 Monday, 31 May 2010 |
 13:30 The new patrons of Blessey |
| Director: | François Hers & Jérôme Poggi | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 39 minutes | | Original Languages: | French with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
To mark the occasion of the renovation of their washhouse, the villagers of Blessey (population 27) feel they should honour the location by commissioning a work of art from a contemporary artist. The artist they approach, Rémy Zaugg, suggests that they widen their commission to include the whole of their area. |
http://www.newpatrons.eu/videos/10 |
This film was made with the support of Fondation de France |
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| 14:10 Journey towards life |
| Director: | Manuella Maury and Pierre-Alain Frey | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 7 minutes | | Original Languages: | French and English with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
Journey towards life, a film produced by Terre des Hommes, a Swiss and international child relief organisation, takes the viewer on a journey from Switzerland to Senegal. Following Manuella Maury, a Swiss public TV presenter, we discover how children with congenital heart or other health conditions travel to Europe to undergo an operation or receive treatment, before coming back to their community to live and flourish. Through a series of interviews and testimonials, the film introduces each of the people involved in the volunteering continuum which enable to save the lives of these children. The short story helps bring to life the benefits to the children involved and underscores the spirit of service of the volunteers. |
This film was made with the support of The Medtronic Foundation |
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| 14:20 Portraits - Portugal and Portuguese as seen by immigrants |
| Director: | Luísa Homem | | Year: | 2007 | | Length: | 29 minutes | | Original Languages: | Portuguese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
The film was commissioned by the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, for the opening of the debate “Portugal and the Portuguese seen by the Immigrants”, which took place in January 2007, at the Gulbenkian Immigration Forum. The film brings together testimonies of people from different origins that talk about immigration. Since then, it has been exhibited in different meetings and events, such as the film exhibitions Entre Mundos (organised by Maria do Carmo Piçarra/ACIDI, at the Cinema S. Jorge, Lisbon, 30/05/2008) and From & About: contemporary films on Immigration in Portugal (curator – Lúcia Marques, European Parliament, Brussels, at the Portuguese Presidency of the EU in 2007), as well as the participation in the program Nós (Us) (ACIME-RTP2 in 2007) and the Festival Arte Mais– Arte com valor acrescentado (Art with added value), organised by the Association Mais Cidadania, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian in 2007. |
This film was made with the support of the Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 14:50 Effectively tackling climate change |
| Director: | European Climate Foundation | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Short Documentary |
The film was made using analysis from Project Catalyst and was produced in the run up to the Copenhagen Summit last December. The film explains in a straight-forward way the scale of the global warming challenge and how the world can make cuts in greenhouse gas emissions which will lead to climate change being effectively and affordably tackled. |
This film was made with the support of the European Climate Foundation |
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| 14:55 Poetry unites |
| Director: | Ewa Zadrzyńska | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 27 minutes | | Original Languages: | Polish with English subtitles | | Genre: | |
Five short films hear from poetry lovers about their lives and how their favourite poem contextualises in their lives. The project ‘”Poetry Unites – My Favourite Poem” reveals both similarities and differences between people. By offering intimate insights into the mind of another person, it contributes to mutual understanding among European citizens. The films bring together millions of people who would otherwise probably never have had contact with each other and therefore would never have seen how much they have in common.The Poetry Unites competition was open to all school children in Poland, and the five winners were included in the 2009 series, Magdalena Podlaszewska, Maria Łuczak, Krzysztof Korn, Julia Baranowska and Katarzyna Aleksandrowicz. |
http://www.evensfoundation.be/en/programs/peace-education/poetry-unites |
This film was made with the support of the Evens Foundation |
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| 15:25 2mg of rotten blood on pure white snow |
| Director: | Rami Sabbagh | | Year: | 2007 | | Length: | 22 minutes | | Original Languages: | Arabic with English Subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
It's mid '80s in Beirut; the city is at war. A group of young men wearing neat black clothing wander around it by night. They occupy empty houses for a few hours and gather what they can of the furniture. In the darkness of the night, they move the goods to the mountains and sell them back to their owners. Each night after midnight, the young men meet in an empty movie theatre. There, they watch films, smoke cigarettes, discuss cinema, and receive orders from an old man. “I have one thing to tell you: one of these days I am going to cut myself into dear little frames, feed them into a live transmission. Alive again.” |
http://www.almostreal.org |
This film is part of the AlmostReal ‘Videoworks’ supported by the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 15:47 Affinity |
| Director: | Corine Shawi | | Year: | 2007 | | Length: | 31 minutes | | Original Languages: | Arabic with English Subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
"I seek closeness just short of intimacy. I dwell in this luminal space, taking pleasure in writing myself into a melancholy fiction," explains Corine Shawi, the film’s director. |
http://www.almostreal.org |
This film is part of the AlmostReal ‘Videoworks’ supported by the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 16:18 Please rewind me later |
| Director: | Roy Samaha | | Year: | 2007 | | Length: | 33 minutes | | Original Languages: | Arabic with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
This project is intended as a way to investigate one’s own past. It reconnects childhood homes, dreams and VHS tapes to form a body that remembers. How to make a self-portrait without giving in to the clichés of historical archiving? “Make a map, not a tracing.” (Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari) |
http://www.almostreal.org |
This film is part of the AlmostReal ‘Videoworks’ supported by the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 16:51 Slippage |
| Director: | Ali Cherri | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 14 minutes | | Original Languages: | Arabic with English Subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
The moment the city spills its guts, the time has come to abandon it, for it will no longer hold places that can cloak us. |
http://www.almostreal.org |
This film is part of the AlmostReal ‘Videoworks’ supported by the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 17:05 That 'other' city |
| Director: | Anthony Abou Khalifé | | Year: | 2007 | | Length: | 20 minutes | | Original Languages: | Arabic with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
A man, obsessed by the idea that a disaster is about to hit Beirut, wanders around the city planting security cameras to monitor it. Somewhere along the thin line separating his paranoia from the actual run of events, he starts believing that he was sent to save and protect the city. |
http://www.almostreal.org |
This film is part of the AlmostReal ‘Videoworks’ supported by the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 17:25 Survival |
| Director: | Jill Marshall | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 46 minutes | | Original Languages: | Adola, English and Ruturo with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
Malaria is a disease that is both the cause and consequence of African poverty. In Uganda, farmer Clovis Kabaseke believes he has an answer. Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies, or ACTs, are one of the best new hopes for defeating Malaria. Clovis hopes that by encouraging African farmers to grow the plant, he can cure both poverty and this deadly disease. |
This film was made with the support of Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) |
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| 18:20 Fala di Mindjeris - Women from Guinea-Bissau |
| Director: | Sandra Oliveira | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 19 minutes | | Original Languages: | Portuguese and Creole with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
“Fala di Mindjeris” gives voice to 22 Guinean women who live in Bissau, the Bijagos Islands and the Greater Lisbon area. These are stories of migration, separation and reunion. They are portraits of women from different cultures and experiences, with stories of valence, survival and hope, the life stories of Guinean women. |
This film was produced as part of the project "Invisible Faces", promoted by IMVF-Instituto Marques de Valle Flor, in collaboration with the Center for Peace Studies, University of Coimbra. |
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| 18:40 On the run |
| Director: | Jesper Troelstrup | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 30 minutes | | Original Languages: | Danish with English subtitles | | Genre: | Drama |
Younis is a 12-year-old Iraqi refugee boy who has spent most of his childhood in Danish asylum centres. When Younis' family receives a letter telling them that they are going to be moved to another asylum centre for the seventh time, Younis takes action. The family was denied asylum, but cannot be sent back to Iraq because of the war. For six years the family has been moved six times to different centres. Younis can’t stand more broken relations, lost friends and classmates. So he decides to go on the run. If he is gone, the family cannot be moved, he thinks. The film is based on real events from children living in Danish refugee centres. |
This film was made with the support of the Egmont Fonden |
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| 19:10 The English surgeon |
| Director: | Geoffrey Smith | | Year: | 2007 | | Length: | 93 minutes | | Original Languages: | English and xxx with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
