveals precisely how 

a multinational will stop at nothing to get its way – freedom 

of speech is at stake. As Dole’s PR company puts 

it, ‘It is easier to cope with a bad conscience than a bad 

reputation.’ 

genre 



facts 

sweden, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

90 min 


Big Boys gone Bananas !* 


english, spanish, swedish 

Produced by 

Margarete Jangård 

Wg film, sweden 

www.wgfilm.com 



sales contact 

peter Jäger 

autlook filmsales 

trappelgasse 4 / 17 

1040 Vienna, austria 

peter@autlookfilms.com 

www.autlookfilms.com 

58 59 

film id 

258

film id 

3256 

section 

Dok Market 

BirDers, 

tHe central park 

effect 

by Jeff kimball 

New York’s Central Park acts as a beacon to travel weary 

feathered fliers throughout the year. Dozens of different 

birds, and their calls, make an appearance here as 

the seasons cycle through. Bird numbers everywhere may 

be declining, but to anyone with binoculars, in Central 

Park the little fliers are still the best thing going. ‘Birders’, 

a colourful documentary about birds and birders 

in New York’s Central Park is a delight for everyone. Bird 

watchers will find affirmation and even explanation for 

their vocation. People who can’t tell a sparrow from a lark 

will just wonder at the sheer beauty of it all. 

genre 


facts 

usa, 2012 

colour 

58 min 


Birders, the central park effect 


english 

Produced by 

Jeff kimball 

alternate image productions inc., 

usa 


3 / 2012 sxsW, usa 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 




514 8443358 



Bitter seeDs 

by Micha x. peled 

section 

Dok Market 

Every 30 minutes, a farmer in India kills himself in 

despair because he can no longer provide for his family. 

How is it that a hardworking farmer and father arrives 

at a point in life where the most sensible course of 

action is to kill himself by drinking a bottle of pesticide ? 

It all makes horrible sense once you understand the 

forces at work: the tragic intersection of genetically 

modified agriculture, the global economy and a traditional 

culture. Micha Peled’s vivid, rich and deep new documentary 

Bitter Seeds takes us to an Indian village at the 

centre of the suicide crisis region. It follows Ram Krishna, 

a cotton farmer and his family over a season as they 

struggle to hold on to their land. It’s also the story of the 

neighbours’ daughter, Manjusha, who is determined 

to overcome village traditions and become a journalist. 

Ram Krishna’s plight becomes her first assignment. 

Bitter Seeds raises critical questions about the human cost 

of genetically modified agriculture and the future of 

how we grow things. This is the third film in Micha 

Peled’s globalization trilogy, following the award-winning 

Store Wars: When Wal Mart Comes to Town and ‘China Blue’. 

genre 



facts 

usa, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

57 min 


Bitter seeds 


english 

Produced by 

Micha x. peled 

teddy Bear films, usa 


itVs, usa 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






60 61 

film id 

484

film id 

2068 

BlenDer 

by susann reck 

section 

Dok Market 

Blender is an autobiographical, inspired documentary 

film. In the 70s, my parents founded a mental hospital 

on top of a mountain in the German alps called 

Blender. Until today my siblings are working there and 

I´m the only one who left the place. The film Blender 

is about six inhabitants of the hospital, Friedlieb, Julius, 

Marie, Lars, Herr Kraus and Herr Stuhler. Four of 

them had to leave the place during the film. The reasons 

are typical for patients in mental hospitals: it´s about 

alcohol, death, multiple personalities and violence. The 

film tells the stories of my protagonists in a light way 

showing an apparently idyllic place, that changes more 

and more into sadness and drama. Their leaving is 

also the main connection to my childhood, where people 

were coming and going all the time and I didn´t know 

at all what was going on. The protagonists of my film are 

appealingly direct and undisguised, though they never 

lose dignity. All of them are fully aware of their situa- 

tions and act with their own internal logic. For the main 

part Blender is not about being foolish or different. The 

film unfolds multifaceted forms of human existences, all 

condemned to be lonely in life. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

120 min 


Blender 


german 

Produced by 

susann reck 

red island prod., germany 

www.susannreck.com 

sales contact 

susann reck 

red island prod. 

gustav-Müller-str.10 


susareck@t-online.de 

www.susannreck.com 

tHe BlockaDe 

by igor Bezinović 

section 


The Blockade is a unique view from within on the most 

massive, longest and politically most significant student 

protest in the country, since 1971, that started in April 

of 2009 at the Faculty of humanities and Social Sciences 

in Zagreb. The struggle against the commercialization 

of education and the blockade of teaching classes lasted 

for 34 days. The rebellion spread onto more than 20 

faculties across the country and the students became an 

active and relevant political subject. The director 

followed everything: from the exhilarating preparation 

meetings and blocking of classes to the first signs of 

exhaustion, through personal situations and discussions 

late at night, from the initial support of most faculty 

members to the moment they turned their back to 

the movement and the attempt to reach the missing minis- 

ter of education. This film shows that the blockade was 

not just physical and that it has a much broader meaning. 

genre 



facts 

croatia, 2012 


92 min 


Blokada 


croatian 

Produced by 

nenad puhovski 

factum Documentary project 

croatia 

www.factum.com.hr 


oliver sertic 

restart Media centar, croatia 

www.restarted.hr 


3 / 2012 ZagrebDox, croatia 

sales contact 

nenad puhovski 

factum Documentary project 

nova Ves 18 

10 000 Zagreb, croatia 

info@factum.com.hr 

www.factum.com.hr 

62 63 

film id 

1071

film id 

3257 

section 

Dok Market 

BorDerline, an un- 

setting JourneY 

along tHe WorlD’s 

longest un- 

DefenDeD BorDer 

by Daniel sekulich 

Borderline explores the aftermath of the 9 / 11 terrorist 

attacks as experienced by ordinary people living 

and working along the Canada-U. S. Border following 

filmmaker and journalist Daniel Sekulich as he 

treks across North America from the Atlantic to the 

Pacific on both sides of the international line. Via an 

assortment of characters along their journey they 

discover/describe how lives have been altered by 9 / 11. 

They encounter fishermen, farmers, military personnel, 

ranchers, shop owners, truckers, Native leaders, im- 

migrants, border officials, former RCMP officers and any- 

one else with a story to tell. It is a scenic, humorous 

and above all thought-provoking cross-country journey 

that reveals how its almost scary obsession with security 

has changed the United States since the September 

attacks and where this could lead us … 

genre 



facts 

canada, 2012 

colour, 

52 min 


Borderline, an unsetting Journey 

along the World’s longest un- 

Defended Border 


english 

Produced by 

edward peill 

tell tale productions inc. 

www.telltale.tv 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






section 



BoucHBennerscH 

otto / HoW to treat 

Differentness 

by Janina Jung 

Bouchbennersch Otto (born Otto Müller) was born 

in Emmerichenhain, Germany in 1907. He witnessed two 

world wars, was trained as a bookbinder and later 

became police-servant for the community, announced 

news in Emmerichenhain and the surrounding vil- 

lages with a bell. Everyone knew Otto, but no one knew 

who he really was. Otto was different. Unlike all 

the others. The documentary Bouchbennersch Otto looks 

behind the facade of a village and depicts how people 

treat each other. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 


29 min 


Bouchbennersch otto / vom 

umgang mit andersartigkeit 


german 

Produced by 

ute Dilger 

kunsthochschule für Medien 

köln, germany 

www.khm.de 

sales contact 

Janina Jung 

kunsthochschule für Medien köln 

peter-Welter-platz 2 


janina_jung@yahoo.de 

www.khm.de / pm / projekte / 

projekt / paview/3555 

64 65 

film id 

2084

film id 

2174 

section 


BreatHing eartH 

– susuMu sHingu’s 

DreaM 

by thomas riedelsheimer 

75-year-old Japanese artist Susumu Shingu talks with 

nature through his sculptures. His lifelong dialogue with 

the wind and with water has given the world uniquely 

beautiful works of fluid, unpredictable and ever-changing 

movement. Susumu renders visible the veiled and 

the unseen and opens to us new perspectives. Thomas 

Riedelsheimer accompanies this quiet and unassuming 

man in pursuit of a dream, a quest to create an awareness 

of our planet, our breathing earth and our human 

values. Breathing Earth is a film about the wind, the 

philosophy of a wise person, about art, love and dreams. 

genre 


facts 

germany, united kingdom, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

93 min 


Breathing earth – susumu 

shingu’s Dream 


english, german, italian, 

Japanese 

Produced by 

stefan tolz 

filmpunkt gmbH, germany 

www.filmquadrat.de 


WDr/arte, germany 

sales contact 

stefan tolz 

filmpunkt gmbH 

Worringer str. 22 


stefan@filmpunkt.com 

www.filmquadrat.de 

tHe Brussels 

Business 

by friedrich Moser, Matthieu lietaert 

section 

Dok Market 

Who runs the European Union ? A high-profile, political 

docu-thriller unveiling the EU´s untold story. In the 

early 90s, two young men discover the enormous influ- 

ence of lobbying in Brussels. Olivier Hoedeman becomes 

the EU’s leading lobby-watchdog. Pascal Kerneis becomes 

a high profile lobbyist for multinational industries 

and today claims to represent 50% of the GDP of the 

EU. With Olivier’s investigations and Pascal’s career the 

film takes us on a journey into the corridors of power 

of the biggest economy on earth – the European Union. 

Lobby groups, consultancies, think tanks and law firms 

teaming up with the EU’s political elite are the secretive 

networks that steer the life of 500 million Europeans. 

genre 


facts 

austria, Belgium, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

58 min / 85 min 


the Brussels Business 


english 

Produced by 

friedrich Moser 

Blue+green communication, italy 

www.blue-and-green.com 


stephen Visualantics, Belgium 


orf, austria 

rtBf, Belgium 

ZDf / arte, germany 


3 / 2012 Wien Burgkino, poland 

4 / 2012 Millenium iff, Belgium 


sales contact 

Diana karklin 







66 67 

film id 

1777

film id 

3170 

section 

Documentary campus 

Masterschool 

BurY MY Heart in 

DresDen 

by Bettina renner 

A Catholic cemetery in Dresden, Germany. In the 

middle of a meadow, a small grave. And at the foot of the 

grey and weathered gravestone, waving in the wind, 

a small American flag. The inscription chiselled into the 

old stone reveals who was laid to his final rest here 

in 1914: the Native American Edward Two-Two, a Sioux 

chief. How did a Sioux Indian end up in a place like 

Dresden so long ago ? And why was he buried there at 

his own request, so far from his native lands and contrary 

to all Indian traditions ? The film tries to find answers 

by tracing the extraordinary life story of the Indian chief 

Edward Two-Two at Pine Ridge Reservation in South 

Dakota. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 


90 min 


Begrabt mein Herz in Dresden 



Produced by 

Heino Deckert 

ma.ja.de filmproduktion, 

germany 

www.majade.de 


MDr, germany 

sales contact 

Heino Deckert 

Deckert Distribution 

Marienplatz 1 


info@deckert-distribution.com 

www.deckert-distribution.com 

BuZkasHi ! 

by Mirza najeeb 

From the shadows of the majestic Pamir Mountains of 

Tajikistan comes a story of Azam, a shepherd and 

Buzkashi champion, who faces the pressures of mod- 

ernization in the sport and in his own personal life. 

Azam plays as an individual for honor and integrity, but 

his success is increasingly thwarted by organized 

alliances, or ‘mafias’, encouraged by his rival Khurshed, 

a member of Tajikistan’s nouveau riche. Khurshed be- 

lieves that team play is the future of the sport. Between 

challenges on the field and within his own family, Azam 

tries to find a place for himself in the new Tajikistan. 

genre 


facts 

canada, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

82 min 


Buzkashi ! 


russian, tajik, uzbek 

Produced by 

Micheline shoebridge 

Buzkashi production, france 


Mirza najeeb 

Buzkashi production, france 


4 / 2012 Hot Docs, canada 

sales contact 

Maëlle guenegues 

cat&Docs 



maelle@catndocs.com 


68 69 

film id 

2782 

section 

Hot Docs

film id 

2925 

tHe calM 

by fernando Vílchez rodríguez 

section 

focus latin america 

A man who narrowly survived an earthquake caught 

in the din of the clearing up efforts and his agonising 

desire to find stability again. 

genre 


facts 

peru, 2011 


20 min 


la calma 


spanish 

Produced by 

intro films s. r. l., peru 

www.introfilmsperu.com 

sales contact 

intro films s. r. l. 

av. del parque norte 1050 

of. 302, san Borja 

pe-41 lima, peru 

info@introfilmsperu.com 

www.introfilmsperu.com 

section 


caMp 14 

– total control 

Zone 

by Marc Wiese 

Shin Dong-Huyk was born November 19th 1983 as 

a political prisoner in a North Korean re-education camp. 

He was a child of two prisoners who have been married 

by order of the wardens. He spent his entire child- 

hood and youth in camp 14, in truth a death camp. Forced 

labour since he was six years old, hunger, beatings 

and torture. Always at the mercy of the wardens. He knew 

nothing of the world outside the barbed-wire fences. 

He thinks everybody is living that way. At the age of 23, 

with the help of an older prisoner, he succeeds in 

escaping. For months he journeys through North Korea 

and China and finally to South Korea, where he en- 

counters a world completely strange to him. 

genre 


facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

111 min 


camp 14 – total control Zone 


korean 

Produced by 

axel engstfeld 

engstfeld film gmbH, germany 

www.engstfeldfilm.de 


WDr/ arte, germany 

Br, germany 


8 / 2012 locarno, switzerland 

sales contact 

sonia Mehandjiyska 

global screen 



sonia.mehandjiyska@ 

globalscreen.de 


70 71 

film id 

446

film id 

2080 

section 


competition 

tHe captain 

anD His pirate 

by andy Wolff 

Imagine you are the captain of a container ship: You 

get hijacked by Somali pirates. After three weeks, 

suddenly, the pirates gather the hostages and say: ‘There 

is no ransom offer from your shipping company. We 

will execute you.’ The pirates drag you onto the deck; 

push you on your knees. One of them aims his gun 

at your head and shoots. The bullet hits the wall behind 

you. Drenched in cold sweat you fall unconscious and 

lie on the ship’s deck. Only a few weeks after his liberation 

this very captain tells me: ‘The pirates’ boss was human. 

There were times on board when he was the only 

one to back me up. There were even moments when I 

felt safe with him.’ The seizure of the Hansa Stavanger 

is one of the most notorious cases in modern piracy 

and the longest hostage taking at sea known in German 

history. My documentary is about the complex relationship 

arising between culprit and victim under a death 

threatening hostage situation. The film tells the intimate 

story of the friendship between Captain Kotiuk and 

the pirates Ahado in a drama lasting over four months. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

85 min 


Der kapitän und sein pirat 


german, somali 

Produced by 

andy Wolff 

Brockhaus & Wolff, germany 

www.brockhauswolff.com 


Marion Hänsel 

Man’s films productions, Belgium 


WDr, germany 

sales contact 

Daniela elstner 

Doc & film international 

13 rue portefoin 


d.elstner@docandfilm.com 

www.docandfilm.com 

section 


captain 

tHoMas sankara 

by christophe cupelin 

On 4 August 1983, Thomas Sankara becomes the 

president of Upper Volta after a coup d’état. A year later, 

he definitively creates a turning point in the history 

and identity of his country, renaming it Burkina Faso, 

literally ‘Land of Upright Men’. He brings enormous 

hope to a great portion of African youth far beyond the 

boundaries of his country. By conducting a ‘democratic 

and popular’ revolution, he brings more progress to 

the people during the four years of his presidency than 

during half a century of French colonial rule. Blending 

together rare and meticulously assembled archives, 

director Christophe Cupelin offers a panoramic vision 

of the intellectual and political inheritance of this 

atypical head of state. Giving his documentary the en- 

ergy of a punk manifesto, between idealism and irony, he 

faithfully restitutes the originality of a president as 

striking in his action as in his words. In 2012, twenty five 

years after his tragic and still not officially elucidated 

death, the film offers an opportunity to see and listen to 

the voice of one of the most important African leaders 

of the 20th century. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 



101 min 


capitaine thomas sankara 


french 

Produced by 

christophe cupelin 

laïka films, switzerland 

www.laika.info 



switzerland 

sales contact 

christophe cupelin 

laïka films 

rue de la coulouvrenière 11 

case postal 5476 

1211 genève 11, switzerland 

christophe@laika.info 

www.laika.info 

72 73 

film id 

2622

film id 

3300 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe carBon rusH 

by amy Miller 

Who has not seen a recent request to offset carbon 

pollution but who knows what this all means … 

An up-close look at the insidious tango between govern- 

ment and big polluters and investigates whether or 

not carbon offsets are distracting us from what’s really 

required to tackle the climate crisis. We learn that 

the carbon market does little if anything to reduce 

greenhouse gases and that these offset projects are 

nothing more than schemes that provide false solutions. 

To date, there has been over three hundred billion 

dollars of carbon transactions worldwide. Instead of 

focusing resources to move away from a fossil fuel 

economy, massive international trading ventures have 

been established as the solution. 

genre 


facts 

usa, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

60 min 


the carbon rush 


english 

Produced by 

amy Miller 

carbon rush inc., canada 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






section 

Dok Market 

castles anD palaces 

of europe 

by Jeremy J. p. fekete, gero von Boehm 

No other part of the world boasts as many castles and 

palaces as Europe. Kings and Princes built their palaces 

and summer residences in the most beautiful and 

strategically located spots. In the miniseries Castles and 

Palaces of Europe. Following in the footsteps of Kings we 

introduce individuals who walk the tightrope between 

tradition and modern-day reality by living and work- 

ing in castles, châteaux and palaces or in their immediate 

vicinity. They will open doors that are normally closed 

to the outside world and reveal captivating stories. 

European history, regional traditions and ancient leg- 

ends will come alive as we meet people who spend much 

of their time within the ancient walls of these ‘stone 

giants’ or have fallen under their spell at some point in 

their lives.‘Castles and Palaces of Europe’ is a miniseries 

of 5 films. Each episode present three castles or other 

royal residences of a specific European region along with 

special features of their surroundings. A breath-taking 

aerial view leads us through the Loire Valley in 

France, to southern Germany, the southeast of England, 

the Piedmont in Italy and along Portugal’s coast. 

genre 


facts 

germany, france, italy, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

52 min / 5×52 min 


schlösserwelt europa 


english, french, german, italian, 

portuguese 

Produced by 

axelle Hourrier 

interscience film, germany 

www.intersciencefilm.de 


stefano tealdi 



isabel Machado 

c. r. i. M., portugal 

www.crim-productions.com 


ZDf/ arte, germany 

sales contact 

axelle Hourrier 

interscience film 

Ziegelhäuser landstraße 23 

69120 Heidelberg, germany 

hourrier@intersciencefilm.de 

www.intersciencefilm.de 

74 75 

film id 

3165

film id 

977 

centrefolD 

by ellie land 

section 

animadoc 

Over the past decade, female genital cosmetic surgery 

has increased by a staggering 500%. Centrefold is a 

unique animated documentary that takes an innovative 

and balanced approach to this controversial topic. 

Created by award winning filmmaker Ellie Land and 

funded by the Wellcome Trust, the film follows three 

women, aged 24–41 through their different experiences 

of labiaplasty (surgery to trim or remove the labia). 

‘My labia was long, dark, stretchy, shriveled up and I was 

quite embarrassed about it. I’ve never thought that 

my genital area and labia was normal’ (Anonymous – explaining 

her reasons for having a labiaplasty). By documenting 

what is involved in the procedure and its 

varying outcomes, the film seeks to offer a non-judgemental 

view of labia surgery and to encourage informed 

discussion: Is labiaplasty anti-female ‘pornification’, 

or an empowering personal choice ? Centrefold provides 

the facts. You decide. 

genre 


science 

facts 

united kingdom, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

9 min 


centrefold 


english 

Produced by 

siobhan fenton 

lynchpin productions, united 

kingdom 

www.thecentrefoldproject.org 


7 / 2012 rushes soho shorts, usa 

8 / 2012 scinema, australia 

9 / 2012 fantoche iff, germany 

10 / 2012 Doccartoon, italy 

sales contact 

siobhan fenton 

lynchpin productions 

79 greenbank road 

Dl36en Darlington, 


siobhan@lynchpin.org 

www.thecentrefoldproject.org 

cHeck point 

by Hamed alizadeh 

section 

Dok Market 

Shipping containers line the side of the road. This 

is one of the main entry points into Kabul. At this police 

station, fifteen officers work, eat and sleep, machine 

gun in hand. They come from nearby villages but their 

lives are spent here, at this intersection. Day and 

night, they keep watch, search vehicles, check drivers’ 

and passengers’ ID. Their job is neither free of risk 

nor inconvenience: terrorist attacks, angry motorists or 

criticism against the Afghan police force. They are 

accused of corruption, abuse of power, trafficking weap- 

ons and uniforms and raping women. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 


74 min 


check point 


arabic, german 

Produced by 

stéphane Jourdain 

la Huit production, france 

www.lahuit.com 


1 / 2012 festival des 3 continents, 

france 


switzerland 

sales contact 

Julien Beaunay 

la Huit production 

218 bis rue de charenton 


distribution@lahuit.fr 


76 77 

film id 

1741

film id 

761 

section 


cHronicle 

of a forgotten 

DeatH 

by pierre Morath 

Over the course of two and a half years, the man did not 

move from the couch of his Geneva apartment. For 

two and a half years, his neighbours and friends thought 

he was gone or in convalescence. His letterbox was 

full, his post returned. Electricity had eventually been 

cut off and the real estate agency was about to evict. 

When, finally, the police forced the door, they discovered 

a flat infested by vermin and in the middle, the de- 

composed body of Michel Christen, a 53 years-old Swiss 

man, well known in the neighbourhood. Of him only 

remained bones, hair and teeth. The investigation held 

in the film shows that his death dates back 28 months. 

But the date on the death certificate is the one of the day 

the body was found. This is the regulation … How 

could this man, who had a family and who was followedup 

by medical and social services, fall into oblivion in 

such a way ? 

genre 



facts 


colour, HDcam 

62 min 


chronique d’une Mort oubliée 


french 

Produced by 

David rihs 

point prod, switzerland 

www.pointprod.ch 


irène challand 


www.tsr.ch 


4 / 2012 Visions du réel, france 

sales contact 

David rihs 

point prod 

41B route des Jeunes 

1227 carouge, switzerland 

david.rihs@pointprod.ch 

www.pointprod.ch 

section 

Dok Market 

cHronicles 

of tHe last teMple 

by Davis simanis 

This documentary deals with faith, human aging, 

a struggle to fulfil your vision and above all – one 

particular building. In its poetical minimalism the film 

observes the construction of the new Latvian National 

Library, which has become a metaphor for a temple, 

a boiling-point for an entire nation. From an empty 

construction pit to the accomplished edifice, this visual 

symphony of cinematic images captures the whole 

process of creation. Besides two human characters, the 

chief architect and a jib crane operator are chosen 

to reveal the eternal conflict between the greatness of 

a conception and the inevitable sacrifice to realize it. 

genre 



facts 

latvia, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

58 min 


pedeja temple hronikas 


latvian, russian 

Produced by 

guntis trekteris 

ego Media, latvia 

www.egomedia.lv 


ltV1 & ltV7, latvia 

sales contact 

guntis trekteris 

ego Media 

Baznicas iela 8–20 

lV 1010 riga, latvia 

guntis@egomedia.lv 

www.egomedia.lv 

78 79 

film id 

2274

film id 

585 

closeD sea 

by andrea segre, stefano liberti 

section 

Dok Market 

This documentary-film aims to tell the unknown 

side of the story about the migrations of who escaped 

from Libya during the war in 2011. Many of these 

migrants in fact, had been previously pushed back by 

Italy as a result of an agreement signed by Berlusconi 

and Gaddafi in 2009. We met them in Shousha refugee 

camp at the border between Libya and Tunisia, and 

in two reception camps for asylum seekers (C.A.R.A.) in 

southern Italy. They described what actually happened 

on the boats and what happened after their deportation 

to Libya. Their interviews constitute the main part 

of the documentary, along with a session of the European 

Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, where one of 

our witnesses sued Italy. 

genre 



facts 

italy, 2012 


62 min 


Mare chiuso 


amharic, somali 

Produced by 

andrea segre, italy 

giulia Moretti 

zalab, united kingdom 


3 / 2012 cinema farnese, italy 

11 / 2012 festival cinema 

africano, asia e america latina, 

italy 

sales contact 

kazz Basma 

sideways film 


n16 0al london, united kingdom 



section 


competition 

clouDY Mountains 

by Zhu Yu 

The southern foot of the mountains in Lop Nur in 

western China is rich in asbestos. The workers 

are making dusts while exploiting the asbestos. From 

far away, it looks like a cloud-making machine, puff- 

ing clouds into the air. The usage of big machines 

increased the asbestos mining capacity but the lack of 

relevant environmental protection facilities leads to 

a large amount of dust blotting out the sun. No matter 

inside or outside, workers only use scarves or masks 

to protect themselves. But actually, these textile 

products are easily susceptible to dust. The workers are 

suffering from the environmental pollution. Though 

people working in such a harsh environment live a 

hard and isolated life, they do not lose their joy of living, 

because they have found a way to make money, which 

gives them hope. However, they don’t really know 

or care about what consequences the environment here 

can bring to them. The movie describes the living 

state of a 17-year-old guy, who is stubborn, diligent, and 

naughty, his father, who experiences various hard- 

ships but is happy and likes kidding and various workers 

around them. 

genre 



facts 

china, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

85 min 


cloudy Mountains 


chinese 

Produced by 

Han lei 

Documentary channel 

(sMg), china 

www.dc.smg.cn 



(sMg), china 

sales contact 

Han lei 

Documentary channel (sMg) 

no.298 Weihai rd. 

200041 shanghai, china 

luidy_xia@yahoo.com.cn 

www.dc.smg.cn 

80 81 

film id 

1501

film id 

703 

section 


competition 

coloMBianos 

by tora Mårtens 

Fernando’s life in Stockholm seems to be going 

nowhere. He is struggling with substance abuse and his 

despairing mother, Olga, wants him to go and spend 

time with his older brother Pablo in Colombia. Pablo has 

a plan on how to get Fernando clean in six months – 

but is Fernando ready to make a change ? The painful 

effects of co-dependency take their toll as the once- 

enthusiastic Pablo gradually loses faith in his mission. 

Colobianos won the Golden Starfish Award for Best 

Documentary Feature Film, Hamptons International 

Film Festival (USA) 2012. 

genre 


facts 

sweden, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

90 min 


colombianos 


spanish, swedish 

Produced by 

antonio russo Merenda 

Hysteria film aB, sweden 

www.hysteriafilm.se 


ulla simonen 

Made ow, finland 

www.made.fi 


sVt, sweden 

Yle, finland 


2 / 2012 göteborg iff, sweden 

3 / 2012 tempo ff, sweden 


10 / 2012 Hamptons iff, usa 

sales contact 

antonio russo Merenda 

Hysteria film aB 

Völundsgatan 10 

11321 stockholm, sweden 

antonio@hysteriafilm.se 

www.hysteriafilm.se 

section 


colors of MatH 

by ekaterina eremenko 

To most people math appears abstract, mysterious. 

Complicated. Inaccessible. But math is nothing but a 

different language to express the world. Math can 

be sensual. Math can be tasted, it smells, it creates sound 

and colour. One can touch it – and be touched by it … 

genre 


science 

facts 

russia, germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

59 min 


colors of Math 


english, french, russian 

Produced by 

Yuri tschinkel 

courant institute of Mathematical 

sciences nYu, usa 


6 / 2012 Moscow iff, russia 

sales contact 

ekaterina eremenko 

eefilms ekaterina eremenko films 

savignyplatz 1 


ee@eefilms.de 

www.eefilms.de 

82 83 

film id 

1619

film id 

2473 

section 


coMparing noW 

anD tHen 

by nina Wiesnagrotzki 

The short documentary Now ! (1965) of Santiago Alvarez 

on the struggle for civil rights of black people in the 

U. S. is a document of a revolutionary movement, which 

began with one specific desire: equality of human 

beings. It grew, inspirited people and finally took over. 

It was an essential initiating part of the ’68 revolt. Today, 

the rate of pictures in which you can see the ultimate 

ratio of governmental power is increasing once again. For 

this reason, the remake shows nearly equal pictures of 

the latest liberation movements and inhumanity world- 

wide. It is trying to translate the original message into 

current times. Where are the similarities, where are the 

differences ? Are we in a revolutionary situation today ? 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, B / W, 

Beta sp 

5 min 


comparing now and then 


english 

Produced by 

nina Wiesnagrotzki, germany 

sales contact 

nina Wiesnagrotzki 

Duschweg 25 

22769 Hamburg, germany 

ninja-femail@gmx.de 

corta 

by felipe guerrero 

section 


Corta is a film about the hypnotic extenuation generated 

by the body movements of sugar cane cutters in the 

Valle del Cauca (Colombia). Corta is a contemplation film 

of the gestures of hand labour while the surrounding 

plantations disappear, a pure cinematic experience about 

the natural and everyday ritual of a timeless world. 

genre 



facts 

colombia, argentina, france, 

2012 

colour, Dcp 

69 min 


corta 


spanish 

Produced by 

felipe guerrero 

mutokino, argentina 

www.paraisofilm.blogspot.com 


antoine segovia 

atopic, france 

www.playfilm.fr 

gema Juárez allen 

gema films, argentina 

www.gemafilms.com 


1 / 2012 rotterdam iff, 

netherlands 

2 / 2012 ficci cartagena 

de indias, colombia 

4 / 2012 Bafici, argentina 

4 / 2012 Jeonju iff, south korea 

sales contact 

felipe guerrero 

mutokino 

la pampa 3098 

1428 Buenos aires, argentina 

mutokino@gmail.com 

www.paraisofilm.blogspot.com 

84 85 

film id 

75

film id 

2923 

section 

Dok Market 

crackle of tiMe 

– cHristopH 

scHlingensief anD 

His opera Village 

in Burkina faso 

by sibylle Dahrendorf 

An African Bayreuth ? An Opera in Africa ? Christoph 

Schlingensief, the German film, theatre and opera 

director had a vision for an opera village in Africa. 

Despite cancer, he made regular trips to Burkina Faso, 

such was his devotion and conviction. Crackle of Time 

tells the story of an impossible project: To build an opera 

village in Burkina Faso, a space combining art and life, 

with a school, theatre, hospital and living quarters. From 

the initial location search in May 2009, to the official 

opening of the school in October 2011, the documentary 

takes us up close to the man and his architect Francis 

Kéré. We get behind their vision and witness the 

struggles and hurdles to get the ‘opera village’ off the 

ground. Christoph Schlingensief died in August 2010. 

But his dream lives on. Last year Christoph Schlingensief 

was posthumously awarded the Golden Lion at 

the Venice Biennale for his stage installation, ‘fluxus 

oratorium – church of fear’ in the German pavilion. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, austria, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

106 min 


knistern der Zeit – christoph 

schlingensief und sein operndorf 

in Burkina faso 


afrikaans, french, german 

Produced by 

Michael Bogar 

perfect shot films gmbH, 

germany 

www.perfectshotfilms.com 


8 / 2012 Dokfest München 

germany 

sales contact 

frieder schlaich 

filmgalerie 451 

saarbrücker str. 24 


info@filmgalerie451.de 

www.filmgalerie451.de 

section 

Dok Market 

criMson Mask 

by Marco eisenbarth 

Crimson Mask is a feature length documentary that 

follows German ‘Ultra Violence Wrestler’ Thumbtack 

Jack a.k.a. Alexander Bedranowsky in and outside 

of the wrestling ring. It is more than just a review of this 

unique athlete’s career but an honest and surprising 

portrait of this seemingly insane and brutal character 

that is Thumbtack Jack, who mutilates himself and his 

opponents with barbed wire, thumbtacks, glass, syringes 

and even fire. Crimson Mask shows the man on the 

other side. From his career high touring the United States 

of America, over the feud with his arch enemy, Drake 

Younger to his very last ‘Death Match’ against his long 

time friend and mentor ‘Hate’, the filmmaker Marco 

Eisenbarth never leaves Thumbtack Jack’s side. 

But then an incident occurs that will change Alexander 

Bedranowsky’s life forever … 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, usa, 2012 


74 min 


crimson Mask 

Produced by 

Marco eisenbarth, germany 

www.ironbeardimages.de 

sales contact 

Marco eisenbarth 

andreasstraße 11 

65929 frankfurt, germany 

mail@ironbeardimages.de 

www.ironbeardimages.de 

86 87 

film id 

2035

film id 

3201 

section 

filmfestival cottbus 

crulic – tHe patH 

to BeYonD 

by Dr. anca Damian 

The true story of a man who got tangled up and perished 

in the red tape of European bureaucracy. A master- 

fully animated ballad about the decline of humanity. 

genre 



facts 

romania, poland, 2011 

colour 

73 min 


crulic – Drumul spre dincolo 


romanian 

Produced by 

Dr. anca Damian 

aparte film 

romania 

www.apartefilm.net 


11 / 2011 filmfestival cottbus, 

germany 

sales contact 

loic Magneron 

Wide Management 

40 rue sainte anne 


lm@widemanagement.com 

wwww.widemanagement.com 

section 

Dok Market 

cuBa – Mafia’s 

paraDise – tHe 

HistorY of a gangster 

DoMain 

by Bernhard pfletschinger 

In Havana, illegal dealings with gambling, prostitution, 

drug dealing, protection racketeering and money- 

laundering flourish whilst the Cuban people are increas- 

ingly exploited and sinking into poverty. The Mafia 

is also supported by its numerous contacts to corrupt 

U. S.-American politicians, intelligence services 

and industrialists. While these groups are working 

on Havana to become the Mafia’s capital city in the 

world, the rebels around Fidel Castro and Che Guevara 

land on the island’s east coast in December 1956. 

The poverty stricken people start to support them in 

short order and thus the rebels soon manage to gain 

victories against Batista’s army. And despite the Mafia, 

the U. S. intelligence services, the industrialists, 

bankers and their supporters continue their doings in 

Havana throughout 1958 as the revolutionists come 

into power in early 1959 and put an end to the criminal 

dealings. 

genre 


facts 

germany, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

48 min 


cuba – Mafia’s paradise 

– the History of a gangster 

Domain 



sales contact 


global screen 





88 89 

film id 

3246

film id 

2293 

section 

Dok Market 

cult Witness 

by samuel stefan, nick oakley 

At the age of 19 Samuel Stefan, consumed by crisis, was 

drawn into a cult. It would be 10 years before he was 

able to escape. Using a technique called ‘love-bombing’, 

cults prey on the vulnerable, recruiting new members 

with love and warmth. After a period of brain-washing, 

members are forbidden to leave, enslaved through 

psychological control, and in Samuel’s case, even vio- 

lence. He was finally able to escape in the dead of night, 

pursued by other members and seeking help. Cult 

Witness is an intelligent exploration of how cults attract 

and manipulate their followers, sharing the disturb- 

ing firsthand experiences of Cult Witness director 

Samuel Stefan and six others who have freed themselves 

from cults. Analytical insights into the cult experience 

are provided by leadership expert Betty Sue Flowers; 

Benjamin Zablocki, chair of the Department of Sociology 

at Rutgers University; UCLA Professor Emeritus 

Bertram Raven, an expert on interpersonal influence 

and social power relationships; psychotherapist Miguel 

Perlado, who specializes in cult-related problems; 

and Urs Eschmann, a specialist in legal issues involving 

cults. Cult Witness unravels the hidden world of cults; 

the hold they have on their victims, the reasons peo- 

ple form and fall prey to them and what takes place within. 

genre 



facts 

switzerland, france, germany, 

usa, united kingdom, 2012 


58 min 


cult Witness 


english 

Produced by 

samuel stefan, united kingdom 

sales contact 

kazz Basma 

sideways film 





DaMascus, 

MY first kiss 

by lina al abed 

section 


Asmaa’ Kaftaro, the granddaughter of a former Mufti 

of Syria, says ‘I wasn’t aware what marriage is when I got 

married at the age of 16. When one of my girls men- 

struates, I celebrate the event … a full-blown celebration, 

and I think that would alleviate her anxiety’. Lina 

Chachati, a Christian 48 year-old lady and a daughter 

of a well-known liberal family that owns one of the 

biggest libraries in Syria, says ‘I still don’t know my body 

that well’. Questions and answers take us into the 

close and personal details of how two outstanding women 

and the filmmaker understand their relationship with 

their bodies and the society. Thoughts and feelings – what 

it means to be a woman in Syria. 

genre 



facts 

syria, lebanon, Qatar, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

42 min 


Dimashq Qublati al-ula 


arabic 

Produced by 

lina al abed 

sakaDo productions, lebanon 


10 / 2011 Doha tribeca ff, Qatar 

sales contact 

sasha ayoub 

proaction film 

4-1340 – M. s. ghnayem str. 

Dummar easet 11118 

p. o. Box 60353 

00963 Damascus, syria 

sasha.ayoub@gmail.com 

90 91 

film id 

2532

film id 

3348 

section 

Dok.incubator 

Dance for Me 

by katrine philp 

In Denmark, the dance halls are bursting with dancers 

of high international standards. It is all about getting 

the right partner, when you want to go to the top. But in 

a small country like Denmark, this is not always as 

easy as it sounds. Mie (14) is an elite dancer. When her 

partner stops, the family decides to search for a new 

one abroad. Russian Egor (15) finds out that his mother 

has set up a tryout for him, and if it turns out well, 

Egor will stay with Mie in Denmark. Since May 2011 he 

has lived with Mie and her parents in Denmark. All 

eyes are on the young couple, the pressure is on and they 

are expected to make it to the top. Dance for Me is a 

film about a vulnerable young male dancer that has left 

everything behind for a new life in a totally strange 

family and completely different culture. With sensitivity 

and insight director Katrine Philp unravels the story 

with poetry and aesthetics. Dance for Me is a modern tale 

of migration and pursuit of success and it questions 

what you are willing to sacrifice to create the life you want. 

As this film is part of the DOK.Incubator workshop 2012 

and still in post-production, DOK Market presents only a trailer. 

genre 



facts 

Denmark, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

75 min 


Dans for Mig 


Danish 

Produced by 

lise saxtrup 

klassefilm aps, Denmark 

www.klassefilm.dk 

sales contact 

stefan kloos 




stefan.kloos@kloosundco.de 


section 


Dancing alone 

by Biene pilavci 

A feature length documentary about the power of family 

and how it shapes us. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

95 min 


alleine tanzen 


german, turkish 

Produced by 

Max Milhahn 

telekult film- und Medien- 

produktion gmbH, germany 

www.telekult.de 

sales contact 

Max Milhahn 

telekult film- und 

Medienproduktion 

kremmener str. 6 


milhahn@telekult.de 


92 93 

film id 

1511

film id 

3276 

section 

Dok Market 

DanuBe Hospital 

by nikolaus geyrhalter 

Danube Hospital, a portrait of one of Europe’s largest 

hospitals, shows the daily routines and work processes 

at a powerful and highly complex institution. By 

depicting a modern healthcare facility, Danube Hospital 

holds a mirror to our society to show how it deals with 

health and illness, life and death. 

genre 


science 

facts 

austria, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

75 min 


Donauspital 


german 

Produced by 

nikolaus geyrhalter, 

Wolfgang Widerhofer, 

Michael kitzberger, 

Markus glaser 

nikolaus geyrhalter 

filmproduktion, austria 

www.geyrhalterfilm.com 

sales contact 

andrea Hock 



1040 Wien, austria 

andrea@autlookfilms.com 


DaugHter 

by María paz gonzález 

section 


Mother and daughter cross Chile in search of a relative 

they both don’t know. The mother hopes to find her 

sister while the daughter expects to find her real father. 

Along a 2,000 km road, they will be forced to confront 

their childhood expectations with a present which may 

prove to be even more uncertain and hostile than the 

fantasies involved in building their identities. Daughter 

is a journey where lies become reality and where the 

reality takes the shape of a film: that of a documentary 

road movie based on imaginary facts. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

chile, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

83 min / 58 min 


Hija 


spanish 

Produced by 

flor rubina 

chile Doc, chile 

www.hija.cl 


6 / 2011 fiDocs, chile 

3 / 2012 thessaloniki, greece 


9 / 2012 rejkjavik ff, iceland 

sales contact 

Manuela Buono 



Bunns lane 





94 95 

film id 

1794

film id 

2306 

DeatH of a 

ceMeterY 

by Jeanie Dizon 

section 

Dok Market 

Manila North Cemetery in the Philippines is a place of 

rest for 3,000 people, all of whom are alive. When 

rich families first erected mausoleums for their dead in 

the 1800s, they needed caretakers to maintain them 

and guard any valuables buried within. In exchange for 

their work, the caretakers were allowed to live inside the 

mausoleums, and a cemetery community was born. 

Grave keepers grow gardens around tombs; chefs cook 

up hearty fare in pop-up restaurants alongside crypts; 

and children play basketball in between school and 

funerals. Manila North Cemetery has become a home to 

those without a home. But the graveyard is not always 

peaceful. One caretaker must face the task of burying 

his own relative in the cemetery, and another – only 

13 years old – must undergo an exorcism lest forever be 

possessed by the spirits he disturbed. Yet in a place 

where exhumations, ghosts, and witch doctors are part 

of daily routine, the biggest dangers residents face are 

universal to the human experience. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

philippines, usa, 2012 


51 min 


Death of a cemetery 


english 

Produced by 

phil Britton 

empyreal productions, 



Jeanie Dizon, united kingdom 

sales contact 

kazz Basma 

sideways film 





DefenDing 

karaDZic 

by aleksandar nikolic 

section 

Dok.incubator 

How can you defend someone like Radovan Karadzic ? 

As one of the key members of his defence team, Marko is 

very much used to that question, but for him, each 

accused is innocent until proven guilty and the defence 

is an integral part of the judicial process. As a Serb 

who spent his youth protesting against the nationalist 

politics of his leaders, Marko knows that these trials 

can help his people come to terms with what was done 

in their name, but he also knows they can only do that if 

they are impeccably fair. Following Marko over the 

length of the trial, the film is detailing his struggles both 

externally and internally. How do you fight against 

the financial and political pressures on The Court ? 

