Unusual perspectives and personal approaches to their topics and protagonists characterize the program of the STUDENTS’ PLATFORM, which complements the festival with a diverse selection of international debut films and final works of film, visual anthropology and media schools. Curated from more than three hundred submissions from across the globe, this section showcases a multi-faceted selection of 16 debut and student films of all lengths, shot in 14 countries. The program is accompanied by a rich workshop program on current debates in documentary-filmmaking and visual anthropology, which is conducted in cooperation with a student initiative of a visual anthropology working group of the anthropology department, University Freiburg. There is no competition in the students’ platform. Instead we aim to provide a platform for uprising filmmakers to tell stories, raise voices and network with fellow emerging and established filmmakers alike.
students' platform
DOR (LONGING)
Jannes Callens
Belgium, Romania 2022 | 52 Min. | engl. subtitled
Belgium, Romania 2022 | 52 Min. | engl. subtitled
Wed, 17-May-23 04:30 PM
Q&A with:
Jannes Callens, Sven Aerts
Jannes Callens, Sven Aerts
DOR (LONGING) enables us to share moments of encounter between some very grounded characters, a group of young shepherds in Romania– and a person in a moment of being in … read more
DUENDE
Lucia Barrenetxea Lopez
Spain 2022 | 27 Min. | engl. subtitled
Spain 2022 | 27 Min. | engl. subtitled
Sat, 20-May-23 09:45 PM
Q&A via Zoom with:
Lucia Barrenetxea Lopez
Lucia Barrenetxea Lopez
A red-clothed altar appears on the streets of Granada. Slowly, the feet of the people beneath it emerge; a group of women that seems like its own organism. In the … read more
HOME SWEET HOME
Humad Nisar
Germany, Iceland, Pakistan, Poland, USA 2022 | 41 Min. | engl. subtitled
Germany, Iceland, Pakistan, Poland, USA 2022 | 41 Min. | engl. subtitled
Mon, 15-May-23 07:30 PM
Q&A with:
Humad Nisar
Humad Nisar
The topic of “home” goes beyond the four walls of the household. For queer people, it is often a complex enigma. In an effort to decolonise narrative filmmaking, director Humad … read more
I AM WOUNDED
(Brîndarim)
Orkan Bayram
Germany, Iraq 2021 | 28 Min. | engl. subtitled
Germany, Iraq 2021 | 28 Min. | engl. subtitled
Fri, 19-May-23 02:00 PM
Q&A with:
Orkan Bayram
Orkan Bayram
Aram and Mihemed are two teenage brothers who struggle to earn a living for the family by collecting recycling paper. Their father lost a leg in a terrorist attack while … read more
KIBONUMWE / METEORITE
Simon Rittmeier
Germany, Rwanda 2022 | 13 Min. | engl. subtitled
Germany, Rwanda 2022 | 13 Min. | engl. subtitled
Sun, 21-May-23 02:30 PM
Filmgespräch mit:
Simon Rittmeier
Simon Rittmeier
- “I can only describe it from what I’ve seen on television. A huge pointy element that pierced the ground. And the earth around it… [makes gestures] fell everywhere. Disturbing … read more
KIBONUMWE / METEORITE
Simon Rittmeier
Germany, Rwanda 2022 | 13 Min. | engl. subtitled
Germany, Rwanda 2022 | 13 Min. | engl. subtitled
Sat, 20-May-23 09:45 PM
Q&A with:
Simon Rittmeier
Simon Rittmeier
- “I can only describe it from what I’ve seen on television. A huge pointy element that pierced the ground. And the earth around it… [makes gestures] fell everywhere. Disturbing … read more
L’OMBRA DI RASPUTIN
Pietro Francesco Pingitore
Italy 2022 | 27 Min. | engl. subtitled
Italy 2022 | 27 Min. | engl. subtitled
Sun, 14-May-23 10:00 PM
Q&A with:
Pietro Pingitore
Pietro Pingitore
A wild life rescue treats boar and deer at the edge of a natural reserve alongside the Trebbia river, northern italy. Hunters protect the non-human life in an area of … read more
LEISURE TIME
Adam Paaske
Denmark 2022 | 30 Min. | engl. subtitled
Denmark 2022 | 30 Min. | engl. subtitled
Wed, 17-May-23 04:30 PM
Q&A with:
Adam Paaske
Adam Paaske