What is it like to have godlike surgical powers, yet struggle against your own humanity? What is it like to try to save a life, and yet fail? This film follows brain surgeon Henry Marsh as he openly confronts the dilemmas of the doctor-patient relationship on his latest mission to Ukraine. Henry is one of London’s foremost brain surgeons, but despite being a pioneer in his field he stills rides an old pushbike to work and worries himself sick about the damage he can inflict on his patients. “When push comes to shove we can afford to lose an arm or a leg, but I am operating on people’s thoughts and feelings...and if something goes wrong I can destroy that person’s character…forever”. |
www.theenglishsurgeon.com |
This film was funded by a Wellcome Trust People Award. |
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| Tuesday, 1 June 2010 |
| 08:45 ...I see you – The language of the arts and intercultural dialogue |
| Director: | Ove Nyholm and Kirsten Langkilde | | Year: | 2007 | | Length: | 20 minutes | | Original Languages: | English, Norwegian, Slovakian, Ukrainian, Arabic, French, German, Spanish, Icelandic with English subtitles | | Genre: | Compilation (documentary, animation, art film, satire, photography, music) |
In 2007, students from ELIA member schools in seven countries participated in the film project "The Language of the Arts and Intercultural Dialogue". In a variety of styles, from documentary to drama, stop-trick and cartoon animation to wordless art film, each contributed a short film that dealt with the theme of intercultural dialogue from their own artistic and personal standpoint. As a learning process for what the artist is up to facing the challenges of the present, the project included two preparatory seminars and one summing-up seminar, which addressed such issues as modernity in a multicultural world, the art of filmmaking, and the question: what is to be done?Directed by Danish filmmaker Ove Nyholm, the result of this was the 45-minute film compilation ...I see you, which premiered at the film festival in Torino in November 2007.Students from ELIA member schools in seven countries participated in the film project "The Language of the Arts and Intercultural Dialogue". In a variety of styles, each contributed a short film that dealt with the theme of intercultural dialogue from their own artistic and personal standpoint. |
http://www.elia-artschools.org/activities/film.xml |
This film was made with the support of the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 09:05 Annoncer un handicap...Oui mais comment ? (How to announce a disability?) |
| Director: | Jean-Marc Faure | | Year: | 2004 | | Length: | 26 minutes | | Original Languages: | French | | Genre: | Documentary |
Regardless of the origin of the disability, its revelation – during pregnancy, in the neonatal period, or during child or adulthood – has a major impact on the person directly affected and the people around. Suitable support and guidance are essential throughout this process. Made using the testimony of parents and professionals, this documentary is for anyone who, through their professional or volunteer career, is involved in supporting families in this stage of life. The nine initiatives presented contribute to the improvement of practices. They were highlighted for their innovation, pragmatism, and the quality of the exchange established between families and professionals. |
http://www.fondationdefrance.org/index.php//Outils/Mediatheque/Librairie/Annoncer-un-handicap-Oui-mais-comment |
This film was made with the support of Fondation de France |
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| 09:35 Alper Kaya |
| Director: | | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 23 minutes | | Original Languages: | Turkish with English subtitles | | Genre: | |
For more than 20 years, Alper Kaya, an optometrist, has suffered from Amyotrophic Lateral (ALS), deadly and slowly progressing disease that damages the neural system. While fighting against this disease, he also strived to raise public awareness about ALS and to provide ALS patients with moral support by sharing his experiences with them. Alper Kaya talks and swallows with difficulty, and can move only one of his fingers. However, with the help of a special keyboard, he shares the latest information about the disease with ALS patients and provides them with moral support. |
http://www.sabancivakfi.org/eng/programlar/fark_yaratanlar/fark_yaratanlar.php |
This is the 10th episode of the TV programme “Turkey's Changemakers” by Sabanci Foundation. |
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| 10:00 The gift from afar |
| Director: | Tiago Hespanha | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | Portuguese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
This is a story about the cavaquinho (a traditional Portuguese string instrument). In 1879, 433 people from Madeira boarded an English ship bound for the other side of the world, Hawaii. One of them took with him a machete, a musical instrument derived from cavaquinho. The Hawaiians, excited by the sound and rhythm of the little instrument called it a ukulele, which means jumping flee, or the gift from afar.This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 10:20 Blood sample |
| Director: | Steve Jackman and Bala Sirigireddy | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 4 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Documentary |
When an emergency is admitted to the Homerton Hospital where he works in the Pathology Department, Bala has three minutes to test the blood sample and find the right match. If he makes a mistake, the patient may die. |
The Science on Film initiative is run by the Wellcome Trust in partnership the Documentary Filmmakers Group. |
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| 10:25 Blood, sweat and tears |
| Director: | Khaldoon Ahmed and James Logan | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 3 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Documentary |
Mosquitoes have killed more people than all the wars in history. The war against mosquitoes is fought on many fronts. Experiments with people whose natural body odours repel mosquitoes have helped scientists at Rothamsted Research to make advances in the search for a cheap safe mosquito repellent. |
The Science on Film initiative is run by the Wellcome Trust in partnership the Documentary Filmmakers Group. |
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| 10:35 Forced displacement in Africa |
| Director: | Leigh Foster | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 13 minutes | | Original Languages: | English, Kiswahili and Somali among others with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
More than half a century after independence movements started in Africa, and 40 years after many of these independent nations signed the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) Convention on Refugees, the numbers of uprooted people on the continent remains spectacularly high. Briefly tracing not only the history of the displaced in Africa, but also the generosity of Africa’s nations towards refugees, this film includes testimonials from refugees, as well as interviews with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Graca Machel, Kofi Annan, and former President Julius Nyerere. |
In 2009 and 2010, the UNHCR work in support of the refugees and displaced featured in this movie was supported by several foundations, including the following: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Cartier Foundation, The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, Divac Foundation, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Howard G. Buffet Foundation, Jolie-Pitt Foundation, The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, Khalifa Foundation, Lions Club Sweden, Motorola Foundation, Prosolidar, Qatar Charity, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Soroptimist International of the Americas, Swedish Postcode Foundation, UN Foundation. |
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| 10:50 Over my left shoulder |
| Director: | Oonagh Kearney and Adil Akram | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 6 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Documentary |
Post-natal depression can lead new mothers with no history of mental illness to the verge of suicide. We follow the journey of one such woman who, following very serious post-natal depression, bravely decided to have another baby. |
The Science on Film initiative is run by the Wellcome Trust in partnership the Documentary Filmmakers Group. |
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| 10:55 Sound waves |
| Director: | Sasha Andrews and Jeanne Guiraud | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 6 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Documentary |
A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device which can make it possible for the profoundly deaf to hear sound. Although it sounds like a miracle cure, the use of cochlear implants is controversial, particularly amongst the deaf community. Two families, both with children who are deaf. One has decided to have a CI for their son, the other has not. Why?The Science on Film initiative is run by the Wellcome Trust in partnership the Documentary Filmmakers Group. |
The Science on Film initiative is run by the Wellcome Trust in partnership the Documentary Filmmakers Group. |
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| 11:00 Tree of life |
| Director: | Shadow Industries | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 7 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Documentary |
A dynamic and cutting-edge animation commissioned by the Wellcome Trust and produced by Shadow Industries. Narrated by Sir David Attenborough and broadcast by the BBC as part of its Darwin season, this stunning visual representation of the history of life on Earth brings the viewer closer to evolution than ever before. Discover the relationship between key species, both extinct and living, through an interactive version available on the Tree of Life website. |
www.wellcometreeoflife.org |
This film was made with the support of Wellcome Trust |
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| 11:10 Mosaic |
| Director: | Civil Society Forum producing group and produced by Indre Studios in Romania | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 14 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Short documentary |
The Mosaic of civic engagement in Central and Eastern Europe was produced by the Trust for Civil Society in Central & Eastern Europe (CEE Trust) as part of their Civil Society Forum initiative, discussing civic engagement in the CEE region 20 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It provides a snapshot of spontaneously organised citizen initiatives serving as examples in discussions about today's informal grassroots activism. |
This film was made with the support of the Trust for Civil Society in Central & Eastern Europe |
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| 11:25 Early life: Kibera kids |
| Director: | Alex Gabbay | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 26 minutes | | Original Languages: | Swahili, English and Kikuyu with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
