german documentaries 2011

JET SET
by Sabine Carbon and Cordula Kablitz-Post FILM | CULTURE | SOCIETY
The film looks back at the sixties jet set, the international
forerunners of present-day leisure society, the pioneers of the
dolce vita and globalisation.
We find out what happened to the 'luminaries' of the time:
playboy Gunter Sachs who married Brigitte Bardot, Claudia
Cardinale, Eliette von Karajan, Pierre Brice, Helmut Berger,
Marianne zu Sayn Wittgenstein, the widow of the legendary
last Krupp Arndt von Bohlen und Halbach – Hettie von Bohlen
und Halbach – many of them created a brand on the basis of their former image and are still around.
The protagonists of the past, playboys, playgirls, actors, reporters and paparazzi, meet old friends at
original locations, interpret and arrange the mythical images from the film and photo archives, and
we find out what became of them.
70min or 44min | DigiBeta | original German version with English or French subtitles available
What happens if you take young muslim immigrants to locations of nowadays jewish life in Germany?
You will discover that meetings between people can cause excessive demand. Happened to Yasser, a
young German muslim, born in Germany, his parents coming from Egypt. Yasser knows the ‘Jews‘
from stories and from television.But when he really met a Jew, he did not know how to behave. Out
of this lack of competence he called his mum: “Hey Mum, I met a Jew for the first time in my life, I
did not know how to handle the situation!”
Jewish traces is a film with humor and depth. It gives an idea of the mental univers of young muslims
in dialog with Jews and Christians. Search for identity in a multicultural society.
German title: SPURENSUCHE
60min | 16:9 | HD | German version with English subtitles available
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german documentaries 2011
Production:
avanti media oHG
Gneisenaustr. 44/45
10961 Berlin, Germany
tel.: +49 (0) 30-2646134
fax: +49 (0) 30-2646136
public@avantimedia.com
www.avantimedia.com
JEWISH TRACES
by Angelika Reicherter RELIGION | CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY | YOUTH | MIGRATION
JIMI – THE GERMAN WOODSTOCK
by Rasmus Gerlach, Wolfgang Neitzel and Paul Kulms
Jimi Hendrix‘ last performance was at the open air festi- val on the island of
Fehmarn. Now the festival itself is to take place for the last time. Memories
could not be more con- tradictory: For some it was the weekend of their
lives – for others it was a total smashup and a catastrophe. In any case, the
first festival in 1970 saw the tip of Fehmarn completely trashed and the odd
pig slaughtered illegally. The performance by Jimi Hen- drix was the only
brief ray of sunshine at a festival that was otherwise wrought by storm, rain
and chaos. The island‘s administration swore: Never again…
But everyone who had been there at the time remembers that special
weekend with a glow in their eye. Rasmus Gerlach, Wolfgang Neitzel and
Paul Kulms have re- searched the history of Germany‘s first major open air
festival and the last concert of Jimi Hendrix. They look behind the scenes and
bring artists and enthusiastic regular guests before the camera. The festival still exists today – but now
it is to be prohibited. Fehmarn is to be “cleared” for the Belt Bridge to Denmark. This development
adds a certain explosiveness to the documentary film
German title: JIMI – Das Fehmarn-Festival
Festival: Luebeck
82min | DigiBeta | color & b/w | German or English version
Contact:
Angelika Reicherter
Mirabeuaweg 1
72072 Tuebingen, Germany
tel.: +49 (0) 7071-5689654
reicherter@reissmedia.de
Production:
Moonlightmovies
Rasmus Gerlach
Vereinsstr. 52
20357 Hamburg, Germany
tel.: +49 (0) 172-1725044
fax: +49 (0) 40-4391770