“Am I pretty?” When asked online, this banal question opens up a loop of found- footage videos uploaded by teenagers all over the world on the internet. Though the identical … mehr

“But there was a choice: my parents or my children.” Through personal film recordings and narrated pieces of memory, the film tells the story of a forced migratory voyage of … mehr

“Self-portrait. In 1998 our family came under armed attack. We were able to escape and we fled Grozny. We have been silent about it since”. Vladlena Sandu tells an incisive … mehr

“My birthday is the brightest day of my life. My birthday always starts at the cemetery”. This is the autobiographical film about the perceiving intertwining meanings of life and death … mehr

Die jüdische Filmemacherin Iris Zaki heuert bei einem Frauenfriseursalon in Wadi NisNas, einem quirligen christlich-arabischen Viertel Haifas an. Hierher kommen die unterschiedlichsten Frauen des Quartiers. Während sich die arabischen und … mehr

Der sympathische Dr. Sami ist Veterinär im Zoo von Qalqilya, im Westen der Westbank nahe der israelischen Grenze. Sein größter Traum ist es, den Besuchern zwei Giraffen zeigen zu können, … mehr

Bergarbeiterstreik in Butte, Montana, im Revolutionsjahr 1917. Zehntausende haben in den Kupferminen der Anaconda Mining Company bereits ihr Leben gelassen. Die damals radikale Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) beginnt … mehr

At five in the morning, before any professor or student enters the building of the well-established SAOS University in London, a lot of work needs to be done: Cleaning toilets, corridors, desks and even the streets outside. But those who prepare the working places of thousands of Londoners, mostly stay invisible earning 2£ less than the minimum wage of 7.20£ in London. They come from different Latin American countries, but their determination to fight labor exploitation derives from the common experience of discrimination within a country that needs their work, but does not want to value it. When an empowering resistance grows, the prestigious university, well known for championing in human rights, must take sides. But instead of showing solidarity with the workers, the university impairs the conflict.

After moving from Cuba to London seven years ago, Fernando Mitjáns studied postcolonial culture and global policy. He felt the need to portray the huge gap between expectations and reality of migration from Latin-American countries and found himself in the middle of this worker’s struggle.

Wer sich in Algerien auf Checks and Balances, das System der Gewaltenteilung beruft, sagt Malek Bensmaïl, ist bereits ein Provokateur. Denn wer dort für eine Ausgewogenheit der Macht eintreten will, … mehr

Der Titel dieses Films wirkt wie reine Ironie. Die Sonne scheint nie in Tschiatura, der westgeorgischen Minenstadt, die einst 50 % des weltweit benötigten Metalls Mangan förderte. Heute bietet die … mehr