How do you go against the media’s one-sided view of the 

conflict ? Is it possible to establish a truth that every- 

body agrees on ? Are you really helping with the recon- 

ciliation or are you making things worse ? Are you 

getting too close to the accused ? What is your job doing 

to your relationships with friends and family ? Ultimately, 

the film asks the question: ‘What does it do to a man 

to defend evil ?’ 



genre 



facts 


colour, HDcam 

52 min / 80 min 


Defending karadzic 


english, serbian 

Produced by 

gregor streiber 

inselfilm produktion, germany 

www.inselfilm.info 

sales contact 

gregor streiber 

inselfilm produktion 

strausberger platz 18 


gregor@inselfilm.info 

www.inselfilm.info 

96 97 

film id 

2937

film id 

2486 

section 

storyDoc 

DeMokratia, 

tHe WaY 

of tHe cross 

by Marco gastine 

The 6th of May parliamentary election in Greece, held 

in the context of an unprecedented economic, social 

and moral crisis was an historical moment for Greece, a 

challenge for democracy. The campaign was a great 

opportunity to look very closely at Greek politics, largely 

responsible for the current situation of the country. 

Following the steps of candidates that tried to re-establish 

their contact with their voters was a unique opportu- 

nity to explore the current situation of a society deeply 

touched by the crisis. Through this everyday portrait 

of the practice of ‘public affairs’, we tried to raise the ques- 

tion of ‘living together’, so crucial today in the country 

that invented democracy. We followed the campaign of 

four candidates to parliament; belonging to four 

different parties that played a leading role in the election; 

having four different answers to the crucial dilemma 

that divides the country; being at four different steps 

in their political career; representing four different ways 

to do politics and, last but not least, being four very 

different persons, interesting enough to be the heroes of 

a character-driven documentary film. 

genre 



facts 

greece, 2012 


91 min / 52 min 


Demokratia, o Dromos 

tou stavrou 


greek 

Produced by 

Marco gastine 

Minimal films, greece 


8 / 2012 doclisboa, portugal 

sales contact 

Marco gastine 

Minimal films 

fotiou patriarchou 5 

11471 athen, greece 

fminimal@otenet.gr 

section 


Disease of tHe 

tHirD poWer 

by Zuzana piussi 

A political documentary about black holes in the Slovak 

judiciary system and about the state of law in Slovakia. 

The film from the backstage of the Slovak judiciary 

system is also an essay about a peculiar form of power that 

effaces itself in order to adopt a new name later – justice. 

genre 


facts 



52 min 


nemoc tretej moci 


slovak 

Produced by 

robert kirchhoff 

atelier.doc, slovakia 

www.atelierdoc.sk 


7 / 2011 pohoda festival, slovakia 

11 / 2011 iff Bratislava, slovakia 

3 / 2012 one World iff, 


sales contact 

robert kirchhoff 

atelier.doc 

galandova 5 

811 06 Bratislava, slovakia 

rkirchhoff@gmail.com 

www.atelierdoc.sk 

98 99 

film id 

3213

film id 

2796 

section 


competition 

DocuMentarian 

by ivars Zviedris, inese klava 

Inta is a bruesque, crusty woman who lives alone on the 

edge of a picturesque marsh. One day her solitude 

is intruded upon by the arrival of a documentary film- 

maker. In his eyes Inta is an outstanding would-be 

film protagonist but the wild woman would rather put a 

curse on the importunate intruder than let herself 

be filmed. But the filmmaker’s persistance finally succeeds 

in melting the ice of Inta’s heart … just in order to break 

it soon afterwards. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

latvia, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

82 min 


Dokumentālists 


latvian 

Produced by 

aija Berzina 

Vfs films, latvia 

www.vfs.lv 


ivars Zviedris 

ansis epner’s film studio ‘aVe’, 

latvia 


lnt, latvia 

sales contact 

aija Berzina 

Vfs films 

lapu street 17 

lV1002 riga, latvia 

aija@vfs.lv 

www.vfs.lv 

DoWneast 

by David redmon, ashley sabin 

section 


In 2010, the last sardine-canning factory in the United 

States – the Stinson / Bumble Bee Seafood cannery 

in Prospect Harbor, Maine – closed its doors, devastating 

the already economically depressed area and laying 

off 130 workers, some of whom had worked at the facility 

for 40 years or more. Enter Antonio Bussone, an Italian 

immigrant and owner of a Boston-based seafood 

company, who decides to buy the factory and convert it 

into a lobster-processing facility. Where others see 

the end of an era, Antonio sees opportunity: not only to 

build a new business, but also to bring exported jobs 

back to New England and revitalize a region. In a time 

when most U. S. industries have moved offshore, 

Antonio’s idea seems almost foolhardy, but it galvanizes 

the community and makes him into a local hero to 

some and a nemesis to others. Still, Antonio will have 

to overcome small-town politics, bank hurdles, and 

overwhelming financial odds to see his dream to fruition. 

genre 



portrait 

facts 

usa, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

78 min 


Downeast 


english, italian 

Produced by 

David redmon 

carnivalesque films, usa 

www.carnivalesquefilms.com 


4 / 2012 tribeca, usa 


6 / 2012 silverDocs, usa 

sales contact 

David redmon 

carnivalesque films, usa 

mgmadeinchina@yahoo.com 

www.carnivalesquefilms.com 

100 101 

film id 

1659

film id 

1614 

section 


Dragan WenDe – 

HoW tHe traBant 

inVaDeD West-Berlin 

anD ruineD MY 

uncle’s kingDoM 

by Dragan von petrovic, lena Müller 

In this tragicomical documentary set between West- 

Berlin and former Yugoslavia, the young cameraman 

Vuk from Belgrade embarks on the trail of his eccentric 

uncle Dragan Wende who, 30 years earlier became 

the street king of West-Berlin’s 1970s hedonistic disco 

scene. Thanks to his Yugoslav passport, he could 

easily pass from West- to East-Berlin and profited from 

the Wall like few others. But in 1989, the Wall fell. 

Suddenly it was open to everyone and everything 

changed. 20 years later, Vuk’s uncle is an aged alcoholic 

who lives off social welfare and memories of his youth. 

He has not set foot in East Berlin ever since and seldom 

leaves his surreal West-Berlin. Vuk and his camera 

discover and confront his uncle’s bizarre and tragicomic 

world of veteran Yugo-immigrants, fallen millionaires 

and post-Wall-losers. We observe the survival strategies 

of a group of immigrants who once had it easy and 

who cannot help but wish for a return of The Wall – the 

Fall of which is held responsible for their financial 

hardship. Seen through his nephew’s eyes, a microcosm 

of underdogs and their survival strategies unfolds in 

this family tale about the ‘Losers of Change’ in a still- 

divided city. 

genre 



facts 

germany, serbia, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

90 min 


Dragan Wende – West Berlin 


english, german, serbian 

Produced by 

lena Müller 

von.müller.film, germany 

www.von-muller-film.com 


rolf Bergmann 

rBB, germany 


rBB, germany 



sales contact 

lena Müller 

von.müller.film 

skalitzer str. 69 


lenamuller@gmail.com 

www.von-muller-film.com 

DraWing for 

MeMorY 

by andy glynne 

During the war in Afghanistan, Ali, now ten, fled his 

country with his grandmother, leaving behind his 

parents who were unable to leave. This film explores his 

pain of being separated from them, as well as living for 

years without knowing whether they were alive. Despite 

now having contact with them, they are still unable to 

be united, and Ali describes his hopes of one day seeing 

them again. This is part of a series using real-life 

stories of young refugees and asylum seekers, told by 

the children themselves. 

genre 



facts 



3 min 


Drawing for Memory 


english 

Produced by 

andy glynne 

Mosaic films, united kingdom 

www.mosaicfilms.com 


BBc, united kingdom 


6 / 2012 BBc two, united kingdom 

sales contact 

andy glynne 

Mosaic films 

4th floor shacklewell studios, 28 

shacklewell lane 

e8 2eZ london, united kingdom 

andy@mosaicfilms.com 


102 103 

film id 

2296 

section 

animadoc

film id 

1775 

section 

animadoc 

DreaM JoBs 

by piyanan suntasiri, gail piyanan suntasiri 

Childhood dreams are fulfilled with fascinations and 

imaginations. Dream Jobs is about what people really 

wanted to be when they were younger. However, when 

time passes by, many of them start to forget … This 

film aims to remind people of their dreams, and encourage 

them not to give up. 

genre 



facts 



2 min 


Dream Jobs 


english 

Produced by 

gail piyanan suntasiri 

kingston university, thailand 

www.gailgailgail.com 

geoff grandfield 

kingston university, 


www.geoffgrandfield.co.uk 


6 / 2012 kingston university 

Degree show, united kingdom 

9 / 2012 D&aD new Blood, 


sales contact 


70 / 11 Mooban na-uthayan, 

uthayan road, thawee-Watthana 

District 

10170 Bangkok, thailand 

gailgailgail.piyanan@hotmail.com 

www.gailgailgail.com 

section 

krakow film foundation & 

polish Docs 

DreaM of san Juan 

by Joaquin Del paso, Jan paweł trzaska 

A village in the Sierra Madre is inhabited by the last 

representatives of an ancient Mixteco culture. Deprived 

of their identity by modern civilization, they are 

facing an even bigger threat: a landslide that may destroy 

the village during torrential rains. The local leader 

tries to prevent the disaster. He wants to invite a geologist 

to the village, so that the approaching danger could 

be officially confirmed. But no help is coming and the 

inhabitants may just humbly wait for the disaster 

to happen. 

genre 



facts 

poland, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

44 min 


el el sueno de san Juan 


spanish 

Produced by 

piotr kempa, 

Jan paweł trzaska 

Delord sp. zo. o., poland 


5 / 2012 krakow ff, poland 

sales contact 



ul. Basztowa 15 / 8a 

31-143 krakow, poland 

katarzyna@kff.com.pl 

www.kff.com.pl 

104 105 

film id 

2697

film id 

628 

section 

focus saxony 

Dress to iMpress 

by falk schuster 

A hedgehog and a bird run into each other, become 

friends and help each other with their problems. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 


8 min 


kleider machen freunde 


german 

Produced by 

falk schuster, germany 

www.falkschuster.com 


4 / 2012 filmfest Dresden, 

germany 

4 / 2012 kurzsüchtig leipzig, 

germany 

5 / 2012 Zlin, czech republic 

5 / 2012 Hamburg short ff, 

germany 

sales contact 

falk schuster 

ernst-könig straße 1 

06108 Halle / saale, germany 

falk.schuster@gmail.com 

www.falkschuster.com 

section 


DriVers WanteD 

by Joshua Z. Weinstein 

Drivers Wanted reveals the impossibly eclectic community 

inhabiting NYC’s most famous taxi garage. Located 

directly across from the UN, the garage is a refugee 

camp in the heart of NY, where drivers come for protec- 

tion from human rights abuses, racism and economic 

instability. The film follows Eric, a new immigrant from 

China who left because of his country’s one child policy. 

With dreams of his own business, and a wife and two 

young sons to support, he turns to a simple job: driving 

a taxicab. But the easy route proves to be a Herculean 

struggle for Eric, who can neither speak the language of 

his customers nor navigate the city’s 6,174 miles of 

streets. Along for Eric’s ride, we meet classic New York 

personalities, including the city’s oldest taxi driver, the 

rumoured inspiration behind Danny DeVito’s Louie 

DePalma, and a melting pot of immigrants with dreams 

of making it in America. Each day, a million New Yorkers 

depend on the anonymous faces behind the wheels, 

the men who tirelessly drive the city that doesn’t sleep. 

Drivers Wanted takes the viewer into the taxi seat to 

experience accidents, blizzards, and the late night streets 

of New York. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

usa, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

54 min 


Drivers Wanted 


chinese, english 

Produced by 

Jean tsien, usa 


6 / 2012 silverdocs, usa 

sales contact 

Joshua Z. Weinstein 

Weinstein film production 

201 eastern parkway, 5r 

nY Brooklyn, usa 

fooefilm@gmail.com 

weinsteinfilm.com 

106 107 

film id 

2089

film id 

718 

DrougHt 

by everardo gonzález 

section 


The desert cowboys of ‘Cuates de Australia’ face death 

every year, avoiding the drought that threatens the 

ranch. While the community is forced into an exodus, 

the Ejido is abandoned and eventually the desert 

animals take over the place. They wait for the first drops 

of rain in order to return. 

genre 



facts 

Mexico, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

84 min 


cuates de australia 


spanish 

Produced by 

Martha orozco 

cienega Docs s. a. de c. V., 

Mexico 




switzerland 


6 / 2012 los angeles ff, usa 

sales contact 

Heino Deckert 


Marienplatz 1 




section 

Dok Market 

DuBlin’s trap: 

anotHer siDe of 

tHe greek crisis 

by Bryan carter 

Through the story of an Afghan asylum seeker who won 

a historic victory at the European Court of Human 

Rights, this film shines a new light on the consequences 

of migration policies in the crisis-affected country of 

Greece. Dublin’s Trap gives an equal voice to politicians, 

intellectuals, activists, immigrants and extremists. 

This approach highlights how austerity measures, com- 

bined with an unprecedented influx of immigrants, 

foster racial tensions, increased nationalism, and a hu- 

manitarian crisis at Europe’s external borders. Further 

aggravating the situation is an uneven EU repatriation 

mechanism known as Dublin II. 

genre 



facts 

Belgium, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

51 min 


Dublin’s trap: another side of 

the greek crisis 


english, french, greek 

Produced by 

Jean-pierre Borloo 

association des Journalistes 

professionnels de 

Belgique, Belgium 

www.fondspourlejournalisme.be 


11 / 2011 canal Z, Belgium 

3 / 2012 thessaloniki 

Documentary ff, greece 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






108 109 

film id 

486

film id 

2423 

section 

Dok Market 

Duck BeacH to 

eternitY 

by stephen frandsen, Hadleigh arnst, laura naylor 

Every Memorial Day weekend, nearly a thousand 

Mormon singles flock to Duck Beach, N. C., for a spring 

break gathering. They assemble in rental houses 

and host parties (without alcohol), hook up (without 

sex), and strut their stuff for three days on the beach. 

The weekend has been referred to in the media 

as, variously, the ‘Mormon Jersey Shore’ and ‘Mormon 

Singles Gone Mild.’ Duck Beach To Eternity follows 

four singles in their 20s and 30s who are all feeling the 

pressure of finding the right person. After all, at 

their age, according to Mormon culture, they should 

have been married years ago. The film explores the 

many distinctive aspects of Mormon single life – primarily 

the paramount pursuit of an eternal companion 

to fulfill their purpose on earth. The filmmakers handle 

the topic gracefully and treat their subjects respect- 

fully, with compelling and entertaining results. Duck 

Beach To Eternity deals with the complexities, contradictions, 

struggles, and confusion that are a part of being 

a single person of faith in modern America. 

genre 



facts 

usa, 2012 


80 min 


Duck Beach to eternity 


english 

Produced by 

stephen frandsen, 

Hadleigh arnst, 

laura naylor 

Big iron productions, usa 


6 / 2012 seattle iff, usa 

sales contact 

tim sparke 

Mercury Media 

7 Baseline studios 

Whitchurch road 

W11 4at london, united kingdom 

tsparke@mercurymedia.org 

www.mercurymedia.org 

section 

Dok Market 

eaMes: 

tHe arcHitect anD 

tHe painter 

by Jason cohn, Bill Jersey 

Charles and Ray Eames are widely considered America’s 

most important designers. Perhaps best remembered 

for their plywood and fibreglass furniture, they also cre- 

ated a bewildering variety of other products, from 

splints for wounded military, to photography, interiors, 

multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. 

The ultimate documentary about Eames, it draws from 

a trove of archival material, films and photographs 

produced in mind-boggling volume by the hyper-creative 

forty years of their existence. 

genre 



facts 

usa, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

83 min 


eames: the architect and 

the painter 


english 

Produced by 

camille servan-schreiber 

catticus corporation, usa 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






110 111 

film id 

3258

film id 

813 

eartH 

by Victor asliuk 

section 



There are places where the Second World War has not 

been finished yet. On the former battlefields, which 

are now covered with woods, thousands of soviet soldiers 

lie unburied. Every year some volunteers come here 

to search for these human remains. They do that so that 

they can bury them properly. To dig out bones just 

in order to bury them again, this apparently absurd cycle 

opens a new sense. The earth not only reveals the past 

as the forest ghosts are rising from archive footage like 

spirits of those soldiers killed seventy years ago; it 

is transforming it to the future as teenagers, who have 

been brought here by their parents, face death for 

the first time in their lives and yet they start playing war 

on the spot. The film is an elegy which one more time 

reminds us about the frailty of human existence. 

genre 



facts 

Belarus, 2012 


30 min 


Ziamlia 


russian 

Produced by 

Jaroslav kamienski 

Belsat tV, poland 

www.belsat.eu 


3 / 2012 cinéma du réel, france 

3 / 2012 Huesca ff, spain 

sales contact 

Jaroslav kamienski 

Belsat tV 

pl.powstancow Warsuawy 7 

00999 Warsaw, poland 

office@belsat.eu 

www.belsat.eu 

eMperor’s toYs 

by Joanna Wojcik, Jaroslaw Mozdzierz, tomasz godfryd, grzegorz 

Wierzchowski, Joanna rusinek 

Documentary film mixed with animation which tells 

about an unusual collection of toys. Like most of 

his peers, the protagonist began by collecting stamps, 

drink labels and stickers. Presently, his collection 

consists of a couple hundred thousand objects and he 

became known as the Emperor of Collectors. Thanks 

to imagination the toys from his collection are not 

merely inanimate objects. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

poland, 2012 


10 min 


Zabawki cesarza 


polish 

Produced by 

ewa Jastrzebska 

polish filmmakers association 

Munk studio, poland 

www.studiomunka.pl 


9 / 2012 stoptrik, slovenia 

sales contact 







112 113 

film id 

2355 

section 

animadoc

film id 

3176 

section 


tHe eMploYMent 

by santiago ‘Bou’ grasso 

A man performs his usual trip to work, immersed in a 

world where the use of people is an everyday thing. 

genre 



facts 

argentina, 2008 

animated film, colour, 

Beta sp 

6 min 


el empleo 


without dialogue 

Produced by 

patricio gabriel plaza, argentina 

pakuplaza.blogspot.com 

sales contact 

patricio gabriel plaza 

525 bis nº 1781 

1900 la plata, Buenos aires, 

argentina 

info@patricioplaza.com.ar 

pakuplaza.blogspot.com 

section 

Dok Market 

enD of tHe roaD 

by tim Delmastro 

In 2008 the world experienced financial turmoil. 

Markets around the world crashed, stock prices plummeted, 

and major financial institutions, once thought to 

be invincible, collapsed. Governments responded 

quickly, issuing massive bailouts and stimulus packages 

in an effort to keep the world economy afloat. Although 

we’ve been told that these drastic measures pre- 

vented a total collapse of our system, a growing sense of 

unease still pervades. What lies ahead as a result of 

these bold money printing measures ? Was the financial 

crisis solved or were the problems merely kicked 

down the road ? End of The Road asks eleven influential 

commentators within the finance and investment com- 

munities to share their knowledge regarding where 

we are. Through each of their narratives, a story is built 

which chronicles the current economic dilemma 

and paints a gloomy picture of our likely financial future. 

genre 


facts 

australia, 2012 


55 min 


end of the road 


english 

Produced by 

tim Delmastro 

100th MonkeY filMs, australia 

www.100thmonkeyfilms.com 

sales contact 

tim sparke 

Mercury Media 






114 115 

film id 

3066

film id 

2745 

section 


competition 

tHe enD of tiMe 

by peter Mettler 

Working at the limits of what can easily be expressed, 

filmmaker Peter Mettler takes on the elusive subject 

of time, and once again turns his camera to filming the 

unfilmable. From the particle accelerator in Switzer- 

land, where scientists seek to probe regions of time we 

cannot see, to lava flows in Hawaii which have overwhelmed 

all but one home on the south side of Big Island; 

from the disintegration of inner city Detroit, to a 

Hindu funeral rite near the place of Buddha’s enlight- 

enment, Mettler explores our perception of time. 

He dares to dream the movie of the future while also 

immersing us in the wonder of the everyday. The 

End of Time, at once personal, rigorous and visionary, 

Peter Mettler has crafted a film as compelling and 

magnificent as its subject. 

genre 


science 

facts 

switzerland, canada, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

114 min 


the end of time 


english 

Produced by 

cornelia seitler 

maximage, switzerland 

www.maximage.ch 


8 / 2012 locarno film festival, 

switzerland 

9 / 2012 toronto international 

film festival, canada 

10 / 2012 Busan int. film festival 

sales contact 

cornelia seitler 

maximage 

neugasse 6 

cH-8005 Zürich, switzerland 

cseitler@maximage.ch 

www.maximage.ch 

entangleD 

by lidia Duda 

section 


competition 

The definition of the perpetrator and the victim is 

crystal clear in paedophilia cases. This unambiguous 

relationship may, however, become upset after 

some time. As a child, the film character was abused by 

his neighbour. Later, as a teenager, he tried to take 

revenge on him twice. The roles are now reversed: the 

paedophile is afraid of his victim. This mutual 

dependence, which lasted ten years, is presented from 

the perspective of the closest persons to both men. 

The story based on hatred and fear seems to have no end. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

poland, 2012 


51 min 


uwiklani 


polish 

Produced by 

anna kepinska, 

Maciej kubicki 

telemark sp. zo. o., poland 

www.telemark.com.pl 


Barbara paciorkowska 

tVp2, poland 

www.international.tvp.pl 


tVp2, poland 



sales contact 

anna kepinska 

telemark sp. zo. o. 

ul. ordynacka 14 / 9 

00-358 Warsaw, poland 

anna.kepinska@telemark.com.pl 

www.telemark.com.pl 

116 117 

film id 

2698

film id 

2371 

section 

Dok Market 

erWin WurM 

– tHe artist 

WHo sWalloWeD 

tHe WorlD 

by laurin Merz 

Listed as one of the Top 20 contemporary artists, the 

Austrian Erwin Wurm criticizes the encrusted 

affluent society with seemingly simple sculptures that 

meet the current zeitgeist. The film explores the 

artist, his biography and his provocative and cheerful 

oeuvre which is an incredible, worldwide success. 

genre 



facts 

austria, germany, switzerland, 

2012 

colour, HDcam 

52 min 


erwin Wurm – Der künstler der 

die Welt verschluckt 


german 

Produced by 

reto caduff, switzerland 

retocaduff.com 

sales contact 

andrea Hock 






section 

Dok Market 

escape froM 

paraDise 

by ernest saj 

An account on how the ideal country for a family life 

and a peaceful existence might turn into a nightmare 

one day due to overprotective social policies. It is a 

hidden-camera investigation report on how desperate 

parents attempt to get back their beloved 9-year-old 

daughter. 9-year-old Nikola and her parents arrived to 

Norway five years ago. On 18th June, the girl has 

been unexpectedly taken away from her parents by the 

Norwegian authorities on grounds of realization that 

Nikola ‘has been in a sad mood at school.’ The Norwegian 

officials did not investigate the reasons of sadness nor 

talked to parents, before placing the child in a Norwegian 

foster family, where the girl had been supposed to 

await a future adoption. Desperate father hired Krzysztof 

Rutkowski – the Polish private detective, to help him 

to regain the girl. The film shows an attempt to rescue the 

child, through planning stages to the action of taking 

away Nikola back to her parents. 

genre 



facts 

poland, 2011 


24 min 


ucieczka z raju 


polish 

Produced by 

andrzej fidyk 

tVp1, poland 

www.tvp.pl 


tVp1, poland 


5 / 2012 input, australia 

9 / 2012 Dallas ff, usa 

sales contact 

Barbara Bilinska-kepa 

tVp sa 

17, J. p. Woronicza str. 

00-999 Warsaw, poland 

sales@tvp.pl 

www.international.tvp.pl 

118 119 

film id 

659

film id 

957 

section 

Dok Market 

eVerYtHing Will 

not Be fine 

by arash t. riahi 

2000–2001 the director Arash T. Riahi filmed the 

inhabitants of a transitional residential home for home- 

less women, who, for many different reasons, fell 

through the cracks of our achievement-oriented society. 

Nine years after, the director went looking for some 

of these women to see how they fare after such a long 

time. What became of their dreams and wishes, 

was a return to the cold of an unsheltered world possible 

at all ? 

genre 



facts 

austria, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

94 min 


nerven Bruch Zusammen 


german 

Produced by 

arash t. riahi 

golden girls filmproduktion, 

austria 

www.goldengirls.at 

www.everydayrebellion.com 


orf, austria 


3 / 2012 Diagonale ff, austria 

7 / 2012 Marseille iff, france 

9 / 2012 Zürich ff, switzerland 

sales contact 


golden girls filmproduktion 

seidengasse 15 / 3 / 20 


arash@goldengirls.at 



exit point 

by Jagoda szelc 

The film character has an unusual passion. He is ready to 

sacrifice a lot for it, including his own life. Exit Point is 

a film about decision making; in order to be free one must 

sometimes slavishly follow one’s nature. This is also a 

story of sacrifice in the name of superior values. What’s the 

prize of being free and is freedom indeed worth the 

biggest sacrifice. 

facts 

poland, 2012 


17 min 


punkt wyjscia 


polish 

Produced by 

Marcin Malatyński 

pWsftvit (polish national film 

school), poland 

www.filmschool.lodz.pl 


5 / 2012 Monaco charity ff, 

Monaco 

sales contact 







120 121 

film id 

2714 

section 


polish Docs 

genre 

portrait

film id 

857 

faMilY Meals 

by Dana Budisavljevic 

section 


Do you remember when was the last time you talked to 

your parents ? What did you talk about ? Did you go 

a step beyond weather forecast and daily politics ? Can a 

conversation about buried family secrets help you eat 

without cramps in your stomach ? Can a failed birthday 

cake help you embrace the past ? A birthday celebration 

brings together an ordinary four member family five 

years after their last gathering. They start questioning 

what made them turn away from each other. Through 

the ritual of family meals, the film unveils how important 

it is to feel accepted by our loved ones. 

genre 



facts 

croatia, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

50 min 


nije ti život pjesma Havaja 


croatian 

Produced by 

olinka Vistica 

Hulahop film & art production, 

croatia 

www.hulahop.hr 


sophie de Hijes 

survivance, france 


3 / 2012 ZagrebDox, croatia 

7 / 2012 Dokufest, serbia 

8 / 2012 liburnia ff, croatia 

7 / 2012 sarajevo ff, Bosnia 

sales contact 

Manuela Buono 



Bunns lane 





fiDaï 

by Damien ounouri 

section 


competition 

During the Algerian revolution, my great-uncle joined 

his sister in France and integrated a secret NLF (Na- 

tional Liberation Front) armed group. Settling of scores, 

attempted murder, hiding, imprisonment and finally 

expulsion in 1962, his personal journey tells the story 

of countless ex-fighters for Algerian independence, and 

echoes the current effervescence of the Arab World. 

Today, at the age of seventy, El Hadi reveals this dark 

part of his life. We are following the itinerary of El Hadi 

during the Algerian Revolution. By his words and the 

discussions with people he meets, we discover his story 

on the different given localities of his acts, in Algeria 

and France. A dialogue between his personal story and 

the official history is being created. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

france, algeria, china, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

84 min 


fidaï 


arabic 

Produced by 

Mathieu Mullier 

kafard films, france 

www.kafardfilms.fr 


Jia Zhangke 

xstream pictures, china 


8 / 2012 tiff, canada 

sales contact 

Mathieu Mullier 

kafard films 

8 passage Montbrun 


matmullier@kafardfilms.fr 

www.kafardfilms.fr 

122 123 

film id 

2808

film id 

3184 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe fielD of Magic 

by Mindaugas survila 

‘The Field of Magic’ is a docu-poem about people living 

for over two decades in Buda forest near the closed 

down Kariotiškės dump, 40 km from Vilnius, Lithuania. 

A result of four year’s work, the film captures the 

perspective of the dump dwellers in telling the story of 

a dissolving community, its uniqueness, daily rhythm, 

peculiar way of life, every-day joys and sorrows. 

genre 



facts 

lithuania, 2011 

colour, Dcp 

61 min 


stebuklų laukas 


lithuanian, russian 


1 / 2012 Docpoint Helsinki, 

finland 

4 / 2012 Hot Docs toronto, 

canada 

3 / 2012 Vilnius iff, lithuania 

sales contact 

Heino Deckert 


Marienplatz 1 




tHe final MeMBer 

by Jonah Bekhor, Zach Math 

Thirty miles from the Arctic Circle, in the northern 

Icelandic town of Husavik, stands the Icelandic 

Phallological Museum – the world’s only Penis museum. 

Over 40 years, the founder and curator has collected 

every specimen from every mammal except for 

one elusive penis needed to complete his collection: 

The Human Specimen. The film follows the curator’s 

incredible, sublimely comic, often shocking quest 

to complete his eccentric collection, and the two intrepid 

men who have raised their hands to be the first 

human donor. 

genre 


science 

facts 

canada, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

75 min 


the final Member 


english 

Produced by 

Jonah Bekhor, 

Zach Math 

otis Jones films, canada 



sales contact 

Jonah Bekhor 

otis Jones films 

920 Yonge street suite 1000 

M4W 3c7 toronto, canada 

jb@citizenjonesfilms.com 

124 125 

film id 

3250 

section 

Hot Docs

film id 

2217 

section 

Dok Market 

fire in tHe BlooD 

by Dylan Mohan gray 

An intricate tale of ‘monopoly, medicine and mass 

murder’, Fire in the Blood is the story of how Western 

pharmaceutical companies and governments 

blocked access to low-cost AIDS drugs for the countries 

of the global south during the 2000’s – causing ten 

million or more unnecessary deaths – and the 

improbable group of people who decided to fight back. 

Shot on four continents and including contributions 

from global figures such as Bill Clinton, Desmond Tutu 

and Joseph Stiglitz, here is the important, never- 

before-told story of the unlikely alliance which came 

together to stop ‘the crime of the century’ and 

save millions of lives in the process. 

genre 


science 

facts 

india, united kingdom, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

60 min 


fire in the Blood 


english, Hindi 

Produced by 

Dylan Mohan gray 

sparkwater india, india 

www.sparkwater.com 


6 / 2012 sheffield, 


sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






fists of priDe 

by Helene choquette 

‘Thai children have more money. Burmese children have 

no money. They are rich. We are poor. That’s all.’ 

This is how 13-year-old Pho Kyaw ‘Panda’ sees the world 

while training to challenge a Thai boxer at the annual 

Water Festival along the Burmese-Thai border. If he 

wins, his family receives prize money from bets placed 

by his coaches. Losing isn’t an option. For sons of 

migrant workers, the Thai boxing camp is their best 

hope to escape the dangerous and impoverished life that 

otherwise awaits them. The boys’ militaristic training 

regime and their daily routines reveal their courage and 

fear as they face the ring. The coaches provide another 

fascinating layer, as their gambling success determines 

the boys’ well-being. The film is a powerful allegory 

for a cultural and political battle that continues to be 

waged, through the eyes of children who inherited 

a bruised and battered history. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

canada, 2012 


63 min 


les poings de la fierté 


thai 

Produced by 

isabelle fortier 

freelance producer at aviva 

communications, canada 

fistsofpride.com 


radio-canada, canada 



sales contact 

Helene choquette 

aviva communications 

3800 a saint-Hubert 


helenechoquette@gmail.com 

www.fistsofpride.com 

126 127 

film id 

1332 

section 

Hot Docs

film id 

1170 

section 


tHe floWers of 

MY faMilY 

by Juan ignacio fernández Hoppe 

90-year-old Nivia faces an unexpected change. 

Her daughter Alicia has found a new husband after years 

of widowhood and wants to move in with him. 

Nivia disapproves of the relationship and accuses her 

daughter of abandoning her. Both women embark 

on a profound and revealing journey where the longing 

for a new love and the fear of growing old alone 

inevitably lead to a clash between mother and daughter. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

uruguay, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

75 min 


las flores de mi familia 


spanish 

Produced by 

Juan ignacio fernández Hoppe 

Hoppefilms, uruguay 


carolina campo 

lobo Hombre, uruguay 




7 / 2012 Doc Montevideo, 

uruguay 

sales contact 

nazarena Mattera 

austral films 

gral. urquiza 1998 depto 1 

Buenos aires, argentina 

nmattera@australfilms.com 

www.australfilms.com 

section 

Dok Market 

for You nakeD 

by sara Broos 

An intimate and beautifully told love story between 

one of Scandinavia’s most highly regarded modern 

painters, Lars Lerin and a young Brazilian dancer, 

Manoel Marques (Junior). Two men with a dark past and 

from two completely different worlds, desperately 

searching for true love. They get in touch on Skype and 

can’t communicate in any language, yet they decide 

to meet and find out if they can fall in love. This is the 

beginning of an unpredictable love story, humorous and 

warm but with dark undertones of domination and 

control. About how hard it can be to fall in love again 

after years of alcoholism, drug abuse and a broken heart. 

And to show even your most dark sides and sometimes 

be brutally honest about your doubts and fear. We closely 

follow their struggle for a happy existence and their 

search for a life where someone loves you – regardless of 

how vastly difficult it can be to love one self. The film 

received a Dragon Award at Gothenburg International 

Film Festival 2012 for Best Swedish Documentary. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

sweden, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

74 min 


för dig naken 


portuguese, swedish 

Produced by 

sara Broos 

alma film, sweden 

www.almafilm.se 


carina ekman 

film i Värmland, sweden 

charlotte Hellström 

sVt, sweden 

www.svt.se 


sVt, sweden 


2 / 2012 göteborg iff, sweden 

3 / 2012 tempo ff, sweden 

6 / 2012 karlovy Vary iff, 


10 / 2012 side by side, russia 

sales contact 

sara Broos 

alma film 

rådom 36 

6861 sunne, sweden 

sarabroos@gmail.com 

www.almafilm.se 

128 129 

film id 

1459

film id 

891 

section 


forBiDDen Voices 

by Barbara Miller 

Their voices are suppressed, prohibited and censored. 

But Yoani Sánchez, Zeng Jinyan and Farnaz Seifi are 

not frightened of their dictatorial regimes. These fearless 

women stand for a new, networked generation of 

modern rebels. In Cuba, China and Iran their blogs 

shake the foundations of the state information 

monopoly – thereby putting their lives at risk. Barbara 

Miller’s film Forbidden Voices accompanies these 

modern young rebels on their dangerous journey and 

traces their use of social medias like Facebook, Youtube 

and Twitter to denounce and combat the maladministration 

in their countries – thereby triggering international 

resonance by building up enormous political 

pressure. ‘TIME’ counts them among the world’s most 

influential voices. Based on their moving eyewitness 

reports and clandestine photography, Forbidden Voices 

pays homage to their courageous battle. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 


colour, Dcp 

95 min 


forbidden Voices 


chinese, english, french, 

persian, spanish 

Produced by 

philip Delaquis 

Das kollektiv für audiovisuelle 

Werke gmbH, switzerland 

www.daskollektiv.ch 


Hedi Wyss, switzerland 


arte g. e. i. e., france 




switzerland 

sales contact 

carol spycher 

accent films international ltd. 

46, rue de la gare 

1820 Montreux, switzerland 

cspycher@accent-films.com 

www.accent-films.com 

forget Me not 

by David sieveking 

section 


Filmmaker David Sieveking introduces us with 

astonishing candour to the life of his mother Gretel, an 

Alzheimer’s patient. His father Malte has been taking 

care of Gretel ever since he retired. The still youthful 

mathematics professor had imagined life after university 

a little differently, because it takes a lot of strength 

and time to care constantly for a person who forgets 

everything. She wants to go home even though she 

is at home. She refuses to co-operate and prefers to stay 

in bed. The son moves back home for a few weeks 

with a small film crew to relieve his father and document 

daily life with a dementia patient from up close. 

Sieveking uses the chance to get closer to his mother 

again. The more Gretel takes her leave from this 

world, the more Sieveking finds out about her and her 

past. Leftist revolutionary circles, an ‘open relationship’, 

women’s circles. Malte decides to read his wife’s 

diaries. The son talks to his father, his mother’s lover and 

her female friends. A biography gradually takes shape. 

This quiet, touching film is a declaration of love for 

a mother and a family, but also a gradual farewell from 

a woman who may still be physically present but has long 

since become a different person. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

88 min 


Vergiss mein nicht 


german 

Produced by 

Martin Heisler 

lichtblick Media, germany 

www.lichtblick-media.de 


carl-ludwig rettinger 

lichtblick film- und fernseh- 

produktion, germany 

www.lichtblick-film.de 


Br/ arte, germany 

Br, germany 



sales contact 

sascha lubrich 

farbfilm verleih gmbH 

Boxhagener straße 106 


s.lubrich@farbfilm-verleih.de 

www.farbfilm-verleih.de 

130 131 

film id 

2324

film id 

3304 

section 

Dok Market 

fouaD’s DreaM 

by Martin Duckworth, ian Mclaren 

Fouad Sahyoun was born to an Arab-Christian family 

in Haifa in 1943. His family was forced to leave in 1948, 

when he was four years old. Fouad has ‘made it’ in his 

adopted country: Canada. But Fouad wants to go back to 

Haifa and re-establish himself in the city of his birth. 

He remembers the city as a jewel of Muslim-Jewish- 

Christian multi-faith and multi-ethnic harmony, before 

1948. However, his dream to establish business and 

cultural links between his world and Haifa, is fraught 

with difficulties – familial as well as political. But 

he believes that entrepreneurship can succeed where 

diplomacy and war have failed. 

genre 



facts 

canada, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

58 min 


fouad’s Dream 


english 

Produced by 

ian Mclaren 

grand nord, canada 

www.grandnord.ca 


10 / 2012 MipcoM, france 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






section 

Dok Market 

tHe four Year plan 

by Mat Hodgson 

In 2007, Queens Park Rangers Football Club, facing 

relegation and bankruptcy, was rescued by high- 

profile billionaires Flavio Briatore, Bernie Ecclestone, 

Lakshmi Mittal and Amit Bhatia. Their vision: 

to take a community of reluctant fans, semi-talented 

players and a roster of ever-changing managers to 

Premiership glory. The new owners, risking ridicule and 

commercial failure, allowed cameras unprecedented 

access to record the roller-coaster ride. Witness one of 

modern football’s most extraordinary tales as we see 

boardroom battles, clashing egos, and behind the scenes 

drama. Facing difficulties at every stage, the story 

culminates when QPR heroically win promotion to the 

Premier League after four turbulent and dramatic 

seasons. 

genre 


facts 



90 min 


the four Year plan 


english 

Produced by 

Dan glynn 

ad Hoc films, united kingdom 

www.adhocfilms.com 


10 / 2011 Marbella ff, spain 


3 / 2012 BBc, united kingdom 

6 / 2012 sheffield Doc / fest, 


sales contact 

tim sparke 

Mercury Media 






132 133 

film id 

3095

film id 

2656 

freestYle life 

by adam palenta 

section 


polish Docs 

Freestyle life is a story of the art of putting up a fight, 

when the game involves the most competitive 

rivals – ourselves. Resistance to the determinism leads 

towards stubbornness, challenging ourselves to 

consecutive duels. The surface of the screen that precisely 

keeps the viewer from reality resembles the surface 

of water that separates swimmers from their disability. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

poland, 2012 


10 min 


Zycie stylem dowolnym 


polish 

Produced by 

ewa Jastrzebska 

polish filmmakers association 

Munk studio, poland 

www.studiomunka.pl 



sales contact 







section 

Dok Market 

froM HollYWooD 

to nureMBerg – 

JoHn forD, saMuel 

fuller, george 

steVens 

by christian Delage 

Through restored archives, often unreleased, 

by mythical American filmmakers, we rediscover World 

War II from the allied landing to the Nuremberg 

trial. Their footage which served as essential historical 

evidence of the war crimes are also an aesthetic 

testimony of their cinematographic experimentation 

and genius. 

genre 



facts 

france, 2012 

colour, B / W 

56 min 


from Hollywood to nuremberg 

– John ford, samuel fuller, 

george stevens 


english, french 

sales contact 

pauline Mazenod 

Windrose sas 

7, rue civiale 


pmazenod@windrose.fr 

www.windrose.fr 

134 135 

film id 

3164

film id 

1453 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe future’s past 

by susanne Brandstätter 

Using the Khmer Rouge Tribunal as a starting point, 

award-winning filmmaker Susanne Brandstätter 

takes a deeper look into the lives of young people on the 

brink of adulthood. As the trial accusing a perpetrat 

or of the Pol Pot regime progresses, it becomes a catalyst 

for a new generation of Cambodians questioning their 

parents, families and neighbours about the inhumani- 

ties their nation has suffered. Brandstätter accompanies 

three families on two different continents – two 

Cambodian families and an immigrated Cambodian 

family in Paris, France – recognizing that the truth 

is only to be found among those who survived and that 

the past can best be questioned by those who are 

about to build a future. 

genre 



facts 

austria, luxembourg, 2012 

colour, 35 mm 

91 min 


the future’s past 


french, khmer 

Produced by 

alexander Dumreicher-ivanceanu 

amour fou filmproduktion, 

austria 

www.amourfou.at 


Bady Minck 

Minotaurus film, luxembourg 

www.minotaurusfilm.lu 


orf, austria 


3 / 2012 Diagonale, austria 

sales contact 

ula okrojek 

amour fou Vienna 

lindengasse 32 


marketing@amourfoufilm.com 

www.amourfoufilm.com 

tHe gang 

by susanne schulz 

section 


Six, ten year old girls shoot a film about what is most 

important to them: friendship, the gang. The 

making of shows their friendship on the brink of 

childhood. A film for children and adults. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2011 


13 min 


Die Bande 


german 

Produced by 

susanne schulz, germany 

sales contact 

Holm taddiken 

cine impuls leipzig 

altenburger str. 9 


leipzig@cine-impuls.de 

www.cine-impuls.de 

136 137 

film id 

587

film id 

3179 

section 

Dok Market 

generation sMs 

by Bill couturié 

In the triumphant spirit of films focusing on 

tournaments you never knew existed, comes this portrait 

of six teens in their quest for the U. S. National 

Texting Championship. Armed with two thumbs and 

a cell phone, the contestants compete in New York City 

for a $50,000 prize. So who are these teens who 

spend their lives text messaging, and why do they do it 

so obsessively ? Academy Award®–winner Bill Couturié 

(producer, Common Threads: Stories from the 

Quilt) turns his camera on these unique individuals as 

they ready their thumbs for the main event, defying 

techie-geek stereotypes by showcasing their ability to 

excel socially as well as in the classroom. 

genre 



facts 

usa, 2011 


52 min / 75 min 


generation sMs 


english 

Produced by 

gary cohen 

DocuMentor, usa 

sales contact 








section 

Dok Market 

gilaD anD 

all tHat JaZZ 

by golriz kolahi 

Gilad Atzmon is one of modern music’s most respected 

musicians. He is also a controversial public opponent 

of Israel. A gentle giant, warm, charismatic and somewhat 

shy, Gilad is a complex character. Born into a pro- 

Zionist family and serving briefly in the first Lebanon 

War, Gilad had a dramatic turnaround. He quit the 

army, picked up his sax and exiled himself to London, 

declaring himself an enemy of the Israeli state. 

