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Björn Jensen

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AL NAKBA  - THE PALESTINIAN CATASTROPHE 1948

Based on the book The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem by noted historian Benny Morris, AL NAKBA is the first documentary to examine the tragedy that accompanied the birth of the state of Israel in 1948 – the displacement of 750,000 Palestinians.
58 minutes, English, 1997, produced by Xela Films

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BACK TO EARTH

Oil is our daily energy bread. Or is it a drug that's been keeping us high for more than a century? Should we now undergo treatment for this addiction? Obsessed with these and other questions, the author stops at gas station and starts sharing his thoughts with Alain, the service-man…
92
Min, HD, French, English and German versions 2011, produced by C-Side Productions

  Photo copyright by Kick Film Berlin

THE BOSUMTWI METEORITE

At the site of the last meteorite to hit the earth  scientists did not only find a perfect climate diary over the past one million years, but they have also found traces that life was started again here.
45 Min, DigiBeta, English and German version, 2005, produced by Kick Film Berlin

 

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THE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM AND SOPHIE

The three children of Abraham Braun and Sophie Schopf, including writer and former Knesset member Mordechai Bar-On, are just part of the family tree in Benny Brunner's complex and subtle examination of the ties that bind.
95 minutes, English, 2002, produced by LASSO Film & TV Production, Humanistische Omroep (Dutch TV), Noga Communication (Israel’s Channel 8), and Benny Brunner

 

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THE CONCRETE CURTAIN

The film documents the daily routine of two Palestinian middle class families who live under the shadow of the wall in the greater Jerusalem area; one family on the Israeli side, the other on the Palestinian side.
76 minutes, English, 2004, produced by
Xela Films production in association with LASSO Film & TV Production

  Photo copyright by bce films & more GmbH

ELECTRICITY FOR THE SHERPAS. MODERN TIMES AT MOUNT EVEREST

With the ascend of Mount Everest, life changed in the Khumbu region: Sir Hillary built schools and hospitals, the Sherpas began to travel abroad, brought new technologies home.
29
min, DigiBeta, 16:9, English and German versions, 2006, produced by bce films

 

  Photo copyright by David Munoz

FLOWERS OF RWANDA

Rwanda 14 years after the Rwandan genocide. Can genocide victims and killers live together? Could films become a way of educating people and especially children in a post-genocide society?
24 min, DigiBeta, 16:9, English, Spanish and French versions, 2008, produced by Hibrida

 

  Photo copyright by Michael Teutsch

FROM HELL TO PARADISE - CHOPIN SAVED ME

Portrait of 103 year old pianist Alice Sommer whose music helped her to survive the holocaust and the camp of Terezin.
73 minutes, English, German, 2005, produced by Filmglas München

 

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I WILL MARRY THE WHOLE VILLAGE

In this award winning musical docu-comedy, Peca, an accordion player, has decided to marry all the single men in his small village. In his own words, "I'm going to marry the whole village, even if I regret it." Peca is a modern Don Quixote. On this naive journey of matrimony and self-discovery, he sets out to bring happiness to his little town and hopefully find a little love for himself along the way.  
57
Min, HDV, Serbian and English version, 2011, produced by Optimistic Film

 

  Photo copyright by Euro Kick Filmproduktion

ITALIAN OPERA - HOUSES IN TIMES OF CHANGE (TRILOGY)

Part One: LIKE PHOENIX OUT OF THE ASHES

A unique documentary which reveals how Venice´s famous opera house was rebuild to its original beauty and acoustic excellence after the devastating fire of 1996.

Part Two: SCALA SCALISSIMA

The film shows the complete renovation of the wolrd´s most famous opera-house. The project involved the total demolition and rebuilding of the entire stage area.

Part Three: SCENE CHANGES

A voyage through 400 years of music and architectual history, introducing Italian opera houses from Venice to Naples.

3 x 45 min, DigiBeta, 16:9, English, Italian and German versions, 2004-2006, produced by Euro Kick

 

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IT IS NO DREAM

Some of the harshest critics of Israel's occupation policies are Israelis themselves – a small minority of intellectuals, political activists and artists whose voices are rarely heard outside Israel. Shortly after the outbreak of the second Intifada in 2001, filmmakers Benny Brunner and Joseph Rochlitz travelled through the country and spoke to a number of them.
53 minutes, English, 2002, produced by Benny Brunner and Joseph Rochlitz

 

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THE KING OF PALMA - LIFE ACCORDING TO BRUNO

He could be taken for an aging film star when he walks his little white dog Flocky through the old part of town. "I am, maybe I am, the King of Palma. I don't know if everybody knows." Bruno is schizophrenic. What matters to him are the little things in life, and his everyday encounters. But Bruno’s life isn’t always as easy as it looks. And when his best friend Flocky disappears, his life goes completely out of control.
66 minutes, English, German and French versions, 2007, produced by AFM Films Alix F. Meier

 

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THE LOBBY

How powerful is the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC)? The new documentary film THE LOBBY is a balanced examination of this controversial subject.
25 Min, English, 2003, produced by Produced by Dutch TV Ikon

 