Kibera is the biggest slum in sub Saharan Africa. Even before they go to school here, children must run the gauntlet of crazy and even violent streets. Scientists warn that too much stress can permanently change the architecture of young brains. But insufficient stimulation can also be a problem - scientists have discovered how important interaction is for child development. The adults of Kibera are working hard to offer kids safe and stimulating pre-schools, but pre-school brings dilemmas. Should it reflect traditional African social values, or the West’s more individualistic outlook? And what of the children receiving no stimulation at all? |
This film was made with the support of the Bernard van Leer Foundation |
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| 11:55 First blood |
| Director: | Tom Mustill and Sarah Main | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 7 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Documentary |
New advances in stem cell research come with the promise of potential cures for major diseases. This has persuaded Hattie to pay £1,500 pounds for her baby’s cord blood to be stored while her friend Charlotte decided against. Has Hattie wasted her money? Or is Charlotte failing to protect her child? |
The Science on Film initiative is run by the Wellcome Trust in partnership the Documentary Filmmakers Group. |
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| 12:00 Ginger |
| Director: | Nick Rutter and Dr Helen Cooper | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 6 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Documentary |
Comedian Paul Smith is fed up with being heckled for his red hair. His quest to find out what’s good about being ginger leads him to some bizarre facts and stories. |
The Science on Film initiative is run by the Wellcome Trust in partnership the Documentary Filmmakers Group. |
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| 12:07 Life support |
| Director: | Dr Barry J Gibb and Dr Emma Pilgrim | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Documentary |
We walk on it, we build on it, it provides our food, yet what do we really know about soil? An exploration of the astounding biodiversity found in our backyards. |
The Science on Film initiative is run by the Wellcome Trust in partnership the Documentary Filmmakers Group. |
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| 12:15 Ne jetez plus nos compétences à la corbeille! (Stop throwing our talent in the bin!) |
| Director: | Philippe Berrier | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 7 minutes | | Original Languages: | French | | Genre: | Documentary |
This is a film about the action undertaken by the association Petit-à-Petit which works with local authorities for the employability of the settled Gypsy population of Arles and Tarascon (France). |
This film was made by Fondation Macif |
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| 12:25 Agro lives - Fair trade |
| Director: | Luís Carlos Nascimento | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 17 minutes | | Original Languages: | Portuguese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
The difficulties faced by producers, the reality of a combination of oranges and a taste of Bahia – this is the essence of this documentary. Growers in the Brazilian region of Bahia are aware of the price of their produce, they know how much it costs and how it is being marketed, and prevent intermediaries from interfering in this process, exporting the products in the circuit of fair trade, which gives them higher yields. |
This film was made with the support of Instituto Marquês de Valle Flôr (IMVF) |
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| 12:45 Dr. Mustafa Sarı: Protecting the environment and promoting economic development in Lake Van |
| Director: | | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 21 minutes | | Original Languages: | Turkish with English subtitles | | Genre: | |
For 17 years Dr Sarı has been working on preserving fish living in Lake Van (circumference of 400 kilometers) and developing methods to prevent illegal fishing which has almost led to the extinction of a certain species of fish. Thanks to his efforts, illegal fishing has dropped from 12 tonnes per year to only 2 tonnes per year over the past 13 years while also contributing to the growth of the fishing industry - thus sustaining a livelihood for hundreds of families which make a living from Lake Van's resources. |
http://www.sabancivakfi.org/eng/programlar/fark_yaratanlar/fark_yaratanlar.php |
This is the 4ht episode of the TV programme “Turkey's Changemakers” by Sabanci Foundation. |
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| 13:05 For Cod's sake |
| Director: | Folke Rydén | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 112 minutes | | Original Languages: | English, Polish and Swedish with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
For “Cod's Sake” is an international documentary about the fate of the Baltic Sea cod. For years the stock has been declining. Finally, a small recovery has been noted, but scientist s disagree about the extent of the recovery. Is the cod really back - or is a wipe-out still imminent? |
http://www.saveourbalticsea.com/ |
This film was made with the support of Baltic Sea 2020 |
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| 15:00 Early life: My first day at school |
| Director: | Subina Shrestha | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 24 minutes | | Original Languages: | English, Lisu and Thai with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
Three children prepare for their first day at school - but are their lives already set on different courses? Scientists suggest that how the brain develops in the first years of life may affect kids’ ability to prosper at school. The film follows three children as they prepare to enter primary school in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Their dilemmas reflect those of Thailand as a whole: how can a country with its own traditions of childhood prepare its kids for the new globalized society? In extreme cases brain chemistry is disrupted irreparably by a poor start in life. So what’s the best way of making sure all children have a decent chance on their first day at school? |
http://www.bernardvanleer.org/partners |
This film was made with the support of the Bernard van Leer Foundation |
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| 15:25 The reckoning: The battle for the international court |
| Director: | Pamela Yates, Paco de Onis, and Peter Kinoy | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 87 minutes | | Original Languages: | English and Acholi, French, Spanish and Swahili with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
The International Criminal Court (ICC) represents the most ambitious attempt ever to apply the rule of law on a global scale and to protect the most basic human rights. The Reckoning follows ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo for three years across four continents as he and his team tirelessly issue arrest warrants for Lord’s Resistance Army leaders in Uganda, prepare to put Congolese warlords on trial, challenge the UN Security Council to bring Sudan's president to justice for the Darfur massacres, and shake up the Colombian justice system. Moreno-Ocampo has a mandate but no police force. At every turn he must put pressure on the international community to muster political clout for the cause. Will the court succeed and will the world ensure that justice prevails?The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Court was part of the official selection, Sundance Film Festival 2009. |
http://www.thereckoningfilm.com/ |
This film was made with the support of Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Open Society Institute, Sundance Documentary Film Program, Swiss Dept. of Foreign Affairs |
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| 16:50 Three sisters and Andrey |
| Director: | Boris Despodov & Sebastina Leutner | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 15 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Animated |
This dark, yet humorous animated film deals with Andrey and his sisters. Years have passed and nothing has changed in the house of the Pozorovs. Andrey is still taking care of his sisters and keeps them sane and healthy with the help of various technical devices, until the day a mosquito turns everything upside down... |
http://filmfoerderpreis.bosch-stiftung.de/content/language2/html/8809.asp |
This film was awarded the 2006 Co-Production Prize for Young German and Eastern Filmmakers by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, in the category of animated film. |
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| 17:05 Splinter |
| Director: | Wojtek Wawszcyk | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 16 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Animated |
Splinter is a story of a wooden bench from a park which falls in love with a girl. Only the girl seems to see the bench as more than just an object. On the other side the bench lives in misunderstanding that their "romance" is developing. It’s a story of the loss of childhood and a desperate need for warmth and love in the first steps of adult life. The recollection of a peaceful forest becomes a symbol of lost childhood; afterall the bench is still a tree but with the dictated role of a bench for the adult life. The bench falls in love fast, full of trust and gullibility – forgetful of its nature. |
http://filmfoerderpreis.bosch-stiftung.de/content/language2/html/8803.asp |
This film was awarded the 2005 Co-Production Prize for Young German and Eastern Filmmakers by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, in the category of animated film. |
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| 17:25 Papy |
| Director: | Djo Tunda Wa Munga | | Year: | 2007 | | Length: | 52 minutes | | Original Languages: | Lingala with English or French subtitles | | Genre: | Drama |
Papy, a policeman in Kinshasa, has Aids and has contaminated his wife. He is rejected by his wife and family and can no longer go to work. He has to take care of his children alone. In order to obtain anti-retroviral drugs, Papy needs a family member to vouch for him. With no one else to turn to, he hires a homeless man to play his dear uncle. The interview unfolds in a slightly surreal manner but the centre gives him the drugs. Papy appears on a TV show in which he admits that he has Aids. Based on a true story. 'Papy' is the first episode of a film series 'Mon histoire' in local languages which tells the stories of people living with HIV in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
http://www.unaids.org/multimedia/streaming/Papy/index.htm |
This film was made with the support of several organisations including King Baudouin Foundation and other partners. |
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| 18:20 Burma VJ - Reporting from a closed country |
| Director: | Anders Østergaard | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 85 minutes | | Original Languages: | English and Burmese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