Since then he has produced some of the modern era’s 

greatest Jazz albums. The film follows Gilad in the most 

flourishing time of his career as he records with the 

Blockheads, gigs with Nigel Kennedy, and appears on 

TV programs and panel events all over the globe. 

At the same time he antagonises his critics to the point 

of receiving death threats. Gilad and All That Jazz 

offers insight into the life, ideas, music and motivations 

driving the great Saxophonist. 

genre 


facts 


colour, HDcam 

61 min 


gilad and all that Jazz 


english 

Produced by 

David alamouti 

contra image, united kingdom 

www.contraimage.com 


4 / 2012 logan ff, usa 

5 / 2012 london iDff, 


sales contact 

tim sparke 

Mercury Media 






138 139 

film id 

2377

film id 

3339 

section 

Dok.incubator 

tHe girl BeHinD tHe 

caMera (Wt) 

by paula schargorodsky 

35 year old girl – 10 years of a life registered – 5 boyfriends 

– 2 wedding proposals – still single – Why ? 

An investigation on love affairs that poses a question 

about the choices you take in life. 

As this film is part of the DOK.Incubator workshop 

2012 and still in post-production, DOK Market presents 

only a trailer. 

genre 



facts 

spain, argentina, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

75 min 


la chica detras la camera (Wt) 


spanish 

Produced by 

paula schargorodsky, 

gabriel arndur 

talatala, argentina/spain 

www.talatala.net 

sales contact 

paula schargorodsky 

talatala 

ramsay 1945 

c. f. Buenos aires, argentina 

paulaschargo@gmail.com 

www.talatala.net 

section 

Dok Market 

gloBal HoMe 

by eva stotz 

As soon as filmmaker Eva Stotz found out about the 

Couchsurfing network, she had to know more. What was 

this online community providing; a free place to sleep 

anywhere in the world, a chance look in on the lives of 

complete strangers and an opportunity to reach out 

beyond the internet after only a few emails ? Eva packed 

her camera and set off on her travels. How does a 

Tuareg man in Mali use new media ? What took a British 

environmental activist to the West Bank and what is a 

Brazilian dancer doing out in provincial Turkey ? How is 

a Japanese teacher helping kids in Tokyo to discover 

their natural surroundings ? And who is this person in 

San Francisco who started up Couchsurfing ? 

Global Home tells the fascinating stories of those who 

see globalization and the internet as an opportunity 

to meaningfully connect and interact more with others. 

Eva Stotz takes us along on her journey and shows us 

that the rest of the world is not as different as we imagine. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

92 min 


global Home 


arabic, english, french, german, 

Japanese 

Produced by 

karsten aurich 

sabotage films gmbH, germany 

www.sabotage-films.de 


Jan schütte 

Deutsche film- und fernseh- 

akademie, germany 

www.dffb.de 


ZDf, germany 


3 / 2012 sxsW, usa 

9 / 2012 raindance, 


sales contact 

karsten aurich 

sabotage films gmbH 

kastanienallee 56 


karsten@sabotage-films.de 

www.sabotage-films.de 

140 141 

film id 

1481

film id 

690 

section 

Dok Market 

going up tHe stairs 

by rokhsareh ghaemmmaghami 

A warm, revealing and often surprisingly funny portrait 

of an unlikely artist shows us that true talent will 

refuse to be stifled and you don’t need an education to 

channel your emotions into art. Akram is an illiterate, 

50-year-old Iranian woman who became a painter 

unexpectedly and created an explosion of powerful, 

primitive and colourful paintings, which she hid 

under a carpet from possibly disapproving eyes. When 

she tells her Western educated children about her 

work, they arrange for her to have an exhibition in far-off 

Paris. The only hitch in this plan is that Akram must 

obtain permission from her husband – who she married 

when she was 8 and he was in his 30s – in order to 

attend. Their comfortable bickering covers up Akram’s 

frustrations and fears that her chance for recognition 

of her magical talent lays completely in the hands of this 

conservative and traditional Iranian man. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

iran, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

52 min 


going up the stairs 


persian 

Produced by 

rokhsareh ghaemmmaghami, 

iran 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






section 

Dok Market 

tHe great 

Book roBBerY 

by Benny Brunner 

Chronicles of a cultural destruction: the story of 

70,000 Palestinian books that were looted by the newly 

created State of Israel in 1948. The film interweaves 

various story lines in a structure that is dramatically 

compelling and emotionally unsettling. The film’s 

interviews center on eyewitness accounts and cultural 

critiques that place the book plunder affair in a larger 

historical-cultural context. The Great Book Robbery 

sheds new light on the Palestinian tragedy of 1948, also 

known as the Nakba (or ‘catastrophe’), when some 

725,000 Palestinians were dispossessed to make way for 

a Jewish-majority Israeli state. In the intervening years, 

Israel has constructed a moralistic and heroic narrative 

of the 1948 war. The film aims to deconstruct this 

imperial history and to prevent this story from fading 

into oblivion by passing it on to future generations. 

genre 



facts 

israel, netherlands, 2012 


57 min / 48 min 


the great Book robbery 


english, Hebrew 

Produced by 

Benny Brunner 

2911foundation, netherlands 

www.thegreatbookrobbery.org 


alexandra Jansse 

xela films, netherlands 

www.xelafilms.com 


aljazeera english, 



5 / 2012 aljazeera english (tV), 

Qatar 


9 / 2012 st petersburg int ff / 

Message to Man, russia 

9 / 2012 Hamburg int ff, germany 

sales contact 

Benny Brunner 

2911foundation 

Weteringschans 40 / 1 

1017sH amsterdam, netherlands 

2911foundation@gmail.com 

www.thegreatbookrobbery.org 

142 143 

film id 

912

film id 

2265 

section 


tHe great fallacY 

by Dirk Heth, olaf Winkler 

A cameraman confesses: ‘I never doubted that I was 

doing the right thing. After all, I loved what I did. 

But now everything has changed and I wonder: How can 

one be happy if your market value is zero ?’ Suddenly 

confronted with the reality of his own vanishing market 

value, the cameraman stumbles upon an extraordinary 

vision which could transform society as we know 

it today. A cinematic travelogue through five years in 

Germany – a time capsule addressed to the cameraman’s 

children to open one day as adults. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 


105 min 


Der große irrtum 


german 

Produced by 

Dirk Heth, olaf Winkler 

contract 99 filmrealisation 

Heth / Winkler gbr, germany 

www.contract99.de 

sales contact 

Dirk Heth 

teltower straße 15 


dirk.heth@arcor.de 

section 


tHe gYpsY Vote 

by Jaroslav Vojtek 

A documentary featuring the attempt by Gypsy leader 

Vlado Sendrei and his team to win elections in 

‘white’ Slovakia. What are the chances that Roma activist 

Vlado Sendrei and his election team can succeed 

in a society of ‘whites’ ? Despite expert help from an 

American foundation, one experiences an 

unbelievably lively campaign, tragicomical moments, 

and a glimpse into Roma ghettoes at the edge of 

society. Vlado’s wife Jana openly claims her husband’s 

activities are harmful to his family and Roma values, 

increasing tensions between them. The Big Day – 

election day – turns original emotions on their head. 

The new film by Jaro Vojtek renders a world of 

deception, and it’s only the Gypsy fortune-teller who 

tells the truth ! 

genre 



facts 


colour, Dcp 

72 min 


cigáni idú do volieb 


slovak 

Produced by 

tomáš kaminský 

Mandala pictures, slovakia 

www.mandalapictures.eu 

sales contact 


Mandala pictures 

Mariánska 18 

900 31 stupava, slovakia 

tomas@mandalapictures.eu 


144 145 

film id 

1384

film id 

1797 

section 

Dok Market 

HappY BirtHDaY 

eMilY 

by Marcelo kiwi 

Elisa and Benjamin have been married for over 

50 years. Now retired and with their children living 

outside of Chile, they have devoted all their love to 

Emily, a sausage dog. The affection and love for this pet 

has led them to do crazy and unbelievable things, 

one of those is to celebrate the ‘Birthday of Emily’ in a 

particular party where other pets (and owners) have 

also been invited. Like in all children’s birthday parties 

we can find a Piñata, a birthday cake, gifts, and 

fights among the guests for who will receive the most 

attention. This short film is a thesis about the times 

of loneliness in today’s society, where it becomes very 

much alive the celebrated Mark Twain phrase: 

‘The more I know people, the more I love my dog.’ 

genre 



facts 

chile, 2012 

B / W, Dcp 

12 min 


feliz cumpleaños emily 


spanish 

Produced by 

Juan eduardo castellon, 

Marcelo godoy 

potemkin, chile 

www.potemkin.cl 

sales contact 

Marcelo kiwi 

potemkin 

eliodoro Yañez 1258, piso 2. 

providencia 

7500605 santiago, chile 

kiwi@potemkin.cl 

www.marcelokiwi.com 

section 

Dok Market 

HappY serious saD 

by franziska von Malsen-ponickau 

Dario and Markus have been a couple for 13 years. 

Both well earning businessmen, they enjoy a perfectly 

happy life in London. Just one wish is yet unfulfilled: 

they want to raise a kid. After a lengthy review process, 

the social authority has given permission for the two 

men to become adoptive fathers. Things turn difficult, 

as they are proposed not only one child, but two 

brothers at once. During the discussion, whether they 

should adopt one or two children, fundamental question 

are raised again and again: Why do I want a child ? 

What is a family ? Are we happier together than alone ? 

The film portrays the couple on how they set off 

to adopt six year old Jacob, who was neglected by his 

biological parents. 

genre 


facts 


colour, HDcam 

60 min 


Happy serious sad 



Produced by 

franziska von Malsen-ponickau, 

germany 


Br, germany 

sales contact 

franziska von Malsen-ponickau 

rottmannstr. 16 


franziskavonmalsen@gmail.com 

146 147 

film id 

2436

film id 

3297 

HaVa nagila 

– tHe MoVie 

by roberta grossmann 

section 

Dok Market 

Here is the fun, exciting and interesting story of the 

song that has transcended its origins and became 

a worldwide hit. Bob Dylan sang it. Elvis, too. And that’s 

only the beginning when it comes to Hava Nagila. 

Follow the infectious party song on its fascinating 

journey from the shtetls of Eastern Europe to the 

cul-de-sacs of America in this hilarious and surprisingly 

deep film. Featuring interviews with Harry Belafonte, 

Connie Francis, Glen Campbell, Leonard Nimoy, 

Regina Spektor and more, Hava Nagila (The Movie) 

takes viewers from Ukraine and Israel to the Catskills, 

Greenwich Village, Hollywood – and even Bollywood 

– using the song as a springboard to explore 

Jewish history and identity and to spotlight the 

cross-cultural connections that can only be achieved 

through music. 

genre 


facts 

usa, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

49 min 


Hava nagila – the Movie 


english 

Produced by 

roberta grossmann 

katahdin foundation, usa 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






section 


He Was a giant 

WitH BroWn eYes 

by eileen Hofer 

After her parents’ divorce, Sabina followed her mother 

to Switzerland while her sister, Narmina, stayed 

with their father in Baku. Five years later, the 17 and 19 

year old sisters are reunited when Sabina comes to 

spend her summer vacation in Azerbai- jan. Yet, Sabina’s 

vacation has a secret motive: she wants to move back 

home to live with the father she loves so deeply. He, too, 

has a project of his own: he wishes to marry for the 

third time and has to break the news to his daughters. 

Sabina, torn between two cultures, ends up following 

her father’s advice and leaves for the countryside 

with her uncle. She sets out on a journey of discovery, 

whilst her sister, Narmina, is left to lament her 

boyfriend’s departure for the army. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 


colour, Dcp 

80 min 


c'était un géant aux Yeux Bruns 


russian 

Produced by 

eileen Hofer 

5 to five team prod, switzerland 

www.eileenhofer.ch 


1 / 2012 rotterdamm iff, 

netherlands 

4 / 2012 indielisboa, portugal 


switzerland 

7 / 2012 femina rio film festival, 

Brazil 

sales contact 

eileen Hofer 

5 to five team prod 

21 rue rothshchild 

1202 geneva, switzerland 

info@eileenhofer.ch 

www.eileenhofer.ch 

148 149 

film id 

562

film id 

2643 

section 


Heino Jaeger 

– look 

Before You kuck 

by gerd kroske 

The German painter and cabaret artist Heino Jaeger 

was once a celebrated radio star. Nevertheless, this 

popularity seemed to ‘hurt’ Jaeger as a painter. After ten 

years, he abruptly discontinued his broadcasting 

work and began to drink. Weighed down by trauma from 

World War II and characterized by anarchic madness, 

but far from being an eccentric, arrogant artist, 

Heino Jaeger died in a psychiatric ward in 1997 at the 

early age of 59. He spent his last twelve years there 

as an alcoholic schizophrenic. The documentary shows 

the pictures, drawings, photographs, film footage, 

friends and colleagues of Heino Jaeger, reporting on his 

life in a wealthy West Germany which left him behind. 

A film about an artist, through whom one can focus 

on German history like with a magnifying glass. Wars 

may end, but they cannot be overcome. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 


120 min 


Heino Jaeger – look Before 

You kuck 


german 

Produced by 

gerd kroske 

realistfilm, germany 

www.realistfilm.de 

sales contact 

Heino Deckert 


Marienplatz 1 




HerMan’s House 

by angad Bhalla 

The injustice of solitary confinement and the 

transformative power of art are explored in Herman’s 

House, a feature documentary that follows the 

unlikely friendship between a New York artist and one 

of America’s most famous inmates as they collaborate 

on an acclaimed art project. 

genre 


facts 

canada, 2012 


82 min 


Herman’s House 

Produced by 

ed Barreveld, lisa Valenciasvensson, 

loring Mcalpin 

storyline entertainment, canada 

www.storylineentertainment.com 


3 / 2012 true / false ff, usa 


6 / 2012 full frame, usa 

sales contact 


cat&Docs 





150 151 

film id 

1720 

section 

Hot Docs

film id 

1907 

HerstorY 

by Jun-ki kim 

section 

animadoc 

This animation tells a girl’s story who was taken to Java 

island as a comfort woman. Chung Seo-woon, the 

real victim of World War, narrates her story with her 

real voice. 

genre 



facts 

south korea, 2011 


11 min 


Herstory 


korean 

Produced by 

Jun-ki kim, south korea 


10 / 2011 Busan ff, south korea 

7 / 2012 sicaf, south korea 

sales contact 

Hyeseung Yoo 

kiafa aniseeD 

2f 282-6, ahyeon-Dong, 

Mapo-gu 

121-859 seoul, south korea 

kiafanews@naver.com 

www.kiafa.org 

section 

Dok Market 

HistorY sHorts 

by claudia Hentze 

Scenes from the 20th century, mostly shot between 

1909 and 1976 by world-wide operating newsreel 

cameramen, present a new, glimpse-like view on the 

past. Whether of big historic events or unknown 

moments in every-day life, in colour or black & white, 

these images take effect on all viewers, no matter 

where they are from. Selected for their visual criteria, 

the films stand alone without much further explanation 

needed. Country, place and date along with small, 

mostly surprising details being shown on a designed 

stripe at the side of the screen help classify the 

images. But the focus remains on the ‘film document’ 

itself and the message it conveys. Two clips are always 

combined – either about the same subject but at 

different locations or moments in time, or about diverse 

events happening at the same place or date. Thus, 

each pair opens a new perspective and transports 

variable emotions – on a story or an epoch. Suitable for 

multi-platform use, the series’ aim is to amaze its 

viewers, make them think, laugh and cry. 

genre 



facts 



25 × 3 min / 100 × 3 min 


History shorts 


english 

sales contact 

Bettina oebel 






152 153 

film id 

3155

film id 

637 

section 


a HoMe far aWaY 

by peter entell 

The extraordinary destiny of two people. After the 

Second World War, Lois is an actress in Broadway 

theatre, television and Hollywood films. Her husband, 

Edgar Snow, is world famous. A pioneer fascinated 

by China, he is the first journalist to film and interview 

Mao Zedong. Suspected by the American authorities 

of Communist sympathies, Ed and Lois are blacklisted. 

Together with their two small children, they go 

to Switzerland, mid-way between China and America, 

where they find a new home. A story of revolution, 

utopia, disillusionment, and hope … 

genre 


portrait 

facts 



100 min 


a Home far away 


english 

Produced by 

peter entell 

show and tell films, switzerland 

www.ahomefaraway.com 






sales contact 

peter entell 

show and tell films 

chemin de pacoty 22 

1297 founex, switzerland 

info@shakethedeviloff.com 

www.ahomefaraway.com 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe House i liVe in 

by eugene Jarecki 

For over forty years, America’s ‘War on Drugs’ has 

accounted for 45 million arrests, made America 

the world’s largest jailer, and damaged poor communities 

at home and abroad. Yet for all that, drugs in America 

are cheaper, purer, and more available today than 

ever before. Filmed in more than twenty U. S. states, 

The House I Live in captures heart-wrenching 

stories at all levels of America’s drug war – from the 

dealer to the grieving mother, the narcotics officer 

to the senator, the inmate to the federal judge. Together, 

these stories pose urgent questions: What caused 

the war ? What perpetuates it ? And what can be done 

to stop it ? 

genre 


facts 

usa, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

105 min 


the House i live in 


english 

Produced by 

Melinda shopsin 

charlotte street films, 



1 / 2012 sundance, usa 



sales contact 

Vesna cudic 

Dogwoof global 

211 Hatton square Business 

centre 

16 Baldwins gardens 

ec1n 7rJ london, united 

kingdom 

vesna@dogwoof.com 

www.dogwoof.com 

154 155 

film id 

3090

film id 

3347 

section 

Dok Market 

HoW ping pong 

saVeD 

tHe WorlD 

by ed Mabe 

How Ping-Pong Saved the World recounts the events of 

April 1971 when a U. S. Table Tennis team became 

the first Americans allowed to enter communist China 

in decades. Their invitation paved the way for 

President Nixon’s landmark visit just eight months later. 

For eight days, 15 unlikely American Ping-Pong 

playing diplomats discovered the little known world 

behind the Bamboo Curtain. These unlikely diplomats 

were about to reshape history and in the process 

make a breakthrough of historic proportions and in doing 

so, foster the beginning of the end of the cold war. 

Ping-Pong soon became a metaphor for the on-going 

difficult relations between the United States and 

China – two ideological opposites on the brink of 

detente. ‘Ping-Pong Diplomacy’ marked the beginning 

of a new relationship between the United States 

and the People’s Republic of China; one that over the 

next 40 years would evolve into the world’s most 

important bilateral alliance. 

genre 



facts 

usa, 2012 


74 min 


How ping pong saved the World 


english 

Produced by 

ed Mabe 

nascar, united kingdom 

sales contact 

kazz Basma 

sideways film 





el Huaso 

by carlo guillermo proto 

Gustavo Proto moved his family from Chile to Toronto 

to provide them with a better life. His father 

committed suicide when Gustavo was just 16. Now 58, 

he ponders his life and the possibility of ending it 

himself before he becomes a burden to those he loves. 

Before he makes this final decision, he wants to 

live out his childhood dream of returning to Chile and 

becoming a huaso, a Chilean cowboy. Carlo Guillermo 

Proto moves brilliantly between the complex roles 

of director and son, dissolving unspoken barriers to 

reveal an emotional and heart-wrenching portrait 

of a family torn between respecting Gustavo’s choices 

and confronting him with the burden he places on 

those left behind. As the film travels between continents, 

tensions rise. Carlo allows himself to become a 

vulnerable character, imbuing the film with a rare and 

compelling honesty about familial responsibility 

and personal freedom. 

genre 



facts 

canada, chile, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

72 min 


el Huaso 


english, spanish 

Produced by 

carlo guillermo proto 

the Handshake productions, 

canada 

www.thehandshake.org 


6 / 2012 DocsBarcelona, spain 



10 / 2012 Hamptons iff, usa 

sales contact 

carlo guillermo proto 

the Handshake productions 

1766 rue Wolfe 

H2l 3J8 Montreal, canada 

carlo@thehandshake.org 

www.thehandshake.org 

156 157 

film id 

56 

section 

chileDoc

film id 

1397 

section 


Huerfano ValleY 

by elisa larvego 

The archaeology of a hippie commune in Colorado, 

USA: the few remaining members lead a tour through 

the ruins of the abandoned houses and tell stories 

of the intense life once lived in this commune. The right 

touch of irony produces an honest and reflective 

consideration of the dreams a generation once pursued. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 


colour, HDcam 

67 min 


Huerfano Valley 


english 

Produced by 

elisa larvego, switzerland 

www.vego.ch 



sales contact 

elisa larvego 

6 ch. de surville 

1213 petit-lancy, switzerland 

larvegoelisa@gmail.com 

www.vego.ch 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe HuMan Zoo 

by Hans Mulchi 

At the end of the XIX century, four groups of 

indigenous people (a total of 25 people, from infants to 

the elderly) were taken from Chile by a German 

businessman and were shown as animals in different 

fairs and public exhibitions in several Europeans cities, 

including Berlin, Leipzig, and symbolic places such 

as the area surrounding the Eiffel Tower. The Human Zoo 

retraces the disturbing and moving journey of the 

abducted natives and surprises with every new discovery 

– including the remains of five members of the 

Kawésqar culture found at the Anthropological 

Department of the University of Zurich. The repatriation 

of the remains reveals how racism and the lack 

of respect for the indigenous population continues 

to present day. 

genre 



facts 

chile, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

80 min 


the Human Zoo 


english 

Produced by 

Hans Mulchi 

el taller producciones, chile 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






158 159 

film id 

3299

film id 

47 

section 

Dok Market 

HungrY MinDs 

by Beatrix schwehm 

‘Words and literature are like ants or water, they spread 

everywhere, permeating even the tiniest cracks and 

crevices.’ As this sentence from Orhan Pamuk is written 

out, at reading speed, on a black background, you hear 

the creaking of a ship, the splashing water and voices 

from a distant land. Thus begins the new film from the 

Grimme-Prize winning director Beatrix Schwehm. 

The film tells of books and people, from the love of 

literature, and how the written word makes its way into 

the most remote corners of this world. The 90-minute 

documentary follows 3 mobile libraries: in Kenya, 

Mongolia and Bangladesh.The Bengalese architect 

Mohammed Rezwan builds library boats that can bring 

books to people even during the monsoon season. 

The Mongolian author of children’s books Jambyn 

Dashdondog packs two boxes full of books each 

summer to provide reading material to children in 

remote areas. The Kenyan librarian Abdullah Osman 

leads caravans of camels loaded with boxes of 

books to the nomadic tribes bordering Somalia. Despite 

the heat, wind, rain or snow, they still manage their 

long journeys with their mobile libraries. A film about 

the love of literature and the respect for knowledge 

that accepts no boundaries. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

87 min 


erlesene Welten 


Bengali, english, Mongolian, 

somali, swahili 

Produced by 

Beatrix schwehm 

beatrix schwehm film, germany 

www.trifilm.de 


radio Bremen / arte, germany 


8 / 2012 fünf seen festival, 

germany 

10 / 2012 nordische filmtage 

lübeck, germany 

sales contact 

Beatrix schwehm 

beatrix schwehm film 

am Dobben 105 

28203 Bremen, germany 

beatrix.schwehm@trifilm.de 

www.trifilm.de 

section 

Dok Market 

i aM louisa Jules 

by roberto Manhães reis, Viola scheuerer 

Louisa is 19 years old and looking for something. 

As a small child, Louisa was adopted and grew up with 

three brothers in a family in Berlin. While she was 

growing up, she noticed similarities in her brothers and 

parents which she did not share with them. Louisa 

asks herself what she has inherited from her physical 

parents. Louisa’s physical parents are of Madagascan 

origin, more she doesn’t know. Through her own efforts 

and after searching for a long time, she actually found 

her father and her mother. The father, whom she thought 

had died, is a geology professor. Her mother works 

as a high school teacher. While studying in Kiev in the 

Soviet era, her mother had given her up for adoption. 

19 years old, Louisa is looking forward, together with 

her ‘Berlin family’, to visiting the country of her African 

parents and grandparents. How will her parents – 

who have since separated – react to seeing their long 

lost daughter again ? Will Louisa at last find the similar- 

ity to her mother ? Will she feel like a Madagascan in 

the foreign country or more like a black German ? What 

stories does Louisa carry with her without knowing ? 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

92 min 


ich Bin louisa Jules 


german 

Produced by 

sidney Martins 

cinemanegro filmproduktion, 

germany 

sales contact 

sidney Martins 

cinemanegro filmproduktion 

schönhauser allee 32 


info@cinemanegro.de 

160 161 

film id 

1308

film id 

3243 

section 

Dok Market 

i Want MY 

countrY Back 

by astrid schult 

In the year of the presidential elections, America is 

fighting relentlessly with itself, with its driving 

force being its infuriated citizens: supporters and 

sympathizers of the Tea Party movement. The 

dissatisfied, the disappointed and the unassured have 

come together in countless groups. They’re making 

a stand against Obama’s healthcare system and against 

the strengthening of rights for black people and the 

unemployed – achievements that are seen in Europe 

as a basic requirement for any fair and socially 

responsible society. Who are the people behind these 

groups that are protesting so vehemently and 

loudly ? What pushes a U.S.-citizen towards the 

right of the Republican Party ? 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 


52 min 


i Want My country Back 


english 

Produced by 

christian Drewing 

eikon südwest gmbH, germany 

www.eikon-suedwest.de 


Melanie andernach knut losen 

Made in germany, germany 

www.madeingermany-film.de 


sWr / arte, germany 

sales contact 

Diana karklin 







section 

Dok Market 

i Was Born in DelHi 

by Bishnu Dev Halder 

Two sisters, Josna and Hasina run away from poverty, 

marriage and the impending kitchen-centric life in their 

conservative village, to the city, Delhi, for a new life. 

After six years in the city, the sisters are hounded by 

insecurity. Ironically, they find marriage to be their only 

path to a secure life. They get desperate as they find 

it difficult to get married. Their desperation calls for 

desperate choices. The film follows the sisters for five 

years and documents their changing priorities over 

the period of time; the choices they make and the impact 

of the same on their lives. 

genre 



facts 

india, 2011 


93 min / 52 min 


i Was Born in Delhi 


Bengali, Hindi 

Produced by 

Bishnu Dev Halder 

Bee pee Motion pictures, india 


nHk, Japan 



6 / 2012 planet Doc review, 

poland 

sales contact 

Diana karklin 







162 163 

film id 

2054

film id 

3303 

section 

Dok Market 

iceBounD: 

tHe storY of tHe 

1925 alaska seruM 

run 

by Daniel anker 

On January 28, 1925, newspapers and radio stations 

headlined a terrifying story: Diphtheria had broken out 

among the children of Nome, Alaska, separated from 

the rest of the world for seven months by a frozen ocean. 

With barely enough antitoxin on hand to treat half a 

dozen people, the death toll for Nome and surroundings 

could potentially reach into the thousands. With 

aviation still in its infancy, and one of the harshest winters 

on record in Interior Alaska, only ancient means – 

dogsled – could save the town. In temperatures as low 

as minus 60, more than twenty men, and at least 150 dogs, 

set out via dogsled to relay the antitoxin across 

674 miles of Alaskan wilderness to save the town from 

the lethal epidemic. Icebound is a riveting journey back 

in time, an ageless adventure that has captured the 

imagination of children and adults throughout the world 

for almost a century: The Greatest Dog Story Ever Told. 

genre 


facts 

usa, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

90 min 


icebound: the story of the 1925 

alaska serum run 


english 

Produced by 

Daniel anker 

Daniel anker productions, usa 


10 / 2012 MipcoM, france 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






section 


icelanD Year Zero 

by sigurður Hallmar Magnússon 

In October 2008, the three main banks in Iceland 

collapsed, driving a nation into bankruptcy; 

causing thousands of people to lose their jobs, their 

personal savings − and hope. How does a nation, 

once one of the richest and most developed countries 

in the capitalist world, react to a total economic 

collapse ? In a landscape where ‘to be rich’ used to be a 

virtue, who is really to blame for the collapse of a 

far-too-fast-and-greedy banking system ? Or rather, is 

the decline of the capitalist values maybe the best 

thing that could have happened to Iceland ? 

genre 


facts 

iceland, czech republic, 

france, 2012 


52 min 


iceland année zéro 


english, french, icelandic 

Produced by 

Veronika Janatková 

axman production, 


www.axmanproduction.com 


nadim cheikrouha 

Jade production, france 

Dúi J. landmark 

landmark kvikmyndagerð, 

iceland 

sales contact 

Dr international sales 

emil Holms kanal 20 

Dk-0999 kobenhavn c, 

Denmark 

drsales@dr.dk 

www.drsales.dk 

164 165 

film id 

3209

film id 

1773 

section 


if i Wasn’t Born 

by Hendrik schäfer 

If I Wasn’t Born takes a deep look into the film makers’ 

photographic album. It’s a journey through personal 

years during the last years of the GDR and Fall of 

the Wall. The film asks about life’s possibilities and those 

of a young mother without a son. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 

B / W, HDcam 

7 min 


Wenn ich nicht geboren wäre 


german 

Produced by 

charles eric Breitkreuz 

filmakademie Baden- 

Württemberg, germany 


7 / 2012 open eyes ff, germany 

sales contact 

sigrid gairing 

filmakademie 

Baden-Württemberg 

akademiehof 10 

71638 ludwigsburg, germany 

sigrid.gairing@filmakademie.de 

www.filmakademie.de 

i’ll stop crYing 

if You stop crYing 

by andy glynne 

Hamid, aged ten, is from Eritrea. His father had been 

receiving threats from people in the government, 

and so told Hamid and his mother to flee the country as 

it was becoming increasingly dangerous for them 

to be there. Hamid and his mother escaped to the UK 

when he was just seven. His father also tried to escape 

but couldn’t and was later killed. Hamid describes 

the struggles of coming to terms with his father’s death, 

as well as settling into a new country. This film is 

part of a series entitled Seeking Refuge using the real-life 

stories of young refugees and asylum-seekers who 

have fled their homeland, told by the children themselves. 

genre 



facts 



4 min 


i'll stop crying if You stop crying 


english 

Produced by 

andy glynne 

Mosaic films, united kingdom 



BBc, united kingdom 


5 / 2012 BBc two, united kingdom 

sales contact 

andy glynne 

Mosaic films 

4th floor shacklewell studios, 28 

shacklewell lane 

e8 2eZ london, united kingdom 

andy@mosaicfilms.com 


166 167 

film id 

2298 

section 

animadoc

film id 

1043 

section 

Dok Market 

iMpenetraBle 

by Daniele incalterra, fausta Quattrini 

This is a genuine Western in one of the world’s last 

virgin territories: the Paraguayan Chaco. The director 

wants to establish a 12,355-acre national park 

with the land left to him by his father, but his neighbours, 

petrol companies and transgenic soybean 

growers, who destroy the forest, do not seem too keen 

on the idea … 

genre 



facts 

france, argentina, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

95 min 


el impenetrable 


italian, spanish 

Produced by 

richard copans 

les films d'ici, france 

www.lesfilmsdici.fr / en 


Daniele incalterra 

Daniele incalcaterra url, france 

sales contact 







section 

Dok Market 

in BetWeen 

– tHe BritisH artist 

ricHarD Deacon 

by claudia schmid 

British-born artist Richard Deacon ranks as one 

of the most important sculptors in contemporary art. 

His profound interest in the nature of materials 

and the ways in which they can be manipulated, and 

his innovative approach to form, make him one of 

the most inventive artists working today. With his 

essential contemplation of space and form, Deacon has 

paved the way for a whole new perspective. More 

than any other sculptor, he draws out all possibilities of 

expression, creating a complex spatial dynamic 

from an organic and industrial language of form. The 

physical approach taken with the different materials 

is a key element in this regard. His sweeping, wave-like 

sculptures, with their rhythmic interweaving and 

biomorphic-looking structures are among the most 

complex works in modern sculpture. The multi-layered 

nature of the works reflects the innate complexity of 

life and stirs the beholder to intensive reflection. Film- 

maker Claudia Schmid has been observing Richard 

Deacon’s work for two years. Mutual understanding and 

trust grew during this intense time, making it possi- 

ble to portray this shy artist, even in quiet moments away 

from the public eye. All of which results in a unique 

insight into the personality of the artist and his work. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 


90 min 


in Between – Der britische 

künstler richard Deacon 


english 

Produced by 

Birgit schulz 

Bildersturm filmproduktion 

gmbH, germany 

www.bildersturm-film.de 

sales contact 

Monika Mack 

Bildersturm 

köln, germany 

info@bildersturm-film.de 

www.bildersturm-film.de 

168 169 

film id 

2489

film id 

866 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe increDiBles 

by David Valero 

The story of three everyday heroes: Broken Wing, The 

Iron Lady and Radioactive Woman. Three people 

who suffer the adversities that life throws up and fight 

the most terrifying villains: death, lack of affection 

and loneliness. We accompany them in their daily lives 

of suffering and rejection. But they never give up – 

they continue their struggle to find happiness, because 

they are heroes … Ninety-four year old María (aka ‘The 

Iron Lady’) survived cancer twice at a younger age. Now 

she finds herself outliving friends and relatives. But 

strong-minded María has lost none of her zest for life … 

Juan (52), ‘Broken Wing’, struggles with depression and 

is desperate to find a love to free him from his loneli- 

ness. After a motorcycle accident years ago, his right 

arm is paralysed – a turning point in his life, which also 

cost him his marriage. Joana (‘Radioactive Woman’) 

receives a cancer diagnosis shortly before her 31st birth- 

day. Her fight for survival begins. A battle that will 

leave its mark on Joana’s relationships and whose outcome 

remains uncertain … The Incredibles is the feature- 

length début of director David Valero. Between bound- 

less sadness and heart-warming tenderness, some- 

times wonderfully bizarre or painful but always full 

of humanity. 

genre 



facts 

germany, spain, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

82 min 


los increibles 


spanish 

Produced by 

luisa romeo 

frida films, spain 

www.fridafilms.com 


natalia imaz 

parabellum film gmbH, germany 

www.parabellumfilm.de 

Juanjo Jiménez 

salto de eje s. l., spain 

www.saltodeeje.com 


9 / 2012 international film 

festival san sebastián, spain 

sales contact 

elena Mera 

treeline Distribution 

la rosa 34, 1º c 

15701 santiago de compostela, 

spain 

elena.mera@ 

treelinedistribution.com 

www.treelinedistribution.com 

inDie gaMe: 

tHe MoVie 

by lisanne pajot, James swirsky 

Witness a portrait of a new breed of artist: the video- 

game designer. At first, the only way to make it as 

a designer in the video game industry was to work with 

major developers. Now, like in the film industry 

a generation ago, a new breed of independent auteurs 

have taken their industry by storm. These programmers 

have spent years of their lives building entirely new 

games from the bottom up. Risking everything, their 

results are deeply personal, visionary works whose 

success has redefined the gaming industry. 

genre 


facts 

canada, 2012 

96 min 


indie game: the Movie 


english 

Produced by 

lisanne pajot, canada 

James swirsky, canada 


1 / 2012 sundance, usa 

3 / 2012 sxsW, usa 




sales contact 

andrew Herwitz 

the film sales company 

165 Madison avenue, suite 601 

10016 new York, usa 

contact@filmsalescorp.com 

www.filmsalescorp.com 

170 171 

film id 

3251 

section 

Hot Docs

film id 

3345 

infiltraDos 

by Juan rendon 

section 

Dok Market 

Infiltrados takes an in-depth look at FARC, one of 

the world’s oldest and deadliest terrorist organisations, 

examining the Colombian National Police and the 

involvement of its intelligence division in the recent 

lethal strikes against the FARC. Featuring firsthand 

accounts from spies who infiltrated FARC, living 

for many years among them before relaying intelligence 

back to the Colombian military, these brave people 

undertook what were to be the most dangerous missions 

ever conceived of. Those who were discovered were 

tortured and murdered as a warning to other undercover 

agents, and the threat of exposure lingered through- 

out their missions. Added to this is the threat of ambush 

from their own employers – the Colombian military – 

as well as the difficulty in returning with intelligence 

as deserters are executed. The chances of survival are 

slim. For the first time the terrifying experiences of 

these people who left their lives in the cities of Colombia 

to live for years in the jungle as FARC members, are 

captured on film, and their stories recreated through 

animations to protect their identities. 

genre 



facts 

usa, 2012 


74 min / 52 min 


infiltrados 


english 

Produced by 

Juan rendon 

univision, united kingdom 


kazz Basma 

sideways film, united kingdom 


sales contact 

kazz Basma 

sideways film 





intiMatta 

by ramuntcho Matta 

‘Intimatta is not a film about Matta, It’s an object-Matta, 

belonging to his world and nothing else, take it or 

leave it. Of course, I take it but I can understand some 

people can feel disoriented. It’s a risk one has to take, 

but it is really worth it.’ (Chris Marker) Intimatta is not a 

documentary but an artist film about Matta, based 

on video recordings made by his son Ramuntcho, director 

of this project, and about interviews to contemporaries 

who knew Matta very well. Thanks to dozens of tapes 

with Roberto Matta painting, talking, walking and even 

sleeping; recorded between 1986 and 2000, through 

his working notebooks, his letters, Intimatta shows us 

a way of thinking. It also reveals to us some crucial bio- 

graphical milestones of Matta, when he first arrives 

in Europe, his life in Spain and France, the constant link 

with the architecture, his relationships with persona- 

lities of the 20th century’s art (Le Corbusier, Duchamp, 

Breton, etc.), the surrealist movement, evolution of 

his painting, the birth of Abstract Expressionism, his 

political commitment, etc. With this unpublished 

material, Intimatta immerses us into the artist’s creative 

and intimate world, stating some universal questions 

about transmission, fatherhood and how to share intimacy. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

chile, france, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

119 min 


intimatta 


english, french, spanish 

Produced by 

rodrigo Jorquiera 

gfilms s. a., chile 

www.gfilms.tv 


ramuntcho Matta, chile 


6 / 2012 Hirshhorn Museum, 

usa 

9 / 2012 abaton Hamburg, 

germany 

sales contact 

rodrigo Jorquiera 

gfilms s. a. 

isidora goyenechea 3250, piso 4 

las condes 


rj@gfilms.tv 

www.gfilms.tv 

172 173 

film id 

3232 

section 

chileDoc

film id 

921 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe inVisiBle string 

by Jan Bäss 

'The Invisible String' is a feature-length documentary 

on the ever evolving history of the flying disc movement. 

The film takes the audience on a trip from the very 

beginning of pie pin tossing at the Frisbie’s Pie Bakery 

in Connecticut back at the turn of the century to the 

Rose Bowl World Championships in the late 1970s up to 

the greatest international tournaments and the hottest 

spots of today. It’s a journey into the heart and mind of 

the people that started it all by inventing games, skills, 

and creating a global family. The most influential people 

give their personal accounts as remarkable stories are 

told revolving around living with flying discs. In the 

1970s and 1980s playing Frisbee grew to become even 

more popular than skateboarding. Rare archive footage 

interwoven with Monthy Pythonesque animations 

depict playfully the history of the joy of throwing flying 

objects. The hottest moves and throws the most 

eccentric protagonists are able to perform allow an 

intimate insight on some of the different disciplines like 

Ultimate, Disc Golf or Freestyle. The Invisible String aims 

at reminding every single person of the importance of 

doing one thing: to keep playing ! 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

94 min 


the invisible string 


english 

Produced by 

Jonas knudsen 

Joroni produktions- und Verleih, 

germany 

www.joroni.de 


4 / 2012 achtung berlin, germany 

9 / 2012 DMZ Docs, south korea 

sales contact 

christian struck 

Boomtown Media intl. 

fuggerstr. 33 


christian.struck@ 

boomtownmedia.de 

www.boomtownmedia.com 

irisH folk furniture 

by tony Donoghue 

In Ireland, old hand painted furniture is often associated 

with hard times, with poverty and with a time many 

would rather forget. Because of this association much of 

the country’s furniture lies abandoned in barns and 

sheds. In the making of this film, 16 pieces of abandoned 

folk furniture were restored and returned back into 

daily use. An animated documentary about repair and 

recycling in rural Ireland. This film was shot in a green 

and environmentally friendly way using local crafts- 

people, local narrators and inexpensive second-hand 

equipment. Only natural light was used to shoot this film. 

genre 



facts 

ireland, 2012 


8 min 


irish folk furniture 


english 

Produced by 

cathal Black 

Mayfly films ltd., ireland 


7 / 2012 galway film fleadh, 

ireland 

8 / 2012 Darklight ff, ireland 

10 / 2012 kerry ff, ireland 

10 / 2012 Jihlava iDff, 


sales contact 

tony Donoghue 

Mayfly films limited 

Ballinderry 

00 nenagh, county tipperary, 

ireland 

tonydonoghue@gmail.com 

www.mayflyfilms.com 

174 175 

film id 

1965 

section 

animadoc

film id 

1652 

isQat al niZaM 

– at tHe 

regiMe BorDer 

by antonio Martino 

section 


It’s not easy to forecast what’s going to happen in Syria. 