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THE LONG ROAD THROUGH BALKAN HISTORY

A road movie about two writers, one from Croatia and one from Serbia, who set out to cross the Balkan with with a Yugo car, the ultimate symbol of their common past. The journey takes them from Slovenia to Macedonia on their quest why history has set them apart and to ask those along the way who can tell them about the political and historic context and where the highway of history will be taking them next.
58
Min, HDV, Serbian and English version, 2010, produced by SeeTV

 

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LOST HOLIDAY

Czech tourist Lada found a suitcase containing 22 rolls of undeveloped film in a Swedish dumpster. When developed, the negatives produced 756 fascinating snapshots of six unknown Chinese tourists. He decided to find the owners. Not an easy talk, as every fourth person on this planet is Chinese. It took him three years. A thrilling detective story.
84 Min, English, 2007, produced by DOCUfilm PRAHA

 

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MARK HARRINGTON

A film portrait about American modern painter Mark Harrington in his new homeland Bavaria, Germany.
20 Min, English, 2009, produced by Seeblick

 

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THE MAYA

A three part comprehensive series on one of the most important cultures of mankind.
3 x 57 Min, DigiBeta, German, 1999, produced by Bechert and Dexel Filmproduktion

 

MR. RAKOWSKI

There are many holocaust survivor stories which focus on the familiar pain, guilt and shame suffered by survivors. This is not one of them. It is rather a fascinating and touching portrait of a father and a son, two traumatized persons, one by the Holocaust, the other by his father´s not being able to show affection. The camera acts as a psychoanalytical medium in an unexpectedly optimistic film.
77 Minutes, English, 2007, produced by gestolen Tijd

 

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PILGRIMAGES (12 part series on religious sites in Europe and the Middle East)

This series travels to the most sacred and inspiring places of Christian and Orthodox religion.
Pilgrimages – Istanbul I and II
Pilgrimages – Cappadocia
Pilgrimages – Mount Olympus
Pilgrimages – Cyprus I and II (in production)
Pilgrimages – Holy Land I and II
(in production)
Pilgrimages – Mount Sinai
(in production)
Pilgrimages – Alexandria
(in production)
Pilgrimages – Mount Ararat
(in production)
Pilgrimages – Pontus and Northern Turkey
(in production)
12 x 50Min, HD and SD, English, Greek and German versions, 2009-2012, produced by White Fox

 

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RICHARD AGREITER

A portrait of one of Austria´s most prominent artists, a sculptor who casts his bronze figures by himself.
45 Min, DigiBeta, English and German versions, 2006, produced by Gernot Steinweg

 

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ROOTS GERMANIA

Mo`s journey started when she first heard the song that called for her murder: “This bullet is for you, Mo Asumang” was sung by the Neonazi band “White Aryan Rebels”. Instead of hiding Mo was driven by her desire to overcome her fears and to find out where this hate against Migrants and where racism comes from.
52 and 76
Min, English and German versions, 2007, produced by MA Motion

 

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SHE IS A BOY I KNEW

Vancouver filmmaker Gwen Haworth documents her male-to-female gender transition. Guaranteed to be the most compelling DIY, gender bending, feel good film directed by a transsexual you´ve seen all year.  
70
Min, Digibeta, English, 2007, produced by Shapeshifter Films

 

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SHORT LONG JOURNEY

In April 1945 Vojtech Gál was murdered on the way from the concentration camp in Sachsenhausen to Schwerin. In April 2008 his son walked the same route in an attempt to find his father`s grave and leave a testimony.
82 min, 4:3, English & German versions, 2009, produced Fedor Gál & Jarmila Poláková

 

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THE SLAVE ROAD OF OUIDAH. VODOO AND RECONCILIATION IN WESTERN AFRICA

Guide Martine de Souza shows tourists the monuments along the slave street of Ouidah, one of the hubs in slave trade between West Africa and Brazil. If the tourists are Afro-Americans it may happen that one of the visitors says to her: "Martine, maybe your ancestor sold my ancestors into slavery. And now we meet here”.
29
min, HD, 16:9, French and German versions, 2007, produced by bce films

 

  Photo copyright by Michel Teutsch

SOUND OF FREEDOM - MY LIFE ON AN AIRFILED

Portrait of a former wing comader of the East German Airforce, who became unemployed after Germany´s reunification and bought the worlds largest flying double-decker and an airfiled south of Berlin.
62 Min, DigiBeta, German, 2003, produced by Filmglas Filmproduktion

 

  Photo copyright by Xela Films

STATE OF SUSPENSION

A drama of fragments in 9 chapters; an unusual and provocative look at Israel, sixty years after independence.
82
Min, English, 2009, produced by Xela Films and Cinema Suitcase

 

  Photo copyright by Björn Jensen

STRINGS ATTACHED

A film about the theory of marionette playing and the making of a dark-expressionistic film.
15
min, English and German versions, 2010, produced by Ginger Foot Films

 

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SWIMMING THE ZAMBEZI - THE KILLER RIVER

His countrymen thought he was totally insane. Many said they feared he would not make it and that he had a death wish! He had proved them wrong. South African Louie Greef was the first to swim 3000 km down the most dangerous river in the world, dodging sharks, hippos, crokodiles, water mines - and survive. 