Though risking torture and life in jail, courageous young citizens of Burma live the essence of journalism as they insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country. Armed with small handycams the Burma VJs stop at nothing to make their reports from the streets of Rangoon. Their material is smuggled out of the country and broadcast back into Burma via satellite and offered as free to international media. The whole world has witnessed single event clips made by the VJs, but for the very first time, their individual images have been carefully assembled and together, they tell a much bigger story. The film offers a unique insight into high-risk journalism and dissidence in a police state, while at the same time providing a thorough documentation of the historical and dramatic days of September 2007, when the Buddhist monks started marching. |
http://burmavjmovie.com/ |
This film was made with the support of The Freedom of Expression Foundation |
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| 09:59 Tsutsumu |
| Director: | Masaki Karatsu | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | Japanese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
Masumi and Keisuke can finally afford to marry and get their own apartment. In addition to wedding presents from friends, Masumi’s mother also sends a carefully wrapped package. It contains Masumi’s umbilical cord, which is traditionally preserved as a sign of the bond between mother and child. But the package looks empty at first and is thrown away. Realising her mistake, Masumi is reminded of the importance of the family bond by losing the umbilical cord. Tsutsumu is a Japanese word for ‘to wrap’, while Tsusumu means to express one’s respect or modesty by making a virtual partition between the recipient and them. Sometimes the act of tsutsumu itself has more importance than its contents. |
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This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 10:04 I can't say her name |
| Director: | Filipe Bragança | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 6 minutes | | Original Languages: | Portuguese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
Yanyi is 21 years old, was born in a commune in Guangzhou, lives in Rio de Janeiro and doesn’t like movies.Pastel and caldo-de-cana are examples of typical Brazilian fast food on sale in thousands of pastry shops throughout the country.In recent years thousands of Chinese immigrants have arrived in Brazil and many of them have bought pastry shops. Why? Theories abound, but perhaps the real reason is that the Brazilian pastel started off as a Chinese spring roll brought by the Japanese refugees who came to Brazil during the Second World War disguised as Chinese.In today’s pastry shops, Chinese immigrants and their Brazilian employees are re-united by the so-called pastel, which nevertheless does not exist in China, and caldo-de-cana, a plant originally from india but that has become an important part of Brazilian identity, giving rise to the cachaça (fermented suger cane juice), that the Chinese offer to their Gods in the shrines in their carioca pastry shops. |
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This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 10:09 Monument |
| Director: | Donigan Cuming | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 6 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Short film |
A letter goes a great distance on the wings of hope and returns as a messenger of death. So far is a man who died six years ago. So close is an art object that has its own strange history. The film is about the collision of these two objects. |
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This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| Wednesday, 2 June 2010 |
| 08:45 Dr. Zeynep Şimşek making a difference in the lives of migrant farm workers |
| Director: | | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 21 minutes | | Original Languages: | Turkish with English subtitles | | Genre: | |
Dr Şimşek is the founding Director of the Harran University Medical School Public Health Department. Together with her colleague Dr Ibrahim Koruk, she dedicates her work to improving health conditions of migrant farm workers which comprise almost 20% of the population in the Southeastern province of Sanliurfa (also known in short as ‘Urfa’). |
http://www.sabancivakfi.org/eng/programlar/fark_yaratanlar/fark_yaratanlar.php |
This is the 1st episode of the TV programme “Turkey's Changemakers” by Sabanci Foundation. |
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| 09:10 Dispersal |
| Director: | João Constâncio | | Year: | 2005 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
Francisco, a writer, ceases is no longer capable of focusingto be able to focus on his work when his girlfriend moves into his house. Things get critical when his best friend also moves in as a guest.The film was awarded VI Festival de Curtas-Metragens de Oeiras, Portugal – Prize for the Best Script (2006) at the VI Festival de Curtas-Metragens de Oeiras, Portugal. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 09:14 Sunday |
| Director: | José Filipe Costa | | Year: | 2005 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
It is Sunday, a day of leisure. By the river bank, the father fishes and drinks, the mother dozes and the daughter plays… |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 09:19 Surface |
| Director: | Rui Xavier | | Year: | 2007 | | Length: | 14 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
No matter how calm the surface of the ocean appears to be, each time we cross the line that divides land and water we enter an unknown and unexpected world. Did our world remain the same by the time we come back ashore?The film has won the following awards: IndieLisboa - International Independent Film Festival, Portugal – Prize for the Best Portuguese Short Film Photography (2008), Ovarvídeo - Festival de Vídeo de Ovar, Portugal - Prize Best Editing (2008), Berlin International Film Festival, Germany - Special Mention of the International Short Film Jury (2008). |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 09:32 The finger |
| Director: | Luís Miguel Correia | | Year: | 2005 | | Length: | 6 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
A director becomes aware of his film-editor’s talent. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 09:38 The nurse |
| Director: | Joana Cunha Ferreira | | Year: | 2005 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
A woman wakes up and smokes her first cigarette of the day. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 09:43 Weekend |
| Director: | Cláudia Varejão | | Year: | 2007 | | Length: | 9 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
One country house, one weekend, one family. Time goes by. Silence prevails. “…But listen to the breath of the unceasing message made of silence…” ( R. M. Rilke). |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 09:55 Dr. Ayhan Tokgöz |
| Director: | | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 21 minutes | | Original Languages: | Turkish with English subtitles | | Genre: | |
Since 1986, Dr Ayhan Tokgoz has been offering complimentary health services to people in need. In the hospital he founded in Izmit, patients are given dental treatment and a full medical check-up for a small fee, while doctors make home visits to determine people’s needs and to provide free medicine. Patients can also take free literacy courses at the hospital. Dr Tokgoz also runs a clinic in Istanbul that charges higher fees from people who can afford it, the funds of which are used to serve less fortunate people. At the same time, Dr Tokgoz also collects recyclable waste from schools and workplaces in Istanbul to create funds for his services. |
http://www.sabancivakfi.org/eng/programlar/fark_yaratanlar/fark_yaratanlar.php |
This is the 12th episode of the TV programme “Turkey's Changemakers” by Sabanci Foundation. |
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| 10:20 Early life: The mayor's dream |
| Director: | Steve Bradshaw | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 26 minutes | | Original Languages: | English, Quechua, Spanish and Turkish with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
It’s now clear that the first five years of a child’s life are vital. But are we acting on what we know? Amilcar Huancahuari Tueros is the Mayor of Santa Nazarena, in the Peruvian Andes. Amilcar believes that the early stimulation of children’s brains can make for a more prosperous, less violent, society. The documentary looks at how Harvard scientists are testing this supposition. It also looks at some old parenting ways, such as not talking to children, or avoiding eye contact - and how these practices are changing. Finally the documentary hears from a young Turkish architect who believes her own life proves the Mayor's dream can be a reality. |
This film was made with the support of the Bernard van Leer Foundation |
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| 10:50 Smile Pinki |
| Director: | Megan Mylan | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 39 minutes | | Original Languages: | Hindi and Bhojpuri with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
Pinki is a five-year old girl in rural India, born desperately poor and with a cleft lip. The simple surgery that can cure her is a distant dream until she meets Pankaj, a social worker travelling village to village gathering patients for a hospital that provides free surgery to thousands each year. Told in a vibrant verity-style, this real-world fairy tale follows its wide-eyed protagonist on a journey from isolation to embracement. |
http://www.smilepinki.com/ |
This film was made by Smile Train with a grant from Charles B. Wang Foundation |
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| 11:30 Metamorphoses |
| Director: | Bruno Cabral | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 48 minutes | | Original Languages: | Portuguese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
Tó and Tuxa have been with the Crinabel Theatre Company for 20 years. Carolina is much younger and very ambitious. Nelson auditioned and won the lead in the Company’s next production: “Metamorphosis” by Kafka. The bonds between the members of this atypical Company are incredibly strong: each has limitations and weaknesses. Rehearsals begin in an atmosphere of intense involvement. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 12:20 Namban Japan |
| Director: | André Godinho | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 6 minutes | | Original Languages: | Japanese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
Kasutera derives from Pão de Ló, a Portuguese sponge cake introduced in Japan in the 16th century. In a yellow bedroom director André Godinho and illustrator Teresa Amaral, create a Japanese mise en scène, in which they cut slices of Pão de Ló and unwrap packets of kasutera. She draws while he films. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 12:26 La Cucaracha |