The hope of many is that the Assad family will democratically 

step down, after 40 years of dictatorship 

but many people fear that they will drag the population 

to hell before disappearing from the scene. Most 

of the Syrian population wishes that the revolution will 

remain in the hands of young people and continue 

peacefully as a symbol of Hope, although some can’t help 

firing back when the regime brings blood to the popu- 

lation. Some hope for an intervention from a foreign 

country, but are also afraid that this would bring a civil 

war. Isqat al Nizam is a crude and touching story that 

sheds some light on the ‘Syrian Spring’: from the initial 

violent reactions of the regime, to the heartbreaking 

escape of more than 20,000 refugees to Turkey; from the 

constant activity of the rebels through social net- 

works to the ongoing defection of soldiers and former 

officials. The collection of exclusive interviews with 

locals and stolen footage of the events make this film a 

unique account. 

genre 



facts 

italy, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

78 min 


isqat al nizam – viaggio ai confini 

del regime 


arabic 

Produced by 

roberto ruini, gloria giorgianni 

pulsemedia, italy 

www.pulsemedia.it 

sales contact 

edward caffrey 

Journeyman pictures 

4 High street 

kt7 0rY thames Ditton, united 

kingdom 

films@journeyman.tv 

www.journeyman.tv 

italY loVe 

it or leaVe it 

by gustav Hofer, luca ragazzi 

section 

Dok Market 

Tuscan fields, bel canto arias, slow food and movie 

stars are some of the images synonymous with one of 

the world’s most adored cultures. Yet many of film- 

makers Luca Ragazzi and Gustav Hofer’s disenchanted 

friends have recently emigrated from Italy. Before 

following suit, the Italian couple decides to take a six- 

month road trip across the country to investigate 

the extent to which current realities outweigh the icons 

of la dolce vita. Throughout their exploration they 

witness multiple examples of staggering corruption, an 

increasingly lower standard of living, environmental 

hazards and intransigent fanaticism. Simultaneously, 

however, they encounter loyal crusaders who feel 

unequivocally compelled to make their homeland a better 

place. In an astute manner and with quirky Fellini-esque 

animation, the film further tantalizes us with Italy’s 

glorious past and future potential. Will the pair decide 

to leave or stay ? Their journey tells it all. 

genre 



facts 

germany, italy, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

92 min 


italy love it or leave it 


english 

Produced by 

gustav Hofer 

hiq productions, italy 

www.italyloveitorleave.it 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






176 177 

film id 

3298

film id 

3211 

section 


Jakarta DisorDer 

by ascan Breuer 

It is only the second time that Indonesians can vote 

for their own president. Two charismatic women, 

however, are not satisfied with mere elections. Grandma 

Dela, who lives in a slum of the tropical megacity, 

and the intellectual Wardah Hafidz are setting out to 

collect 1.5 million signatures of the poorest, who 

are constantly threatened by local arbitrary justice and 

the desires of global capitalism. Can the power of a 

small elite really be overthrown by the power of many, 

or is ‘real democracy’ just an ideal ? With this political 

road-documentary the director portrays social changes 

and improvements in his mother’s old homeland. 

genre 


facts 

austria, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

88 min 


Jakarta Disorder 


indonesian 

Produced by 


golden girls 

filmproduktion & filmservices, 

austria 


sales contact 


golden girls 

filmproduktion & filmservices 



office@goldengirls.at 


section 

Dok Market 

Jason Becker: 

not DeaD Yet 

by Jesse Vile 

Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet is a feature-length documen- 

tary that tells the extraordinary story of Jason 

Becker, a musical prodigy and guitar legend, who has 

been battling with ALS for 22 years. A paralyzing, 

terminal illness with no cure, the disease has trapped 

Jason inside of his body rendering him completely 

paralyzed. Using an eye communication system invented 

by his father, Jason is able to escape the confines 

of his body and release the music that is trapped inside 

of his mind. Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet is a story of 

dreams, love and the strength of the human spirit. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 


colour, HDcam 

87 min 


Jason Becker: not Dead Yet 


english 

Produced by 

Jesse Vile, united kingdom 


3 / 2012 cinequest ff, usa 


6 / 2012 Biografilm festival, italy 

4 / 2012 Boston independent ff, 

usa 

sales contact 

Vesna cudic 


211 Hatton square Business 

centre 

16 Baldwins gardens 

ec1n 7rJ london, united 

kingdom 

vesna@dogwoof.com 

www.dogwoof.com 

178 179 

film id 

2481

film id 

3181 

Joe fraZier: 

WHen tHe 

sMoke clears 

by Mike todd 

section 

Documentary campus 

Masterschool 

They say Philadelphia is the capital of boxing and Joe 

Frazier’s gym is the Whitehouse. Joe Frazier, one of the 

most famous athletes of the 20th century, is lost in the 

legend of one of the greatest rivalries in the history of 

sport. Filmed during the final years of the iconic boxer’s 

life and told through the voice of son Marvis, this 

documentary reveals the story of the real Joe Frazier for 

the first time. For over forty years, since the last of his 

million dollar bouts with Ali, Foreman and others, Joe’s 

commitment to his adopted Philadelphia neighbourhood 

kept his landmark gym alive. Now, tragically, it has 

to close. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 


colour, Bluray Disc 

72 min 


Joe frazier: When the smoke 

clears 


english 

Produced by 

Mike todd 

riverhorse, united kingdom 

www.riverhorse.tv 


11 / 2011 Doc nYc, usa 

5 / 2012 espn, united kingdom 

sales contact 

Heather White 

espn 

3 Queen caroline street, 

Hammersmith, 

W6 9pe london, united kingdom 

heather.white@espn.com 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe JoY DoWn tHere 

by Matthias Ditscherlein, Dagmar Borchert 

After World War II, hundreds of women worked in 

mines in East Germany. They were employed against all 

state regulations. Four of these women between the 

ages of 77 and 90 talk about their time down there, 

about hard work, continuous risks and the joy of 

working as a miner in coal, potash and copper mines in 

Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. In addition, the 

movie shows the everyday work life of one of two young 

women who decided to start an apprenticeship in 

mining in Germany after this was allowed again by the 

German government in 2009. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, B / W, HD Videofile 

56 min 


Das glück da unten 


german 

Produced by 

Matthias Ditscherlein, germany 

www.matthias-ditscherlein.de 

Dagmar Borchert 

freie Journalistin / produzentin, 

germany 

sales contact 

Matthias Ditscherlein 

lindenthaler straße 62 


kontakt@matthias-ditscherlein.de 

www.matthias-ditscherlein.de 

180 181 

film id 

3048

film id 

1516 

section 

Dok Market 

keep up 

tHe gooD Work 

by konstantin faigle 

It is a fetish, a mantra, a secret religion to modern man: 

work. In times of the financial crisis and massive job 

reductions, this documentary movie questions work as 

our ‘hallow’ sense in life in a way that both humours 

and pains us. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, 35 mm 

26 min 


frohes schaffen – ein film zur 

senkung der arbeitsmoral 


english, french, german 

Produced by 

erik Winker 

Hupe film- und fernseh- 


www.hupefilm.de 


konstantin faigle 

kHM köln, germany 


ZDf, germany 

sales contact 

erik Winker 

Hupe film- und 

fernsehproduktion 

antwerpenerstr.14 


ew@hupefilm.de 


kern 

by severin fiala, Veronika franz 

section 


competition 

Two directors shoot a documentary about the controversial 

director and pugnacious actor Peter Kern. But he 

cannot be easily rammed into the classical form of a doc. 

He questions, criticizes and rebels while the camera is 

rolling – and the two directors applaud. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

austria, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

98 min 


kern 


german 

Produced by 

ulrich seidl 

ulrich seidl filmproduktion, 

austria 

www.ulrichseidl.com 



9 / 2012 san sebastian, spain 

sales contact 

ulrich seidl 

ulrich seidl filmproduktion 

Wasserburgergasse 5 / 7 


office@ulrichseidl.at 

www.ulrichseidl.com 

182 183 

film id 

3098

film id 

1167 

section 


tHe kHMer rouge 

anD tHe Man 

of non-Violence 

by Bernard Mangiante 

A brand-new courthouse in the still devastated land 

of Cambodia. Before the judges, one of the 20th centuries 

worst criminals: Douch, a Khmer Rouge leader 

and head of the S 21 torture centre. 16,000 prisoners, 

7 survivors. At his side, two court-appointed attorneys 

faced with the challenge of defending him. ‘Every 

sick person has a right to a doctor,’ says Kar Savuth, the 

Cambodian who survived Pol Pot’s jails. ‘I always 

try to seek out the man in the torturer,’ says François 

Roux, a disciple of Gandhi and defender of the sup- 

porters of civil disobedience and non-violence for the 

last thirty years. 

genre 



facts 

france, cambodia, 2011 


90 min 


le khmer rouge et le non violent 


english, french, khmer 

Produced by 

serge lalou 

les films d'ici, france 

www.lesfilmsdici.fr 


rithy panh 

Bophana center, cambodia 

www.bophana.org 


3 / 2012 figra, france 

5 / 2012 Documenta Madrid, 

spain 

5 / 2012 liDf, united kingdom 

3 / 2012 cinéma du réel, france 

sales contact 

serge lalou 

les films d'ici 

62 Boulevard Davout 


celine.paini@lesfilmsdici.fr 

www.lesfilmsdici.fr 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe kiD 

anD tHe cloWn 

by ida grøn 

At a children’s cancer ward in Denmark we follow the 

hospital clown Angus and the six-year old boy Tobias in 

their common fight to keep living and to enjoy life 

while fighting. Together they duel in Guitar Hero, roam 

the halls as masked bandits, play Uno and eat gravy – 

lots of gravy. Their relationship evolves into a friendship 

which just might help Tobias on his way to beating 

the cancer – and which definitely helps how Tobias feels 

about the months spent at the hospital. 

genre 


facts 

Denmark, 2011 


53 min / 41 min 


klovn for livet 


Danish 

Produced by 

signe Byrge sørensen 

spor Media, Denmark 

www.spormedia.dk 


anne köhncke 

final cut for rent, Denmark 

www.final-cut.dk 


tV2, norway 



4 / 2012 aljazeera iDff, 




sales contact 

Diana karklin 







184 185 

film id 

3241

film id 

3063 

kiran 

by Bettina timm, alexander riedel 

section 



The film tells the story of Kiran, who lives with his 

mother in a yurt in the Pyrenees. Kiran is eight 

year-old and knows how to plant salad, which meadowplants 

taste good and which you should not eat. But 

he has no idea what’s going on in the evening on TV and 

cannot deal with the computer. His greatest wish is 

to go to a public school to learn to read and write at last … 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

30 min 


kiran 


french 

Produced by 

alexander riedel, Bettina timm 

pelle film, germany 

www.pellefilm.de 


ZDf/ 3sat, germany 

sales contact 

alexander riedel, 

Bettina timm 

pelle film 

Baaderstr. 45 rgb 


info@pellefilm.de 

timm@pelle-film.de 

www.pellefilm.de 

section 


competition 

tHe lanD 

BeneatH tHe fog 

by shalahuddin siregar 

In Genikan – a remote mountain village on the slope of 

Merbabu (Central Java), a quiet community is facing 

change without understanding why it is happening. As a 

community of farmers who relies on the traditional 

Javanese calendar system to read the seasons, they become 

puzzled by the dramatic change of seasons. Muryati 

(30 years old) and Sudardi (32 years old), a farmer 

family, try to understand why it rains more than in the 

previous years. Failed harvests and cheap sale prices 

become a threat. Meanwhile, Arifin (12 years old) 

is facing a different question: what does the future offer 

him ? At a very young age, he has to deal with the 

complicated public school system. In the rhythm of a slow 

visual journey The Land Beneath the Fog takes an intimate 

look at family relations in Genikan. Describing a 

life on the brink of vanishing, this documentary offers 

deep insights into an invisible and disenfranchised 

society which is struggling hard to maintain its existence. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

indonesia, germany, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

105 min 


negeri di Bawah kabut 


indonesian 

Produced by 

shalahuddin siregar 

studiokecil, indonesia 

www.studiokecil.com 


12 / 2011 Dubai iff, united arab 

emirates 

3 / 2012 south east asian ff, 

singapore 

8 / 2012 osian-cinefan ff, india 

11 / 2012 Hanoi iff, Vietnam 

sales contact 


studiokecil 

griya suryo asri 1 no.c2 

55141 Yogyakarta, indonesia 

s.siregar@me.com 

www.studiokecil.com 

186 187 

film id 

640

film id 

2752 

section 

Dok Market 

lang lang 

– tHe art of Being 

a Virtuoso 

by thomas grube 

The Chinese pianist Lang Lang is considered the world’s 

No. 1 classical music star. The Art Of Being A Virtuoso 

links him and his piano hero, Franz Liszt. Two men, who 

made their childhood dreams come true and ascended 

to the ranks of the greatest musicians the world has seen. 

Acclaimed filmmaker Thomas Grube (Rhythm Is It !, 

Trip To Asia) was granted exclusive access this summer 

and accompanied Lang Lang through China, the 

U. S. and Europe. His film offers a revealing inside view 

into the life and mind of the modern virtuoso. The 

documentary was produced with high production value 

over the course of five months in Shanghai, Shenzhen, 

Chicago, Milan, London, New York and Berlin. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, united kingdom, italy, 

china, usa, 2011 


72 min 


lang lang – the art of Being 

a Virtuoso 


chinese, english, german, italian 

Produced by 

uwe Dierks, thomas grube 

Boomtown Media, germany 

www.boomtownmedia.de 


ZDf, germany 


8 / 2012 Jecheon Music festival, 

south korea 

10 / 2011 ZDf, germany 

sales contact 

christian struck 


gmbH & co kg 

fuggerstr. 33 


christian.struck@ 

boomtownmedia.de 

www.boomtownmedia.com 

lapsus 

by Juan pablo Zaramella 

section 


Never underestimate the power of the dark side. 

genre 

arts / Music / culture 

author’s point of view 

facts 


animated film, B / W, 

HD Videofile 

4 min 


lapsus 


without dialogue 

sales contact 

Juan pablo Zaramella 

JpZtudio 

castro 1148-Dpto 8 

1237aaB Buenos aires, 

argentina 

contact@zaramella.com.ar 

www.zaramella.com.ar 

188 189 

film id 

3178

film id 

3342 

section 

Dok.incubator 

tHe last Black 

sea pirates 

by svetoslav stoyanov 

The last Black Sea pirates get by on questionable 

means, swimming in alcohol fumes, testosterone, and 

rugged tenderness on a pristine beach far from civi- 

lization. For the last 20 years, Captain Jack and his crew 

have been looking for a legendary treasure hidden 

in the gully. If they could have it their way, the Pirates 

would die where they live today. But in city halls and 

corporate high rises across Europe, the powers 

that be have other plans for the pirates' paradise. When 

news of the imminent change begins to find its way 

to this remote oasis, the pirates' world begins to unravel. 

Doubts erode the foundations of trust, conflicts 

brew and tensions are on the rise. In this crisis emerges 

a contemporary real-life story about the treasure we 

hunt and the treasures we find. 



genre 


facts 

Bulgaria, 2013 

colour, HDcam 

70 min 


poslednite chernomorski pirati 


Bulgarian 

Produced by 

Martichka Bozhilova 

agitprop, Bulgaria 

www.agitprop.bg 


knowledge network, canada 

sales contact 


agitprop 

68 Budapesta str., ap.1 

1202 sofia, Bulgaria 

producer@agitprop.bg 


www.bdcwebsite.com 

section 

leipzig screening 

tHe last catcH 

by Markus schmidt 

The European blue fin tuna measures up to 5 metres 

long and weighs as much as 600 kg. Every year, 

it travels across the Atlantic Ocean, returning to the 

Mediterranean to spawn. Although it has long 

been established that overfishing has left the tuna 

stocks close to collapse, these days the whole swarm 

is captured while spawning, thus preventing the 

replenishing of resources. No other fish in the world 

fetches such high prices. In Japan, it feeds a profit- 

driven machinery of gigantic proportions. The fishermen, 

too, are facing imminent extinction. The less 

tuna remaining, the more ruthless the fight for the last 

of this valuable resource becomes: Raphaël stretches 

every legal loophole to the limit; his boats have repeatedly 

been impounded. Roger is one of the few who has 

stuck to the EU quotas and is now forced to sell his boat. 

Roberto got out of the business years ago and is now 

fighting desperately for a fishing moratorium in a last 

ditch effort to save the remaining spawning grounds. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

91 min 


Der letzte fang 


english, french, Japanese 

Produced by 

carl-ludwig rettinger 

lichtblick film- und fernsehproduktion, 

germany 

www.lichtblick-film.de 


WDr, germany 

sales contact 

ulrike schröder 

global screen gmbH 

sonnenstrasse 21 


ulrike.schroeder@ 

globalscreen.de 


190 191 

film id 

2304

film id 

3062 

section 


competition 

tHe last station 

by cristian soto, catalina Vergara 

A documentary film about old age that takes place in 

nursing homes. Under the contemplative look of a 

camera, the life and moments some old people face in 

their last stage are portrayed in an atmosphere of 

solitude and abandonment. These homes, and their long 

lasting passage of time, are the last station in life 

before setting out on the inevitable journey to death. 

genre 



facts 

chile, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

90 min 


la Última estación 


spanish 

Produced by 

philip gröning 

philip gröning filmproduktion, 

germany 

sales contact 

catalina Vergara 

catalina Vergara films / 

globo rojo 

abadía 204 


catavergara@yahoo.com 

section 

Dok Market 

legenDs 

for Beginners 

by karsten schleitzer 

At present, insiders of the German track and field 

athletics scene watch attentively an outsider phenomenon 

in the youth area of the pole vault event. Almost from 

nowhere, two teenage girls take up a position on top of 

the world rankings of pole vault. The father of this 

success is Olaf Hilker, an independent, self taught coach 

without a coaching license, widely regarded as an 

awkward customer. According to his own point of view, 

a person who handles things differently, at his own 

risk, without support, but with perspective and success. 

Why is he and his rare outsider team so extraordi- 

narily successful ? The first doping samples of the two 

exceptional, teenage vaulters didn’t yield any further 

notes to this. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

75 min 


elf freunde sollst Du sein 


german 

Produced by 

karsten schleitzer, germany 

www.ks-undertainment.de 

sales contact 

karsten schleitzer 

ebersstraße 4 


info@ks-undertainment.de 

www.ks-undertainment.de 

192 193 

film id 

586

film id 

803 

leontina 

by Boris peters 

section 

chileDoc 

For 82 years, Leontina Miranda Sandoval has lived in the 

isolated lands of southern Chile. Alone, separated 

from an absent family and to modern developments, she 

seeks refuge in her own world. We will know her 

memories and her intimacy, her everyday rituals and her 

worldview. We discover a secret that takes her to the 

past and we join her back on the sea after 50 years. This 

documentary is a grandson’s tribute to his grandmother. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

chile, 2012 


75 min 


leontina 


spanish 

Produced by 

roberto aschieri 

peters&peters, chile 


3 / 2012 iff guadalajara, Mexico 

8 / 2012 festival gramado, Brazil 

8 / 2012 sanfic 8, chile 

9 / 2012 pueBla, Mexico 

sales contact 

roberto aschieri 

peters&peters 

eleodoro Yañez 1070, 

providencia. 

832-0142 santiago, chile 

oaingil@gmail.com 

letter tape 

by rowena crowe 

Letter tape is an animated documentary film about 

two engaged lovers separated by time zones and several 

oceans. The soundtrack is an actual tape recording 

Cathy (the director’s mother) made on a hired audio 

machine in London in 1957 to communicate intimately 

with her fiancé after frustrated broken telephone 

conversations. This old tape recorded message has been 

lovingly animated to provide a glimpse back in time. 

Cathy describes a wintry London, heaving under a cloud 

of smog and fantasizes about when they can be to- 

gether again. It is a letter that is excitedly looking forward 

to the possibilities of a relationship in its heady early 

days of romance and desire. Imbued with an infectious 

sense of hope, this fascinating time capsule suffuses with 

the atmosphere of a time and place now passed. 

genre 



facts 

australia, 2011 


9 min 


letter tape 


english 

Produced by 

Mitzi goldman 

looking glass pictures, australia 

www.lookingglasspictures.com.au 


6 / 2012 sydney film festival, 

australia 

6 / 2012 edinburgh iff, 


7 / 2012 east end film festival, 


10 / 2012 antenna Documentary 

film festival, australia 

sales contact 

rowena crowe 

planciusplein 6c 

4812 sg Breda, netherlands 

rowena@jkledit.com 

194 195 

film id 

60 

section 

animadoc

film id 

3233 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe life anD tiMes 

of paul tHe 

psYcHic octopus 

by alexandre philippe 

The Life and Times of Paul the Psychic Octopus tells the 

official and exclusive story of the world’s most 

beloved and scorned cephalopod, whose remarkable 

string of eight correct ‘predictions’ during the 

2010 Soccer World Cup made him a worldwide superstar. 

Whether Paul is an honest-to-goodness 21st 

century oracle, or a tentacled sham, remains a hotly 

debated topic. What is certain, though, is that 

Paul’s unmatched string of correct predictions has 

affected us, made us dream, and impacted popu- 

lar culture. The Life and Times of Paul the Psychic Octopus 

is a biopic of tentacular proportions – one that 

explores celebrity mania at its most outrageous, the 

science of probabilities, and the possibility of 

higher powers. 

genre 



facts 

usa, switzerland, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

58 min 


the life and times of paul the 

psychic octopus 


english, german, italian, 

russian, spanish 

Produced by 

alexandre philippe 

cinema Vertige, usa 

www.cinemavertige.com 


robert Muratore 

exhibit a pictures, usa 


6 / 2012 edinburgh iff, 




sales contact 

Youn Ji 




youn@autlookfilms.com 


section 


tHe lifeguarD 

by Maite alberdi 

Mauricio is a scrupulous lifeguard, punctual and 

meticulous almost to the point of obsession, in running 

his tower and making the rules respected on the 

largest and most famous beach in Chile. The Sunday 

trippers often cannot stand his attitude, like his 

colleague/rival, but the small aspiring lifeguard has 

chosen him to learn the job. Many wonder why Mauricio 

never goes into the water. Until there is a drama. 

Oscillating between the pure observation of reality and 

the suspense of fiction, the documentary by the young 

director Maite Alberdi cleverly questions the theme of 

responsibility. 

genre 




facts 

chile, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

64 min 


el salvavidas 


spanish 

Produced by 


errante productions, chile 


sales contact 


cat&Docs 





196 197 

film id 

1796

film id 

708 

section 


competition 

like stone lions 

at tHe gateWaY into 

nigHt 

by olivier Zuchuat 

Between 1947 and 1950, more than 80,000 Greek 

citizens were imprisoned on the isle of Makronisos 

(Greece) in re-education camps created to ‘fight 

the spread of communism’. Among these exiles were 

a number of writers and poets, including Yannis 

Ritsos and Tassos Livaditis. Despite the deprivation 

and torture, these prisoners succeeded in composing 

poems, which describe their struggle for survival 

in this world of internment. These texts, some of them 

buried in the camps, were later found. Like Lions 

of Stone at the Gateway of Night blends these poetic 

writings with the re-education propaganda constantly 

piped through the camps’ loudspeakers. Long track- 

ing shots take us on a trance-like journey through the 

camp ruins, interrupted along the way by segments 

from photographic archives. A cinematic essay, which 

revives the memory of forgotten ruins and a battle lost. 

genre 



facts 

switzerland, greece, france, 

2012 


87 min 


comme des lions de pierre 

à l’entrée de la nuit 


french, greek 

Produced by 

pierre-alain Meier 

prince film sa, switzerland 

www.princefilms.ch 


olivier Zuchuat, switzerland 

www.olivierzuchuat.net 

xavier carniaux 

aMip, france 

www.amip-multimedia.fr 




4/2012 Visions du réel, france 

sales contact 







section 



lisa, go HoMe ! 

by oksana Buraja 

The soul of the child does not want to reconcile 

with her surroundings. The film-makers made the effort 

to record what reflects the generation gap between 

the little girl Lisa and the world of adults in her family. 

Parts of the continuing conflicts that were recorded 

occur because of Lisa’s running away from home. ‘Why 

are you always running away ? What are you missing ?’ 

The little girl hears these questions relentlessly. However, 

how is it possible to explain, what is only clear to 

her own soul – what is within the indescribably fragile 

existence of a child ? This is a world that is surrounded 

by coarse and brutal realities … How long will the 

child be able to resist this environment and safeguard 

her own dream ? 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

lithuania, estonia, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

27 min 


liza, namo ! 


russian 

Produced by 

uljana kim 

studio uljana kim, lithuania 


arko okk 

acuba film, estonia 

sales contact 

uljana kim 

studio uljana kim 

antakalnio 94–25 

lt10202 Vilnius, lithuania 

kim@lfc.lt 

198 199 

film id 

2717

film id 

1745 

section 



little afgHanistan 

by Basir seerat 

Vintage horse-drawn carriages used as taxis mingle with 

heavy automobile traffic down a very long street. The 

coachmen attempt to resist the pressing urban planning 

desires of the riverbank inhabitants, a modernization 

which would make them disappear. 

genre 



facts 

afghanistan, 2011 


28 min 


petite afghanistan 


persian 

Produced by 





5 / 2012 festival indo-persan 

Marseille, france 


france 

sales contact 







section 

Dok Market 

little perestroJka 

by Bernhard pötscher 

Shailo Djekshenbaev is a photographer living in 

Bishkek. For years, he has documented in his work the 

changes in his country, Kyrgystan. The little known 

republic in Central Asia, its tradition interwoven with 

the legacy of Genghis Khan and the mystique of the 

Silk Road, was under Soviet rule until 1991. Following a 

revolution in April 2010, Kyrgystan became the first 

country in Central Asia to introduce a parliamentary 

democracy. But the road to democracy has proved long 

and treacherous. Ethnic conflicts between Usbeks 

and Kyrgyz led to terrible riots in June 2010. We join 

Shailo on a journey to the turbulent South. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

austria, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

90 min 


kleine perestrojka 


kirghiz, russian 

Produced by 

Bernhard pötscher 

sixpackfilm, austria 


3 / 2012 Diagonale graz, austria 

4 / 2012 crossing europe, austria 

8 / 2012 5seenfestival, germany 

9 / 2012 one World Human rights 

ff, kyrgyzstan 

sales contact 

Bernhard pötscher 

sixpackfilm 

neubaugasse 45 


office@sixpackfilm.com 

200 201 

film id 

1515

film id 

2240 

section 

Dok Market 

liVe or 

Die in enteBBe 

by eyal Boers 

‘Operation Entebbe’ is considered one of the most 

brilliant rescue missions in military history. However, 

Israel’s most heroic myth is the Mimouni family’s 

greatest tragedy because 35 years later, the mysterious 

death of 19 year old French hostage Jean – Jacques 

Mimouni during the raid remains an unsolved mystery. 

In this emotionally charged documentary, Yonathan, 

the spitting image of his uncle Jean – Jacques, wishes 

to gather all the testimonies and reconstitute the scenario 

that would explain his uncle’s death. 

genre 


facts 

israel, 2012 


52 min 


lichyot o lamut Be entebbe 


english, french, Hebrew 

Produced by 

eyal Boers 

Dynamic flash, israel 


Jean-Michel trèves 

J. M. t. films Distribution & 

Worldwide sales, israel 

www.jmtfilms.com 


src, canada 

sales contact 

Michael treves 

JMt films Distribution, 

co-productions & world sales 

20 Bialik street 


michael@jmtfilms.com 

section 


loDen – 

tHe little Monk 

by andré Hörmann 

Two years ago, the then 10 year old farmer’s son 

Sanjaya moved from his parents' farm to the far away 

monastery Manang high up in the mountains of 

Nepal. Ever since then he has been called Karma Loden. 

At first he had a hard time adjusting to his new life 

but now he likes the strictly organized daily routine. 

Karma is one of the most ambitious students at the 

monastery and in April he will have to pass very impor- 

tant exams in all subjects, if he wants to reach his big 

dream: Karma wants to become a big Lama. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

25 min 


loden – Der kleine Mönch 


nepali 

Produced by 

Heike kunze 


produktion gmbH, germany 



rBB, germany 

sales contact 

Heike kunze 


produktion gmbH 

kremmener str. 6 


kunze@telekult.de 


202 203 

film id 

2677

film id 

2578 

section 

Dok Market 

long Vacation 

by Damjan kozole 

Thirteen year-old Alex went on vacation to Serbia. For 

four years, he was unable to return home to the country 

where he was born. He stayed on ‘vacation’ for twenty 

years. Nisveta arrived from Bosnia thirty years ago. After 

the independence, she gave birth to a daughter who 

did not officially exist for the first two years of her life. 

When she was a teenager, Katarina lost her parents, 

her flat, and her documents … Three stories of young 

people who the state of Slovenia erased from all records 

in February 1992, just over half a year after it gained 

independence. They became the so-called ‘erased’. So 

did approximately 20,000 others. 

genre 



facts 

slovenia, 2012 


34 min 


Dolge pocitnice 


slovene 

Produced by 

Danijel Hocevar 

Vertigo emotionfilm, slovenia 

www.emotionfilm.si 


peter povh 

rtV, slovenia 

www.rtvslo.si 


rtV, slovenia 



7 / 2012 Dokufest prizren, serbia 

9 / 2012 festival of slovenian 

films, slovenia 

sales contact 

Damjan kozole 

Vertigo emotionfilm 

kersnikova 4 

1000 ljubljana, slovenia 

damjan@emotionfilm.si 

www.emotionfilm.si 

losing sonia 

by radka franczak 

section 


competition 

Losing Sonia shows how a seemingly rigid monastery 

can be a place full of life, beauty and artistic expression. 

Sonia, a young nun, paints icons at night and then 

sleeps until noon. She has a dog, cats, exotic birds, and 

a body that rebelled against the strict rigour of the 

monks. Trying to understand her and the meaning of 

her life choices, we come to Sonia’s family, marked 

with the history of Russia. At the same time, the film is 

a journey inside the Orthodox church, showing that 

the deep spirituality of the nation is being reborn. Losing 

Sonia tells the story of an unusual woman who, within 

the walls of the monastery, is trying to rebuild the values 

that Russian society has lost under successive politi- 

cal regimes. 

genre 



facts 

poland, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

50 min 


gdzie jest sonia 


russian 

Produced by 

katarzyna slesicka 

Wajda studio, poland 



switzerland 

sales contact 




31-143 krakow 

poland, 122946945 



204 205 

film id 

2366

film id 

3102 

section 


competition 

and Dok.incubator 

tHe 

MacHine WHicH 

Makes eVerYtHing 

Disappear 

by tinatin gurchiani 

A film director returns to her home country after a long 

break. She wants to shoot a film and is in search of 

a main character – a modern day hero. She announces a 

casting for 15–23 year old youths in order to find him. 

This search brings her to different locations: villages and 

cities, mountains and plains, fields and upscale clubs. 

There are a lot of people who come to the casting 

on their own and they all have different motivations: some 

are interested in becoming part of a film, some want 

to be like Jean-Claude Van Damme, others are ready to 

share their sentimental stories or seek for strength 

to carry out their major resolutions … Those who prove to 

be interested enough are followed through various 

dramatic situations. One more chance to think about 

the meaning of life and destiny, about wars, dreams 

and happiness. Intense and authentic. 

genre 



facts 

georgia, germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

95 min 


Manqana, romelic kvelafers 

gaaqrobs 


georgian 

Produced by 

tamar gurchiani 

ttfilms, georgia 


kakha Macharashvili 

kamachi, georgia 

sales contact 

Heino Deckert 


Marienplatz 1 




section 

Dok Market 

MaD. a WorlD 

of fasHion 

by anna Di francisca 

Maddalena Sisto – Mad’s sketches for Armani, Fiorucci 

and Ferré recount 30 years of Italian fashion. Her 

drawings reflect the influence that fashion had on women 

and how it was then reinterpreted. Using Mad’s 

work as a visual reference, the famous fashion designers 

in Milano tell the story of Italian fashion in the golden 

years of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s. Mad left 12,000 drawings 

which were animated specifically for the film ! 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

switzerland, italy, 2012 


52 min 


il Mondo Di Mad 


italian 

Produced by 





nicolas Burlet 

nadasdyfilm, switzerland 

www.nadasdyfilm.ch 



aVro, netherlands 

Yle, finland 

sVt, sweden 

sales contact 



Via galliari 5b 


elena@stefilm.it 


206 207 

film id 

3215

film id 

3157 

section 

Dok Market 

Magic skies 

– a HistorY 

of fireWorks 

by Henrike sandner 

Fireworks enchant our senses – for a short but wonderful 

moment. Old family businesses have saved the 

tradition of fireworks to the present day. The film shows 

how this art form has developed over the centuries: 

Starting in China over a thousand years ago, we journey 

through the opulent Baroque era in Italy, Germany 

and France, experience Japanese hanabi artists in action 

and are also on hand to experience Guy Fawkes’ 

Night in the UK. We see how fireworks were democratised, 

becoming something that everyone could enjoy and 

have access to – before arriving in the present where the 

art of fireworks is again what it was in its heyday, a 

celebration of money, power and beauty. Each era is 

interwoven with contemporary stories and artists from 

Asia to the United States, because anyone in the 

21st century who has dedicated himself to pyrotechnics 

is working in many similar ways to the artists of several 

hundred years ago. The film combines gorgeous 

firework displays of today with the past explaining how 

the makers are aiming to reconnect with the tradi- 

tions of their art. Fireworks are and have always been a 

passion and a lifestyle. 

genre 



facts 


colour, HDcam 

52 min 


Magic skies – a History 

of fireworks 


english 

sales contact 

Bettina oebel 






section 


Magic WorDs 

(to Break a spell) 

by Mercedes Moncada rodríguez 

This story starts from a child’s imagination where death 

is romantic and heroic, then grows with the deepest 

love and beauty, the pain of loss and through betrayal and 

finally up into space. Magic Words (to break a spell) is 

my emotional perspective of the revolution in Nicaragua. 

genre 



facts 

Mexico, guatemala, 

nicaragua, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

82 min 


palabras Mágicas 

(para romper un encantamiento) 


spanish 

Produced by 

Jorge sánchez sosa 

amaranta sa de cV, Mexico 

sales contact 

Jorge sánchez sosa 

amaranta sa de cV 

atletas no.2 col: contry club 

04220 Distrito federal, Mexico 

jsanchezsosa@yahoo.com.br 

208 209 

film id 

2781

film id 

982 

MaMa illegal 

by ed Moschitz 

section 


They gave the smugglers all their money and risked 

their lives on their journey across borders: Three women 

from a small town in Moldavia, living now in Austria 

as cleaning women. On top of their hard job they live a life 

in illegality without documents, far away from their 

children and family for years. 

genre 



facts 

austria, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

95 min 


Mama illegal 


german, italian, romanian, 

russian 


orf, austria 



3 / 2012 one World, 


5 / 2012 aye aye iff, france 

4 / 2012 DocsDf, Mexico 

sales contact 

Hwa-seon choi 




hs.choi@docandfilm.com 

ManDala 

by christoph Hübner, gabriele Voss 

section 

Dok Market 

Six monks from Bhutan. For most of them it is their first 

trip abroad. The monks have come to Germany to 

create something extraordinary in the ‘Jahrhunderthalle’ 

in Bochum: a traditional sand mandala measuring 

five by five meters. It is thought to be the largest sand- 

mandala ever created so far. It will take the monks 

ten days to strew the Chakrasamvara-Mandala, working 

from morning until dawn in extreme concentration. 

Images from divinities, palaces, walls, spirits and many 

symbols of astonishing subtilety, diversity and color 

will arise. They make us be astonished at the diversity of 

the representation and its numerous colours. And 

then, almost like a shock, as soon as the Mandala is 

created it will be dismanteled in a ritual ceremony. The 

sand is swept up to a grey mass and then it is poured 

into a river near by so that it can return to the cycle of 

nature. We watch and and try to give our images the 

concentration, calm and precision of the monks' work. 

Ist strangeness as well. Now and again one of the monks 

explains what we are seeing, what is happening, and 

how it relates to the sand and the motifs of the mandala. 

The film dispenses with any other explanations or 

commentaries by third parties. As a result the film itself 

is a kind of visual meditation, not esoteric or superficial 

but rather calm, quiet, concentrated. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

70 min 


Mandala 


english 

Produced by 

christoph Hübner 

christoph Hübner film- 



gabriele Voss, germany 


9 / 2012 Docu.arts, germany 

sales contact 


christoph Hübner filmproduktion 

in der lake 12 

58456 Witten, germany 

huebner-film@t-online.de 

210 211 

film id 

2613

film id 

1736 

section 


tHe Man’s fielD 

by Mario schneider 

A magical film about the mysteries of childhood and 

a thousand-year-old custom. Tom, Sebastian and Paul are 

three children from very different families. They 

live in a small village in Mansfelder Land, an area where 

the demise of mining has left its scars. Despite the 

changing times, the villagers have retained an archaic 

custom over the centuries. Just once a year, the younger 

ones are able to triumph over their elders, and this 

is the first hint at the changing of generations: springtime 

drives out winter, and thus the young drive out the 

old. That’s the way it’s always been, and how it will always 

be – and once a year, this old magic returns to hearts 

of the villagers. The Man’s field is a film that takes us back 

to our own childhoods. All of a sudden we find ourselves 

back sitting on the school bench, wandering through 

the woods, or being afraid of the dark. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 


98 min 


Mansfeld 


german 

Produced by 

Mario schneider 

42film gmbH, germany 

www.42film.de 


MDr, germany 


9 / 2012 tiff, canada 

10 / 2012 Warsaw iff, poland 


10 / 2012 philadelphia iff, usa 

sales contact 

Mario schneider 

42film gmbH 

geiststr. 49 

06108 Halle, germany 

org@42film.de 

www.42film.de 

section 


MattHeW’s laWs 

by Marc schmidt 

Director Marc Schmidt films his childhood friend 

Matthew, who, due to his autistic disorder, desperately 

tries to create order in the chaos around him. 

Schmidt follows him close to the heart. Explosive con- 

frontations with the outside world are alternated 

with stylized observations and personal confessions. 

Little by little, the film unravels Matthew’s complex 

way of thinking and shows the catastrophic consequences 

it eventually has for him. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 


colour, HDcam 

72 min 


De regels van Matthijs 


Dutch 

Produced by 

simone van den Broek 

Basaltfilm, netherlands 

www.basaltfilm.nl 


ncrV, netherlands 



switzerland 

sales contact 

salma abdalla 




salma@autlookfilms.com 


212 213 

film id 

944

film id 

3275 

Men’s lust 

by gabi schweiger 

section 

Dok Market 

Five extremely different men over the age of 60 talk 

about themselves and their lives when they were 

younger, when their egos and their sex drive dominated 

their thoughts and behaviour. They reflect on how a 

man’s life changes after his hormones settle down, and 

on failed relationships, pain, feelings of guilt and the 

never-ending search for love. 

genre 


facts 

austria, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

65 min 


Die lust der Männer 


german 

Produced by 

nikolaus geyrhalter, 

Wolfgang Widerhofer, 

Michael kitzberger, 

Markus glaser 

nikolaus geyrhalter 

filmproduktion, austria 

www.geyrhalterfilm.com 

sales contact 

andrea Hock 






Milana 

by Madina Mustafina 

section 


competition 

Milana is about a mother and a daughter who live in the 

woods near the outskirts of an anonymous large city 

in Russia. They live on the edge of civilization, making 

money by selling stolen scrap metal. They are a long 

way from that existence that other people call ‘every- 

day life’. The film tells the story of what is left when 

people have lost everything – family and family values, 

good friends, their job, property, and home. 

genre 



facts 

russia, 2011 


58 min 


Milana 


russian 

Produced by 

Julia Mishkinene 

Vita aktiva, russia 


11 / 2011 artDokfest Moscow, 

russia 

7 / 2012 Dokufest prizren, kosovo 

9 / 2012 Message to Man iff, 

russia 

sales contact 

Heino Deckert 


Marienplatz 1 




214 215 

film id 

1820

film id 

3296 

section 


tHe Most 

Dangerous Man 

in aMerica: Daniel 

ellsBerg anD 

tHe pentagon papers 

by Judith ehrlich, rick goldsmith 

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg, a leading Vietnam War 

strategist, concludes that America’s role in the war is 

based on decades of lies. He leaks 7,000 pages of 

top-secret documents to The New York Times, a daring 

act of conscience that leads directly to Watergate, 

President Nixon’s resignation and the end of the 

Vietnam War. Ellsberg and a who’s-who of Vietnam-era 

movers and shakers give a riveting account of those 

world-changing events in POV’s The Most Dangerous Man 

in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers by 

award-winning filmmakers Judith Ehrlich (The Good War 

and Those Who Refused to Fight It) and Rick Goldsmith 

(Tell the Truth and Run: George Seldes and the American Press). 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

usa, 2009 

colour, HDcam 

94 min 


the Most Dangerous Man in 

america: Daniel ellsberg and the 

pentagon papers 


english 

Produced by 

Judith ehrlich 

kovno communications inc., usa 

www.mostdangerousman.org 

rick goldsmith 



usa 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






MotHer 24 / 7 

by Marcin Janos krawczyk 

section 


polish Docs 

Film is a journey into human hearts. It takes its origins 

in the copy of the picture of Black Madonna of 

Częstochowa that for the last 55 years has been traveling 

accross Poland visiting cities and small villages. 

genre 



facts 

poland, 2012 


50 min 


Matka 24h 


polish 

Produced by 

Marcin Janos krawczyk, poland 

sales contact 







216 217 

film id 

3231

film id 

2642 

MotHer’s DaY 

by Bin chuen choi 

section 


competition 

At 11, I met my mother for the first time; then she 

vanished again. Later, I recognized her in a magazine 

article. I wasn’t sure if she was really my mother, so 

I looked up her birth certificate to compare my mother’s 

name with the person’s in the magazine. Only then I 

learned that my mother was Yeh Su Nee, one of the most 

popular Hong Kong writers whose novels fill entire 

shelves in any bookstore. So far, I have successfully re- 

pressed my mother from my life: wouldn’t it be better to 

continue like that ? Is it not too late for a 44-year-old 

who has a child of his own to search for his 65-year-old 

mother whom he doesn’t even know and flood her 

with questions ? I am sure to find her and try to imagine 

her voice. How nervous will I be calling her ? I’ll 

probably say something like, ‘Hello, it’s me, Bin Chuen 

Choi, your son. Long time no see. Shall we meet ?’ 

