Leonard Retel Helmrich Netherlands 2001 | 94 Min. | 35 mm, OmeU
In 1998 a deep political and economic crisis forced President Suharto to resign after 32 years in power. This was the beginning of the tumultuous period known in Indonesia as … read more
Mohammed Soudani Algeria, Switzerland 2002 | 90 Min.
After thirty years away, the Algerian filmmaker Soudani returns to his homeland, accompanied by the photographer Michael von Graffenried, who has long been documenting the open wounds of Algeria. Together … read more
Abderrahmane Sissako France, Mauritania 2002 | 90 Min. | 35 mm, OmeU
The seventeen year old Abdallah leaves his hometown, Bamako in Mali, and visits his mother in Nouadhibou in Mauritius, while he is waiting to move on to Europe.The small, sleepy … read more
Aficionados call it the best dance hall in the world. But you won’t find it in any travel brochure. The Salon Rosado at La Tropical is the club where generations … read more
Ana Rocha Fernandes, Torsten Truscheit Germany 2001 | 90 Min. | 35 mm, OmeU
The Rabelados live in isolated regions of main island Santiago and are the remaining rebellions of Cape Verde, the forgotten Islands near the west coast of Africa. They have been … read more
Peter Torbiörnsson Sweden 2001 | 90 Min. | 35 mm, OmeU
For nearly twenty years filmmaker Peter Torbiörnsson followed Tinoco and Ninoska, an ordinary Nicaraguan couple, through the trials of day-to-day life in Nicaragua during a period governed by radical economic … read more
François Verster South Africa 2002 | 52 Min. | BetaSP, OF
Bonteheuvel, a forlorn township near Capetown. In the 1980s, the settlement was notorious for its militant confrontations in the fight against Apartheid. The youth organised themselves into the “Bonteheuvel Military … read more
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