An ethnographic comedy showing people at leisure in the setting of the ‘sommerhus’, a sort of summer residence popular in Denmark. Among the cast: a teenage girl who treads water … read more
ONE OF US NOW
(Achshav at ahat mishelanu)
Maya Steinberg
Germany, Israel 2022 | 30 Min. | engl. subtitled
Germany, Israel 2022 | 30 Min. | engl. subtitled
Sat, 20-May-23 09:45 PM
Q&A via zoom with:
Maya Steinberg
Maya Steinberg
ONE OF US NOW is a film by and with Maya Steinberg. Being herself a secular and feminist Israeli, Maya’s lifestyle deviates a lot from the one of her father, … read more
SHE, HERSELF
(او؛ خودش)
Navid Ghadimi
Germany, Iran 2022 | 41 Min. | engl. subtitled
Germany, Iran 2022 | 41 Min. | engl. subtitled
Fri, 19-May-23 10:00 AM
Q&A with:
Navid Ghadimi, Susan
Navid Ghadimi, Susan
Susan, a young Iranian woman in Berlin, lives not too much according to the expectations of the regime. Following closely the nuanced rituals and practices of her everyday life, Navid … read more
SHEEP, DOG AND WOLF
Sujay Iyer
Hungary 2022 | 13 Min. | engl. subtitled
Hungary 2022 | 13 Min. | engl. subtitled
Sun, 14-May-23 10:00 PM
Q&A with:
Sujay Lyer
Sujay Lyer
In Hungary, people used to co-exist with wolves. But the environmental and political atmosphere drove them out of their territories for nearly 100 years. In the last decade, they have … read more
THE FABRIC
Iman Behrouzi
Germany 2021 | 13 Min. | engl. subtitled
Germany 2021 | 13 Min. | engl. subtitled
Mon, 15-May-23 07:30 PM
Q&A with:
Iman Behrouzi
Iman Behrouzi
Two sets of circumstances bound 367 students to their 25-storey university dorm rooms in Germany. The first being the lockdown from the worldwide COVID crisis. And the second, the renovations … read more
THE HOMES WE CARRY
Brenda Akele Jorde
Germany, Mozambique, South Africa 2022 | 89 Min. | engl. subtitled
Germany, Mozambique, South Africa 2022 | 89 Min. | engl. subtitled
Sat, 13-May-23 10:00 PM
Q&A via Zoom with:
Brenda Akele Jorde
Brenda Akele Jorde
THE HOMES WE CARRY portrays a family torn apart by the turmoil of world history between Germany, Mozambique and South Africa. At the centre is Sarah, a young Afro-German mother. … read more
THREE SISTERS
(سه خواهر)
Iman Behrouzi
Iran 2022 | 12 Min. | engl. subtitled
Iran 2022 | 12 Min. | engl. subtitled
Fri, 19-May-23 10:00 AM
Q&A with:
Iman Behrouzi
Iman Behrouzi
A meditative symphony on the city and death. The filmmaker returns to places where he, 18 years earlier, had made a film about suicide. How does a physical place change after human tragedy ensues? In the crowded streets of Tehran and in the city’s rundown corners, director Iman Behrouzui searches for the reasons which led the three sisters to end their lives together.
“Their lives can be summarized in a few sentences; sentences are all in the past tense, there is no future nor present.” - says Iman Behrouzi contemplating the sister’s suicide.
THREE WOMEN
(Drei Frauen)
Maksym Melnyk
Germany, Ukraine 2022 | 84 Min. | engl. subtitled
Germany, Ukraine 2022 | 84 Min. | engl. subtitled
Fri, 19-May-23 07:45 PM
Q&A with:
Maksym Melnyk
Maksym Melnyk
The film tells the stories of three women: the farmer Hanna, the postwoman Maria and the biologist Nelya. Among the Ukrainian Carpathians the three women have to cope with hard … read more
UNDER ONE ROOF
Yu Wang
China, France 2022 | 21 Min. | engl. subtitled
China, France 2022 | 21 Min. | engl. subtitled
Mon, 15-May-23 07:30 PM
Q&A with:
Yu Wang
Yu Wang
Three rooms in a narrow labyrinthine apartment next to Marseille St Charles train station that belong to a Chinese family: Yuan, her brother Bin and their father. The two siblings … read more
WITH MY THOUGHTS ON THE SEA
Fabiana Fragale
Germany, Italy 2022 | 23 Min. | engl. subtitled
Germany, Italy 2022 | 23 Min. | engl. subtitled
Sun, 14-May-23 10:00 PM
Q&A with:
Fabiana Fragale
Fabiana Fragale
In WITH MY THOUGHTS ON THE SEA we follow Nedo, one of the last independent fishermen of Piombino, Italy. While more and more fishermen in the area are economically forced … read more