But how will she react ? Perhaps she’ll refuse to see me 

or say, ‘It did take you very long to call. Let’s go eat 

Dim Sum. I know a good spot downtown.’ 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

80 min 


Mother’s Day 


chinese, german 

Produced by 

gunter Hanfgarn, andrea ufer 

Hanfgarn & ufer filmproduktion, 

germany 

www.hu-film.de 



sales contact 

gunter Hanfgarn 

Hanfgarn & ufer filmproduktion 

apostel-paulus-straße 6a 


hanfgarn@hu-film.de 

www.hu-film.de 

Mountain 

loVe storY 

by eliza kubarska 

section 

Dok Market 

A TV launch of the extraordinary romance where Polish 

alpinists Eliza Kubarska and David Kaszlikowski 

take a journey inside the fjords of southern Greenland to 

reach the world’s highest sea cliff. The huge granite 

wall is reachable only by Kayak across an eerie, stormridden 

and freezing sea. Capsizing in this area 

means hypothermia and death within minutes. Several 

days of risky cliff climbing follow – all for a kiss at 

1500 metres. An extraordinary romance in one of the 

most beautiful landscapes you have ever seen. TV release 

of the 63’ festival version called What Happened on 

Pam Island ?, which has been shown and awarded at a 

large number of festivals around the world. 

genre 



facts 

poland, 2011 


52 min / 63 min 


Mountain love story 


polish 

Produced by 

eliza kubarska 

Vertical Vision film studio, 

poland 

www.studiowspin.com.pl 


2 / 2012 Vancouver Mountain iff, 

canada 

6 / 2012 open city london Doc 

ff, united kingdom 

11 / 2012 Berg & abenteuer iff 

graz, austria 

5 / 2012 Mountainfilm telluride, 

usa 

sales contact 








218 219 

film id 

3171

film id 

2658 

Musics 

by agnieszka gonczarek, patryk kizny 

section 


polish Docs 

Muzyki (Musics) is a creative documentary about the 

stimulative process of making music, materialized in an 

artistic collaboration of the musician Michał Zygmunt 

and filmmakers Aga Gonczarek & Patryk Kizny. It 

explores the inspirations, the quest for one’s roots, the 

artistic meetings and the musical journey into the 

unknown, which all lead to the creation of a unique 

music album and a series of exceptional live music 

performances. It reveals a modern interpretation of 

Polish roots culture by means of music and imagery. 

genre 


facts 

poland, 2012 


36 min 


Muzyki 


polish 

Produced by 

patryk kizny, poland 

sales contact 







section 

Dok Market 

MY fatHer 

anD tHe 

Man in Black 

by Jonathan Holiff 

Before there was Johnny and June, there was Johnny and 

Saul. In a secret storage locker a son searches for 

clues to his father’s suicide – and discovers his father’s 

audio diaries. Imagine finding 60 hours of audio 

diaries and telephone calls between your father and 

Johnny Cash recorded when you were a child: during the 

1960s and 1970s – the singer’s most talked about 

but least examined years. That’s exactly what happened to 

Jonathan Holiff after his father, Cash’s former manager, 

Saul Holiff, committed suicide – without leaving a 

note. This is no ordinary music documentary. What if the 

father you rejected was not the man you thought 

he was ? An explosive new talent meets the man who will 

take him to the top, in a story about a cold and distant 

father whose suicide brings about reconciliation in a 

most unexpected and remarkable way. My Father and The 

Man In Black tells the inside story of ‘bad boy’ Johnny 

Cash, his talented and troubled manager, Saul Holiff, and 

a son searching for his father in the shadow of a legend. 

genre 




portrait 

facts 

canada, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

90 min 


My father and the Man in Black 


english 

Produced by 

Jeff paikin 

new chapter productions inc., 

canada 

www.tiny.cc / Johnny_and_saul 


rogers Media inc., canada 


10 / 2012 Vancouver iff, canada 



sales contact 

Jonathan Holiff 

new chapter productions inc. 

50 charles street e., #123 

M4Y 2l4 toronto, canada 

Holifffame@gmail.com 

www.tiny.cc / Johnny_and_saul 

220 221 

film id 

485

film id 

2253 

section 


MY first Mountain 

– a rigi filM 

by erich langjahr 

‘Of all the mountain films I have made, the film My First 

Mountain marks the conclusion of my cinematic 

reflections on rural and Alpine Switzerland. I grew up at 

the gateway to Central Switzerland with a view of 

Mt. Rigi. Since my childhood, the sweeping backdrop of 

this mountain has never ceased to impress me. 

Mt. Rigi is also the first mountain for the Alpine herdsman 

Märtel Schindler. Just like his ancestors, he grew up on 

it and lives and works on this mountain, a popular 

tourist and recreation destination. In this film I attempt 

to probe the heart – the heart of a magnificent landscape 

and the heart of a personal account, to capture an 

image of time from the heart of Switzerland.’ 

genre 



facts 


colour, Dcp 

97 min 


Mein erster Berg – ein rigi film 


german 

Produced by 

erich langjahr 

langjahr film gmbH, switzerland 

www.langjahr-film.ch 

sales contact 

erich langjahr 

langjahr film gmbH 

luzernerstraße 16 

6037 root, switzerland 

info@langjahr-film.ch 

www.langjahr-film.ch 

MY House 

WitHout Me 

by Magdalena szymkow 

section 


polish Docs 

Two women, one house. An intimate story about a Pole 

and a German placed by war on enemy sides and 

their parallel lives accidentally brought together. The 

film reflects on the concepts of invader, victim, 

guilt and forgiveness. It confronts different experiences 

and their paradoxical similarities. It deals with the 

controversial subject of the post-war accounts. The visual 

narration is flowing, guided by memories and archives. 

Traditional documentation confronts experimental 

use of archival footage in this cinematic impression about 

displacement. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

poland, 2012 


28 min 


Moj dom 


german, polish 

Produced by 

katarzyna slesicka 

Wajda studio, poland 



sales contact 







222 223 

film id 

2368

film id 

3308 

MY stuff 

by petri luukkainen 

section 

Dok.incubator 

What are the things we really need in life – and what 

about all that stuff ? In order to find out, a young 

man makes himself the subject of a one year human 

experiment. The concept: Put all of your stuff 

into storage, and bring back only one item per day. 

The result ? An everyday adventure driving him 

deeper and deeper into the empty spot in his heart. 

You’re right: this would be borderline insane 

even without his decision of constantly filming him- 

self. Meet Petri, 26. Amidst an existential crisis, he 

arrives at the idea that his happiness might be found 

by rebuilding his everyday existence. Buck naked 

at his flat, it’s another story – not a pretty one but damn 

fun to watch. 



genre 



facts 

finland, 2012 


85 min 


tavarataivas 


finnish 

Produced by 

petri luukkainen, 

anssi perttala 

unifilm oy, finland 

www.unifilm.fi 

sales contact 

anssi perttala 

unifilm oy 

eurantie 12–14 lH1 

Helsinki, finland 

ap@unifilm.fi 

www.unifilm.fi 

tHe nigHt 

of tHe Bear 

by sam guillaume, fred guillaume 

A night at the Bears’ where animals talk about their lives. 

genre 



facts 


colour, Dcp 

22 min 


la nuit de l'ours 


french 

Produced by 

sam guillaume 

cine3d, switzerland 

www.cine3d.ch 


rts, switzerland 


9 / 2012 fantoche, switzerland 

sales contact 

fred guillaume 

sam guillaume 

cine3d 

rte du petit moncor 1c 

1752 Villars-s-glâne, switzerland 

f.guillaume@cine3d.ch 

www.cine3d.ch, 

224 225 

film id 

2686 

section 

animadoc

film id 

2798 

section 



nigHt’s Drifters 

by Bijan anquetil 

The story of a friendship. Soban and Hamid, two young 

Afghans, after several years of wandering, have 

ended up in Paris. By the light of a camp fire on a canal, 

they meet again. It’s here, by the light of a rough fire 

on the canal, that they meet again. Night’s Drifters is a 

film about passengers crossing Europe by night. 

It is about young Afghans living in exile and writing their 

own clandestine stories by acts, words and cell phones. 

genre 



facts 

france, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

45 min 


la nuit remue 


persian 

Produced by 

Joanna sitowska 

le grec, france 


7 / 2012 fiD Marseille, france 

sales contact 

Joanna sitkowska 

g. r. e. c. 

14 rue alexandre parodi 


jsitkowska@grec-info.com 

www.grec-info.com 

section 


no Business 

like sHoWBusiness 

by Martin schilt, Bernhard Weber 

Twenty Farmers get famous. Until a short time ago, the 

rituals of the Wiesenbergers were simple. The sing- 

ing mountain dwellers met once a week in the chapel in 

order to rehearse together, and they would yodel for 

weddings and birthdays. Now, their whole world has been 

turned on its head. Their CDs are storming the hit 

parades and they are overwhelmed by concert requests – 

show business is calling them. Now they are about to 

appear at the World Exhibition in Shanghai. The enticing 

offer became a potential rift. A film about yodelling 

mountain dwellers who attempt to remain authentic 

between tradition and show business. 

genre 



portrait 

facts 


colour, Dcp 

85 min 


Die Wiesenberger 


swiss german 

Produced by 

Martin schilt 

luckyfilm gmbH, switzerland 

www.luckyfilm.tv 


robert Müller 

Zeitraum film gmbH, 

switzerland 

www.zeitraumfilm.ch 




1 / 2012 solothurner filmtage 

switzerland 

sales contact 

cyril thurston 

xenix filmdistribution 

langstrasse 64 

cH-8026 Zürich, switzerland 

c.thurston@xenix.ch 

www.xenix.ch 

226 227 

film id 

105

film id 

570 

no HarM Done 

by nadia el fani, alina isabel perèz 

section 


My rebelliousness grows trough my family history, it is 

not trivial to be a daughter of Communists, I feel a 

deep need and desire for freedom. I always thought that 

my films only spoke of it: ‘The Freedom’. During the 

filming of Laicité Inch’Allah ! I have no choice. I confront 

the Islamists: war is declared ! In parallel, I discovered 

the corridors of the Tenon Hospital in November, in 

Paris. I must therefore face a second enemy: my Cancer. 

Why should I have made a film ? I wanted to explain 

the ‘repercussions of my previous movie’ ? It allows me to 

continue the fight and saying, once again, that ‘those 

who live are those who fight’. (Victor Hugo) 

genre 



facts 

france, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

66 min 


Même pas mal 


arabic, french 

Produced by 

Jan Vasak 

k'ien productions, france 

www.kien.fr 

sales contact 

Jan Vasak 

k'ien productions 

24, rue Meslay 


jan@vasak.fr 

www.kien.fr 

nurse gretel #2 

– escape 

by Barbara Hlali 

Being on the run involuntarily. Standing next to 

the street at dusk, not knowing where to go. Waiting 

at the station for days for the next train to come. 

Being robbed of the little possessions that were left. 

Hiding from assaults by enemy soldiers. Being 

scared for the life of one’s own child. But also: getting 

help from strangers again and again. Having a roof 

over one’s head thanks to lucky circumstances. Discovering 

humanity in strangers. Unexpectedly experiencing 

moments of peace and quiet. As an elderly woman, 

nurse Gretel tells her story of her escape from Silesia to 

West Germany at the end of World War II. The per- 

sonal fate of one woman that today still is suffered by 

thousands in the same manner every day. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 


24 min 


schwester gretel #2 – flucht 


german 

Produced by 

Barbara Hlali, germany 

www.barbara-hlali.de 

sales contact 

Barbara Hlali 

Deutsch-luxemburger-str. 151 

44225 Dortmund, germany 

barbara.hlali@gmx.de 

www.barbara-hlali.de 

228 229 

film id 

1337 

section 

animadoc

film id 

1889 

nYosHa 

by liran kapel, Yael Dekel 

section 

animadoc 

A true story based on a testimony of Holocaust survivor, 

the late Nomi Kapel. Nyosha is a ten year old girl 

that lives with her mother in a small village in Poland. 

Nyosha has a seemingly naive and simple dream, to 

buy herself a pair of shoes. But a ruthless war is arriving, 

and her dream is put aside. In the midst of a terrible 

action, when she stands face to face with death and the 

fatal moment she is torn from her mother and taken 

to the truck, Nyosha believes that her shoes are the ones 

that convinced the Nazi soldier who held her to spare 

her life. A range of animation techniques brings to- 

gether the dream and the reality and tells Nyosha’s story. 

genre 



facts 

israel, 2012 


12 min 


nyosha 


Hebrew 

Produced by 

liran kapel 

sapir academic college, israel 


8 / 2012 asif animation festival, 

israel 

9 / 2012 stoptrik, poland 

sales contact 

Michael treves 

JMt films Distribution, 

co-productions & world sales 




tHe oatH 

by laura poitras 

section 


Filmed in Yemen and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, The Oath 

interweaves the stories of Abu Jandal, Osama bin 

Laden’s former bodyguard, and Salim Hamdan, a prisoner 

at Guantánamo facing war crimes charges. Directed 

by Laura Poitras (Flag Wars, POV 2003; the Oscar-nominated 

My Country, My Country, POV 2006), The Oath 

unfolds via a narrative rife with plot reversals and 

betrayals that ultimately leads to Osama bin Laden, 9 / 11, 

Guantánamo and the U. S. Supreme Court. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

usa, 2010 


96 min 


the oath 


arabic, english 

Produced by 

laura poitras 

praxis films, usa 


Jonathan oppenheim, 

nasser arrabyee, aliza kaplan, 

usa 



usa 

sales contact 


cat&Docs 





230 231 

film id 

3295

film id 

2364 

section 


polish Docs 

one Meter 

aBoVe grounD 

by tomasz Wiszniewski 

Sergey, who is Ukrainian, was a soldier of the Soviet fleet 

until both his feet and his fingers were amputated 

due to frostbite. Over 10 years, he underwent 29 operations 

and lived with severe disability. Suffering deprived 

him of his will to live. One day, thanks to a spiritual 

transformation, Sergey completely changed his attitude. 

Today, he is dreaming of building a house for those 

who suffered a similar fate. He sees the world from the 

perspective of one meter above the ground and thinks 

it is more beautiful than ever. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

poland, 2012 


42 min 


Metr nad ziemia 


russian 

Produced by 

Henryk Dedo 

fundacja głos ewangelii, poland 



sales contact 







tHe otHer DaY 

by ignacio agüero 

The filmmaker’s house in Santiago has a door that leads 

to the sidewalk, which separates two spaces: the inner 

space, the house itself and the outer space; the city. 

There is a corridor in the inner space which has a large 

window that leads to a small patio. The wisteria, 

the bougainvillea and the old vine trunk struggle among 

them, co-existing with a variety of birds that drink 

water from a fountain and bathe in it, plus one cat that 

belongs to the adjacent houses. Sunlight comes through 

the window as it moves during the changing seasons. 

Inside the house, there are many objects from which the 

director takes stories that he tells with his own voice. 

These stories are interrupted when acquaintances and 

strangers ring the bell. The director opens the door. He 

asks about their address and goes to their houses to 

knock on their doors, creating a net of links between his 

house and the strangers’ houses. This net is drawn on 

a large map of the city found inside the house. This way, a 

braid of characters, spaces, time and stories is built. 

genre 



facts 

chile, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

120 min 


el otro Dia 


spanish 

Produced by 

ignacio agüero 

ignacio agüero & asoc., chile 


cristian aspee 

suricato, chile 


10 / 2012 ValDiVa, chile 

11 / 2012 festival Dei popoli, italy 

sales contact 

amalric de pontcharra 

avda carlos antunez 2329, 

providencia 


amaldep@gmail.com 

232 233 

film id 

2659 

section 

chileDoc

film id 

345 

section 



our DaYs, 

aBsolutelY, HaVe to 

Be enligHteneD 

by Jean-gabriel périot 

28th May, 2011, Orléans. Inmates gave a concert 

inside the prison. The sound was broadcasted outside 

for the audience. 

genre 



facts 

france, 2012 


22 min 


nos Jours, absolument, 

Doivent être illuminés 


french 

Produced by 

cécile lestrade 

alter ego production, france 

www.alterego-prod.com 


paul laurent 

association Mixar, france 



switzerland 

3 / 2012 timishort, romania 



8 / 2012 festival silhouette, 

france 

sales contact 

cécile lestrade 

alter ego production 

48 rue de Bourgogne 

45000 orléans, france 

info@alterego-prod.com 

www.alterego-prod.com 

oVer MY DeaD BoDY 

by Brigitte poupart 

Dancer and choreographer Dave St-Pierre is adored 

by critics and audiences alike. His subversive, innovative 

works are taking Europe by storm. But his own 

body is failing him. Dave is 34 and has cystic fibrosis. 

The average life expectancy for sufferers is 37. His 

doctors have given him two years to live unless he has a 

lung transplant. With the sense of urgency growing, 

his best friend and creative partner, director and actress 

Brigitte Poupart, turns her camera on the daily life 

of a man who is waiting for a life-or-death call from the 

doctor. A call that could come at any moment. United by 

art and friendship, the two create a space in which 

creativity emerges as a vital act. Over My Dead Body 

is an engrossing private diary that accepts neither taboos 

nor fate. It features testimonials from Dave’s friends, 

loved ones and collaborators, as well as excerpts from 

his works. 

genre 



facts 

canada, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

80 min 


over My Dead Body 


french 

Produced by 

Virginie Dubois 

coop Video de Montréal, canada 

www.coopvideo.ca 


2 / 2012 rendez-vous du cinéma 

Québécois, canada 


5 / 2012 MoMa, usa 

sales contact 

anne paré 

les films du 3 Mars 

2065, rue parthenais 

Bureau 277 

H2k 3t1 Montreal, canada 

info@f3m.ca 

www.f3m.ca 

234 235 

film id 

1142 

section 

Hot Docs

film id 

1857 

oVertiMe 

by gürcan keltek 

section 



Istanbul, the present. The city is one big machine 

where we listen to the voices of young male and female 

workers. A Kurdish girl rebels against the family 

tradition. The last young member of a diminished clan 

remembers the past. A child worker turns into his 

family’s leader. A young male sells himself in front of 

The Blue Mosque. Shot entirely on Super 8, Fazlamesai 

chronicles the desperation and hope in the econom- 

ically / culturally marginalized Muslim working class. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

turkey, 2012 

B / W, HDcam 

20 min 


fazlamesai 


kurdish, turkish 

Produced by 

gürcan keltek 

29p, turkey 

www.cargocollective.com/ 

29p-films 



switzerland 

sales contact 

gürcan keltek 

29p 

evliya celebi Mah. Mesrutiyet 

cad 

ersoy Han no:102 / 4 

sishane – Beyoglu 

34430 istanbul, turkey 

gurcankeltek@gmail.com 

www.cargocollective. 

com/29p-films 

section 


competition 

paBlo’s Winter 

by chico peirera 

Pablo needs to stop smoking. Why ? Because his wife, 

family and doctor say he should. But Pablo is a stub- 

born man. He’s worked in the mercury mines of Almaden, 

Spain, risking his life daily. He’s had five severe heart 

attacks and smoked 20 Fortuna’s a day since he was 12. 

Surely this simple divine pleasure can’t be killing 

him, but could his wife’s firm, persistent words be the 

key to finally quitting ? Pablo’s Winter captures the 

comical essence of everyday life in a small town that 

strives to survive after the closure of the most productive 

mercury mines in history. 

genre 



facts 


colour, HDcam 

76 min 


pablo’s Winter 


spanish 

Produced by 

finlay pretsell 

scottish Documentary institute, 


www.scottishdocinstitute.com 

sales contact 

finlay pretsell 

scottish Documentary institute 

74 lauriston place 

eH3 9Df edinburgh, 


finlay@scottishdocinstitute.com, 

f.pretsell@eca.ac.uk 

www.scottishdocinstitute.com 

236 237 

film id 

121

film id 

1115 

tHe palace 

by tomasz Wolski 

section 


polish Docs 

The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw was a 

despised gift from Stalin. After the system transformation 

in Poland some suggested pulling it down. But the 

palace is still standing and doing fine, pulsating with the 

life of hundreds of offices, hosting a theatre, concert 

hall, cinema and even a swimming pool as well as a city 

council room. Having already visited a clinic, hospital and 

registry office, this time Wolski, with his camera, 

enters the building that is a reflection of Poland’s every- 

day life and history. The nooks and crannies of the 

building make a backdrop for apt and witty observations 

as well as an inspiration to more general diagnoses. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

poland, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

82 min 


palac 


polish 

Produced by 

anna gawlita 

kijora, poland 


5 / 2012 planete+ Doc ff, poland 


sales contact 







paperBox 

by Zbigniew czapla 

In May 2010, after record rainfall, flash floods broke 

embankments of the Vistula near Wilków. Catastrophic 

flooding deprived thousands of people of all their 

possessions and roofs over their heads. A few weeks later, 

Zbigniew Czapla found a box of old photographs in 

his family house also ravaged by the elements. The unique 

family mementoes left were destroyed by water, mud 

and mould. This film is a desperate attempt to keep 

memories, reconstruct people and events of the past. An 

impression on the transitory nature of memory, inevita- 

bility of fading and the destructive force of the elements. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

poland, 2012 


9 min 


papierowe pudełko 


polish 

Produced by 

Zbigniew czapla, poland 

www.zbigniewczapla.pl 



8 / 2012 Hiroshima 

animation iff, Japan 

9 / 2012 Message to Man iff, 

russia 

10 / 2012 london animation iff, 


sales contact 







238 239 

film id 

818 

section 

animadoc

film id 

2758 

papirosen 

by gastón solnicki 

section 


Flight, a new beginning and the social rise of a Jewish 

family in Argentina. The home movie genre tran- 

scended in a gripping family epic that encompasses 

four generations. 

genre 



facts 


(none), HD Videofile 

74 min 


papirosen 


spanish 

Produced by 

pablo chernov 

filmy Wiktoria, argentina 

sales contact 

gastón solnicki 

filmy Wiktoria 

o'Higgins 1665 

1426 Buenos aires, argentina 

gastonsolnicki@gmail.com 

peace out 

by charles Wilkinson 

Peace Out asks and answers the question: are we ripp- 

ing up our back yard for energy – or not ? The film seeks 

to engage those of us who do not connect our daily 

decisions with global land use issues. It focuses on the 

North Western Canadian wilderness, however the 

issues are universal. The film pits energy executives, 

Tar Sands reps, nuclear spokesmen against academics 

and activists in an intelligent debate that leaves the 

viewer to decide what to believe. The film presents a 

beautiful, thought provoking look at a rapidly transforming 

landscape. 

genre 


science 

facts 

canada, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

81 min 


peace out 


english 

Produced by 

tina schliessler 

apple pie pictures inc., canada 

www.tina-schliessler.com 



sales contact 

charles Wilkinson 

shore films inc. 

617 Beachview Drive 

V7g1p8 north Vancouver, 

canada 

cw@charleswilkinson.com 

www.charleswilkinson.com 

240 241 

film id 

3252 

section 

Hot Docs

film id 

3070 

a people 

uncounteD 

by aaron Yeger 

section 

Dok Market 

The Roma, commonly referred to as Gypsies, are 

outsiders who have been both romanticised and vilified 

in popular culture. Lacking the kind of social hier- 

archy and political power that could otherwise advocate 

collectively for their rights and tell their history, the 

Roma struggle with chronic poverty and disenfranchisement. 

They have endured centuries of intolerance 

and persecution in Europe – an estimated 500,000 were 

murdered during World War II. Shot in 11 countries 

and featuring dozens of Roma – including Holocaust 

survivors, historians, activists and musicians. A People 

Uncounted documents their culturally rich yet 

often difficult lives and demonstrates how their present 

state has been shaped by the tragedies of the past. 

As ethnic intolerance flares across Europe again, the film 

sheds light on this unique culture, placing the Romani 

story within a larger context of racism and genocide. 

genre 



facts 

canada, 2012 


57 min 


a people uncounted 


english 

Produced by 

Marc swenker 

urbinder films, canada 


10 / 2012 rtV, slovenia 

sales contact 

tim sparke 

Mercury Media 






section 


a perfect canDiDate 

by r. J. cutler, David van taylor 

Disproving the adage that there are no second acts in 

American life, Iran/Contra legend Oliver North 

re-emerged to challenge incumbent Charles Robb in 

a hotly contested 1994 Virginia senatorial race. 

R. J. Cutler and David Van Taylor weave a modern-day 

parable about leadership in America and campaign 

culture in a cynical age. The result is a clear-eyed exami- 

nation of the electoral process, where issues take a 

back seat to the machinations of spin doctors, and voter 

interests are lost in a media hall of mirrors. 

genre 


facts 

usa, 1996 

B / W, HDcam 

105 min 


a perfect candidate 


english 

Produced by 

r. J. cutler, actual reality 

pictures, usa 

David van taylor, usa 


Dan partland, ted skillman, 

usa 



usa 

sales contact 

andrew catauro 

american Documentary | poV 

32 Broadway 14th floor 

nY 10004, usa 

acatauro@pov.org 

www.pov.org 

242 243 

film id 

3307

film id 

402 

section 

animadoc 

petra’s poeM 

by shira avni 

In this visually compelling, colourful short, Toronto 

artist Petra Tolley performs a candid soliloquy 

about what it feels like to be ‘in the middle.’ Petra has 

Down syndrome, and draws from her emotional 

experiences of living and working in the flux between 

societal order and personal chaos to produce a dis- 

tinctive take on the social self. Award-winning director 

Shira Avni (Tying Your Own Shoes, John and Michael) 

employs rotoscopy and hand-drawn animation 

techniques to enhance and interact with Petra’s performance. 

But Petra is not alone – a troupe of adults 

with Down syndrome rallies around Petra in a theatrical 

movement that explores the dynamics of seclusion, 

societal expectations and social support. In subtle 

stereoscopic 3D, Petra engages the camera with unflinching 

and tender directness, heightening our sense 

of intimacy, alienation, bonding and innately, dignity. 

genre 


facts 

canada, 2012 


4 min 


petra’s poem 


english 

Produced by 

roddy McManus, David Verrall 

national film Board of canada, 

canada 



sales contact 

Élise labbé 


3155, cote-de-liesse road 

H4n 2n4 saint-laurent, canada 

festivals@nfb.ca 

www.nfb.ca 

places otHer 

people HaVe liVeD 

by laura Yilmaz 

Places Other People Have Lived is a mixed media exploration 

of the relationship between memory and place, as 

examined through the sale of a childhood home. Using 

old photographs, recorded interviews with family 

members, and multiple animation techniques, the film 

deconstructs room-by-room a house that was a family 

home for more than 25 years. What begins as a biography 

of a house, told through bittersweet and sometimes 

humorous personal anecdotes, ultimately raises larger 

questions about the emotional content of physical 

spaces, and what happens to our histories when we leave 

those places behind. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

usa, 2011 


7 min 


places other people Have lived 


english 

Produced by 

laura Yilmaz, usa 


2 / 2012 Black Maria film & Video 

festival, usa 

5 / 2012 seattle iff, usa 

7 / 2012 toronto animation arts 

festival international, croatia 

9 / 2012 animafest Zagreb 

panorama, canada 

sales contact 

laura Yilmaz 

735 e kensington road 

90026 los angeles, usa 

laura.yilmaz@gmail.com 

244 245 

film id 

404 

section 

animadoc

film id 

3182 

plaYBack 

by antoine cattin, pavel kostomarov 

section 


Director Alexey German has spent almost 7 years 

shooting a film based on the story by the Strugatsky 

brothers, Trudno Byt’ Bogom (It’s Difficult to 

Be God). The film tells the story of a man who is sent 

to a planet which bears a strong resemblance to 

Earth during the Middle Ages. There he must monitor 

events. Meanwhile, the film crew has also been 

monitored during their epic film project – by a director 

from Switzerland. For him, Russia is another planet. 

In his eyes, life on the great director’s film set is a mirror 

of Russian reality. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 



67 min 


playback 


russian 






8 / 2012 locarno, czech republic 

sales contact 

elena Hill 

les films Hors-champ 

l'epignau 1 

1373 chavorney, switzerland 

films@hors-champ.ch 

www.hors-champ.ch 

section 

Dok Market 

polisH illusions 

by Jacob Dammas, Helge renner 

Retired U. S. Army helicopter pilot, Mark Buller has 

settled in small-town Poland to find a new home for his 

growing collection of military vehicles and his final 

missing piece … a wife. He finds help in the young local 

admirer of ‘America’, Michał Niewczas, who accom- 

panies the American on his pursuit as the friend, driver 

and translator. At the other end of town Jan Konstantynow, 

the aging magician, must fight for his place in the 

spotlight when the local Culture Centre appoints a new 

director looking to bring the cultural program into 

the 21st century. While Mark, Mike and Jan are struggling 

to find their place in the town, Darłowo is going through 

a time of modernization. New ways of tourism have 

replaced fishing and farming as the main source of income. 

genre 


facts 

germany, poland, france, 

Denmark, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

79 min / 52 min 


pommersche illusionen 


english, german, polish 

Produced by 

Helge renner 

graniza, germany 

Jacob Dammas 

graniza, poland 

www.graniza.net 


MDr, germany 

arte g. e. i. e. germany / france 

tVp s. a. channel 1, poland 

Yle tV 1, finland 


7 / 2012 karlovy Vary, 


sales contact 

Jacob Dammas 

graniza polska, Warszawa, polen 

jacob.dammas@graniza.pl 

Helge renner 

graniza deutschland 

Berlin, germany 

helge.renner@graniza.de 

246 247 

film id 

1094

film id 

599 

section 

animadoc 

ponDering 

by collective: xx children (françois d'assise ouedraogo, 

arzouma Mahamadou Dieni, Moumouni Jupiter sodré) 

To leave or to stay ? Citizens from Ouagadougou express 

themselves. Between those who dream of leaving for 

the West and those who want to stay, a pattern emerges: 

a strong will to leave poverty behind, but also a fear 

of failing to find a job ‘over there’, or of being made to feel 

unwelcome. Beyond the image of the West as an El 

Dorado, their thoughts reflect one common aspiration: 

to find a better life. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

Belgium, 2012 


9 min 


cogitations 


french 

Produced by 

Jean-luc slock 

camera-etc, Belgium 

www.camera-etc.be 

sales contact 

Dimitri kimplaire 

camera-etc 

rue de Visé, 490 

B-4020 liège, Belgium 

dimitri.kimplaire@camera-etc.be 

www.camera-etc.be 

tHe postMan 

by Wahid nazir 

section 


The mailman’s inextricable difficulties as he does his 

rounds in the streets of Kabul, where addresses are 

often mysterious and deliveries akin to treasure hunts. 

genre 



facts 

afghanistan, 2011 


19 min 


une Journée du facteur 

khan agha 


persian 

Produced by 






france 

sales contact 







248 249 

film id 

1744

film id 

2419 

presence 

by Yashaswini raghunandan, ekta Mittal 

section 



Presence is a film that explores haunting phenomenon 

through the nightmares and ghostly encounters 

of migrant workers in a city that is transforming rapidly. 

The ghost is not simply a dead or a missing person, 

but a social figure, and investigating lead[s] to that dense 

site where history and subjectivity make social life. 

The way of the ghost is haunting and haunting is a very 

particular way of knowing what has happened or is 

happening. The workers’ presence in the city is a ghostly 

matter as he enters and leaves the city invisibly. As 

they carry these stories in and out of many cities, the cities 

bear witness to these fragments positing an unsettling 

feeling between what we see and what we know. The film 

navigates through the here and now, with a quaint 

reference to the past and an uncertainty of the future. In 

the midst of this transformation is where our film is 

located to delve into the subconscious of the city and 

the worker who’s seething presence continues to linger 

in the air. 

genre 



facts 

india, 2012 


18 min 


presence 


Hindi 

Produced by 

ekta Mittal 

Maraa, india 

www.tinsheets.in 


Yashaswini raghunandan 

cctV, india 



4 / 2012 le triennale- intense 

proximity, france 

6 / 2012 london indian film 

festival, united kingdom 

sales contact 

Yashaswini raghunandan 

cctV 

ii floor, no.3, 4th cross, 

Michaelpalya 2nd stage 

560075 Bangalore, india 

yashaswini.r@gmail.com 


section 


priVate uniVerse 

by Helena třeštíková 

Honza was born in 1974 into the cheerless era of 

socialism in Czechoslovakia. At that time, his parents 

Jana and Petr lived in one room in the apartment of 

Jana’s divorced mother and her widowed grandmother. 

A few years later, the family moved from Prague to 

Liberec where Petr found a job and a little house for the 

family. When Honza was born, his father began writ- 

ing a family chronicle and he has continued to do so for 

37 years. ‘Family Diary’ shows not only the life of one 

ordinary family but also how Czech society has changed 

in the last four decades. Who are we, where do we come 

from and where are we going ? 

genre 



facts 

czech republic, 2012 


83 min 


soukromy Vesmir 


czech 

Produced by 

katerina cerna, pavel strnad 

negativ film productions 


www.negativ.cz 


czech tV, czech republic 



sales contact 

Zuzana Bielikova 

negativ, s. r. o. 

ostrovní 30 

110 00 prague, czech republic 

zuzana@negativ.cz 

www.negativ.cz 

250 251 

film id 

1304

film id 

2382 

section 


proJect Z: tHe final 

gloBal eVent 

by phillip gara 

At once a road-trip, detective story, and zombie 

flic, Project Z presents startling evidence that the world 

is heading toward a final global event. Combining 

rare footage from inside the war machine with corrosive 

commentary by leading critics of global violence, the 

film imaginatively envisions an event to end all events. 

Project Z is an experimental collaboration by James 

Der Derian (Human Terrain, After 9 / 11, VY2K), Phillip 

Gara (first-time filmmaker) and the Global Media Project 

(Watson Institute, Brown University). 

genre 



facts 

usa, 2012 


70 min 


project Z: the final global event 


english 

Produced by 

James Der Derian 

global Media project, usa 

www.globalmediaproject.net 

sales contact 

phillip gara 

global Media project 

Watson institute for international 

studies 

Brown university/1970 

111 thayer street 

02912 providence, usa 

james_der_derian@brown.edu 

www.globalmediaproject.net 

section 

Dok Market 

protect 

eVerYone i loVe 

by franziska schönenberger, anne M. Hilliges 

What does it mean to have a child, if you’re completely 

physically handicapped ? Luis’ favourite thing is to ride 

on his mummy’s electric wheel chair. The three-year-old 

screams happily while he sits on her lap. Sabrina (28), 

Luis’ mother, suffers from Friedreich ataxy, an incurable 

neuropathic disease. Her health condition deteriorates 

constantly and her life expectancy is not very high. 

Protect Everyone I Love is a film about a little boy who makes 

his mother’s life liveable. 

genre 


facts 

germany, 2012 


54 min 


schütze alle, die ich lieb 


german 

Produced by 

ferdinand freising 

Hff München, germany 

www.hff-muc.de 


franziska schönenberger, 

germany 

sales contact 

franziska schönenberger 

Haberstr. 2a 


franzi.schoenenberger@gmail. 

com 

252 253 

film id 

2242

film id 

702 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe punk sYnDroMe 

by Jukka kärkkäinen, J-p passi 

The Punk Syndrome is a documentary film about Finnish 

punk-rock band Pertti Kurikka’s Name Day, formed 

in 2009 by four developmentally disabled guys. The film 

follows the band’s journey from their rehearsal room 

to cult success. It shows the love and hate between the 

guys, the crying and the laughter. 

genre 



facts 

finland, norway, sweden, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

58 min 


kovasikajuttu 


finnish, swedish 

Produced by 

sami Jahnukainen 

Mouka filmi oy, finland 

www.mouka.fi 

sales contact 

andrea Hock 






section 

Dok Market 

pusHWagner 

by even g. Benestad, auguat B. Hanssen 

Pushwagner is a personal portrait of a small man with a 

great personality. Pop agitator, whip smart renegade 

and celebrated graphic artist Hariton Pushwagner lives 

life on the edge. ‘There’s a difference in living like 

life was real and deep like a thousand kisses.’ Pushwagner 

grabs you and doesn’t let go, his puzzling and pro- 

found statements keep you glued, hanging on his every 

word. Meaningful or meaningless, maybe there’s 

no difference, especially since he thinks ‘words are like 

viruses.’ The man infects the screen with his paranoia 

and need for control until you realize that it’s not all 

inside his head. As Pushwagner faces a former assistant 

in court, fighting for legal control of his career, image 

and art work, it all begins to make sense. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

norway, 2011 


68 min / 49 min 


pushwagner 


norwegian 

Produced by 

carsten aanonsen 

indie film, norway 

www.indiefilm.no 


torstein grude, 

piraya film as, norway 

www.piraya.no 

lise lense-Möller, cecilia Valsted 

Magic Hour films, Denmark 

www.magichourfilms.dk 

klara Björk 

filmkreatörerna, sweden, 

www.filmkreatorerna.com 

Jessica ask 

film i Väst, sweden 

www.filmivast.se 


sVt, sweden 

Dr, Denmark 

nrk, norway 

Dr, Denmark 


9 / 2011 Haugesund iff, norway 

4 / 2012 norwegian iDff, norway 


sales contact 

Diana karklin 







254 255 

film id 

3238

film id 

1901 

ranDlanD 

by leopold grün, Dirk uhlig 

section 


A small one-street village in the open landscape of East 

Germany, marked by the political changes of the past 

decade and long forgotten by the rest of society. Dream of 

Wischershausen is a trip to the periphery of society. 

How do people like Maxe the farmer, mother-of-five Gabi 

or technician Harry, who dreams of travelling to 

Norway’s North Cape in his camper van and experiencing 

one white night there, actually live ? Wealth and jobs 

are scarce around here, but people want to stay regardless. 

With stubbornness and a sense of humour, they make 

the best of their situation. Dream of Wischershausen is a 

film about work and love, your garden as your pub, ashes 

in the snow and slaughtering pigs … 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

93 min 


randland 


german 

Produced by 

Benny Drechsel, karsten stoeter 

rohfilm gmbH, germany 

www.rohfilm.de 


6 / 2012 toronto iff, canada 


9 / 2012 Zürich iff, switzerland 

sales contact 

Benny Drechsel 

rohfilm gmbH 

schwedenstr. 14 


contact@rohfilm.de 

www.rohfilm.de 

realitY 2.0 

by Victor orozco ramirez 

It was autumn when I arrived in Germany. I thought 

that in this exotic country I could distance myself a 

little bit from Mexico, but I was wrong. Drug traffickers 

managed to take me back in a ruthless way. A short 

animated documentary about the drug-related violence 

in Mexico. 

genre 



facts 

germany, Mexico, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

11 min 


reality 2.0 


spanish 


11 / 2010 lisbon & estoril ff, 

portugal 

3 / 2012 guadalajara iff, Mexico 

4 / 2012 Dokumentarfilmwoche 

Hamburg, germany 

4 / 2012 european Media art 

festival, germany 

sales contact 

Victor orozco ramirez 

Winterhuder Weg 47b 


victor.orozco@spfraktion.com 

www.orozcovictor.com 

256 257 

film id 

2741 

section 

animadoc

film id 

1853 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe reD 

DreaM factorY 

by alexander schwarz 

Soviet film avant-garde flourished in the West while the 

Russians rushed to watch German films. East and West 

joined forces in the unique German-Russian film 

studio Meshrabpom-Film, under the roof of the workers’ 

relief organisation IAH (Internationale Arbeiterhilfe). 

