Current Films

Ruwayshed is the last vil­lage in Jordan before the Iraqi border. It’s no man’s land. This short doc­u­men­tary gives an insight into the lives of a few people who live … read more

Kamel and his broth­er Bouzid live in Bab El Oued, a work­ing class neigh­bor­hood of Algiers. Kamel is a dis­il­lu­sioned, brood­ing loner. The more jovial Bouzid, played by Rai singer … read more

Swiss-based Iran­ian film­mak­er Afsar Sonia returns to her home in Teheran. In an inti­mate tone, she tells her grand­moth­er’s, moth­er’s, sis­ters’ and her own story. The doc­u­men­tary shows how women … read more

There is a place on the coast of north­ern India where ships come to die. This film opens a window on this strange, dis­turb­ing and hal­lu­ci­na­to­ry world, where men and … read more

“Achim, you must put your shoes on and you must go to the fac­to­ry”, Rainer shouts down the phone. Because once again the Chi­nese are doing just as they please … read more

Harassed by his wife to leave the shade of his tree and look for new con­tracts, Papa Wendo decides to get in touch with his old bud­dies again. He brings togeth­er thirty young and not-so-young musi­cians with whom he hopes to revive the Con­golese rumba. Gui­tars, Paten­gué and mukuas­sa are to resound from Kin­shasa all the way to Europe. Com­ment Wendo Kolosoy was born in 1925. Known as the «living mon­u­ment» of Con­golese music, Papa Wendo came to fame with his hit single Marie-Louise, a song to which the people attrib­uted magic powers, amongst them waking up the dead or bring­ing the genies of the river to dance. The rep­u­ta­tion was to cost him excom­mu­ni­ca­tion by the Bel­gian Fathers. Orphaned very early on, he worked as a boat­man for a decade, before becom­ing a boxer and later a singer – his life in a poem. Through tes­ti­mo­ni­als and meet­ings, Jacques Sarasin fol­lows not only the reunion of Wendo and his vet­er­an musi­cians, but also films parts of his daily, family life. 

Nine women from a Turk­ish vil­lage in the Taurus Moun­tains tell about their lives. About fathers who would have pre­ferred a son and who object to a higher edu­ca­tion for … read more