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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
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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
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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
B

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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

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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

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24 min, DigiBeta, 16:9, English, Spanish and French versions,
2008, produced by Hibrida

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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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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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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.

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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.
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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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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.
Photo copyright by Fabian Hentzen
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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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


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
Pilgrimages – Mount Sinai
Pilgrimages – Alexandria
Pilgrimages – Mount Ararat
Pilgrimages – Pontus and Northern Turkey
12 x 50Min, HD and SD, English, Greek and German versions, 2009-2012, produced
by White Fox
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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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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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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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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

Photo copyright by bce films & more GmbHTHE 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

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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
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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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

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A TRAIL ON THE WATER. ABBADO * NONO * POLLINI
60 min, DigiBeta, 16:9, English, French,
German versions,
2001, produced by bce films

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Photo copyright by Trigger Happy ProductionsTROUBLE - 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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Photo copyright by Kaspar FilmUngava 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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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.
52
minutes, Digibeta, English and German versions, 2007, produced by Kick Film Berlin

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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 FilmproduktionTHE 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
87 min, DigiBeta, 16:9, English and German versions,
2007, produced by bce films

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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 JensenA 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