The vision of its founders, the red media tsar Willi 

Muenzenberg and Moisei Aleinikov, the last independent 

Russian entrepreneur: To establish a new way of film- 

making. Entertainment, political enlightenment and 

social consciousness, presented with a new film language 

and with international distribution. Among the masters 

of the studios were Yakov Protasanov, Vsevolod 

Pudovkin, Boris Barnet, Dziga Vertow and Joris Ivens. The 

ZDF/ARTE & MDR documentary includes statements 

by film historians and critics Naum Kleiman, Yekaterina 

Khokhlova and Andrei Plakhov, as well as prominent 

filmmakers and contemporary film entrepreneurs from 

Russia like Aleksei Popogrebsky, Andrei Sviagintsev, 

Igor Tolstunov and Ilya Bachurin. The film connects 

fascinating film history of the 1920s and 30s and contem- 

porary Russian film. Many film excerpts and photos 

are shown for the first time. Just like many of the historical 

films portrayed, this documentary is a joint German- 

Russian effort: cinematography by Andrei Pitinov, origi- 

nal musical composition by Bernd Schultheis, graphics/ 

CGI by Fabian Harmanus. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2011 


56 min 


Die rote traumfabrik 


german, russian 

Produced by 

ilona grundmann 

ilona grundmann film- 

production, germany 

www.ilona-grundmann- 

filmproduction.de 


thomas radler 

thora-film, germany 

www.thorafilm.de 


MDr, germany 

ZDf/ arte, germany 


arte, germany 

sales contact 


ilona grundmann filmproduction 

unter den eichen 5 

65195 Wiesbaden, germany 

info@ilona-grundmann- 


www.ilona-grundmann- 


section 


reD Hair 

anD Black coffee 

by Milena Bochet 

Hermanovce, Slovak Republic. A Romany village 

located deep down in the valley, with old shacks and newer 

concrete ones. Four Romany women tell us about their 

day-to-day life through ancient habits, along with words 

that travel near borders of different worlds … 

genre 



facts 

Belgium, 2012 


56 min 


cheveux rouges et café noir 

(Dames blanches et esprits noirs) 


romanian 

Produced by 

isabelle truc 

iota production, Belgium 

www.iotaproduction.com 


gsara, Belgium 

sales contact 

isabelle truc 


contact@iotaproduction.com 


258 259 

film id 

241

film id 

1187 

section 

Dok Market 

regilaul – songs 

of tHe ancient sea 

by ulrike koch 

In ancient Estonia, there originated a singing tradition 

of mysterious power: the Regilaul. Based on the 

continuous repetition of eight-syllable verses, Regi songs 

produce a haunting sound able to connect the present 

to the eternal circle of life. 

genre 



facts 

switzerland, estonia, 2011 

colour, Dcp 

104 min 


regilaul – lieder aus der luft 


estonian 

Produced by 

rose-Marie schneider 

Doc productions gmbH, 

switzerland 

www.docproductions.ch 


erik norkroos 

rühm pluss null, estonia 

www.plussnull.ee 


err, estonia 



3 / 2012 Worldfilmfestival tartu, 

estonia 

sales contact 

rose-Marie schneider 

Doc productions gmbH 

Dienerstr. 7 


info@docproductions.ch 

www.docproductions.ch 

section 


tHe riVer people 

by Martin Benchimol, pablo aparo 

Ernestina is a small town with 150 inhabitants, the 

stage of this documentary that has the tension and the 

suspense of a fiction film. The strange characters 

that live in the town introduce us to the crimes committed 

by the people who visit the river. Nowadays, the neighbours 

hire private security and this seems to have ended 

the problem. However, while the documentary makers 

are shooting the movie, new strange events occur. What 

is really happening in Ernestina ? The film invites us 

to approach, with humour, the bizarre world of this town, 

the particular life of its inhabitants and the mystery 

of the river people. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 


colour, HDcam 

70 min 


la gente del río 


spanish 

Produced by 

Martin Benchimol, 

pablo aparo 

caravanacine, argentina 

www.caravanacine.com.ar 

sales contact 

Martin Benchimol, pablo aparo 

caravanacine 

Miguel cane 1286 

1704 ramos Mejía – Buenos 

aires, argentina 

martin.benchimol@gmail.com 

pabloaparo@gmail.com 

www.caravanacine.com.ar 

260 261 

film id 

379

film id 

582 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe roaD upHill 

by Jean-louis schuller 

Luxembourg. One of the world’s smallest countries, 

a green and peaceful place bordered by Belgium, France 

and Germany. The birthplace of two brothers, Andy 

and Fränk Schleck, two of the world’s best professional 

cyclists. Following Team Leopard Trek and the 

Schleck Brothers, this film focuses upon the team’s parti- 

cipation in the prestigious 2011 Tour de France. It 

is an intimate cinematic portrait of two brothers and a 

team under pressure to live up to the expectations 

of their country. The Road Uphill documents the relationships, 

motivations and belief systems integral to 

Leopard Trek – core aspects of the team which are not 

usually exposed by television reportage. This docu- 

mentary investigates the day-to-day life of a professional 

cycling team and the physical, mental and emotional 

thresholds that they need to overcome to win the greatest 

race on earth. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

luxembourg, 2011 

colour, Dcp 

89 min 


the road uphill 


english, french, german, 

luxembourgish 

Produced by 

paul thiltges, David grumbach 

paul thiltges Distributions, 

luxembourg 

www.ptd.lu 


4 / 2012 Houston iff, usa 

6 / 2012 gdansk iff, 2012, poland 

8 / 2012 Melbourne iff, australia 

11 / 2012 cpH:Dox, Denmark 

sales contact 

paul thiltges 

paul thiltges Distributions 

45, Boulevard pierre frieden 

1543 luxembourg, luxembourg 

info@ptd.lu 

www.ptd.lu 

rogalik 

by pawel Ziemilski 

section 


polish Docs 

Travelling among people and objects we discover a world 

usually considered as ugly and unattractive. This dream- 

like journey is not a dream. Who are the people in this 

‘big aquarium’ ? And what is our position towards them ? 

genre 



portrait 

facts 

poland, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

15 min 


rogalik 


polish 

Produced by 

Marcin Malatyński, 

Magdalena kondrakowicz 

polish national 

film school, poland 

www.filmschool.lodz.pl 

sales contact 







262 263 

film id 

1613

film id 

3185 

section 

Dok Market 

russian girls 

by alina teodorescu, Dmitri popov 

How can I ‘hunt down’ the man of my dreams ? Or 

any man at all ? How should I glance, how should I move, 

how should I bend down and obey – to attract male 

attention ? For all these matters, there are special women’s 

courses and exercises available in post-communist 

Moscow. In a country where there are 5 millions more 

women than men, the ‘battle’ to find a man can some- 

times assume existential proportions. They all have one 

basic insight in common, however: For a woman to 

find a good man, she has to start by working on herself … 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2011 


58 min / 70 min 


russian girls 


russian 

sales contact 

Heino Deckert 


Marienplatz 1 




section 

Dok Market 

russia’s HistorY 

reVealeD 

– part i, ii anD iii 

by christian schulz, Jan n. lorenzen, 

carsten günther, nina koshofer 

The focus lies on the key events that defined the various 

epochs of this huge realm and which still resonate 

to this very day. The story is told through the history of 

three major Russian cities: St. Petersburg, Volgograd, 

formerly Stalingrad and Moscow. This is where every- 

thing comes together: key turning points in politics 

and war, tales of heroes, world-changing inventions and 

discoveries. In short these are snapshots of human 

happiness and boundless energy as well as huge tragedies 

affecting entire peoples and dramas on a historic scale. 

Russia’s History Revealed is a docudrama set against the 

backdrop of impressive landscapes and historic locations, 

combined with a wealth of fascinating and previously 

unseen archive material and exciting, emotive re-enactments, 

which bring to life the various Russian eras in 

opulent detail. 

genre 


facts 

germany, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

45 min 


Die geschichte russlands 

– teil i, ii und iii 


german 

sales contact 


global screen 





264 265 

film id 

3242

film id 

450 

section 


san agustin 

– loW tiDe in tHe 

plastic sea 

by alexander Hick, gudrun gruber, Michael schmitt 

In the midst of the world’s biggest fruit and vegetable 

garden, the so called‚ ‘Mar del plástico’, lies the Andalusian 

village of San Agustín. For the local planters this 

season’s atmosphere is prophesying crisis: A mysterious 

virus threatens the harvest, bacteria attack the plants 

and the authorities are after the illegal workforce in the 

greenhouses. Planter José Maria would rather choose 

to live among vegetables than people anyway, while the 

Crespo family, who seems to belong to a different 

era, tries to get by with vegetables, breeding goats and a 

giant compost pile. This is all part of the daily routine 

for Paco, the village tavern’s barman, who knows all of his 

customers’ problems. San Agustín takes an out of the 

ordinary look at the ‘Mar del plástico’ – Europe’s most 

important producer and vendor of fruit and vegetables – 

as it fights with its own existence once more during the 

cucumber crisis of 2011. Two families, a village tavern 

and a lot of vegetables. One harvest season in nine chapters. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

72 min 


san agustin – ebbe im 

plastikmeer 


spanish 

sales contact 

tina Janker 

Hff München 

Bernd-eichinger-platz 1 


festival4@hff-muc.de 

www.hff-muenchen.de 

section 

Dok Market 

seDuceD 

anD BlackMaileD 

by aldo gugolz 

Helg Sgarbi, a charming Swiss man, tries to extort 

14 million Euro from BMW’s major shareholder Susanne 

Klatten by threatening to publish intimate photos. 

She contacts the police, Sgarbi is arrested. But this case 

is only the tip of the proverbial iceberg: Several 

gullible women were blackmailed by Sgarbi. The money 

probably went to an Italian miracle healer and his sect. 

Is he the mastermind behind the crime ? 

genre 



facts 



51 min 


Verführt und erpresst 


german, italian 

Produced by 

lina geissmann 

pret a tourner film, switzerland 




12 / 2011 srf 1, switzerland 

sales contact 








266 267 

film id 

962

film id 

2228 

section 

Dok Market 

sHenanDoaH 

by David turnley 

An epic feature documentary about a coal mining town 

with a proud immigrant heritage, once pivotal in fueling 

America’s industrial revolution and today in decline 

and struggling to survive and retain its identity, soul and 

values – all of which were dramatically challenged 

when four of the town’s white, star football players were 

charged in the beating death of an undocumented 

Mexican immigrant named Luis Ramirez. Pulitzer Prize- 

winning photographer David Turnley’s most personal 

work, Shenandoah creates a deeply felt portrait of a work- 

ing class community, and the American Dream on trial. 

genre 



facts 

usa, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

97 min 


shenandoah 


english 

Produced by 

Billy peterson 

epic Match Media, usa 

www.epicmatchmedia.com 


David turnley, usa 

sales contact 

Billy peterson 

epic Match Media, usa 

info@epicmatchmedia.com 

www.epicmatchmedia.com 

siBila 

by teresa arredondo 

I remember the night when the history of my family 

changed. We received a phone call from Peru saying that 

my aunt Sibila was in prison accused of forming part 

of the Shining Path. I was seven years old and my parent’s 

protective silence made me transform her image into 

a great mystery. She was kept in prison for 15 years. Today 

she is free and I want to get close to her, to listen and 

to understand. Sibila is a journey that builds the present by 

looking at the past. It is also an encounter between two 

generations looking for dialogue. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

chile, spain, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

94 min 


sibila 


spanish 

Produced by 

teresa arredondo 

casimusicos cine, chile 

www.sibiladocumental.com 


3 / 2012 toulouse film 

festival, france 


4 / 2012 Malaga film festival, 

spain 


sales contact 

teresa arredondo 

casimusicos cine 

los coligues 1518 

Vitacura 


laviridiana@gmail.com 

www.sibiladocumental.com 

268 269 

film id 

22 

section 

chileDoc

film id 

1633 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe skY oVer Here 

by selim Harbi 

After 25 years of career in Syrian civil aviation, Habib 

loses inequitably his pilot’s job. This professional crash is 

followed by a family explosion and by social decay. 

His German wife quits him and his children too, except 

Maher, his eldest son. Today, 56-year-old Habib has 

lost everything, or almost everything. He lives in Berlin 

and earns his living by collecting empty bottles. The 

street is his universe and at night his refuge. He survives 

thanks to the poetry which allows him to take up with 

the sky while protecting his identity and his pride. 

Habib is the living memory of a period to which he clings 

stubbornly so as not to lose his ultimate marks. In a 

dedication to Hafiz al Assad that he frequented in the 

past lies an admiration and an unlimited respect he 

puts above the importance of his own life. Habib: still 

faithful to the political model which caused his setbacks. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, tunisia, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

52 min 


Min Houna essama 


arabic, german 

Produced by 

selim Harbi, germany 

www.slimharbi.com 

sales contact 

selim Harbi 

leuschnerdamm 19 


selimharbi@slooma.com 

www.slimharbi.com 

section 


competition 

sofia’s 

last aMBulance 

by ilian Metev 

In a city where 13 ambulances struggle to serve 2 million 

people, Krassi, Mila and Plamen are our unlikely 

heroes: chain-smoking, filled with humour, relentlessly 

saving lives against all odds. Yet, the strain of a broken 

system is taking a human toll: how long can they keep fix- 

ing society’s injured until they loose their empathy ? 

The film uses an unorthodox creative form which dodges 

sensationalism. We are captivated by the faces of our 

protagonists and the sounds surrounding one of Sofia’s 

Last Ambulances. 

genre 



facts 

Bulgaria, germany, croatia, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

75 min 


poslednata lineika na sofia 


Bulgarian 

Produced by 

ingmar trost 

sutor kolonko film- 


www.sutorkolonko.de 


Dimitar gotchev 

sia ltd, Bulgaria 

www.sia.bg, siniša Juričić 

nukleus film d. o. o., croatia 

www.nukleus-film.hr 



WDr, germany 


6 / 2012 karlovy Vary iff, spain 


9 / 2012 san sebastián, 



sales contact 

Valeska neu 

films Boutique 

köpenicker strasse 184 


valeska@filmsboutique.com 

270 271 

film id 

429

film id 

2138 

a sort of loVe 

by Dirk schäfer 

section 


For a year filmmaker Dirk Schäfer accompanied thirty 

year old Nevzat through his disordered life. Nevzat, 

who grew up in the bosom of a Kurdish tribe at Turkey’s 

border to Iran, had been forced into a marriage at 

the age of fifteen in order to pacify a smoldering blood 

feud with another clan. Yet the marriage was never 

consummated and again and again Nevzat chose to stay 

away from village life by hiring himself out as a construction 

worker in the mega metropolis Istanbul, a job 

that almost claimed his life. Caught between the 

traditional codes of honour in his community, and his 

status as a member of the Kurdish minority in Turkey, 

Nevzat has been forced to use his wits to forge his 

way and has had a hard time planning a future. An obser- 

vational documentary, A Sort of Love is also both the 

source and reflection of an unusual friendship. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, turkey, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

70 min 


eine art liebe 


kurdish, turkish 

Produced by 

Dirk schäfer, turkey 

www.orientme.eu 

sales contact 

Dirk schäfer 

kumrulu Yokuşu 4 

34000 istanbul, turkey 

schaefer-dirk@gmx.de 

www.orientme.eu 

section 

Dok Market 

sounDs 

froM tHe fog 

by klaus stanjek 

‘Active forgetting’ is a common process of coping with 

history in Germany. In a radical personal approach, 

the film follows the complex turns and twists of feelings, 

when they try to deal with threatening knowledge. 

My cheerful uncle lived with my family unless he was 

touring as an entertainment musician across Germany. 

Only at his age of 90, I detected what my whole 

family had hidden: that he had spent 8 years in Nazi 

camps and that he was gay. During the following 

research I found out that my hometown, which presented 

itself as a liberal town, had been a major stronghold of 

the early Nazi-Party. I found out that even in 

brutal concentration camps turbulent festivities took 

place where my uncle was part of; that my mother 

enjoyed her career in the Hitler-Youth although knowing 

about her brothers captivity. Because of several 

taboos, the story of my beloved uncle was hardly 

accessible. By means of animation and image compositing, 

we revitalized the available photos. My surpris- 

ing encounters in several countries and my reflections 

lead the audience through the burdened social history 

of Germany – with a humorous undertone. 

genre 



facts 

germany, czech republic, 

austria, 2012 


90 min 


klänge des Verschweigens 


czech, english, german 

Produced by 

klaus stanjek 

cinetarium Babelsberg, germany 

www.cinetarium.de 


Beate schlanstein 

WDr, germany 

www.wdr.de 


WDr, germany 

sales contact 

klaus stanjek 

cinetarium Babelsberg 

alt nowawes 50 

14482 potsdam-Babelsberg, 

germany 

info@cinetarium.de 

www.cinetarium.de 

272 273 

film id 

1597

film id 

3350 

section 

leipzig screening 

speeD – in searcH 

of lost tiMe 

by florian opitz 

‘My experience with time by now is limited to the one 

feeling – I don’t have enough.’ It’s a paradox. Never 

before in history we have worked more efficiently. Never 

before we have saved time with more sophisticated 

technologies. Anyway, nearly all of us are feeling an in- 

creasing pressure of time. It seems that the same 

technology that has been invented to make our life better 

and easier, is now enslaving us. Florian Opitz tries 

to track down the reasons of our shortage of time and for 

the constant acceleration of our lives. In his search 

of lost time he not only questions his own hectic lifestile, 

but also visits several people, to find out how they deal 

with time. The pacemakers of the constant acceleration 

of society as well as dropouts. In Speed. In search of 

lost time step by step he reveals the disturbing picture of 

a civilisation, that has disposed of all brake systems 

and, run by autopilot, goes blindly for unlimited and 

eternal growth, no matter what the consequences are. But 

Opitz also tries to find the good life. In the nishes of 

the global capitalism he discovers alternatives to the 

rat race. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

96 min 


speed – auf der suche nach 

der verlorenen Zeit 



Produced by 

oliver stoltz 

Dreamer Joint Venture filmproduktion 

gmbH, germany 

www.dreamerjointventure.de 




1 / 2012 Max ophüls preis, 

germany 

sales contact 

Wekas gaba 

Dreamer Joint Venture gmbH 

regensburger str. 25 


w.gaba@dreamerjointventure.de 

www.dreamerjointventure.de 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe spies 

of scientologY 

– office of 

special affairs o.s.a. 

by frank nordhausen, Markus thöß 

Scientology is one of the world’s most controversial 

sects. Yet even though we are aware that international 

stars such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta are 

among the followers of the sect founded by Ron Hubbard. 

What is less known is that Scientology has its own 

secret service: the ‘Office of Special Affairs’ – O.S.A. for 

short – which is run by Scientology boss David Miscavige 

in Los Angeles. It is the oldest private secret service 

in the world, and bigger and more influential than the 

secret service agencies of many countries. But why 

does a religious community need a secret service ? What 

methods are used by this mysterious organization 

and to what ends ? Who are the people who work for this 

‘service’ ? In order to find answers to these questions, 

Frank Nordhausen and Markus Thöss spent more than a 

year researching with their camera in Europe and the 

U. S. The O.S.A. zeroes in on rebels and critics. Scientology 

agents have already been accused of espionage, 

breaking and entering, coercion and other criminal acts. 

In their research, the filmmakers uncovered trails 

leading to the top ranks of political life – including the 

State Department in Washington. 

genre 


facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

58 min / 90 min 


Die spitzel von scientology – 

sektengeheimdienst o. s. a. 


german 

sales contact 


global screen 





274 275 

film id 

3247

film id 

3245 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe spY froM 

tHe pariser platZ 

by scott christianson, egmont r. koch 

On the 3rd of September, 1941 the SS carried out a 

top-secret experiment in the Auschwitz concentration 

camp, which marked the beginning of the Holocaust: 

several hundred war prisoners were murdered 

with Zyklon B, a granulate that releases extremely toxic 

hydrogen cyanide. A few weeks later, the repre- 

sentative of Germany’s IG Farben corporation received 

American couriers in his villa on the banks of Lake 

Lucerne in Switzerland, gave them top-secret documents 

about Hitler’s toxic gas production as well as about 

Zyklon B, produced by IG Farben. Did information about 

the planned ‘final solution’ reach the U. S. at an early 

stage through these channels ? This documentary by the 

American journalist Scott Christianson and his German 

colleague Egmont R. Koch makes use of recent 

archival findings to explore this matter in depth. The 

film tells the amazing story of the German economic 

consultant Erwin Respondek, who was initially a participant 

in the cartel agreements between IG Farben 

and the American chemical corporation Du Pont before 

mutating into a spy and providing the Americans 

with secrets on Hitler’s toxic-gas production. Respondek 

worked in an office on the Pariser Platz in Berlin … 

genre 


facts 

germany, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

52 min 


the spy from the pariser platz 


german 

sales contact 


global screen 





section 

Dok Market 

steVe JoBs: 

tHe lost interVieW 

by John gau, robert cringley, paul sen 

In 1995, during the making of his TV series Triumph of 

the Nerds about the birth of the PC, Bob Cringely did 

a memorable, long interview with Steve Jobs. At the time 

of the interview he was running Next, the niche 

computer company he had founded after leaving Apple. 

During the interview, Jobs was witty, outspoken and 

visionary – a pioneer at the peak of his powers, already 

anticipating the digital future that one day he would 

do so much to make possible. Only a part of the interview 

was used in the series and the rest was thought lost. 

But recently a copy was found in the director’s garage. 

There are surprising few filmed interviews with 

Steve Jobs, and even fewer good ones. So the producers 

decided to clean this one up to give today’s audiences 

a chance to see Jobs at his charismatic best looking into 

the future then. A future which is now ! 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

usa, 201 

colour, HDcam 

70 min 


steve Jobs: the lost interview 


english 

sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






276 277 

film id 

3301

film id 

408 

section 



a storY 

for tHe MoDlins 

by sergio oksman 

After appearing in the film Rosemary’s Baby, by Roman 

Polanski, Elmer Modlin ran away with his family to 

a distant land, where they shut themselves inside a dark 

apartment for thirty years. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

spain, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

26 min 


a story for the Modlins 


english 

Produced by 

sergio oksman 

Dok films, spain 

www.dokfilms.es 


5 / 2012 Documenta Madrid, 

spain 

sales contact 

sergio oksman 

Dok films 

rodriguez san pedro 72 – 5º 

28015 Madrid, spain 

soksman@gmail.com 

www.dokfilms.es 

section 

Dok Market 

straDiVari’s Heirs 

by corinna engelhardt 

This film is a fascinating journey into the world of the 

Stradivari violin, known for its incomparable resonance. 

International scientists, luthiers and musicians such 

as Matthew Trusler collaborate to recreate the sound of 

the famous instrument, which is believed to be linked 

to the density of the wood. They try to find it back using a 

special fungi. Will they succeed ? Will they get to the 

bottom of it ? 

genre 


science 

facts 

germany, switzerland, 

netherlands, italy, 2011 

colour 

52 min 


stradivaris erben 


Deutsche Welle, germany 

sales contact 

pauline Mazenod 

Windrose sas 

7, rue civiale 


pmazenod@windrose.fr 

www.windrose.fr 

278 279 

film id 

3169

film id 

2261 

streMt 89 

by anda pușcaș, Dragoș Dulea 

section 


In 1989, in Romania, the anti-communist revolution was 

taking place on the streets of the big cities. But all 

around the country, people were waiting, in fear, in doubt, 

with contained excitement, in their trained paranoia, 

for something to change. In the small hunters’ village of 

Stremt, news travelled slowly. So slow in fact, that only 

after they saw Ceausescu flee on television, did they decide 

to start their own revolution. Each man had a rifle 

and a theory, but most importantly, a cellar stacked with 

homemade alcohol. So it was no surprise that soon 

enough, every neighbour behind a fence was a terrorist. 

22 years later, the documentary follows what people 

thought they did, what they think they should have done, 

and how they would have been better off if they had 

done it differently. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

romania, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

14 min 


stremt 89 


romanian 

Produced by 

anda pușcaș 

unatc, romania 


Dragoș Dulea 

eat us alive films, romania 

www.facebook.com / hellopixels 


1 / 2012 filmul de piatra, romania 

3 / 2012 tampere ff, finland 

4 / 2012 goeast festival of central 

and eastern european film, 

germany 

sales contact 

anda pușcaș 

unatc 

estacadei 1 

062225 Bucharest, romania 

anda.puscas@gmail.com 

stretcHer 

by Marcel Beltrán 

section 


Mejengue lives all alone on a mountain in Cuba. 

He takes his stuff like plates and cups and goes down to 

a village. Mejengue’s daily life is bartering or selling 

his stuff to get rice. One day, Mejengue comes all the way 

down and takes a bus to the village. But the bus 

breaks down on the way, and he decides to walk the long 

way. He tries very hard to get rice going from house 

to house, but it is never easy. Mejengue does not give up 

on getting rice, and he decides to participate on Parihuela. 

Parihuela means the traditional way to carry sick 

people in a mountainous region, which is an inconvenient 

mode of transportation in Sierra Maestra, Cuba. The 

film not only holds firm to the basic principle of ‘direct 

cinema’ but has a view of sincerity and completion. 

The production crew shot Cuban natives and Mejengue’s 

personal problems in their lives along with an anthro- 

pological view of an existence in a community around a 

mountainous region. They made a film of two episodes 

(The Breaking Down of the Bus, Parihuela) on mise en scene 

with an almost perfect level of shooting skill. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

cuba, 2010 


13 min 


parihuela 


spanish 

Produced by 

Marcel Beltrán, cuba 

sales contact 

Marcel Beltrán 

fca san tranquilino 

32500 san ant Baños, cuba 

promocioninternacional@ 

eictv.co.cu 

280 281 

film id 

3180

film id 

453 

tHe stripper 

by stefan Berg 

section 

Dok Market 

Calista is a young girl who dreams of a life as a dancer. 

The future looks bright and when she is 16-years 

old, she is selected for a dance school in New York. But 

the journey and her dance career is interrupted when 

she finds out that she is pregnant. The father of the child 

is a Mormon and she is forced into a marriage. No 

more dancing. After eight years, Calista is in such a deep 

depression that she leaves the family and ends up 

sleeping on a park bench. By chance she meets a girl who 

introduces her to the stripper profession. This becomes 

her temporary salvation. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

sweden, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

72 min 


strippan 


swedish 

Produced by 

stefan Berg 

Berg images, sweden 

www.bergimages.se 


sveriges television aB, sweden 


3 / 2012 silver Docs, usa 

sales contact 

stefan Berg 

Berg images 

Västra rönneholmsvägen 33 

21741 Malmö, sweden 

stefan.berg@bergimages.se 

www.bergimages.se 

section 

Dok.incubator 

stuck in tHe MiDDle 

by Vladislava planciková 

My identity as a taboo of two nations. Hungarian for 

Slovaks, Slovaks for Hungarian. My personal journey into 

the past of my family to heal the future of two neighbours. 

This is my personal story. My grandma and all her 

family came to Slovakia from Hungary a long time ago. 

They were forced to live in a house of evicted Hungarians. 

How can the result of a chess game of a few politicians 

after the Second World War change the destiny of 

thousands of families ? I want to find out what happened. 

I let old pictures, maps, letters, shoes and memories tell 

the story of two nations. 



genre 



facts 



75 min 


felvidek. Horna Zem 


Hungarian, slovak 

Produced by 


Mandala pictures, slovakia 



rtVs, slovakia 

sales contact 



Mariánska 18 

900 31 stupava, slovakia 

tomas@mandalapictures.eu 


282 283 

film id 

3340

film id 

2214 

tales aBout 

tHe future 

by patricia Bustos 

section 

chileDoc 

They are four Chileans under thirty years of age who 

have known each other since childhood. They grew 

up in the same poor neighbourhood and formed part of 

a children’s news programme called Chinoticias. 

They acted as journalists, asking their neighbours about 

the problems in the local area. Although many of 

those problems still exist, those times seem like long ago. 

Now adults, today they are building their lives and 

forming families in a country that does little to make 

things easy for them. A lack of opportunities is a part 

of their landscape, and the passing of their days is a 

genuine portrait of Chile in 2010. Tales about the future 

is an observational documentary about their lives 

over the course of a year. It is a film about the dreams 

and dignity of four young people who, like many in 

Chile, were born and grew up on the edge of the city. 

genre 



facts 

chile, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

68 min 


cuentos sobre el futuro 


spanish 

Produced by 

paula talloni 

palenque producciones, chile 

www.palenque.cl 


8 / 2012 sanfic, chile 

9 / 2012 pintacanes, chile 

sales contact 

paula talloni 

palenque producciones 

gerona 3450 


paula.talloni@gmail.com 

www.palenque.cl 

section 


tea or electricitY 

by Jérôme le Maire 

Tea or electricity tells the epic story of the implementation 

of electricity in a tiny isolated village enclosed in 

the middle of the Moroccan High Atlas. Over more than 

three years and season after season, the director 

patiently reveals the outlines of the net that will inevitably 

end up closing on the people of Ifri. Before our eyes 

is drafted the image of the merciless modernity that the 

small village will now be connected to. 

genre 



facts 

Belgium, france, Morocco, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

90 min 


le thé ou l’électricité 


arabic 

Produced by 

isabelle truc 




rtBf, Belgium 



4 / 2012 Vision du réel 

switzerland 

1 / 2012 cinéma flagey 

Belgium 

sales contact 

sandrine perrin 

Merci qui ? Distribution 

200 av de tervueren 

1150 Brussels, Belgium 

s.perrin@merciqui.org 

www.merciqui.org 

284 285 

film id 

85

film id 

315 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe tears 

of tHe 

afgHan lorD 

by pascale Bourgaux 

During ten years, I filmed Mamour Hasan, a Northern 

Afghan warlord, his family and his village. In 2001, Hasan 

used his personal army to serve the famous Com- 

mander Massoud in his battle against the Taliban. Now, 

ten years later, the village is about to fall completely 

in the hands of the Taliban. A big part of the old soldiers 

as well as some of Mamour Hasan’s family and even 

his oldest son are refusing occidental presence and sup- 

port the Taliban Regime. How, in this stronghold of 

anti-taliban résistance, did we get to this ? 

genre 



facts 

Belgium, 2011 


58 min 


les larmes du seigneur afghan 


uzbek 

Produced by 

isabelle truc 




rtBf, Belgium 

sales contact 







telH78 

by alina cyranek, eike goreczka 

section 

focus saxony 

It has almost vanished from our urban horizons, that 

rotting dinosaur, the post office’s telephone booth. 

There were times when the booth was a vital place. The 

film searched for – and found – one of the last of this 

dying breed, and had them divulge stories now threatened 

by oblivion. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, 2011 


6 min 


telH78 


german 

Produced by 

peter Zorn 

pMMc / Werkleitz Zentrum für 

Medienkunst, germany 

pmmc.werkleitz.de 


4 / 2012 filmfest Dresden, 

germany 

sales contact 

alina cyranek 

schnorrstr. 6 


hello@alinacyranek.com 

www.alinacyranek.com 

286 287 

film id 

1063

film id 

415 

section 

Dok Market 

a tHousanD trees 

by edward lawrenson 

In the late 1940s, the modern town of Glenrothes in 

Scotland was built from scratch on empty farmland 

to house workers for a nearby coal mine. With the pit long 

closed, the original residents reflect on their memories 

of the community that emerged. Mixing archive footage 

charting the construction of the first buildings with 

evocative present-day images of the town, A Thousand Trees 

contrasts the bright promise of those early days with 

the lived-in reality of today. 

genre 



facts 



20 min 


a thousand trees 


english 

Produced by 

edward lawrenson, pia Borg 

Marker, united kingdom 


1 / 2012 london short film 

festival, united kingdom 

6 / 2012 open city Docs ff, 


sales contact 

edward lawrenson 

Marker 

88 Heddington grove 

n7 9sZ london, united kingdom 

edlawrenson@yahoo.com 

toMorroW 

by andrey gryazev 

section 

Dok Market 

This film is about the most striking occurrence in 

contemporary art in Russia, the art-group Voina (War). 

Their founders — Vor (Thief) and Koza (Goat) live 

underground, raise their one-year old son Kasper and 

carry out art actions on the fine edge between art 

and criminal code. Their courageous political statements 

leave nobody indifferent (and disturb absolutely every- 

body). They live in the present, hoping that tomorrow, 

they can change everything. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

russia, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

52 min / 90 min 


Zavtra 


russian 

Produced by 

andrey gryazev, russia 


2 / 2012 Berlinale, forum, 

germany 



7 / 2012 new Horizons, poland 

sales contact 

Diana karklin 





riseandshineberlin.de 


288 289 

film id 

1759

film id 

1023 

section 

Dok Market 

toMorroW 

You Will leaVe 

by Martin nguyen 

In the 80s in a small Austrian village an old man, Mr. 

Karlhofer, saw a TV report about the struggle of 

Vietnamese Boat People. He decided to do something. 

He brought a young Vietnamese couple with a baby 

to his village, organised a home and work. This family 

were my parents and I. In the past there was an- 

other helper: Ali, a former Malaysian police officer. Ali 

supported them with food and stuff my father could 

sell. When they left the refugee camp Pulau Bidong, my 

parents promised Ali to write, but my father lost the 

address. He was never able to say ‘Thank you’, never able 

to say that all went fine. ‘Let’s go back to Malaysia and 

look for him’, my father suggests to me. The film tells the 

story of my family who fled Vietnam in the 1980s and 

settled down in a small Austrian village to build up a new 

life. After all, they return for the first time to Malaysia 

to find Ali and the former refugee camp Pulau Bidong 

where I was born. The past meets the present. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

austria, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

83 min 


tomorrow You Will leave 


german, Vietnamese 


orf, austria 


5 / 2012 london iff, 


sales contact 





arash@goldengirls.at 



section 

Dok Market 

tour Du faso 

by Wilm Huygen 

The ‘Tour du Faso’: Africa’s biggest cycling race – An 

event attracting fortune seekers and dreamers of 

great variety. The film puts its focus on those who are 

standing outside the spotlight, always revealing 

their admirable energy. Amid this clash of European 

perfectionism and African realities we follow hobby 

adventurers, ex-pros and local heroes in their pas- 

sionate fight for making their dreams come true. The 

quest of our protagonists goes far beyond the ques- 

tion of who will win – instead, our attention is also drawn 

towards their experiences and inner journey. Just like 

the German Benjamin Hoeber, who is fighting for more 

than this year’s overall victory. He has reached a 

point in his life where he has to make a final decision: 

finally taking a regular job and living a normal life or 

keeping to a struggle for a dream that might never come 

true – Tour du Faso is his last chance to become a real 

cycling pro. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

89 min 


tour Du faso 


english, french, german 

Produced by 

Jonas katzenstein, 

Maximilian leo 

augenschein filmproduktion, 

germany 

www.augenschein- 

filmproduktion.de 



sales contact 

Joachim kühn 

real fiction filmverleih 

Hansring 98 


info@realfictionfilme.de 

www.realfictionfilme.de 

290 291 

film id 

2692

film id 

2685 

tournesols 

– al rastan 

by anonymous 

section 


With a Syrian lens, and in one of the few films released 

in Syria during the revolution, we visit Al-Rastan, a 

town in the city of Homs that witnessed military clashes 

before other cities, and which after the huge brave 

uprising of its people by the beginning of the Syrian 

spring, Al-Rastan has been and still is facing a brutal war 

against its civilians day and night. The martyr’s funeral 

is not only songs and cheering for freedom, there are faces 

hiding behind the crowds, eyes filled with tears and 

agony, crying the last good-bye to the son or brother. 

The storyteller is anonymous, so is the filmmaker; while 

the dissident soldier reveals his identity, speaks with 

his face uncovered after seeing death, seeing himself a 

criminal against his family and deciding to disobey 

his commander’s orders. 

genre 



facts 

syria, 2011 


25 min 


tournesols – al rastan اااااا 


arabic 

Produced by 

anonymous, syria 


10 / 2011 Doha tribeca ff, Qatar 

sales contact 

iman al Jundi 

syrians Within Boarders 

Baghdad str. 5542 

Damascus, syria 

souriyoun.limited@gmail.com 

section 


trains of tHougHts 

by timo novotny 

Trains of Thoughts is an audio-visual essay, which 

reflects upon and compares metro-systems around the 

world. It is an exploration of a world inside the 

world as well as the feelings fascination, obsession, fear 

and themes of survival, control and silence that make 

it revolve. The film will take you through New York, Los 

Angeles, Moscow, Vienna, Tokyo and Hong Kong 

unleashing the imagination at every destination with its 

distinctive palette of visuals and selection of sounds 

from Sofa Surfers. 

genre 



facts 

austria, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

80 min 


trains of thoughts 


chinese, english, italian, 

Japanese, russian 

Produced by 

ulrich gehmacher 

orbrock filmproduktion, austria 


orf, austria 

MDr / arte, germany 





sales contact 

ulrich gehmacher 

orbrock filmproduktion 

schottenfeldgasse 56 / 23 


gehmacher@orbrock.com 

292 293 

film id 

2892

film id 

490 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe tree 

Workers case 

by Daniela agostini 

The Tree Workers Case is the biggest case of human traf- 

ficking to be uncovered in the EU in the past two 

decades. Approx. 2000 workers, mostly Vietnamese, but 

also from new EU countries like Romania and Slovakia, 

were systematically exploited in the Czech Republic 

between 2009 and 2010. The workers need every cent, 

often going into debt at home to pay their traffickers that 

abuse them. Police and government seem unable or 

unwilling to do anything about it. Despite the extensive 

documentation by lawyers and human rights activists 

in Prague, not a single case has yet been brought to court. 

In this moving doc, the Vietnamese woodsmen that 

were lured to Europe and enslaved tell their stories for 

the first time, stories of forged documents, inhuman 

working conditions, bad equipment, no pay, poor food 

and housing, and violent threats. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

52 min / 30 min 


the tree Workers case 


czech, english, Vietnamese 

Produced by 

uwe von schumann, Jürgen knoll 

interaktion gmbh, germany 


Daniela agostini, germany 


10/2012 18 / 18 – iff about Human 

trafficking, czech republic 

sales contact 


global screen 





tHe trial 

by gerald igor Hauzenberger 

section 


Anti-terrorist squads descend upon animal rights 

activists as if they were the most dangerous enemies of 

the state. Although there is no concrete evidence 

against them, they are imprisoned for an alleged conspiracy 

and malicious injury of property. International 

media sarcastically report on this judicial farce, which 

would become one of the longest trials in Austrian 

history. The special authority granted by the so-called 

Mafia Paragraph 278a is still used against hundreds 

of individuals who take part in political rallies. The film 

follows the case as closely as possible from different 

angles – members of the police force were not allowed 

to speak about the proceedings while the trial still 

lasted – but its main focus lies on the fate of some of the 

defendants from pre-trial custody release to the 

extremely financially and psychologically challenging 

trial itself. 

genre 



facts 

austria, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

112 min 


Der prozess 


german 

Produced by 

Michael seeber 

golden girls filmproduktion & 

filmservices gmbH., austria 



orf, austria 


10 / 2011 Viennale, austria 

sales contact 

gerald igor Hauzenberger 

framelab filmproduktion 

sechshauser strasse 13 / 29 


framelab@chello.at 

www.derprozess.at 

294 295 

film id 

1938

film id 

3346 

section 

Dok Market 

tWiligHt 

of tHe YakuZa 

by sebastian stein 

The Yakuza, Japan’s organised crime syndicates, are 

a dying breed. Their members are aging and the 

government of Japan has launched a large-scale crack- 

down on them to eradicate them once and for all. 

But who are the Yakuza ? Undoubtedly the Yakuza are 

involved in crimes including extortion, fraud, murder, 

drugs & gambling. However, Japan has one of the 

lowest crime rates in the industrialised world, with crimes 

related to drugs or street gangs strikingly low, a fact 

that many contribute to the presence of the Yakuza. 

The Yakuza is a legal, public group making them easy to 

check on. Their offices are public, their members 

registered by the police and Yakuza members went as far 

as freely admitting their guilt in cases of crime investigations, 

as a part of their code of honour. In reaction to 

strict government measures against them, the Yakuza has 

ceased all cooperation with the law. This documentary 

deals with the struggle of the Yakuza for its survival. 

Furthermore, unprecedented access to the secret world 

of the Yakuza gives you an insight on who the Yakuza 

really are: criminals, outcasts, but also family men and a 

part of Japanese society. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

germany, Japan, 2012 


104 min 


twilight of the Yakuza 


english, Japanese 

Produced by 

sebastian stein, united kingdom 

sales contact 

kazz Basma 

sideways film 





tWo nil 

by pavel abraham 

section 


At a football stadium in the very heart of Prague the 

biggest Czech football match of the year is about to take 

place. The live broadcast begins. This time however, 

the twenty-two film cameras are not aimed at the pitch, 

but at the stands. They record how various people 

experience this one shared event. An astonished kid from 

the football prep team, a bettor who has put thousands 

of crowns on the match result, or a member of the 

security service who is there to assure a smooth running 

of the event: they all experience it differently. A distinguished 

literary critic, who is not really interested in 

football, a lady who takes care of what goes on in the VIP 

lounge, or disoriented Italian tourists who just stare 

disbelievingly at it all: they each have a different attitude 

too. Each camera presents a unique and authentic 

insight into the different levels of the stands, as well as 

the different levels of today’s society. Each character 

represents a unique version of the same match. 

genre 



facts 

czech republic, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

108 min 


Dva nula 


czech 

Produced by 

tomas Bojar, pavel abraham 

cinema arsenal, czech republic 

www.cinemaarsenal.cz 


Jordi niubo 

i / o post, czech republic 

www.iopost.cz 


7 / 2012 karlovy Vary ff, 


10 / 2012 Jihlava iff, 


sales contact 

tomas Bojar 

cinema arsenal 

na vršku 8 

150 00 prague 5, czech republic 

tomas@cinemaarsenal.cz 

www.cinemaarsenal.cz 

296 297 

film id 

2942

film id 

1267 

tZVetanka 

by Youlian tabakov 

section 


competition 

Born in a wealthy family, Tzvetanka passionately dreamed 

of becoming an actress as a child, but the history of 

her country completely changed her destiny. The 20th 

century was historically unique for Bulgaria; it survived 

the change of three epochs: monarchy, communism 

and democracy. The epochs were changing and along 

with them the country and the people living in it. 

Tzvetanka is the story of my grandmother who outlived 

these three epochs. Her life represents the stories 

of many others, of the society and the country itself. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

sweden, Bulgaria, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

69 min / 58 min 


tzvetanka 


Bulgarian 

Produced by 

Mårten nilsson 

gnufilm, sweden 



agitprop, Bulgaria 


www.bdcwebsite.com 


sveriges television aB, sweden 


8 / 2011 Way out West, sweden 

sales contact 

Mårten nilsson 

gnufilm 

Högbergsgatan 31c 

11620 stockholm, sweden 

marten@gnufilm.se 

uB laMa 

by egle Vertelyte 

section 


competition 

A problematic 12 year-old Mongolian kid Galbadrakh 

(Galaa), who has no father, tries to survive in a Mongolian 

ger (Mongolian house) district by selling goods on the 

black market and skipping school. However, one day his 

mother decides that Galaa should try becoming a 

lama, a Buddhist monk. This becomes the boy’s dream 

and a plan of survival. Galaa visits Pethub, one of the 

most disciplined Buddhist monasteries in Mongolia, and 

tries to be accepted. In order to achieve this aim, he 

needs to study hard, get permission from different high 

lamas and pass through the complicated bureaucracy 

of the monastery. Will he succeed ? 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

Mongolia, lithuania, united 

kingdom, 2011 


52 min 


ub lama 


Mongolian, tibetan 

Produced by 

lukas trimonis 

Wostok ltd., united kingdom 

www.wostok.co.uk 

arunas Matelis 

studio nominum, lithuania 

www.nominum.lt 


5 / 2012 sambuddhathwa 

Jayanthi Buddhist iff, sri lanka 


8 / 2012 xViii film festival della 

lessinia, italy 

9 / 2012 Mediterranean Video 

festival, croatia 

sales contact 

emma simpson 

Journeyman pictures ltd. 


emma@journeyman.tv 

www.journeyman.tv 

298 299 

film id 

2108

film id 

3080 

section 

Dok Market 

unDer fire: 

Journalists in 

coMBat 

by Martyn Burke 

Only two journalists were killed in World War I. Iraq has 

so far claimed 120. The recent Libyan uprising has 

already claimed the lives of four and global conflict looks 

set to continue … War journalism has become an 

increasingly lethal endeavour. Not only are correspondents 

viewed as targets, they are often subject to kidnappings, 

torture and even beheadings. Under Fire 

weaves together portraits of these journalists and photo- 

graphers; those who have survived physically, but 

have succumbed emotionally to what they have witnessed. 