| Director: | Afra Mejia | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | Spanish with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
“The first part is about my personal experience, my continuous encounters with a popular song (a Mexican melody) which comes and goes, omnipresent in different and strange contexts, usually rebuilt as a folk sound according to a ‘Latin’ or ‘Mexican’ imaginary; devoid of all its original meaning The second part of the diptych is my search for the soul of this song. I evoke the memory of a past one can still shoot in the present; a long sequence shot which carries us back to the original sense of the song through the faces of those who are still resisting in today’s Mexico,” explains Afra Mejia. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 12:31 Necktie "à la Croate" |
| Director: | Dan Oki | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
In the 15th century, a Croatian soldier going off to war promises his fiancée that he would be careful and return safely. And so, as not to forget his promise, she ties a thin scarf around his neck. Over the years this promise becomes a common practice among the soldiers until the scarf actually becomes part of the actual military uniform. In 1650, under Louis XIV, the scarf was adopted by the French court as a fashion accessory. The expression à la Croate rapidly evolved into a new word; la cravate. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 12:36 Ping pong |
| Director: | Yang Heng | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | Chinese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
This is a story of a kidnapping that ends dramatically. During the imprisonment, the kidnapper interrogates his prisoner about the origins and evolution of ping pong in China. As time goes by the question-answer game becomes sadistic, ending with the death of the victim. Ping pong is a nation sport in China, but curiously only a few people are familiar with its origins. In China, ping pong also means shooting or a shot. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 12:41 Red burka |
| Director: | Roxana Pope | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 4 minutes | | Original Languages: | Farsi with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
In Iran, a burka is a vibrant-coloured face mask worn by some women to contrast with their black hijabs and chadors. Legend has it that women started wearing these masks in order to blend into the background, thus avoiding the unwelcomed attention of foreign invaders. In the 13th century, when Marco Polo saw these masks, he was so impressed by their beauty that he took some with him, and thus originated the famous Venice Carnival masks. This short documentary takes us behind the masks to reveal the lives of the women who still wear them, taking us on a stunning visual journey across the landscapes of southern Iran. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 12:45 The brass souls of our ancestors |
| Director: | Svetlana & Zoran Popovic | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 6 minutes | | Original Languages: | Serbian with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
After centuries of occupation by the Ottoman Empire, the duke of Serbia invited Austrian musician and maestro to bring European cultural influences to his country. With him came the trumpet, which until then hadn’t existed in Serbian traditional folk music. The first brass orchestra was formed in 1831, and today it is one of the most recognisable symbols of Serbian culture and identity. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 12:51 Mohamed, postcard N. 106 |
| Director: | Bruno Ulmer | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Short film |
Towards the end of the 1990s, a Muslim iconography specialist made the astonishing discovery of a portrait of the young prophet Mohammed wearing a turban. Printed in Iran, the portrait is very different to traditional populist imagery of the prophet, depicting the adolescent in late Renaissance style. The documentary explores how and why the portrait took on such a completely new aesthetic representation in Iranian Islam. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 12:56 Ancestral and modern |
| Director: | Rui Xavier | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 6 minutes | | Original Languages: | English and Portuguese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
Somewhere in London, the most ethnically diverse city in Europe, a Portuguese man is going to connect different cultures that share the same territory and the same habits. His short journey is a metaphor of the historical route of an object through different cultures and of the journeys of those cultures throughout the world. Could it be that today all of these bold movements can be concentrated in a neighbourhood in an almost unnoticeable way? |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 13:02 The trend of this fall |
| Director: | Kim Jong-Kwan | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | Korean with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
The film takes place in the Buk Chon neighbourhood of Seoul and shows a young couple falling in love. The neighbourhood is home to a lot of old-fashioned Korean houses, called Han-ok. Many people still live in these Han-ok houses, although some have been turned into cafes and restaurants. The film explores Buk Chon, a so-called last resort, which brings together a mixture of old and new trends. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 13:07 Hihokan |
| Director: | Kenji Murakami | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | Japanese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
In Tokyo in 1887, on the premise of enlightening the public on sanitary issues, sexually explicit life-sized dolls and dummies explaining sexually transmittable diseases were exhibited to the public. The original international Hihokan (House of Hidden Treasures) was established in 1972 based on the Sanitary Exhibition. Nowadays only five Hihokans exist. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 13:13 Fair-play |
| Director: | Ricardo Iscar | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 8 minutes | | Original Languages: | Spanish with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
A school outing to a military museum in Catalonia and a night watchman telling a story introduce the story of a Spanish invention which spans several generations: table football. The film follows the work of several factory workers in parallel with the school children playing a table football match. By the end of the film, a text tells the story of the invention of table football in Spain following the Spanish Civil War. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 13:21 Fixed on glass |
| Director: | Samba Félix Ndiaye | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | French with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
By the end of the 19th century, Islamic religious images painted on glass became very popular in Senegal. The origins of these images, which were brought into the country by Lebanese and Syrian immigrants and by African pilgrims returning to Mecca, can be found in Middle Eastern cultures. But in 1908, William Merlaud-Ponty’s, governor of French Western Africa, ordered their destruction and forbade their sale. The censorship gave rise to a new form of popular art in Senegal, known as fixé-sur-verre, which depicted images of everyday life and developed anonymously for more than a century. The art form is treasured by collectors worldwide. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 13:30 Soldiers of peace |
| Director: | Tim Wise | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 84 minutes | | Original Languages: | English, Hebrew and Spanish with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
The world is changing fast and humankind is confronted with rapid climate change, lack of fresh drinking water, ever decreasing bio-diversity, diminishing oil reserves and an ever-growing population. These global challenges call for global solutions which require cooperation on a global scale unprecedented in human history. Peace is the essential prerequisite without which we are unable to achieve the levels of cooperation, inclusiveness and social equity necessary to solve these challenges. The documentary closely examines the different ways in which governments and individuals can face these problems. The film also illustrates how peace is not a utopia through numerous examples in which people and communities are making positive changes. |
http://www.soldiersofpeacemovie.com/ |
This film was made with the support of the Insitute for Economics and PeaceVisions of Humanity |
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| 14:55 Neighbourhood cinema |
| Director: | João Pinto Nogueira, Leonor Areal, Pedro Sena Nunes, Rui Simões and Marta Pessoa | | Year: | 2010 | | Length: | 90 minutes | | Original Languages: | Portuguese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
Five directors/teachers from the area of documentary cinema, together with 25 young people, aged between 13 and 22 years, from different neighbourhoods in Portugal filmed this documentary which gathers stories of everyday life in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. For several days, these youngsters experienced life as a film director, facing the same challenges, executing the problem solving activities and learning about the decision-making process. While in the process of embracing the cinema experience and sharing their true stories, the participants work resulted in the emergence of new points of view on Portuguese disadvantaged neighbourhoods. |
http://www.inatel.pt/columncontent.aspx?menuid=599 |
This film was made by Fundação Inatel |
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| 16:25 ¡Salud! (Health!) |
| Director: | Connie Field | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 93 minutes | | Original Languages: | English and Spanish with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
A timely examination of human values and the health issues that affect us all, ¡Salud! looks at the curious case of Cuba, a cash-strapped country with what is believed to be one of the world’s best health systems. From the shores of Africa to the Americas, !Salud! hits the road with some of the 28,000 Cuban health professionals serving in 68 countries, and explores the hearts and minds of international medical students in Cuba -- now numbering 30,000, including nearly 100 from the US. Their stories plus testimony from experts around the world bring home the competing agendas that mark the battle for global health—and the complex realities confronting the movement to make healthcare everyone’s birth right. |
http://www.saludthefilm.net/ns/main.html |
This film was made with the support of Atlantic Philanthropies and Rockefeller Foundation |
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| 18:00 At the border |
| Director: | Jelle Janssens & Sofie Hanegreefs | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 90 minutes | | Original Languages: | Dutch with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