52 minutes, Digibeta, English, 2002, produced by Tooth Productions and Beyond Xtreme Productions

 

  Photo copyright by bce films & more GmbH

A TRAIL ON THE WATER. ABBADO * NONO * POLLINI
“A Trail on the Water” is a film about the links between three leading musicians: the composer Luigi Nono, the pianist Maurizio Pollini and the conductor Claudio Abbado. Interviews, quotations, rehearsal excerpts and, time and again, wonderful shots of Nono’s home city of Venice paint a fascinating and moving portrait of the friendship that has had a unique impact on the world of music today.
60
min, DigiBeta, 16:9, English, French, German versions, 2001, produced by bce films

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TROUBLE - TEATIME IN HEILIGENDAMM

The 2007 G8 Summit in Heiligendamm, Germany. A menacing fence, 12 km long and 2,5 meters high, cuts through the picturesque landscape. Police vans, journalists, and activists face off for days like medieval armies.

HD/HDV, 82 minutes, English and German versions, 2008, produced by Trigger Happy Productions GmbH

 

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UNDER THE ICE

Ungava Bay in Canadas arctic north: When the ocean retracts during low tide it leaves hundreds of caves under the pack ice. It is here where the Inutit will find mussels, which used to be an important source of food during the long arctic winters. To collect them, one has to dig a hole 9 feet deep through the ice. An extremely dangerous venture, as the tide will return quickly and the ice is getting increasingly instable due to global warming.

45 and 52 minutes, HDCAM, English and German versions, 2008, produced by Kaspar-Film

 

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VALLDEMOSSA - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN THE WORLD ?

In the winter 1838, French composer Frédéric Chopin and his lady-friend Aurore Dupin (pen name: George Sand) went with her children to Valldemossa, Mallorca, looking for a suitable climate to improve the health of the musician. Despite the discomfort of a specially hard winter, they fell in love with the country and the landscape around the village, as also happened with another famous couple, Michael Douglas and his actual wife Catherine Zeta-Jones. But they are not the only ones.
52 minutes, Digibeta, English, French and German versions, 2010, produced by Cinetica Producciones

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VOCI VERDIANE - YOUNG VOICES FOR VERDI

Once a year, young singers from all over the world meet in Busseto, a small town in Italy for the contest of the Verdi Voices: Voci Verdiane. A film about hope and big dreams and the tension between confidence and disappointment, but above all about beautiful voices and the wonderful music by Giuseppe Verdi.

52 minutes, Digibeta, English and German versions, 2007, produced by Kick Film Berlin

 

  Photo copyright by Xela Films

THE WALL

For the Palestinians it is the “apartheid wall,” for the Israelis the “separation fence,” or the “security obstacle.” Whatever it’s called, the name used doesn’t reveal the true nature of Israel’s arguably biggest civil engineering project in history.  A system – up to 100 meter wide – of razor wire, trenches, electronic sensor controlled fences, walls, and cameras, which when completed will be almost 700 km long and will constitute one of the most dramatic geopolitical changes in the history of the Middle East.
54 minutes, English, 2003, produced by VPRO (Dutch Public TV and Benny Brunner

 

  Photo copyright by Bechert & Dexel Filmproduktion

THE CASE OF RAOUL WALLENBERG - SAVIOUR AND VICTIM

On July 7th 1944, the young Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg sets off from Stockholm for Budapest. Going beyond the directives of his government, he tries to save as many lives in Hungary as possible. Within only six months, tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews are saved by Wallenberg and his associates from assassination by the SS. As Budapest is being liberated by the Russians, however, Wallenberg is abducted to the Soviet Union on 17 January 1945. Two years later, all trace of him is lost in Stalin´s prisons.
89 minutes, Digibeta, English and German versions, 2005, produced by Bechert & Dexel Filmproduktion
2012: 100th birthday anniversary of Raoul Wallenberg
 

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WHERE I´VE NEVER BEEN BEVORE. THE COMPOSER HELMUT LACHENMANN

Helmut Lachenmann is one of today's most moving composers, a musician who is radically questioning his own methods of composition and the materials he uses for creating his sound. “How do I get into new areas“, Lachenmann asks, “where I've never been before?” Composing is an adventure, with Helmut Lachenmann.
87
min, DigiBeta, 16:9, English and German versions, 2007, produced by bce films

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WHERE THE STREETS HAVE NO NAME

This moving documentary has won more than 30 international film festivals. Australian Dr. Harald Falge has built an aid organization to prevent kids for having to sell themselves to pedophiles just to get their daily bread.
HD, 76 min, 2011, English version, produced by 16th Street Productions
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  Photo copyright by Björn Jensen

WHERE IS WHO I WAS AND AM

A storm ship wrecks a young prince on a small island, where he meets a dog who claims to be a prince.
In order to save the dog the prince fights a jinn and loses his mind over the confusing questions of the jinn.

15 and 18 minutes, English and German versions, 2009, produced by
Ginger Foot Films