Inspired by the work of Dr Anthony Feinstein, 

the psychiatrist who has been on retainer to many of the 

world’s major news networks and publications, Under 

Fire looks at the psychological cost of war as seen 

through the eyes of combat journalists whose stories 

make up this powerful and unique film. 

genre 



facts 

canada, 2011 


57 min 


under fire: Journalists in combat 


english 

Produced by 

laura Morton 

Juf pictures, united kingdom 

www.underfirejournalistsincombat.webs.com 


err, estonia 


2 / 2012 acedemy award 

shortlisted, united kingdom 

2 / 2012 err, estonia 

sales contact 

tim sparke 

Mercury Media 






section 

Dok Market 

unfinisHeD spaces 

by alysa nahmias 

In 1961, three young, visionary architects were commissioned 

by Fidel Castro and Che Guevara to build 

Cuba’s National Art Schools. Construction of their radical 

designs began immediately and the school’s first classes 

soon followed. Dancers, musicians and artists from 

all over the country revelled in the beauty of the schools, 

but as the dream of the Revolution quickly became a 

reality, construction was abruptly halted. The architects 

and their designs were deemed irrelevant to the 

Revolution. Forty years later the schools are in use, but 

remain unfinished and decaying. Castro has since 

invited the exiled architects back to Cuba to finish their 

unrealised dream. Composed primarily of archival 

footage and candid interviews with the architects them- 

selves, Unfinished Spaces illustrates a nation’s evolution 

through the life of a single architectural project. 

genre 


facts 

usa, 2012 


56 min 


unfinished spaces 


spanish 

Produced by 

Benjamin Murray 

ajna film, usa 


2 / 2012 independent spirit 

awards, usa 

2 / 2012 Montreal ff on art, 

canada 

3 / 2012 san Diego latino ff, usa 

6 / 2012 Miami iff, usa 

sales contact 

tim sparke 

Mercury Media 






300 301 

film id 

3082

film id 

3237 

section 

Dok Market 

tHe uniteD states 

of HooDoo 

by oliver Hardt 

The documentary explores how African-based spirituality 

has informed America´s popular culture. The old 

African gods have taken on new forms since their arrival 

on North America’s shores. Their spirit now manifests 

in turntable wizardry, improvisational skills and mind- 

blowing collages, performances and rituals. The film 

shakes up traditional and stereotypical ways of thinking 

about race, religion and rationality. Through meetings 

with musicians, writers and artists, healers, gumbo cooks 

and Mississippi Blues men, the documentary draws 

a picture of a culture which has always drawn on a unique 

mix of different ethnic influences to produce its cultural 

diversity, allure and vitality. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 


99 min / 52 min 


the united states of Hoodoo 


english 

Produced by 

sebastian popp, robert Malzahn 

stoked film, germany 

www.stokedfilm.com 


oliver Hardt 

signature films, germany 

www.oliver-hardt.com 

christel Brunn 

tvt postproduction gmbH, 

germany 

www.tvtfilm.com 


ZDf, germany 


7 / 2012 theatrical release, 

germany 

sales contact 

Diana karklin 







tHe Venice 

sYnDroMe 

by andreas pichler 

section 


and leipzig screening 

Venice is pure romance; that which all Europeans yearn 

for, the dream of all Americans, the wish of all Japanese. 

But the world’s most beautiful city turns into a ghost 

town at nightfall. Entire quarters, long since abandoned 

by their inhabitants, stand empty, their structures 

merely providing a myth to serve business interests. 

Twenty million foreigners visited the city last year. 

That’s an average of 60,000 a day. And this year it will 

be more still. By comparison, there are only 58,000 

inhabitants, the same amount as there were after the 

Great Plague of 1438. And next year it will be fewer still, 

for the city is becoming uninhabitable. Venice’s own 

urban life has almost collapsed; it scarcely still exists. 

The film shows what remains of Venetian life: a subculture 

of tourist service industries; a port for monstrous 

cruisers which is waiting to be expanded; Venetians who 

are moving to the mainland as there are no longer 

affordable apartments to be found; an aged noblewoman 

who treats the municipal council with scorn; a 

realtor who is considering abandoning the sinking ship. 

A Requiem for a still grand city. An illustration of 

how common property becomes the prey of few. An elegy 

to the last Venetians, their humour and their hearts. 

genre 


facts 

germany, austria, italy, 2012 

colour, 35 mm 

80 min 


Das Venedig prinzip 


italian 

Produced by 

thomas tielsch 

filmtank gmbH, germany 

www.filmtank.de 


Michael seeber 

golden girls filmproduktion & 

filmservices gmbH., austria 


Valerio B. Moser 

Miramonte film oHg, italy 

www.miramontefilm.com 

sales contact 

thomas tielsch 

filmtank gmbH 

lippmannstr. 53 


filmtank@filmtank.de 

302 303 

film id 

1812

film id 

655 

Vera gran 

by Maria Zmarz-koczanowicz 

section 

Dok Market 

A portrait of Vera Gran – a Jewish singer, very popular in 

Poland just before the outbreak of the WW2. Her later 

lots, overshadowed by the Holocaust and accusations of 

collaboration with the Nazists, spread by some Jewish 

intellectuals, are tactfully presented in the documentary 

based on a book by Agata Tuszynska, who researched 

the topic for almost 10 years. Numerous photographies, 

posters and interviews with the singer present an 

exceptional life of an individual trying to find a place in 

a world dominated by group behavior. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

poland, 2012 


67 min 


Wiera gran 


polish 

Produced by 

agnieszka traczewska 

largo film studio, poland 

www.studiolargo.com.pl 


Jerzy kapuscinski 

tVp2, poland 

www.tvp.pl 


tVp2, poland 


6 / 2012 krakow iDff 

poland, 9 / 2012 prix italia ff, italy 

10 / 2012 prix europa ff – Berlin, 

germany 

sales contact 

agnieszka traczewska 

largo film studio 

ul. szwedzka 74 / 4 

30 315 krakow, poland 

largo@kr.onet.pl 

www.studiolargo.com.pl 

ViDeo VertoV 

by gerd conradt 

section 


The medium video has fascinated filmmaker Gerd 

Conradt from the beginning, since 1969. As a result he 

not only became the video pioneer but also a chron- 

icler of this novel too. For Video Vertov Conradt dug deep 

into his videotape archives to unearth a wide variety 

of film shots. His travels took him from the Italian 

lifestyle of the 60s to the communist Berlin and Peking 

to the Indian ashram in Poona. Life and death, delays 

and revolutions – Conradt has seen and filmed them all. 

His role model: Russian film pioneer Dziga Vertov. 

Video Vertov is Conradt’s trans-media testament to gen- 

eration 2.0. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 


88 min 


Video Vertov 


german, english 

Produced by 

Daniela schulz 

kinoglas-films gbr, germany 

www.kinoglas-films.com 

sales contact 

Daniela schulz 

kinoglas-films gbr 

schenkendorfstr. 3 


schulz@kinoglas-films.com 

www.kinoglas-films.com 

304 305 

film id 

1527

film id 

1668 

Virgin tales 

by Mirjam von arx 

section 


Evangelical Christians are calling out for a second sexual 

revolution: chastity ! As a counter-movement to the 

attitudes and practices of today’s culture, today, one in 

eight girls in the U. S. has vowed to remain ‘unsoiled’ 

until marriage. But the seven children of the Wilson 

family, founders of the Purity Ball, take this concept of 

purity of body and mind one step further; even their first 

kiss will be at the altar. For two years the filmmakers 

follow the Wilson’s as some of their children prepare 

for their fairytale vision of romance and marriage and 

seek out their own prince and princess spouses. In 

the process, a broader theme emerges: how the religious 

right is grooming a young generation of virgins to 

embody an Evangelically-grounded Utopia in America. 

genre 



facts 

switzerland, germany, france, 

2012 

colour, Dcp 

87 min 


Virgin tales 


english 

Produced by 

Mirjam von arx 

ican films gmbh, switzerland 

www.ican-films.com 






switzerland 


sales contact 

Jan rofekamp 






tHe Wait 

by inka achté 

section 



The Wait is a cinematic journey into the lives of three 

Finnish families whose loved ones have disappeared 

mysteriously. Suspended in a limbo of not being able to 

let go or embrace the ones they have lost, the ones 

left behind go about their mundane activities, talking to 

those they miss in an intimate voice over. The absence 

around them is all pervasive, each moment and action 

heavy with anticipation. 

genre 



facts 

finland, united kingdom, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

25 min 


odottajat 


finnish 

Produced by 

inka achté, finland 




6 / 2012 edinburgh ff, 


8 / 2012 fresh film festival, 


9 / 2012 nordisk panorama, 

norway 

sales contact 

inka achté 

102 Howard road 

e17 4sQ london, finland 

inkamaria@gmail.com 

306 307 

film id 

364

film id 

2236 

WarMZeit 

by knut karger 

section 

Dok Market 

Warmzeit (i. e. warm period) connects people around 

the world whose every-day lives are affected by globalwarming. 

From Greenland to Namibia it portrays 

individuals experiencing the impact of climatic change, 

as well as scientists and engineers of alternative 

energy technologies. In Africa, a mere two degrees of 

warming are going to destroy the foundation of people’s 

lives. In Greenland today, farmers can grow veg- 

etables in areas where the ground was permanently 

frozen just decades ago. Major contributors to global 

climate warming are the industrialized, Western 

countries and the CO2 emissions they produce. Human 

actions have become a decisive global parameter 

and are going to change the face of the world, if we don’t 

reconsider our choices. 

genre 



facts 

germany, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

80 min 


Warmzeit 


Danish, english, german 

Produced by 

Maren luethje, 

florian schneider, andreas Hörl 

luethje, schneider, Hörl 


www.luethje-schneider-hoerl.de 


Br, germany 


5 / 2012 Dok.fest, germany 

9 / 2012 european environment 

festival, Bulgaria 

10 / 2012 cineeco, portugal 

sales contact 

Maren luethje 


produktion 

landwehrstr. 2 


luethje@luethje-schneider.de 

www.luethje-schneider-hoerl.de 

section 


tHe WaY to Mecca 

by asel Zhuraeva 

80-year-old Sulaiman Turdubaev is the villager of Alga in 

Kadamjay district. He has been raising money for 

Muslim duty to go to Hajj in the holy land of Mecca. He 

decided to spend all of his money for erecting a monument 

in honour of the fallen in the Great Patriotic War. 

genre 


science 

facts 

kyrgyzstan, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

19 min 


Mekkege karai jol 


kirghiz 

Produced by 

asel Zhuraeva 

tazar cinemacompany, kyrgyzstan 


5 / 2012 cinema du réel, 

kyrgyzstan 

3 / 2012 cinema du réel, france 

sales contact 

asel Zhuraeva 

tazar cinemacompany 

Dinara asanova 1 


720030 Bishkek, kyrgyzstan 

astaz@mail.ru 

308 309 

film id 

1046

film id 

2011 

section 

animadoc 

WHat’s Your JoB ? 

by françois Dufour 

Interviewees talk about being distracted at work. 

The film illustrates their remarks in an offbeat and 

light-hearted manner. 

genre 



facts 

france, 2012 

B / W, HD Videofile 

4 min 


tu fais quoi comme boulot ? 


french 

Produced by 

aymeric Hays-narbonne 

ecole emile cohl, france 

sales contact 

aymeric Hays-narbonne 

ecole emile cohl 

232 rue paul Bert 

69003 lyon, france 

festivals@cohl.fr 

section 


WHen BuBBles Burst 

by Hans petter Moland 

When Bubbles Burst is the story behind the story: 

In a globalized economy it becomes increasingly difficult 

for nations, companies and individuals to protect 

themselves from today’s extreme financial volatility. The 

economic ‘butterfly effect’ makes us all equally vul- 

nerable. In this documentary we will travel from Norway 

out into the world in order to examine the mechanics 

behind bubbles and crashes, and discuss trends and visions 

for the future. We will meet Nobel laureates, world- 

class economists, players in the global economic casino 

and ‘the little man’. Together they will give an unflinching 

account of today’s situation, draw fascinating histori- 

cal parallels and provide insight needed to better understand 

the world’s present financial crisis. 

genre 


facts 

norway, 2012 


90 min 


når boblene brister 


english, norwegian 

Produced by 

odd arvid strømstad 

eyeworks Dinamo as, norway 

www.dinamo.no / 

enheter / eyeworks 


3 / 2012 filmfest oslo, norway 


6 / 2012 norway short ff, spain 

9 / 2012 san sebastián, norway 

sales contact 

odd arvid strømstad 

eyeworks Dinamo as 

p. o. Box 442 

1327 lysaker, norway 

post@dinamo.no 

www.dinamo.no / 

enheter / eyeworks 

310 311 

film id 

2762

film id 

1400 

WHen Hari 

got MarrieD 

by ritu sarin, tenzing sonam 

section 


Hari, a 30-year-old taxi driver, lives in a small town 

in the Himalayan foothills of India. He is getting married 

to Suman, a girl he has never met. Tradition dictates 

that Hari and Suman will only see each other on the day 

of their wedding. But Hari has found another way to 

get to know her: on the mobile phone. Over the past few 

months they have spoken to each other every day and 

have fallen in love. Hari knows that for a girl, marriage is 

a traumatic event when she must abandon the comfort 

and security of her home and step into a new life with a 

stranger. He worries about how it will be when they 

finally meet. Hari and Suman see each other properly for 

the first time during the wedding ceremony. Will their 

telephone love prove strong enough to overcome the awk- 

ward obstacles of an arranged marriage ? 

genre 



facts 

india, united kingdom, usa, 

norway, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

75 min / 52 min 


When Hari got Married 


Hindi 

Produced by 

ritu sarin 

White crane films, india 

www.whitecranefilms.com 


10 / 2012 films from the south, 

norway 

sales contact 

charles schuerhoff 

pBs Distribution, usa 

chschuerhoff@pbs.org 

www.wgbhinternational.org 

section 

Dok Market 

WHen i Was DeaD 

by Maasja ooms, ingrid Wender 

Getting a complete overview of your life in a single 

moment; leaving your body; experiencing an 

indescribable lightness and gentleness; being welcomed 

by the deceased you loved in your life: Near Death 

Experiences. Meet three very different people with their 

experiences in the moment between life and death. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 



51 min / 59 min 


retourtje Hiernamaals 


Dutch 

Produced by 

frank van den engel 

Zeppers film, netherlands 

www.zeppers.nl 



sales contact 








312 313 

film id 

1079

film id 

434 

section 

Dok Market 

WHere HeaVen 

Meets Hell 

by sasha friedlander 

Deep in the rain forests of Eastern Java, Indonesia, lies 

the active volcano, Kawah Ijen, where 500 sulphur 

miners carrying backbreaking loads, traverse treacherous 

terrain amidst spectacular vistas and toxic gases. 

Where Heaven Meets Hell relays the stories of four of 

these miners, who risk their lives and health daily in 

an industry we rely on for sugar, matches and cosmetics. 

This visually stunning and intimate film chronicles 

their attempts to escape the endemic poverty and 

lack of education that haunts their community. Drawing 

strength from their families and Muslim faith, these 

miners inspire us as they search for meaning in their 

daily struggles and triumphs. 

genre 



portrait 

facts 

usa, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

80 min 


Where Heaven Meets Hell 


indonesian 

Produced by 

sally Jo fifer 

itVs, usa 

www.itvs.org 


sasha friedlander 

sasha films, llc, usa 

www.whereheavenmeetshell.com 


itVs, usa 


3 / 2012 Hong kong iff, 

Hong kong 


5 / 2013 asian pacific film 

festival, usa 

10 / 2012 Hawaii iff, usa 

sales contact 

sasha friedlander 

sasha films, llc 

658 Warren st. #3 

11217 Brooklyn, usa 

sashafriedlander@gmail.com 

www.whereheavenmeetshell.com 

WHere MY 

Heart Beats 

by khazar fatemi 

section 

Dok Market 

Journalist and former refugee Khazar Fatemi returns 

to her childhood country of Afghanistan for the first 

time in 20 years. Behind the shadow of war and 

devastation, Khazar shows us a window into a nation 

with unimaginable struggles, and an unwavering 

will to survive. 

genre 



facts 

sweden, 2012 


58 min / 94 min 


Where My Heart Beats 


swedish 

Produced by 

klara Björk 

filmkreatörerna, sweden 

www.filmkreatorerna.com 




10 / 2012 la femme iff, usa 

sales contact 








314 315 

film id 

3173

film id 

882 

section 

chileDoc 

WHere tHe 

conDors flY 

by carlos klein 

Where the Condors Fly is a personal, critical and deeply 

humorous reflection about filmmaking and its possibilities 

and limitations. Like a matrouchka doll, it tells 

the story of a filmmaker making a film about another 

filmmaker who is himself making a film. 

genre 



facts 

switzerland, germany, 

chile, 2012 

colour, Dcp 

90 min 


Where the condors fly 


english, german, russian, 

spanish 

Produced by 

Vadim Jendreyko 

Mira film, switzerland 

www.mirafilm.ch 


carlos klein 

ckfilms, chile 

Hartmut Homolka 

tM film, germany 

www.tmfilm.de 



Br, germany 



switzerland 


8 / 2012 etats généraux du film 

Documentaire, france 

9 / 2012 Message to Man, russia 

sales contact 

Vadim Jendreyko 

Mira film 

Weststrasse 182 


info@mirafilm.ch 

www.mirafilm.ch 

WHite Men 

by alessandro Baltera, Matteo tortone 

section 


competition 

Maneno is looking for a cure for his wounds. Samson 

works as gardener in the town acqueduct. Alfred 

is following the case of a man who has been mutilated 

in an assault. Mr. White is working at his next concert. 

These men live near Lake Victoria, an area abundant 

with stories of sudden richness and miraculous potions, 

or empty graves and immortality. It is in this region 

that white men, albinos like the four main characters, 

are often hunted to become tools of witchcraft. 

genre 



facts 

italy, 2011 

colour, B / W, Beta sp 

65 min 


White Men 


swahili 

Produced by 

enrico giovannone 

Babydocfilm, italy 

www.whitemen.it 


3 / 2012 ankara iff, turkey 

3 / 2012 festival del cinema 

africano, asia e america 

latina, italy 

5 / 2012 planet Doc festival, 

poland 

11 / 2011 festival dei popoli, italy 

sales contact 

enrico giovannone 

Babydocfilm 

Via artisti 30 


info@babydocfilm.it 

www.whitemen.it 

316 317 

film id 

142

film id 

1492 

WHite nigHt 

by irit gal 

section 


Night after night a group of Palestinian women go 

on a border-crossing journey from their village, crawling 

on the ground through a hole in the fence and into 

Jerusalem. Here they pretend to be Israeli, blend into 

their surroundings, and go to work in order to support 

their children. On these nightly journeys they share 

with each other their lives, pain, hopes and dreams. These 

women manoeuvre their lives between the men who 

forbid them to work and the Israeli soldiers who pursue 

them. They risk capture and arrest every night to work 

as cleaning ladies in Jerusalem. 

genre 



facts 

israel, 2012 


48 min 


layla lavan 



Produced by 

nurit kedar 

inosan productions, israel 


6 / 2012 Docaviv, israel 

sales contact 

nurit kedar 

inosan productions 

18 Yosef karo 

tel aviv, israel 

kedar.nurit@gmail.com 

WHY in MY Back 

YarD – HiDroaYsen 

by rafael Valdeavellano 

Every morning Maria Irene Soto wakes up convinced she 

works for the best energetic project in the world: 

Hidroaysen. She has spent years going over Chilean 

Patagonia trying to convince the locals, the authorities 

and even her children of the benefits this project will 

bring to Chile. Claudia Torres, a volunteer for the inter- 

nationally renowned NGO ‘Patagonia Without 

Dams’, organizes protests and campaigns to try to avoid 

Hidroaysen’s intervention of her life and the nature 

she lives in. As the day of the final voting of the project 

approaches, both women will be confronted and will 

see the final result of their efforts. 

genre 



facts 

chile, 2011 


50 min 


por Qué en Mi 

Jardín – Hidroaysén 


spanish 

Produced by 

rafael Valdeavellano 

la Ventana cine, chile 

www.laventanacine.com 


claudia godoy 

tVn, chile 

www.tvn.cl 


tVn, chile 

sales contact 

rafael Valdeavellano 

la Ventana cine 

rebeca Matte 2143, la reina 


rafa@laventanacine.com 

www.laventanacine.com 

318 319 

film id 

3234 

section 

chileDoc

film id 

2887 

tHe Will 

by christian sonderby Jepsen 

section 

Doc alliance 

Henrik’s ass is in a tight corner. His girlfriend has split 

up with him, drug and alcohol abuse have gotten the 

upper hand, and he’s deeply in debt. When everything is 

most dire and his woes seem wholly insurmountable, 

a door to new life is opened when Henrik’s wealthy grand- 

father dies, leaving behind a huge fortune. But at the 

promise of money, family war breaks out, and years of 

failure and betrayal are revealed. 

genre 



facts 

Denmark, 2011 

colour, HDcam 

87 min / 58 min 


testamentet 


Danish 

Produced by 

sarita christensen 

copenhagen Bombay, Denmark 

www.copenhagenbombay.com 


11 / 2011 copenhagen iff, 

Denmark 


5 / 2012 Warsaw iff, poland 

7 / 2012 Marseille iff, france 

sales contact 








section 


Winter noMaDs 

by Manuel von stürler 

Pascal and Carole are shepherds. In November 2010, 

they embark on their long winter transhumance: 

four months during which they will have to cover 600 

km in the Swiss-French region, accompanied by three 

donkeys, four dogs and eight hundred sheep. They 

will brave the cold and the bad weather day in day out, 

with a canvas cover and animal skins as their only shelter 

at night. An odyssey through a region undergoing pro- 

found changes that render this kind of expedition more 

difficult every year, particularly when the grass for the 

sheep has to be found between villas, railroad tracks and 

industrial areas. A film dominated by the strong 

personalities of Pascal and Carole, whose relationship and 

joie de vivre transform this transhumance into a 

magnificent hymn to freedom, at opposite extremes of 

our comfortable reality. Winter Nomads is an adventure 

film, a contemporary road movie, a reflection on our 

current world which takes us back to our roots and our 

inner questions. 

genre 



facts 


colour, Dcp 

90 min 


Hiver nomade 


french 

Produced by 

Heinz Dill 

louise productions sàrl, 

switzerland 

www.louiseproductions.ch 


Manuel von stürler, switzerland 


2 / 2012 Berlinale, germany 


4 / 2012 san francisco, usa 

5 / 2012 Dokfest München, 

germany 

sales contact 

Heinz Dill 

louise productions sàrl 

avenue de france 60 

1004 lausanne, switzerland 

info@louiseproductions.ch 

www.louiseproductions.ch 

320 321 

film id 

878

film id 

3077 

section 


Winter, go aWaY ! 

by elena khoreva, Denis klebleev, Dmitry kubasov, askold kurov, 

nadezhda leonteva, anna Moiseenko, Madina Mustafina, 

sofia rodkevich, anton seregin, alexey Zhiryakov 

Winter, Go Away ! was filmed by the graduates of 

Marina Razbezhkina and Mikhail Ugarov’s Documentary 

Filmmaking and Theater School, on the initiative of 

Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper. Ten 

young directors did not part from their cameras for 

two months. The result was a chronicle of Russia’s winter 

protests – a chronicle of those who make the political 

climate and those who are dissatisfied with the makers. 

We see people, their faces, their conversations, rallies, 

victories and defeats ahead of the presidential election. A 

living camera interacts with living heroes. Winter Go 

Away is funny in places – and yet contains an overall sad- 

ness. Its nearly 80 minutes go by very quickly – so quickly, 

that one immediately wonders; what comes next. 

genre 



portrait 

facts 

russia, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

79 min 


Zima, ukhodi 


russian 

Produced by 

Marina razbezhkina 

risk film studio, russia 



sales contact 

Diana karklin 







section 


WitH MY 

Heart in YaMBo 

by fernanda restrepo 

On January 8, 1988, when I was 10 years old, my parents 

decided to go on vacation and leave me with my 

brothers Santiago and Andrés who were 17 and 14 years 

old. That day I went to a friend’s birthday party and 

they were to pick me up in the afternoon. Night fell and 

dawn found me still waiting and watching at the 

window. They never arrived. After one year of uncertainty 

and anguish, we discovered that on that very same 

day my brothers had been kidnapped, tortured, murdered 

and kidnapped by the Ecuadorian police for no reason 

at all. Their bodies were thrown into Lake Yambo, a 

2-hour drive from Quito, but we have never found them. 

More than 20 years after their disappearance a new 

search is carried out in Lake Yambo and my personal re- 

discovery of the story I had only partially experienced 

earlier begins to unravel. This documentary emphasizes 

the power memory has in keeping us alive. 

genre 



facts 

ecuador, 2011 

colour, Dcp 

136 min 


con mi corazon en yambo 


spanish 

Produced by 

fernanda restrepo, ecuador 

www.conmicorazonenyambo.com 


ecuavisa, ecuador 


5 / 2011 festival encuentros del 

otro cine, ecuador 

10 / 2011 cinemark, ecuador 


2 / 2012 festival De cine De 

cartagena, colombia 

sales contact 

isabel carrasco 

la republica invisible, ecuador 

direccion@ 

conmicorazonenyambo.com 

322 323 

film id 

250

film id 

753 

section 

Dok Market 

WitHin tHe 

eYe of tHe storM 

by shelley Hermon 

Bassam and Rami, a Palestinian and an Israeli, were 

once dedicated fighters willing to kill and be killed by one 

another for the sake of their nations. Yet each one of 

them came face to face with the price of war when their 

daughters were killed in the conflict. Left with the 

excruciating pain of bereavement, they chose to do the 

unexpected. They set out on a joint journey to humanize 

the very enemy, which took the dearest thing from 

them and prevent the vicious cycle of retaliation in them- 

selves and their societies. Along the way they reveal 

the friendship and humour that keeps them alive. The 

film follows their two parallel stories and the moments 

where they converge, both in their personal experi- 

ences and peace work as they face their shattered families, 

confused communities and opposing societies. This 

is a critical junction in both their lives, as their life mission 

and personal agenda clash and they stand the biggest 

test to their friendship. 

genre 



facts 

israel, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

68 min 


Bein Hasara 



Produced by 

shelley Hermon 

firefly pictures, israel 


nisan katz 

nisansun productions, israel 

www.nisansun.com 


tV5, france 

sales contact 

Jean-Michel trèves 

J. M. t. films Distribution & 

Worldwide sales 




www.jmtfilms.com 

WitHin WitHin 

by sharon liu 

‘There are many things we cannot choose in life, no one 

can choose their parents. You have to learn to love them 

before knowing them.’ My graduation film is about 

my personal feelings to Hong Kong and its complicated 

relationship with China. It expresses what I really 

want to say and feel at the age of 23, that I love not just 

my birth place Hong Kong but my country as well. 

genre 



facts 



4 min 


Within Within 


english 

Produced by 

sharon liu, united kingdom 


3 / 2012 independant short film 

and Video awards, Hong kong 

3 / 2012 tricky Women 

festival, austria 

4 / 2012 anifest, czech republic 

4 / 2012 iff Hong kong, 

Hong kong 

sales contact 

sharon liu 

flat 2, 

358 edgware road, 

W2 1eB london, united kingdom 

sharonsyliu@hotmail.com 

324 325 

film id 

899 

section 

animadoc

film id 

231 

section 

chileDoc 

tHe WoMan 

anD tHe passenger 

by patricia correa, Valentina Mac-pherson 

A documentary that reflects on love through the 

experiences of 4 women, maids of an emblematic Santiago 

motel, Marin 014, which will let us peek into the radio- 

graphy of its passengers. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

chile, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

45 min 


las Mujeres del pasajero 


spanish 

Produced by 

patricia correa, 

Valentina Mac-pherson 

el paseodigital / Juana films 

chile 

www.juanafilms.com 



8 / 2012 feDocs, chile 

10 / 2012 Marbella iff, spain 

sales contact 

Valentina Mac-pherson 


Huelén 265, Depto. 21, 

providencia. 


valentina.macpherson@ 

gmail.com 

www.juanafilms.com 

Work HarD 

– plaY HarD 

by carmen losmann 

section 

Doc alliance 

A documentary about the removal of boundaries in the 

workplace. Man, as the most important motor of 

growth in our highly skilled Western service society, has 

become the focus of modern management practices. 

By following these different procedures, the film explores 

companies’ efforts to motivate their employees so that 

they give their maximum performance. From innovative 

office architecture that is supposed to create a whole 

world of emotions for employees, to the complete digital 

registration of employees’ personality traits, the workingman 

has now entered the matrix of a total working 

world. 

genre 




facts 

germany, 2011 


90 min 


Work Hard – play Hard 


german 

Produced by 

erik Winker 

Hupe film- und fernseh- 




10 / 2011 Dok leipzig, germany 

11 / 2011 kasseler Dokumentarfilm- 

und Videofest, germany 

12 / 2011 it’s all true, germany 

4 / 2012 Visions du rèel, 

switzerland 

sales contact 

irena taskovski 


korunovacni 32 

170 00 prague 7, czech republic 

irena@taskovskifilms.com 


326 327 

film id 

2886

film id 

1719 

tHe WorlD 

Before Her 

by nisha pahuja 

section 

Hot Docs 

Twenty young women from across India arrive for an 

intense, month-long beauty boot camp – they are 

the hand-picked contestants for the Miss India pageant. 

Winning the coveted title means instant stardom, a 

lucrative career path and freedom from the constraints 

of a patriarchal society. In another corner of India 

we visit a camp for young girls run by the militant funda- 

mentalist movement. Through lectures and physical 

combat training, the girls learn what it means to be good 

Hindu women. Moving between the transformative 

action at both camps and the characters’ private lives, 

The World Before Her creates a lively, provocative portrait 

of the world’s largest democracy at a critical transi- 

tional moment. 

genre 



portrait 

facts 

canada, 2012 

colour, HDcam 

90 min 


the World Before Her 


english, Hindi 

Produced by 

ed Barreveld, andy cohen 

storyline entertainment, canada 



Mike chamberlain 

stampede, canada 

nisha pahuja, canada 


4 / 2012 tribeca,usa 


5 / 2012 little rock,usa 

6 / 2012 sydney ff, australia 

sales contact 

ed Barreveld 

storyline entertainment 

115 palmerston ave. 

M6J 2J2 toronto, canada 

lisa@storylineentertainment.com 


YorZeit 

by Zuzanna solakiewicz 

section 


polish Docs 

In the ruined cemetery in Gorlice, in Southern Poland 

there is the grave of the tzaddik, a holy master, forgotten 

years ago by the world. For 30 years now, devout Meir 

Moszkowicz climbs on the top of a quiet provincial town 

cemetery from crowded Bnei Brak in Israel. Gorlice 

is a place where the meaning of life was revealed to Meir 

along with the mystic presence of his beloved master. 

So he takes care of master’s grave and the cemetery, he 

befriends the locals and when he returns to Israel wakes 

up each day thinking about its holy place. Yortzeit tells 

the miraculous story of the sage, who embarks with love, 

faith and joy on a difficult trip to Poland. 

genre 


portrait 

facts 

poland, 2012 


52 min 


Jorcajt 


polish 

Produced by 

Barbara lawska 

kronika film studio, poland 

sales contact 







328 329 

film id 

2670

Dok leipzig 

team 

festival director, 

managing director 


head of administration 

christiane Wilhelm 

financial dePartment 

steffen schmidt 

sylvia schweitzer 

office 

angela pacher 

sylvia de toro-garland 

curators 

Dr. günter agde 

paulo de carvalho 

Dr. grit lemke 

annegret richter 

Dr. alexander schwarz 

selection and 

Programme committee 

documentary 


ralph eue 

Matthias Heeder 

cornelia klauß 


antje stamer 

selection and 

Programme committee 

animationfilm 

ingo linde 

lars Meyer 


Programme 


Documentary programme 


animation programme 

kim Busch 

lina Dinkla 

katrin Haucke 

Marcel Maïga 

doc alliance 

lina Dinkla 

doK macht schule 

sophie Hellriegel 

katja schmidt 

luc-carolin Ziemann 

doK industry 

christine Hille 

klaus franzheld 

Mila kiratzova 

eva rink 

Brigid o’shea 

doK marKet 

Diana arnold 


florian fischl 

Dominique raack 

doK training 

ilo von seckendorff- 

Witzleben 

Britta senn 

Press office 

rafael Barth 

peer Vorderwülbecke 

annika szott 

Public relations 

roland löbner 

luisa Männel 

Dörthe Winter 

catalogue editor 

ina Deicke 

nicolaus schröder 

sPonsoring 

tina leeb 

events 

karina Weisheit 

Jenny Winkler 

alex Wöckel 

advisors to the festival 

paulo de carvalho 

Barbara ciesielski 

elizabeth Marschan 

sirkka Möller 

tue steen Müller 

rada Šešiċ 

Barbara Wurm 

cinema assistants 

Presenters 

felix endruweit 

Detlef fluch 

Jana fuchs 

frauke knappke 

Matthias Mai 

sebastian Mandla 

silke Mühl 

Beate Maschke-spittler 

Janna steenfatt 

kristina strauss 

lars tuncay 

kaya de Wolff 

Kids Presenters 

oskar lemke 

linus Maschke 

lina Märtens 

Jury assistants 

Jette Blümler 

Helena Matschiner 

claudia Max 

felix rößger 

franziska schmidt 

paula schumann 

guest recePtion 

friederike christoph 

katharina günther 

cristina gutu 

Benjamin Heine 

lea inselmann 

alissa imsirović 

drivers 

sascha ackermann 

phillip Boos 

christian Hill 

györgy szilagyi 

Julia thiele 

interPreter 

nikola Basler 

irina Bondas 

anne-kathrin ende 

Dr. Hannelore lenk 

peggy plötz-steger 

georg siebert 

Martina utpott 

Bernhard Weisemann 

Wolfram Wiessner 

Dr. Miriam 

Zeh-glöckler 

translator 

kuros ghaffari 

Heinz Hentschel 

sabine niewalda 

film Print administration 

Martin kiebeler 

Béla kovács 

Johannes pelka 

Print control 

anna Baranowski 

Melanie Jilg 

stefan trampe 

technical dePartment 

digitalisation 

rené Blümel 

Danko Dolch 

paul Müller-Hahl 

nadja kühn 

Wolfgang samlowski 

cinema and video equiPment 

ProJectionists 

anna Baranowski 

Johannes Bernstein 

Dietmar ils 

ralph nünthel 

andreas schönwies 

team cinestar 

team passage kinos 

team cinémathèque leipzig 

team schaubühne lindenfels 

team Zeitgeschichtliches 

forum leipzig 

volunteers 

Marcio arend 

franziska Barth 

lina Bartnik 

sophie Bauer 

paula Baumgärtner 

Benjamin Bernard 

rafael Bies 

Merit Binder 

leonore Blume 

anne-coralie Bonnaire 

lea Bork 

anja Bretzer 

christin Büchele 

ariane Busse 

lisa Dannapfel 

christina Demenshina 

laura Droll 

petra ertl 

theresa faber 

Maximilian fleischer 

katharina frohnapfel 

pamela gómez 

Hanna günther 

claudia Hammermüller 

Marie Hartung 

timothy Jones 

isabel Hindersin 

sandra kamphake 

Maria ketzmerick 

kati kietzmann 

Maxi klaut 

Vicky klug 

natalie kohler 

sylvio konkol 

tilman kootz 

stefan kutschera 

Melissa lampe 

erik laube 

nina lechthoff 

philipp lemmerich 

annika lenz 

grit lichtenecker 

felix lindner 

Beatrice loske 

Max Mantell 

carlo Märzke 

katharina Meyer 

aurore Montaut 

José carlos de Moraes silva 

Vanessa Müller 

katia aiko Murata 

claudia naumann 

pablo navarete 

sabine netz 

kristin noack 

lena philipp 

Janina puder 

pia rauschenberger 

lisa rechenberg 

laura rehkuh 

christin richter 

Julika ruf 

sebastian runge 

luisa sancelean 

gonzalo serce 

laura schorcht 

anna schüler 

susann schumann 

Moritz schurer 

lisa schurrer 

rebecca schweier 

stephanie schweigert 

katharina simowitsch 

christine stein 

elisabeth struck 

Michelle toussaint 

eva Vadamootoo 

Maria Venne 

sabrina Viereckel 

Viola Vollmer 

robert Wehner 

pola Weiß 

franziska Werner 

graPhics and design 

Visionauten 

Hug & eberlein 

festival PhotograPher 

Martin Jehnichen 

doK digital dePartment 

computer leipzig 

database 

kalenda systems 

system administrator 

computer leipzig 

video technics 

Big cinema 

ils Medientechnik 

330 331

index 

englisH titles 

p. 334 

original titles 

p. 336 

Directors 

p. 338 

countries 

p. 341 

genres 

p. 344 

sales coMpanies 

anD agents 

p. 348 

sections 

p. 353 

333

english titles 

n o 

11 images of a Human 24 

1712 Battle of the Baltic 25 


18 Years 26 

300 tons of gold 27 

the 5th season 28 

74 m2 29 

a 


then and now 30 

addiction 31 

ag geige 

– an amateur film 32 

all Happy Mornings 33 

ameer got His gun 34 

among Men 

– gay in east germany 35 

the anabasis of May and 

fusako shigenobu, Masao 

adachi, and 27 Years without 

images 36 

anatomy of a Departure 37 

and italy took flight 38 

and Who taught You 

to Drive 39 

another night on earth 40 

appassionata 41 

arbeit Heimat opel 42 

are You listening ! 43 

the art of Yodeling 44 

as You like it 45 

B 

the Basketball game 46 

Battery Man 47 

Beautiful faces 48 

Beer is cheaper than 

therapy 49 

Beerland 50 

the Bella Vista 51 

Bells of Happiness 52 

Benghazi: 

Beyond the front line 53 

Bert stern: 

original Madman 54 

a Better life is elsewhere 55 

Better this World 56 

Between two-spirit 57 

Beyond Wriezen 

– a movie about life after 

serving time in jail 58 

Big Boys gone Bananas!* 59 

Birders, 

the central park effect 60 

Bitter seeds 61 

Blender 62 

the Blockade 63 

Borderline, 

an unsetting Journey 

along the World’s longest 

un-Defended Border 64 

Bouchbennersch otto / how 

to treat differentness 65 

Breathing earth 

– susumu shingu’s 

Dream 66 

the Brussels Business 67 

Bury my Heart in Dresden 68 

Buzkashi! 69 

c 

the calm 70 

camp 14 

– total control Zone 71 

the captain and His pirate 72 

captain thomas sankara 73 

the carbon rush 74 

castles and palaces 

of europe 75 

centrefold 76 

check point 77 

chronicle of a forgotten 

Death 78 

chronicles of the last 

temple 79 

closed sea 80 

cloudy Mountains 81 

colombianos 82 

colors of Math 83 

comparing now and then 84 

corta 85 

crackle of time 

– christoph schlingensief 

and his opera village in 

Burkina faso 86 

crimson Mask 87 

crulic 

– the path to Beyond 88 

cuba 

– Mafia’s paradise – the 

History of a gangster 

Domain 89 

cult Witness 90 

D 

Damascus, My first kiss 91 

Dance for Me 92 

Dancing alone 93 

Danube Hospital 94 

Daughter 95 

Death of a cemetery 96 

Defending karadzic 97 

Demokratia, 

the Way of the cross 98 

Disease of the third power 99 

Documentarian 100 

Downeast 101 

Dragan Wende 

– How the trabant invaded 

West-Berlin and 

ruined my uncle’s 

kingdom 102 

Drawing for Memory 103 

Dream Jobs 104 

Dream of san Juan 105 

Dress to impress 106 

Drivers Wanted 107 

Drought 108 

Dublin’s trap: 

another side of the 

greek crisis 109 

Duck Beach to eternity 110 

e 

eames: 

the architect and 

the painter 111 

earth 112 

emperor’s toys 113 

the employment 114 

end of the road 115 

the end of time 116 

entangled 117 

erwin Wurm 

– the artist who 

swallowed the world 118 

escape from paradise 119 

everything will not 

be fine 120 

exit point 121 

f 

family Meals 122 

fidaï 123 

the field of Magic 124 

the final Member 125 

fire in the Blood 126 

fists of pride 127 

the flowers of my family 128 

for You naked 129 

forbidden Voices 130 

forget me not 131 

fouad’s Dream 132 

the four Year plan 133 

freestyle life 134 

from Hollywood to 

nuremberg – John ford, 

samuel fuller, george 

stevens 135 

the future’s past 136 

g 

the gang 137 

generation sMs 138 

gilad and all that Jazz 139 

the girl Behind the 

camera (Wt) 140 

global Home 141 

going up the stairs 142 

the great Book robbery 143 

the great fallacy 144 

the gypsy Vote 145 

H 

Happy Birthday emily 146 

Happy serious sad 147 

Hava nagila 

– the Movie 148 

He Was a giant with 

Brown eyes 149 

Heino Jaeger 

– look Before You kuck 150 

Herman’s House 151 

Herstory 152 

History shorts 153 

a Home far away 154 

the House i live in 155 

How ping pong saved 

the World 156 

el Huaso 157 

Huerfano Valley 158 

the Human Zoo 159 

Hungry Minds 160 

i 

i am louisa Jules 161 

i Want My country Back 162 

i Was Born in Delhi 163 

icebound: 

the story of the 1925 

alaska serum run 164 

iceland Year Zero 165 

if i Wasn’t Born 166 

i’ll stop crying if You 

stop crying 167 

impenetrable 168 

in Between 

– the British artist 

richard Deacon 169 

the incredibles 170 

indie game: 

the Movie 171 

infiltrados 172 

intimatta 173 

the invisible string 174 

irish folk furniture 175 

isqat al nizam 

– at the regime Border 176 

italy, love it or leave it 177 

J 

Jakarta Disorder 178 

Jason Becker: 

not Dead Yet 179 

Joe frazier: 

When the smoke clears 180 

the Joy Down there 181 

k 

keep up the good Work 182 

kern 183 

the khmer rouge and the 

Man of non-Violence 184 

the kid and the clown 185 

kiran 186 

l 

the land Beneath 

the fog 187 

lang lang 

– the art of Being 

a Virtuoso 188 

lapsus 189 

the last Black sea 

pirates 190 

the last catch 191 

the last station 192 

legends for Beginners 193 

leontina 194 

letter tape 195 

the life and times of paul 

the psychic octopus 196 

the lifeguard 197 

like stone lions at the 

gateway into night 198 

lisa, go Home! 199 

little afghanistan 200 

little perestrojka 201 

live or Die in entebbe 202 

loden 

– the little Monk 203 

long Vacation 204 

losing sonia 205 

M 

the Machine Which Makes 

everything Disappear 206 

Mad. 

a World of fashion 207 

Magic skies 

– a History of fireworks 208 

Magic Words 

(to Break a spell) 209 

Mama illegal 210 

Mandala 211 

the Man’s field 212 

Matthew’s laws 213 

Men’s lust 214 

Milana 215 


america: Daniel ellsberg 

and the pentagon 

papers 216 

Mother 24/7 217 

Mother’s Day 218 

Mountain love story 219 

Musics 220 

My father and the 

Man in Black 221 

My first Mountain 

– a rigi film 222 

My House Without Me 223 

My stuff 224 

n 

the night of the Bear 225 

night’s Drifters 226 

no Business like 

showbusiness 227 

no Harm Done 228 

nurse gretel # 2 

– escape 229 

nyosha 230 

o 

the oath 231 

one Meter above 

ground 232 

the other Day 233 

our Days, absolutely, Have 

to Be enlightened 234 

over My Dead Body 235 

overtime 236 

p 

pablo’s Winter 237 

the palace 238 

paperbox 239 

papirosen 240 

peace out 241 

a people uncounted 242 

a perfect candidate 243 

petra’s poem 244 

places other people 

Have lived 245 

playback 246 

polish illusions 247 

pondering 248 

the postman 249 

presence 250 

private universe 251 

project Z: 

the final global event 252 

protect everyone i love 253 

the punk syndrome 254 

pushwagner 255 

r 

randland 256 

reality 2.0 257 

the red Dream factory 258 

red Hair and Black 

coffee 259 

regilaul 

– songs of the 

ancient sea 260 

the river people 261 

the road uphill 262 

rogalik 263 

russian girls 264 

russia’s History revealed 

– part i, ii and iii 265 

s 

san agustin 

– low tide in the 

plastic sea 266 

seduced and 

Blackmailed 267 

shenandoah 268 

sibila 269 

the sky over here 270 

sofia’s last ambulance 271 

a sort of love 272 

sounds from the fog 273 

speed 

– in search of lost time 274 

the spies of scientology 

– office of special affairs 

o.s.a. 275 

the spy from the 

pariser platz 276 

steve Jobs: 

the lost interview 277 

a story for the Modlins 278 

stradivari’s Heirs 279 

stremt 89 280 

stretcher 281 

the stripper 282 

stuck in the middle 283 

t 

tales about the future 284 

tea or electricity 285 

the tears of the 

afghan lord 286 

334 335

telH78 287 

a thousand trees 288 

tomorrow 289 

tomorrow You Will leave 290 

tour Du faso 291 

tournesols 

– al rastan 292 

trains of thoughts 293 

the tree Workers case 294 

the trial 295 

twilight of the Yakuza 296 

two nil 297 

tzvetanka 298 

u 

ub lama 299 

under fire: 

Journalists in combat 300 

unfinished spaces 301 

the united states of 

Hoodoo 302 

V 

the Venice syndrome 303 

Vera gran 304 

Video Vertov 305 

Virgin tales 306 

W 

the Wait 307 

Warmzeit 308 

the Way to Mecca 309 

What’s your job? 310 

When Bubbles Burst 311 

When Hari got Married 312 

When i Was Dead 313 

Where Heaven Meets Hell 314 

Where My Heart Beats 315 

Where the condors fly 316 

White Men 317 

White night 318 

Why in My Back Yard 

– Hidroaysen 319 

the Will 320 

Winter nomads 321 

Winter, go away ! 322 

With my Heart in Yambo 323 

Within the eye of 

the storm 324 

Within Within 325 

the Woman and the 

passenger 326 

Work Hard – play Hard 327 

the World Before Her 328 

Y 

Yorzeit 329 

original titles 

n o 


24 galeti, 7 soareci, 

18 ani 26 

300 tonna arany 27 

Die 5te Jahreszeit 28 

74m2 29 

a 

about face: 

supermodels, then 

and now 30 

ag geige 

– ein amateurfilm 32 

alleine tanzen 93 

l’ anabase de May et fusako 

shigenobu, Masao 

adachi et 27 années sans 

images 36 

anatomie des Weggehens 37 


to Drive 39 



eine art liebe 272 


B 

Die Bande 137 




therapy 49 

Beerland 50 

Begrabt mein Herz in 

Dresden 68 

Bein Hasara 324 

el Bella Vista 51 

Benghazi: 


Bert stern: 


Das Bessere leben ist 

anderswo 55 


Biba struja 47 

Big Boys gone Bananas !* 59 

Birders, 



Blender 62 

Blokada 63 

Bnei and not B’nei 34 

Borderline, 


along the World’s 

longest un-Defended 

Border 64 

Bouchbennersch otto / 

vom umgang mit 

andersartigkeit 65 


– susumu shingu’s Dream 66 


Buzkashi! 69 

c 

la calma 70 

camp 14 


capitaine thomas sankara 73 


centrefold 76 

c’était un géant aux Yeux 

Bruns 149 


cheveux rouges et café noir 

(Dames blanches et esprits 

noirs) 259 

la chica detras la 


chronique d’une Mort 

oubliée 78 

cigáni idú do volieb 145 


cogitations 248 



comme des lions de pierre 

à l’entrée de la nuit 198 


con mi corazon en yambo 323 

corta 85 


crulic 

– Drumul spre dincolo 88 

cuates de australia 108 

cuba 



Domain 89 

cuentos sobre el futuro 284 


D 

Dans for Mig 92 

De regels van Matthijs 213 



Demokratia, 

o Dromos tou stavrou 98 

Dimashq Qublati al-ula 91 

Dokumentālists 100 

Dolge pocitnice 204 

Donauspital 94 

Downeast 101 

Dragan Wende 




kingdom 102 








După fel și cHip 45 

Dva nula 297 

e 

e l’italia Volo 38 

eames: 



el impenetrable 168 

el sueno de san Juan 105 

elf freunde sollst Du sein 193 

el empleo 114 



entre il et ailes 57 

erlesene Welten 160 

erwin Wurm 

– Der künstler der die 

Welt verschluckt 118 

f 

fazlamesai 236 

feliz cumpleaños emily 146 

felvidek. 