This film focuses on the difference between poverty and unemployment, by portraying the lives of five families living in poverty. An authentic image of poverty is constructed, with all the paradoxes and contradictions that are inherent in a disadvantaged neighbourhood. At the same time, a specific working form – proximity services – are presented. |
This film was made with the support of Cera |
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| Thursday, 3 June 2010 |
| 08:45 Gulcan Nitsch |
| Director: | | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 24 minutes | | Original Languages: | Turkish with English subtitles | | Genre: | |
Gulcan Nitsch is the first participant of Turkey’s Changemakers from Europe. Nitsch is an idealist biologist, who has been working for raising environmental awareness among the Turkish community in Berlin, Germany. Nitsch started to promote environmental issues in the Turkish community in Berlin when she was working with women and children at BUND, a non-governmental ecology group located in Berlin, and Friends of the Earth Germany. Nitsch established an environmental group within BUND called the Green Belt, and has organised the Turkish Environment Day for three years through which she encourages the Turkish community to actively participate. In addition to this, Green Belt organises information meetings, discussion groups for women, trekking activities and distributes brochures. |
http://www.sabancivakfi.org/eng/programlar/fark_yaratanlar/fark_yaratanlar.php |
This is the 25th episode of the TV programme “Turkey's Changemakers” by Sabanci Foundation. |
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| 09:10 Sleeping hammock |
| Director: | Marco Dutra | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 6 minutes | | Original Languages: | Portuguese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
A woman tells her son a long forgotten Latin tradition: the burying of a beloved one in a sleeping hammock. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 09:15 Bandoneón |
| Director: | Sebastian Schindel | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 5 minutes | | Original Languages: | Spanish with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
Bandoneón is the key instrument of Tango, a style of music reflecting aspects of suburban life such as poverty, prostitution and delinquency. The bandoneón’s use in Tango is in stark contrast to its origins. The instrument was invented in Germany around 1840 and was first played in churches that could not afford to buy an organ. Around 1900, the bandoneón was brought to Argentina by European immigrants and immediately became and integrate part of Tango orchestras, which up to then only used the violin, the flute and the guitar. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 09:20 The life code of A. Montrond |
| Director: | Margarida Cardoso | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 7 minutes | | Original Languages: | English and French with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
Inside a volcanic crater of the island of Fogo, in Cape Verde, lives a very special Creole community. They are dark skinned, but have very fair hair and light eyes. They are the Montrond clan. Descendents of the legendary French count Armand de Montrond; they have created an identity for themselves based on this French aristocratic mythical character, claiming a past they never experienced, so very distant from their reality. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 09:27 Story of Herero dress |
| Director: | Vincent Moloi | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 6 minutes | | Original Languages: | English with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
Not far from the Kalahari Desert, in the small town of Okahandja, near Windhoek, Namibia’s capital, we come across a group of women unexpectedly dressed in Victorian style clothes. Over 100 years have gone by since the German colonial armies left Namibia, but their influence is still apparent in the Herero’s lifestyle. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian |
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| 09:35 The good heart attack |
| Director: | Uli Hesse and Dr Sean Davidson | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 7 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Documentary |
Even though scientists were able to make a dog’s heart beat outside its body seventy years ago, today, the heart still remains a mystery, at University College London, surgeons have recently discovered that delivering a small shock to the heart can condition and protect it against the stress of major heart surgery. It works, but why?“The good heart attack” won the Best Short Documentary Award at the Vedere La Scienza Festival in Milan. |
The Science on Film initiative is run by the Wellcome Trust in partnership the Documentary Filmmakers Group. |
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| 09:45 Mehmet Selim Baki |
| Director: | | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 20 minutes | | Original Languages: | Turkish with English subtitles | | Genre: | |
Seven years ago, Mehmet Selim Baki, then an architect, began working with children voluntarily. In 2005, he personally established and financed the Peace for Music Project to provide music education to children aged 7-14 old living in Edirnekapi, one of Istanbul's most disadvantaged inner-city neighbourhood. Some 250 children have received basic music education thanks to the project. Last year two children passed the conservatory exam of a well-known public university and it is also reported that self-esteem among participating children has increased allowing them to perform in front of large audiences. Music for Peace received the Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award in November 2009, which recognises people who take responsibility for the cities they live in. |
http://www.sabancivakfi.org/eng/programlar/fark_yaratanlar/fark_yaratanlar.php |
This is the 17th episode of the TV programme “Turkey's Changemakers” by Sabanci Foundation. |
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| 10:05 Being young |
| Director: | Mariana Maioto | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 2 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
It doesn't matter what you are or where you're from, but try to build yourself as being part of a culture. |
http://www.strangerfestival.com |
This film was for the Stranger Festival an initiative of the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 10:07 Morass |
| Director: | Sancho Hemelsoen | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 4 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
A troubled girl looses grip and slides into a surreal world. There she tries to escape from her inner problems… |
http://www.strangerfestival.com |
This film was for the Stranger Festival an initiative of the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 10:11 My name is Ahang |
| Director: | Ahang Bashi | | Year: | 2007 | | Length: | 7 minutes | | Original Languages: | Swedish and Farsi with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
This is a short film that tells the story of a kid (The director) that felt great alienation because of her name, but learned in time to be proud and now laughs about her childhood hang ups. |
http://www.strangerfestival.com |
This film was for the Stranger Festival an initiative of the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 10:18 My education |
| Director: | Taran Burns | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 4 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Short film |
This was a short video made in 2 days for a conference on youth education with Ella Bisset-Johnson, creator of Build-Your-Own-Teacher. |
http://www.strangerfestival.com |
This film was for the Stranger Festival an initiative of the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 10:22 Night acrobatics |
| Director: | Eos Karlsson | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 3 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Short film |
“I´m Eos, The guy with a million thoughts.. And you are welcome into my head, This is me ...my thoughts.... my vision. ....Sometimes words can´t explain... That’s why we need art! People may doubt what I am saying, But they will believe what I am doing...,” explains the director of this film. |
http://www.strangerfestival.com |
This film was for the Stranger Festival an initiative of the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 10:25 Path of thoughts |
| Director: | Dusan Lazic | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 1 minute | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Short film |
In the art world there are many different paths. Everyone of us has a little ‘guide’ inside him which tells him where and when to go. We are all trying to recognise these little things inside ourselves and bring them down if they are bad or bring them up if they are positive, but sometimes they just don't allow us to manipulate them. This video illustrates some of the little things inside a human mind. |
http://www.strangerfestival.com |
This film was for the Stranger Festival an initiative of the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 10:26 Story about feeling |
| Director: | Adam Walenda | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 2 minutes | | Original Languages: | Polish with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
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http://www.strangerfestival.com |
This film was for the Stranger Festival an initiative of the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 10:28 The beginning |
| Director: | Miguel Delgado | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 1 minute | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
You could change the world starting within your neighbourhood, your friends, your family, etc... Violence is not necessary, just teaching awareness from childhood. |
http://www.strangerfestival.com |
This film was for the Stranger Festival an initiative of the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 10:35 Troubled minds |
| Director: | Andy Glynne | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 15 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Animated documentaries |
“Troubled minds” is a series of short animations exploring mental health issues affecting young people. The five animations are part of “Animated minds”, a series of three-minute animated documentaries using real testimonies from survivors of mental illness and those with neurological disorders, combined with engaging visuals, to climb inside the inner experience of these inner worlds. Windows into experiences rarely seen, these pieces draw us in, journeying around the landscape of their minds and leaving us with a greater understanding of what it is to suffer from mental distress. This series brings together four different stories: on eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, Asperger's syndrome and self-harm. The series was awarded the Best Schools Programme for 14-19 year olds, the Royal Television Society Education Awards 2008, the Young People's Media Award, the Mind Mental Health Media Awards 2009, the Secondary Learning Award, BAFTA Children's Awards 2009. |