Horna Zem 283 

fidaï 123 



las flores de mi familia 128 

för dig naken 129 




frohes schaffen 

– ein film zur senkung 

der arbeitsmoral 182 




stevens 135 

g 

gdzie jest sonia 205 


la gente del río 261 

Die geschichte russlands 

– teil i, ii und iii 265 



Das glück da unten 181 



Der große irrtum 144 

H 


Hava nagila 


Heino Jaeger 



Herstory 152 

Hija 95 


Hiver nomade 321 




the World 156 

el Huaso 157 



i 



icebound: 



iceland année zéro 165 

ich Bin louisa Jules 161 



in Between 

– Der britische künstler 


los increibles 170 

indie game: 

the Movie 171 


intimatta 173 




– viaggio ai confini 

del regime 176 


J 


Jason Becker: 


Joe frazier: 


Jorcajt 329 

une Journée du facteur 

khan agha 249 

k 

Der kapitän und sein pirat 72 

kern 183 

le khmer rouge et le non 

violent 184 

kiran 186 

klänge des 

Verschweigens 273 

kleider machen freunde 106 

kleine perestrojka 201 

klovn for livet 185 

knistern der Zeit 


und sein operndorf in 


kol Habkarim Ha’smechim 33 

kovasikajuttu 254 

l 

lang lang 



lapsus 189 

les larmes du seigneur 

afghan 286 

layla lavan 318 

leontina 194 


Der letzte fang 191 

lichyot o lamut Be 

entebbe 202 



liza, namo! 199 

loden 

– Der kleine Mönch 203 

M 

Die lust der Männer 214 

Magic skies 



Mandala 211 

Manqana, romelic kvelafers 

gaaqrobs 206 

Mansfeld 212 

Mare chiuso 80 

Matka 24h 217 

Mein erster Berg 

– ein rigi film 222 

Mekkege karai jol 309 

Même pas mal 228 

Metr nad ziemia 232 

Milana 215 

Min Houna essama 270 

Moj dom 223 

il Mondo Di Mad 207 




papers 216 



las Mujeres del pasajero 326 

Muzyki 220 



n 

nach Wriezen 

– ein film über das 

leben nach der Haft 58 

når boblene brister 311 

negeri di Bawah kabut 187 

nemoc tretej moci 99 

nerven Bruch Zusammen 120 

nije ti život pjesma 

Havaja 122 

nos Jours, absolument, 

Doivent être illuminés 234 

la nuit de l’ours 225 

la nuit remue 226 

nyosha 230 

o 

the oath 231 

odottajat 307 

otra noche en la tierra 40 

el otro Dia 233 


p 


palabras Mágicas 

para romper un 

encantamiento 209 

336 337

palac 238 

papierowe pudełko 239 

papirosen 240 

parihuela 281 

peace out 241 

pedeja temple hronikas 79 



petite afghanistan 200 




playback 246 

les poings de la fierté 127 

pommersche illusionen 247 

por Qué en Mi Jardín 

– Hidroaysén 319 

poslednata lineika na 

sofia 271 

poslednite chernomorski 

pirati 190 

presence 250 

project Z: 


Der prozess 295 

punkt wyjscia 121 


r 

randland 256 


regilaul 

– lieder aus der luft 260 

retourtje Hiernamaals 313 


rogalik 263 

Die rote traumfabrik 258 


s 

el salvavidas 197 

san agustin 

– ebbe im plastikmeer 266 

schlösserwelt europa 75 

schütze alle, die ich lieb 253 

schwester gretel # 2 

– flucht 229 


shunte ki pao! 43 

sibila 269 

soukromy Vesmir 251 

speed 

– auf der suche nach der 

verlorenen Zeit 274 

Die spitzel von scientology 

– sektengeheimdienst 

o.s.a. 275 



stebuklų laukas 124 

steve Jobs: 



stradivaris erben 279 

stremt 89 280 

strippan 282 

sucht 31 

t 

tavarataivas 224 

telH78 287 

testamentet 320 


le thé ou l’électricité 285 




tournesols 




tu fais quoi comme 

boulot? 310 


tzvetanka 298 

u 

ub lama 299 

ucieczka z raju 119 

la Última estación 192 

under fire: 




Hoodoo 302 

unter Männern 

– schwul in der DDr 35 

uwiklani 117 

V 

Das Venedig prinzip 303 

Verführt und erpresst 267 

Vergiss mein nicht 131 



W 

Warmzeit 308 

Wenn ich nicht geboren 

wäre 166 





White Men 317 

Wiera gran 304 

Die Wiesenberger 227 




Y 

Yksitoista ihmisen kuvaa 24 

Z 

Zabawki cesarza 113 

Zavtra 289 

Ziamlia 112 

Zima, ukhodi 322 

Zvonky šťastia 52 

Zycie stylem dowolnym 134 

Directors 

a 

abma, Daniel 58 

abraham, pavel 297 

achté, inka 307 

agostini, Daniela 294 

agüero, ignacio 233 

ahmad simon, kamar 43 

al abed, lina 91 

alberdi, Maite 197 

alizadeh , Hamed 77 

anker, Daniel 164 

anonymous 292 

anquetil, Bijan 226 

aparo, pablo 261 

arnst, Hadleigh 110 

arredondo, teresa 269 

arx, Mirjam von 306 

asliuk, Victor 112 

avni, shira 244 

B 

B. Hanssen, auguat 255 

Bäss, Jan 174 

Baltera, alessandro 317 

Baudelaire, eric 36 

Bekhor, Jonah 125 

Beltrán, Marcel 281 

Benchimol , Martin 261 

Berg, stefan 282 

Bezinović, igor 63 

Bhalla, angad 151 

Bochet, Milena 259 

Boers, eyal 202 

Borchert, Dagmar 181 

Bourgaux, pascale 286 

Brandstätter, susanne 136 

Breuer, ascan 178 

Broos , sara 129 

Brunner, Benny 143 

Bucka, Jana 52 

Budisavljevic, Dana 122 

Buraja, oksana 199 

Bustos, patricia 284 

c 

cano, alicia 51 

carter, Bryan 109 

castillo, paola 29 

cattin, antoine 246 

cavic, Dusan 47 

choi, Bin chuen 218 

choquette, Helene 127 

christianson, scott 276 

cohn, Jason 111 

colla, rolando 55 

collective: xx children 248 

conradt, gerd 305 

correa, patricia 326 

couturié, Bill 138 

cringley, robert 277 

crowe, rowena 195 

cupelin, christophe 73 

cutler, r.J. 243 

cyranek, alina 287 

czapla, Zbigniew 239 

D 

Dahrendorf, sibylle 86 

Damian, Dr. anca 88 

Dammas, Jacob 247 

de Vries, simone 49 

Dedio, florian 25 

Dekel, Yael 230 

Del paso, Joaquin 105 

Delage, christian 135 

Delmastro, tim 115 

Dev Halder, Bishnu 163 

Di francisca, anna 207 

Dieni, arzouma 

Mahamadou 248 

Ditscherlein, Matthias 181 

Dizon , Jeanie 96 

Donoghue, tony 175 

Duane 

de la Vega, kelly 56 

Duckworth, Martin 132 

Duda, lidia 117 

Dufour, françois 310 

Dulea, Dragoș 280 

e 

ehrlich, Judith 216 

eisenbarth, Marco 87 

el fani, nadia 228 

engelhardt, corinna 279 

entell, peter 154 

eremenko, ekaterina 83 

f 

faigle, konstantin 182 

fatemi, khazar 315 

fekete, Jeremy J.p. 75 

fiala, severin 183 

franczak, radka 205 

frandsen, stephen 110 

franke, ulrike 42 

franz, Veronika 183 

friedlander, sasha 314 

g 

g. Benestad, even 255 

gal, irit 318 

galloway, katie 56 

gara, phillip 252 

gastine, Marco 98 

gau, John 277 

gebhardt, carsten 32 

gertten, fredrik 59 

geyrhalter, nikolaus 94 

ghaemmmaghami, 

rokhsareh 142 

glynne, andy 103, 167 

godfryd, tomasz 113 

goldsmith, rick 216 

gonczarek, agnieszka 220 

gonzález, everardo 108 

gonzález, María paz 95 

goreczka, eike 287 

grasso, 

santiago ‘Bou’ 114 

gray, Dylan Mohan 126 

greenfield-sanders, 

timothy 30 

grøn, ida 185 

grossmann, roberta 148 

grube, thomas 188 

gruber, gudrun 266 

grün, leopold 256 

gryazev, andrey 289 

günther, carsten 265 

guerrero, felipe 85 

gugolz, aldo 267 

guillaume, fred 225 

guillaume, sam 225 

gurchiani, tinatin 206 

H 

Harbi, selim 270 

Hardt, oliver 302 

Hauzenberger, gerald 

igor 295 

Hentze, claudia 153 

Hermon, shelley 324 

Heth, Dirk 144 

Hick, alexander 266 

Hilliges, anne M. 253 

Hlali, Barbara 229 

Hodgson, Mat 133 

Hörmann, andré 203 

Hofer, eileen 149 

Hofer, gustav 177 

Holiff, Jonathan 221 

Hoppe, fernández 128 

Hübner, christoph 211 

Huygen, Wilm 291 

i 

iacob, Marius 26 

ignacio, Juan 128 

incalterra, Daniele 168 

J 

Jarecki, eugene 155 

Jersey, Bill 111 

Jung, Janina 65 

k 

kärkkäinen, Jukka 254 

kapel, liran 230 

karger, knut 308 

keltek, gürcan 236 

khoreva, elena 322 

kim, Jun-ki 152 

kimball, Jeff 60 

kiwi, Marcelo 146 

kizny, patryk 220 

klava, inese 100 

klebleev, Denis 322 

klein, carlos 316 

koch, egmont r. 276 

koch, ulrike 260 

kocsis, tibor 27 

königs, torsten 31 

kolahi, golriz 139 

koshofer, nina 265 

kostomarov, pavel 246 

kozole, Damjan 204 

krawczyk, Marcin Janos 217 

kroske, gerd 150 

kubarska, eliza 219 

kubasov, Dmitry 322 

kurov, askold 322 

l 

labhart, christian 41 

land, ellie 76 

langjahr, erich 222 

lapsui, anastasia 24 

larvego, elisa 158 

laumeister, shannah 54 

lawrenson, edward 288 

le Maire, Jérôme 285 

lehmuskallio, Markku 24 

leonteva, nadezhda 322 

levari, naomi 34 

liberti, stefano 80 

lietaert, Matthieu 67 

liu, sharon 325 

loeken, Michael 42 

lorenzen, Jan n. 265 

losmann, carmen 327 

luukkainen, petri 224 

M 

Mabe, ed 156 

Mac-pherson, Valentina 326 

Magnússon, sigurður 

Hallmar 165 

Mangiante, Bernard 184 

Manhães reis, roberto 161 

Mårtens, tora 82 

Martin, russell 48 

Martino, antonio 176 

Math, Zach 125 

Matta, ramuntcho 173 

Mclaren, ian 132 

Merz, gunther 28 

Merz, laurin 118 

Metev, ilian 271 

Mettler, peter 116 

Miller, amy 74 

Miller, Barbara 130 

Mittal, ekta 250 

Moiseenko, anna 322 

Moland, Hans petter 311 

Moncada rodríguez, 

Mercedes 209 

Morath, pierre 78 

Moschitz, ed 210 

Moser, friedrich 67 

Mozdzierz, Jaroslaw 113 

Müller, lena 102 

Mulchi, Hans 159 

Muñoz, David 40 

Mustafina, 

Madina 215, 322 

n 

nahmias, alysa 301 

najeeb, Mirza 69 

naylor , laura 110 

nazir, Wahid 249 

nguyen, Martin 290 

nikolic, aleksandar 97 

338 339

nordhausen, frank 275 

novotny, timo 293 

o 

oakley, nick 90 

oksman, sergio 278 

oneț, paula 45 

ooms, Maasja 313 

opitz, florian 274 

orozco, natalia 53 

orozco ramirez, Victor 257 

ouedraogo, françois 

d’assise 248 

ounouri, Damien 123 

p 

pahuja, nisha 328 

pajot, lisanne 171 

palenta, adam 134 

passi, J-p 254 

peirera, chico 237 

peled, Micha x. 61 

perèz, alina isabel 228 

périgaud, laurence 57 

périot, Jean-gabriel 234 

peters, Boris 194 

petrovic, Dragan von 102 

pfletschinger, Bernhard 89 

philippe, alexandre 196 

philp, katrine 92 

pichler, andreas 303 

pilavci, Biene 93 

piussi, Zuzana 99 

planciková, Vladislava 283 

pötscher, Bernhard 201 

poitras, laura 231 

poupart, Brigitte 235 

proto, carlo guillermo 157 

pușcaș, anda 280 

Q 

Quattrini, fausta 168 

r 

ragazzi, luca 177 

raghunandan, 

Yashaswini 250 

reck, susann 62 

redmon, David 101 

rendon, Juan 172 

renner, Bettina 68 

renner, Helge 247 

restrepo, fernanda 323 

riahi, arash t. 120 

riedel, alexander 186 

riedelsheimer, thomas 66 

rodkevich, sofia 322 

rösener, ringo 35 

rusinek, Joanna 113 

s 

sabin, ashley 101 

saj, ernest 119 

sandner, Henrike 208 

saponja, Dusan 47 

sarin, ritu 312 

schäfer, Dirk 272 

schäfer, Hendrik 166 

schargorodsky, paula 140 

scheuerer, Viola 161 

schilt, Martin 227 

schleitzer, karsten 193 

schmid, claudia 169 

schmidt, Marc 213 

schmidt, Markus 191 

schmitt, Michael 266 

schneider, Mario 212 

schönenberger, 

franziska 253 

schuller, Jean-louis 262 

schult, astrid 162 

schulz, christian 265 

schulz, susanne 137 

schuster, falk 106 

schwarz, alexander 258 

schwehm, Beatrix 160 

schweiger , gabi 214 

seerat, Basir 200 

segre, andrea 80 

sekulich, Daniel 64 

sen, paul 277 

seregin, anton 322 

sieveking, David 131 

simanis, Davis 79 

siregar, shalahuddin 187 

snider, Hart 46 

sodré, 

Moumouni Jupiter 248 

solakiewicz, Zuzanna 329 

solnicki, gastón 240 

sonam, tenzing 312 

sonderby Jepsen, 

christian 320 

soto, cristian 192 

stanjek, klaus 273 

stefan , samuel 90 

stein, Markus 35 

stein, sebastian 296 

stotz, eva 141 

stoyanov, svetoslav 190 

sulik, Marek 52 

suntasiri, gail piyanan 104 

suntasiri, piyanan 104 

survila, Mindaugas 124 

sweetwood, Matt 50 

swirsky, James 171 

szelc, Jagoda 121 

szymkow, Magdalena 223 

t 

tabakov, Youlian 298 

tataru, oliver 37 

taylor, David van 243 

tealdi, stefano 38 

thiele, andrea 39 

thöß, Markus 275 

timm, Bettina 186 

todd, Mike 180 

tölle, christoph 31 

tolas, eivind 44 

tortone, Matteo 317 

třeštíková, Helena 251 

trzaska, Jan paweł 105 

turnley, David 268 

u 

uhlig, Dirk 256 

V 

Valdeavellano, rafael 319 

Valero, David 170 

Vergara, catalina 192 

Vertelyte, egle 299 

Vílchez rodríguez, 

fernando 70 

Vile, Jesse 179 

Vojtek, Jaroslav 145 

von Boehm, gero 75 

von Malsen-ponickau, 

franziska 147 

von stürler, Manuel 321 

Voss, gabriele 211 

W 

Weber, Bernhard 227 

Weinstein, Joshua Z. 107 

Wender, ingrid 313 

Wierzchowski, grzegorz 113 

Wiese, Marc 71 

Wiesnagrotzki, nina 84 

Wilkinson, charles 241 

Winkler, olaf 144 

Wiszniewski, tomasz 232 

Wojcik, Joanna 113 

Wolff, andy 72 

Wolski, tomasz 238 

Y 

Yefman, omer 33 

Yeger, aaron 242 

Yilmaz, laura 245 

Yu, Zhu 81 

Z 

Zaramella, Juan pablo 189 

Zhiryakov, alexey 322 

Zhuraeva, asel 309 

Ziemilski, pawel 263 

Zmarz-koczanowicz, 

Maria 304 

Zuchuat, olivier 198 

Zviedris, ivars 100 

countries 

afgHanistan 



pondering 248 


coffee 259 




Bulgaria 


pirates 190 


tzvetanka 298 

caMBoDia 

the khmer rouge 

and the Man 

of non-Violence 184 

canaDa 


Borderline, 




Border 64 

Buzkashi! 69 






el Huaso 157 

indie game: 

the Movie 171 




peace out 241 



under fire: 



cHile 

74m2 29 

Daughter 95 

Happy Birthday 

emily 146 

el Huaso 157 


intimatta 173 


leontina 194 



sibila 269 

tales about 

the future 284 

Where the 

condors fly 316 




passenger 326 

cHina 


fidaï 123 

lang lang 



coloMBia 

Benghazi: 


corta 85 

croatia 




cuBa 

stretcher 281 

cZecH repuBlic 




two nil 297 

DenMark 





the Will 320 

ecuaDor 


estonia 


regilaul 



finlanD 


My stuff 224 


the Wait 307 

france 




images 36 

Benghazi: 


340 341 

algeria 

fidaï 123 

argentina 

corta 85 





lapsus 189 

papirosen 240 


australia 



austria 







erwin Wurm 




be fine 120 



kern 183 







the trial 295 


BanglaDesH 


Belarus 

earth 112 

BelgiuM 




greek crisis 109


of europe 75 

corta 85 


fidaï 123 




stevens 135 



intimatta 173 













georgia 



gerManY 



addiction 31 

ag geige 


among Men 




to Drive 39 


Beerland 50 





Blender 62 





Dream 66 


camp 14 




of europe 75 









cuba – Mafia’s paradise 

– the History of a 

gangster Domain 89 




Dragan Wende 




kingdom 102 


erwin Wurm 




the gang 137 




Heino Jaeger 







in Between 








kiran 186 


the fog 187 

lang lang 





loden 




Magic skies 


Mandala 211 







randland 256 






san agustin 







speed 




o.s.a. 275 




telH78 287 





Hoodoo 302 




Warmzeit 308 



greece 

Demokratia, 




guateMala 

Magic Words 


HungarY 


icelanD 


inDia 



presence 250 


inDonesia 

the land Beneath the fog 187 

iran 


irelanD 


israel 





nyosha 230 


Within the eye of the 

storm 324 

italY 



of europe 75 

closed sea 80 






Mad. 




White Men 317 

Japan 


korea, soutH 

Herstory 152 

kYrgYZstan 


latVia 


temple 79 


leBanon 

Damascus, 

My first kiss 91 

litHuania 



ub lama 299 

luxeMBourg 



Mexico 


Benghazi: 


Drought 108 

Magic Words 



Mongolia 

ub lama 299 

Morocco 


netHerlanDs 


therapy 49 





nicaragua 

Magic Words 


norWaY 





When Hari 

got Married 312 

peru 

the calm 70 

pHilippines 


polanD 

crulic 




entangled 117 

escape 

from paradise 119 




Mother 24/7 217 


Musics 220 



ground 232 


paperbox 239 


rogalik 263 

Vera gran 304 

Yorzeit 329 

Qatar 

Damascus, 


roMania 


18 Years 26 


crulic 


stremt 89 280 

russia 


Milana 215 

tomorrow 289 

Winter, go away! 322 

serBia 


Dragan Wende 


West-Berlin and ruined my 

uncle’s kingdom 102 

sloVakia 


Disease of the third power 99 



sloVenia 


spain 





sibila 269 


sWeDen 







tzvetanka 298 


sWitZerlanD 






Death 78 



erwin Wurm 



342 343










Mad. 







playback 246 

regilaul 



seduced and 






sYria 


tournesols 


tunisia 


turkeY 

overtime 236 


uniteD kingDoM 



Dream 66 

centrefold 76 












Jason Becker: 


Joe frazier: 




Magic skies 




ub lama 299 

the Wait 307 



uruguaY 



usa 

74m2 29 

about face: 


and now 30 


Bert stern: 



Birders, 







Downeast 101 



eames: 




Hava nagila 




the World 156 

icebound: 




lang lang 





the Most Dangerous 

Man in america: 

Daniel ellsberg and the 

pentagon papers 216 

the oath 231 


places other people Have 

lived 245 

project Z: 



steve Jobs: 



When Hari 



genres 

arts 

culture 

Music 


ag geige 





Bert stern: 




Dream 66 


of europe 75 



temple 79 







eames: 




erwin Wurm 







stevens 135 





Hava nagila 


Heino Jaeger 






in Between 



indie game: 

the Movie 171 

intimatta 173 


Jason Becker: 










Mad. a World of fashion 207 

Magic skies 


Magic Words 


Mandala 211 

Musics 220 











regilaul – songs of the 




tomorrow 289 





Hoodoo 302 



autHor's point of VieW 


Beerland 50 



Blender 62 


temple 79 


corta 85 




Daughter 95 


Dragan Wende 





Drought 108 

earth 112 




be fine 120 



the gang 137 









Herstory 152 



kern 183 

kiran 186 


leontina 194 




Milana 215 







My stuff 224 




paperbox 239 



presence 250 


project Z: 



red Hair and Black coffee 259 



rogalik 263 



stretcher 281 





two nil 297 

the Wait 307 




White Men 317 





passenger 326 


etHnologY 

religion 


74m2 29 


to Drive 39 




crulic 







el Huaso 157 







loden 



Mandala 211 


Mother 24/7 217 



regilaul 





ub lama 299 


Hoodoo 302 



Where Heaven Meets 

Hell 314 


White Men 317 



Yorzeit 329 

HistorY 

politics 

current affairs 




ag geige 



among Men 





images 36 







therapy 49 

344 345

Benghazi: Beyond the 

front line 53 






Borderline, 










Death 78 

closed sea 80 


cuba 



Domain 89 


Demokratia, 


Disease of the 

third power 99 

Downeast 101 









fidaï 123 








stevens 135 






Herstory 152 





the World 156 












Joe frazier: 














Magic skies 



the Most Dangerous Man 

in america: Daniel ellsberg 


papers 216 






nyosha 230 

the oath 231 





papirosen 240 

peace out 241 


playback 246 


project Z: 


randland 256 




san agustin 



seduced and 



sibila 269 



speed 




o.s.a. 275 



stremt 89 280 




telH78 287 



tournesols – al rastan 292 


the trial 295 

under fire: 


Vera gran 304 



Warmzeit 308 






the Will 320 

Winter, go away ! 322 



the storm 324 



HuMan interest 


18 Years 26 


74m2 29 

addiction 31 



among Men 





images 36 


to Drive 39 








therapy 49 

Beerland 50 



Benghazi: 





Birders, 



Blender 62 


Borderline, 





Buzkashi! 69 

camp 14 – total 

control Zone 71 


centrefold 76 


Death 78 

closed sea 80 




corta 85 


crulic 








Demokratia, 


Downeast 101 

Dragan Wende 







Drought 108 





eames: 



earth 112 


entangled 117 

erwin Wurm 





be fine 120 









the gang 137 







the World 156 

el Huaso 157 





icebound: 














kiran 186 


the fog 187 


pirates 190 












Magic Words 






Milana 215 

Mother 24/7 217 







My stuff 224 






nyosha 230 


ground 232 



overtime 236 


papirosen 240 




pondering 248 


presence 250 




randland 256 



coffee 259 

rogalik 263 


san agustin 



seduced and 






speed 


steve Jobs: 






tournesols 




the trial 295 


two nil 297 

tzvetanka 298 

under fire: 



the Wait 307 

Warmzeit 308 





Hell 314 




the Will 320 




the storm 324 


346 347 

portrait 


18 Years 26 

about face: 


and now 30 

addiction 31 





Battery Man 47


Bert stern: original 

Madman 54 
















Daughter 95 



Downeast 101 



entangled 117 


fidaï 123 










Heino Jaeger 






in Between – the British artist 


intimatta 173 


Jason Becker: 


Joe frazier: 



kern 183 


the fog 187 




leontina 194 



loden – the little Monk 203 

Mad. a World of fashion 207 





papers 216 






the oath 231 


ground 232 

overtime 236 


paperbox 239 



playback 246 

pondering 248 




rogalik 263 

sibila 269 



steve Jobs: 



stremt 89 280 

stretcher 281 


telH78 287 

tomorrow 289 



tzvetanka 298 

ub lama 299 

Vera gran 304 



Hell 314 



passenger 326 


Yorzeit 329 

science 



centrefold 76 






peace out 241 



sales companies 

and agents 

n o 

2911 foundation 

the great Book 

robbery 143 

29p 

overtime 236 

42 film gmbH 


5 to five team prod 



a 

accent films international ltd. 


agitprop 


pirates 190 

alina cyranek 

telH78 287 

alma film 


alter ego production 



amalric de pontcharra 


amaranta sa de cV 

Magic Words 


american Documentary | poV 


amour fou Vienna 


andanafilms 


atelier.doc 

Disease of the 

third power 99 

austral films 

the flowers of 

my family 128 


Big Boys gone 

Bananas!* 59 


erwin Wurm 



the life and times 

of paul the psychic 

octopus 196 




aviva communications 







Doc productions gmbH 

regilaul – songs of 

the ancient sea 260 


(sMg) 




Jason Becker: not 

Dead Yet 179 

Dok films 

a story for the 

Modlins 278 

Dr international sales 


Dreamer Joint Venture 

gmbH 

speed – in search of 

lost time 274 

Dynamic flash 


348 349 

B 

Babydocfilm 

White Men 317 

Barbara Hlali 



beatrix schwehm film 


Beginning production 


Belsat tV 

earth 112 

Berg images 


Bildersturm 

in Between – the British 

artist richard Deacon 169 



lang lang – the art 

of Being a Virtuoso 188 

c 

camera-etc 

pondering 248 

caravanacine 


carnivalesque films 

Downeast 101 

carsten gebhardt 

ag geige 


casimusicos cine 

sibila 269 

cat&Docs 


Buzkashi! 69 



the oath 231 

catalina Vergara films/ 

globo rojo 


cctV 

presence 250 


filmproduktion 

Mandala 211 

christoph tölle 

addiction 31 

ciklotron 


cine impuls leipzig 

the gang 137 

cine3d 

the night 

of the Bear 225 

cinema arsenal 

two nil 297 

cinemanegro 



cinetarium Babelsberg 


D 

David lindner 

anatomy of 

a Departure 37 


Bury my Heart 

in Dresden 68 

Drought 108 


Heino Jaeger – look 

Before You kuck 150 



Milana 215 


Dirk Heth 


Dirk schäfer 



the captain and 

His pirate 72 


e 

ecole emile cohl 


eefilms ekaterina 

eremenko films 


ego Media 

chronicles of the 

last temple 79 



passenger 326 

elisa larvego 


epic Match Media 


eric Baudelaire 

the anabasis of May 

and fusako shigenobu, 

Masao adachi, 

and 27 Years without 

images 36 

errante productions 

74m2 29

espn 

Joe frazier: When the 

smoke clears 180 

eyeworks Dinamo as 


f 

factum Documentary 

project 


falk schuster 


farbfilm verleih gmbH 


filmakademie Baden- 

Württemberg 


filmgalerie 451 

crackle of time – christoph 

schlingensief and his opera 

village in Burkina faso 86 


loeken franke 


filmpunkt gmbH 

Breathing earth – susumu 

shingu’s Dream 66 

films Boutique 

sofia’s last 

ambulance 271 

films transit 

international 


then and now 30 

Bert stern: original 

Madman 54 

Birders, the central park 

effect 60 


Borderline, an unsetting 

Journey along the World’s 


Border 64 


Dublin’s trap: another side 

of the greek crisis 109 

eames: the architect and 





Hava nagila 



icebound: the story of 

the 1925 alaska serum 

run 164 

italy, love it or 

leave it 177 





steve Jobs: the lost 

interview 277 


filmtank gmbH 


filmy Wiktoria 

papirosen 240 




therapy 49 



seduced and 




the Will 320 

flora film international 


framelab filmproduktion 

the trial 295 

franziska schönenberger 


franziska von 

Malsen-ponickau 


g 

g.r.e.c. 




gfilms s.a. 

intimatta 173 

global Media project 

project Z: the final global 

event 252 

global screen 

Beerland 50 

camp 14 – total control 

Zone 71 

cuba – Mafia’s paradise – 

the History of a gangster 

Domain 89 

russia’s History revealed – 

part i, ii and iii 265 



o.s.a. 275 

the spy from the pariser 

platz 276 



gnufilm 

tzvetanka 298 



be fine 120 

tomorrow You Will 

leave 290 


graniza 


gunther Merz 


H 

Hanfgarn & ufer 



Hff konrad Wolf 


– a movie about life 

after serving 

time in jail 58 

Hff München 

san agustin – low tide in 

the plastic sea 266 

Hibrida 


Hoferichter & Jacobs 

gmbH 

among Men – gay in east 

germany 35 

Hupe film- und 

fernsehproduktion 

keep up the good 

Work 182 

HyperMedia 


Hysteria film aB 


i 


filmproduction 

the red Dream 

factory 258 

inka achté 

the Wait 307 

inosan productions 


inselfilm produktion 


interscience film 


of europe 75 

intro films s.r.l. 

the calm 70 

iota production 


coffee 259 

350 351 

J 

J.M.t. films Distribution & 

Worldwide sales 

Within the eye of the 

storm 324 

Journeyman pictures 


– at the regime 

Border 176 

ub lama 299 

JpZtudio 

lapsus 189 

k 

kafard films 

fidaï 123 

karsten schleitzer 


kiafa aniseeD 

Herstory 152 

k’ien productions 


kinoglas-films gbr 








Mother 24 /7 217 

Musics 220 



ground 232 


paperbox 239 

rogalik 263 

Yorzeit 329 

kunsthochschule für 

Medien köln 

Bouchbennersch 

otto / how to treat 

differentness 65 

l 





la republica invisible 

With my Heart in 

Yambo 323 

la Ventana cine 



laïka films 

captain thomas 

sankara 73 

langjahr film gmbH 



largo film studio 

Vera gran 304 

laura Yilmaz 



les films d’ici 



les films du 3 Mars 


les films Hors-champ 

playback 246 

look now 





Magic skies – a History 

of fireworks 208 

louise productions sàrl 



produktion 

Warmzeit 308 

lynchpin productions 

centrefold 76 

M 





Manekino film 


18 Years 26 

Marcel Beltrán 

stretcher 281 

Marco eisenbarth 


Marker 


Matthias Ditscherlein 


maximage 


Mayfly films limited 


Merci qui? Distribution 


Mercury Media 

Duck Beach to 

eternity 110 



gilad and all that 

Jazz 139 


under fire: Journalists 

in combat 300 


Minimal films 

Demokratia, the Way 

of the cross 98 

Mira film 


Mosaic films 




mutokino 

corta 85 

n 

national film Board of 

canada 


petra’s poem 244

negativ,s.r.o. 


new chapter 

productions inc. 

My father and the Man 

in Black 221 

nina Wiesnagrotzki 

comparing now and 

then 84 

o 

orbrock filmproduktion 

gmbH 


otis Jones films 


oZ Zudro 


p 

palenque producciones 

tales about 

the future 284 

patricio gabriel plaza 


paul thiltges 

Distributions 


paula oneț 


pBs Distribution 

When Hari got 

Married 312 

peacock film 

a Better life is 

elsewhere 55 

pelle film 

kiran 186 

peters&peters 

leontina 194 

point prod 

chronicle of a 

forgotten Death 78 

potemkin 

Happy Birthday 

emily 146 

proaction film 

Damascus, 


r 

real fiction filmverleih 


red island prod. 

Blender 62 

rise and shine 

World sales 

and Who taught You to 

Drive 39 


Benghazi: Beyond the 

front line 53 



i Want My country 

Back 162 





Hoodoo 302 

risk film studio 


rohfilm gmbH 

randland 256 

rowena crowe 


s 

sabotage films gmbH 


sapir college, school of 

audio and Visual arts 

nyosha 230 

sasha films, llc 


Hell 314 

scottish Documentary 

institute 


selim Harbi 




the fog 187 

sharon liu 


shore films inc. 

peace out 241 

show and tell films 


sideways film 


closed sea 80 




the World 156 



sixpackfilm 




Mad. a World of 

fashion 207 

storyline entertainment 

the World 

Before Her 328 

studio uljana kim 


syrians Witin Boarders 

tournesols – al rastan 292 

t 

talatala 





Daughter 95 





telekult film- und 

Medienproduktion gmbH 


loden – the little 

Monk 203 

telemark sp. zo.o. 

entangled 117 

the film sales company 

indie game: 

the Movie 171 

the finnish film 

foundation 


the Handshake 

productions 

el Huaso 157 

treeline Distribution 


tVp sa 


aniMaDoc 


centrefold 76 




Herstory 152 





the night 

of the Bear 225 



nyosha 230 

paperbox 239 




pondering 248 






the oath 231 






DocuMentarY caMpus 

MasterscHool 


Joe frazier: 

When the smoke 

clears 180 

Dok 

gerMan 

coMpetition 


to Drive 39 






Dream 66 

camp 14 




Heino Jaeger 



randland 256 




Dok.incuBator 







pirates 190 

the Machine 

Which Makes 

everything 

Disappear 206 

My stuff 224 


Dok 

international 

coMpetition 




the captain 

and His pirate 72 





entangled 117 

fidaï 123 


352 353 

u 

ulrich seidl filmproduktion 

kern 183 

unatc 

stremt 89 280 

unifilm oy 

My stuff 224 

V 

Vertigo emotionfilm 


Vfs films 


Victor orozco ramirez 


von.müller.film 

Dragan Wende – How 

the trabant invaded West- 

Berlin and ruined 

my uncle’s kingdom 102 

W 

Weinstein film production 


Wide Management 

crulic – the path 

to Beyond 88 

Windrose sas 

from Hollywood to nuremberg 

– John ford, samuel 

fuller, george stevens 135 


x 

xenix filmdistribution 



sections 

cHileDoc 

74m2 29 

el Huaso 157 

intimatta 173 

leontina 194 


sibila 269 


Where the 

condors fly 316 




passenger 326 

Doc alliance 


fusako shigenobu, 

Masao adachi, and 27 

Years without images 36 

the Will 320 

Work Hard – play Hard 327




Dok 

international 

coMpetition 

sHort 


18 Years 26 



earth 112 

kiran 186 




our Days, absolutely, 

Have to Be 

enlightened 234 

overtime 236 

presence 250 


the Wait 307 

Dok 

international 

prograMMe 



Big Boys 

gone Bananas!* 59 




Downeast 101 

Dragan Wende 





the gang 137 



isqat al nizam – at the 

regime Border 176 



loden 











project Z: 



coffee 259 


san agustin 



stremt 89 280 


tournesols 


the trial 295 




When Hari 




Dok Market 



about face: 


and now 30 

addiction 31 



among Men 






therapy 49 


Benghazi: 


Bert stern: 



Birders, 



Blender 62 

Borderline, 




Border 64 




of europe 75 



temple 79 

closed sea 80 



and his opera 

village in Burkina faso 86 


cuba 


History of a 

gangster Domain 89 








eames: 




erwin Wurm 





be fine 120 









stevens 135 






the great 

Book robbery 143 



Hava nagila 





the World 156 




i Want My 

country Back 162 


icebound: 




in Between 







Jason Becker: 



keep up 

the good Work 182 


lang lang 









Mad. 


Magic skies 


Mandala 211 







protect everyone 

i love 253 




regilaul 







seduced and 





the spies 

of scientology – office 

of special affairs 

o.s.a. 275 



steve Jobs: 







tomorrow 289 

tomorrow You 

Will leave 290 


the tree 

Workers case 294 


under fire: 




Hoodoo 302 

Vera gran 304 

Warmzeit 308 



Hell 314 



the storm 324 

Dok 

Young cineMa 

coMpetition 

Beerland 50 

kern 183 


the fog 187 


the Machine 

Which Makes 

everything 

Disappear 206 

Milana 215 



tzvetanka 298 

ub lama 299 

White Men 317 

east silVer & iDf 




Disease 

of the third power 99 






two nil 297 

filMfestiVal cottBus 

crulic 


focus latin aMerica 

the calm 70 

corta 85 

Daughter 95 

Drought 108 


the flowers 

of my family 128 

lapsus 189 


Magic Words 


papirosen 240 

stretcher 281 

With my 

Heart in Yambo 323 

focus saxonY 

ag geige 



telH78 287 

354 355 

Hot Docs 

Buzkashi! 69 




indie game: 

the Movie 171 


peace out 241 


krakoW filM 

founDation 

& polisH Docs 




Mother 24 / 7 217 

Musics 220 



ground 232 


rogalik 263 

Yorzeit 329 

leipZig screening 

Beerland 50 


speed 



storYDoc 


Demokratia, 


Visions Du rÉel 

& sWiss filMs 





Death 78 






playback 246 

Winter nomads 321

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