http://animatedminds.com |
This series was funded by a Wellcome Trust People Award. |
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| 10:50 Yodok stories |
| Director: | Torstein Grude | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 82 minutes | | Original Languages: | English and Korean with English subtitles | | Genre: | Musical |
Today, more than 300,000 men, women and children are locked up in North Korea’s concentration camps. Systematic torture, starvation and murder is what faces the detainees. Few survive many years in the camps, but the population is kept stable by a steady influx of new people considered to be ‘class enemies’. A small group of people have managed to flee from the camps to a new life in the prosperous South Korea. Some among them got together and decided to make an extraordinary and controversial musical about their experiences in the Yodok concentration camp. Despite death threats and many obstacles, the musical becomes a tour-de-force for this ensemble of refugees. For them, the musical is an opportunity to talk about their experiences and inspire other to protest the existence of the camps.A small group of people have managed to flee from North Korea’s concentration camps to a new life in South Korea. Some among them got together and decided to make an extraordinary and controversial musical about their experiences in the Yodok concentration camp. Despite death threats and many obstacles, the musical becomes a tour-de-force for this ensemble of refugees. For them, the musical is an opportunity to talk about their experiences and inspire other to protest the existence of the camps. |
www.yodokfilm.com |
This film was made with the support of The Freedom of Expression Foundation |
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| 11:15 Milan |
| Director: | Michaela Kezele | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 22 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
Yugoslavia during the 1999 NATO air-raids, two brothers are making plans to go and play “hide and seek” in the forest. As Milan (6) gets to the meeting point on time, his brother, at the same time, is fighting for his life. As Milan starts looking for him, he surprisingly finds someone else…MILAN tells the story of a small family during the confusing times of the war. |
http://filmfoerderpreis.bosch-stiftung.de/content/language2/html/8836.asp |
This film was awarded the 2006 Co-Production Prize for Young German and Eastern Filmmakers by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, in the category of short film. |
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| 12:40 Village of socks |
| Director: | Ileana Stanculescu & Klaudia Begic | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 78 minutes | | Original Languages: | German with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
"In a small village in Transylvania, women are knitting new opportunities for themselves in this documentary from filmmaker Ileana Stanculescu. Deutschweisskirch is a town that for the most part has been passed over in the economic progress of the European Union, and for a long time jobs for women were hard to come by. However, a German musician with an entrepreneurial bent has helped to change this by discovering a market for hand-knitted wool socks, and in turn finding in the village a large number of women eager to earn some extra money through their handiwork. Village of Socks observes what has become a daily ritual as dozens of women meet in the town square, compare notes on their lives, and work on their knitting with an eye towards selling their work." (NY Times) |
http://filmfoerderpreis.bosch-stiftung.de/content/language2/html/8809.asp |
This film was awarded the 2005 Co-Production Prize for Young German and Eastern Filmmakers by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, in the documentary category. |
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| 14:00 The secret pain |
| Director: | Mette Knudsen | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 75 minutes | | Original Languages: | Danish, English and Temne with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
The Secret Pain is a powerful film against female circumcision, also called Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). But this film includes no terrifying pictures of the actual act. According to Amnesty International 6,000 girls are genitally mutilated every single day worldwide, i.e. two million girls every year. |
This film was made with the support of the Egmont Fonden |
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| 15:15 Ghosts of Rwanda |
| Director: | Greg Barker | | Year: | 2004 | | Length: | 120 minutes | | Original Languages: | English (and Kinyarwanda dubbed in English) | | Genre: | Documentary |
Ten years ago, when the United Nations sent peacekeepers to this small, Central African nation, most of the policy-makers involved believed it would be a straightforward mission that would help restore the UN's battered reputation after interventions in Bosnia and Somalia. Few could imagine that, a decade later, Rwanda would be the crisis that still haunts their souls. "Ghosts of Rwanda" a special two-hour documentary to mark the 10th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide - a state-sponsored massacre of some 800,000 Rwandans by Hutu extremists - examines the social, political, and diplomatic failures that converged to enable the genocide to occur. |
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/ghosts/ |
This film is a Frontline co-production with BBC and Silverbridge Productions with the support of The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation |
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| 17:15 Bab Sebta |
| Director: | Frederico Lobo e Pedro Pinho | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 108 minutes | | Original Languages: | English and French with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
"Bab Sebta" is a documentary that brings together personal testimonies of thousands of Africans who flock to the North every year, walking kilometres, crossing deserts, facing mafias, thirst and hunger, until finally reaching the border with Ceuta, the "Fortress Peninsula and Port for Europe”. The work done by Pedro Pinho, Frederico Lobo and Luísa Homem avoids the journalistic pursuit of the history of others, and has first-person stories of banal everyday life on the family's departure, the adventures, lost loves, disappointments and expectations.The documentary won the Contest of Research and Development of ICAM (Institute of Cinema and Multimedia Audovisual) in 2006. In 2008 it won the Prix Espérance the 19th FID Marseille and the Best National Documentary Film in DocLisboa. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian and other partners. |
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| Friday, 4 June 2010 |
| 08:45 Carlos V, the emperor’s European dream |
| Director: | Jesús Sánchez Romeva | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 60 minutes | | Original Languages: | Spanish | | Genre: | Documentary |
The European Dream of Charles V (1558-2008) is a historical biography of Charles V which establishes the link between his idea of unifying Europe, in the sixteenth century, and the current policies pursuing a similar purpose. To follow this route, the documentary examines the European project through people who are of major international reference, such as Simone Veil, awarded the Charles V European Award 2008, the President of the Portuguese Academy of History, Manuela Mendonça, the chairman of the Board of Extremadura, Guillermo Fernández Vara, and former Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez. |
This film was made with the support of European Academy of Yuste Foundation |
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| 09:45 Street poll |
| Director: | Civil Society Forum producing group and produced by Halina Ilcewicz and Joanna Kozera in Poland | | Year: | 2009 | | Length: | 39 minutes | | Original Languages: | Bulgarain, Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovak and Slovenian with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short documentary |
The Street Poll conducted in seven CEE countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia) asking citizens of these countries their impressions of civil society and todays democracy, as well as whom they would turn to for solving an issue and whether they have ever volunteered for a civic action. |
This film was made with the support of the Trust for Civil Society in Central & Eastern Europe |
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| 10:25 O Morgadinho |
| Director: | Catarina Alves Costa | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 3 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
A Cape-Verdean violinist plays a morna (typical Cape-Verdean music genre) in a suburban landscape, in the outskirts of Lisbon. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian for its Among Us project |
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| 10:28 Raisa Matrimonial Agency |
| Director: | Sérgio Tréfaut | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 3 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
The film portrays the work of an immigrant telephone operator, in a matrimonial agency. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian for its Among Us project |
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| 10:31 Untitled |
| Director: | Cátia Salgueiro | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 3 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
Marcela is a made. She dedicates her time almost exclusively to the care of three children of a family, which is not hers. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian for its Among Us project |
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| 10:34 Airport |
| Director: | Leonor Noivo | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 3 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
The airport is a place of arrival, place of departure, border, place of anxiety, of acceptance and exclusion; place of decision about life. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian for its Among Us project |
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| 10:37 O Desterrado (The Exiled) |
| Director: | André Godinho | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 3 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
Andriy Romashov was born in Russia, is of Ukrainian nationality and lives in Portugal for 5 years. In his language he couldn’t find a synonym for the word for ‘Exiled’. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian for its Among Us project |
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| 10:40 Distant light |
| Director: | Miguel Tomar Nogueira | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 3 minutes | | Original Languages: | Portuguese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
While many Portuguese look at Portugal as a country empty of opportunities, to thousands of immigrants Portugal is the only possible solution to reach a better life. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian for its Among Us project |
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| 10:43 All the buildings in New York |
| Director: | André Príncipe | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 3 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Short film |
An American citizen questions an old illegal immigrant about his experience. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian for its Among Us project |
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| 10:46 Plate 23 |
| Director: | José Filipe Costa | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 3 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Short film |
Among the community of immigrants from East Europe, there is a significant number of violent deaths by homicide, when compared to those of Portuguese, and other immigrant communities in Portugal. This is one of the conclusions one can take from the study of Aníbal Countinho, doctor in the Medico-legal Office in Faro, which analysed the causes and risk factors associated to violent death in this district, between 2001 and 2004. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian for its Among Us project |
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| 10:49 Eugénia |
| Director: | Fausto André Cardoso | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 3 minutes | | Original Languages: | Portuguese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
An Oriental wisdom among us. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian for its Among Us project |
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| 10:52 Yuriy |
| Director: | Tiago Afonso | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 3 minutes | | Original Languages: | Portuguese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
Yury, natural of Khazakisthan, immigrated to Portugal a dozen years ago. The great variety of labour situations that he has been confronted with led him to build an image and a discourse on Portugal as bitter as it is lucid and grounded. Dishonesty, lack of scruples and of the most basic sense of civism, and humanity contribute to portray the Portuguese patronage, in which arrogance and a slaving attitude come out. Is this the country that “gave new worlds to the world”? Are these the “new worlds” that we want to inhabit? |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian for its Among Us project |
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| 10:55 Suu Urgulug |
| Director: | Joana Pinho Neves | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 3 minutes | | Original Languages: | Portuguese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
Unurjargal is the only child of a couple from Mongol. They arrived Portugal two years ago and they now live in a temporary fostering place for immigrants in Ameixoeira, Lisbon. Unurjargal is the only among the three family members who speaks Portuguese, she carries the hope, courage and determination of the whole family. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian for its Among Us project |
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| 10:58 Lino Bicarli - Clear words! |
| Director: | Pedro Paiva | | Year: | 2006 | | Length: | 3 minutes | | Original Languages: | Portuguese with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
Born in Italy, he immigrated as a missionary to Guinea-Bissau during the Colonial War, where he worked with the local communities. He renounced to his condition of priest, and started collaborating with the guerrilla in the field of education and health. Lino shares his vision about his, and our, condition and about what made him come to Portugal. |
This film was made with the support of Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian for its Among Us project |
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| 11:00 Broken circuits |
| Director: | Tom Daniel Reiersen | | Year: | 2007 | | Length: | 9 minutes | | Original Languages: | Norwegian with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
The film takes us to Norway, a country of cardboard and robots. We meet divorced couple Roger and Matilde. They tell their Romeo and Juliet-story of love and deceit. It’s a story of intercultural dialogue and xenophobia, manifesting itself in the differences between city and village culture. Roger’s friends and family in Finnmark reject the city girl Matilde, causing difficulties for them both.This is a story of intercultural dialogue and xenophobia, manifesting itself in the Romeo and Juliet-story of love and deceit, of two Norwegian robots. |
This film was made with the support of the European Cultural Foundation |
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| 11:10 Amor fati |
| Director: | Dennis Todorovic | | Year: | 2005 | | Length: | 16 minutes | | Original Languages: | German with English subtitles | | Genre: | Short film |
A film about love, death and how to come to terms with fate. “Amor Fati is a parable about a clash of cultures, about the stark contrast between the Balkan way of surrendering to fate and living in the moment and the Western notion of personal responsibility and a tendency to point fingers. This is a conflict I grew up with and for which I have no ready answers. Telling a story about it, however, seemed to be a step in the right direction,” explains Dennis Todorovic, Director of Amor Fati. |
http://filmfoerderpreis.bosch-stiftung.de/content/language2/html/8797.asp |
This film was awarded the 2005 Co-Production Prize for Young German and Eastern Filmmakers by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, in the category of short film. |
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| 11:25 Here's Johnny |
| Director: | Kat Mansoor | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 52 minutes | | Original Languages: | English | | Genre: | Documentary |
This documentary enters the surreal world of renowned graphic artist Johnny Hicklenton, who is battling against Multiple Sclerosis. Living in an increasing state of immobility and frustration, Johnny escapes the confines of his front room through his artwork. Through the expression of his brilliant and sometimes troubled imagination we learn about the disease that he cannot escape from.The documentary enters the surreal world of renowned graphic artist Johnny Hicklenton, who is battling against Multiple Sclerosis. |
This film was made with the support of Wellcome Trust |
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| 12:20 Kalinovski Square - Ploshcha |
| Director: | Yuri Khashchevatski | | Year: | 2007 | | Length: | 73 minutes | | Original Languages: | Russian, Belarusian with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
In March 2006, presidential elections were held in Belarus. Despite the hopes of the opposition and many outside the country, Alexander Lukashenko was reelected for a third consecutive term in manipulated elections; the official result gave him over 85 percent of the vote. The well-known Belarusian director Yuri Khashchevatsky was an observer of the elections and the events surrounding them. He filmed pre–election meetings, the proclamations of candidates, anti–Lukashenko demonstrations and interviews with opponents of the regime who were arrested. In Kalinovski Square Khashchevatsky manages, as in the earlier “An Ordinary President” (1996), to transform the dark and despotic goings on of present–day Belarus into exquisite political satire. With irony and humor, he points to what the country suffers from most of all – the dictator Lukashenko's self–centred understanding of the world and the totalitarian method of rule which springs from it. The film lifts the lid on an elaborate state apparatus which does not allow the slightest sign of democratisation, and a "free" election which turns into farce. |
This film was made with the support of The German Marshall Fund of the United States |
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| 13:35 When I cry, my heart beats |
| Director: | Annett Schütze | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 97 minutes | | Original Languages: | Romanian with English subtitles | | Genre: | Documentary |
Mustafa is 11 years old, and does not really have a childhood. As a street-kid in Bucharest, he leads a sad and dangerous life amid drugs, prostitution and violence. If it was not for the Parada Circus, he and 20 other street-children wouldn’t have a home. It is here, during the daytime, they train to be circus performers, get a warm meal, a change of clothes and school lessons. Mustafa and five other street-children filmed with a mini-dv camera share their own and very personal views of their lives. Using this remarkable material, together with her own observations, the director Annett Schuetze, and her film-team creates a poignant and moving portrait about forgotten children who refuse to give up. |
http://filmfoerderpreis.bosch-stiftung.de/content/language2/html/8842.asp |
This film was awarded the 2006 Co-Production Prize for Young German and Eastern Filmmakers by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, in the documentary category. |
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| 15:15 Mustavuori 101- Bodenlos |
| Director: | Robert and Rikard Lassenius | | Year: | 2007 | | Length: | 13 minutes | | Original Languages: | Sedish, Finnish and German with English subtitles | | Genre: | Animation |
Robert and Rikard have created a secret refuge in the attic of their parents’ house and shut themselves off from the outside world. From their save haven the brothers observe the dangers of the outside world: the adults - their parents as well as neighbours - the factory, the train station and the river. Here, amongst odd bits a memorabilia, games are played and dreams are dreamt. Here stories of times past merge with childish fantasies.
But no one could anticipate the children's fantasies being so in conflict with the sober live of the adults, and the consequences of this so disastrous. |
http://mustavuori101.com/ |
This film was made with the support of the Svenska Kulturfonden |
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| 15:30 Curse of the Remote Island |
| Director: | Christer Lindström | | Year: | 2008 | | Length: | 16 minutes | | Original Languages: | | | Genre: | Animation |
Sir Void, the heroic adventurer from the golden age of cartoons and silent film finds his way into the world of contemporary television. The curse of endless bad alternatives makes an impact on the innocent explorer. This true story describes what really happened to the original Tarzan, Vampire and all their forgotten friends. |
http://www.indiefilms.fi/en/productions/curse-of-the-remote-island/ |
This film was made with the support of the Svenska Kulturfonden |
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