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Toloriu

In Toloriu, a small village nestled between the Catalan pyrenees, the people tell the story of Xipahuatzin, daughter of the aztec emperor Moctezuma, taken there by the baron Joan de Grau during the Spanish conquest. Several years later, incapable of adapting to the cold mountains, Xipahuatzin died of sadness. Drawn to this story, Mexican filmmaker Patricia Ordaz travelled to this village to explore the landscapes that harbored the princess, and record the traditions of an almost ghost town. Do we exist beyond the stories we tell?

Toloriu

NR 2019
Beyond Stonewall

Using commentary from LGBTQ+ allies, icons and expert perspectives from Smithsonian curators, Beyond Stonewall tells the story of the LGBTQ+ community via rare artifacts in the Smithsonian collections. The doc illustrates the multifaceted journeys of trailblazing gay pioneers in the objects they left behind, including 19th-century stage actress Charlotte Cushman's Cardinal Wolsey costume; a first edition copy of poet Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass; love letters among World War II soldiers, and more. The documentary features commentary from LGBTQ+ icons like Matthew Shepard's parents, Stonewall eyewitness participant Mark Segal, and Gene Robinson, the first openly gay priest to be consecrated a bishop by the Episcopal Church.

Beyond Stonewall

NR 2019
Stonewall 50: Where Next for LGBT+ Lives

The Stonewall riots were a series of spontaneous demonstrations by the LGBT+ community that began on June 28, 1969 in the Stonewall Inn, Greenwich Village. This was a turning point in the gay liberation movement and is often seen as the start of the modern fight for LGBT+ rights and freedoms in the United States. 50 years on, for many around the world this remains a dream. Filmed in Honduras, Zanzibar, Taiwan and England, the documentary provides unique access to the poignant personal stories of those facing challenges due to their sexuality or gender identity.

Stonewall 50: Where Next for LGBT+ Lives

NR 2019
LIVE OF ROTTEN LIFE

On August 21, 1942, while the Japanese "Expeditionary Team" immediately retreated with ground troops, they scattered anthrax on fields, grasses, and crops in urban residential areas along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi traffic. People along the route mostly depend on farming for their livelihoods, so at the same time, many people crippled and died with rotten feet. According to incomplete statistics, there are only more than 160 suspected germ warfare survivors in Quzhou, Zhejiang. This film focuses on these surviving elderly people. When 70 years have passed since the war and a new chapter of history opened, what kind of lives are the old people who are victims? What kind of mental state are you in? Will the wounds left over from the war heal? What is the attitude towards war?

LIVE OF ROTTEN LIFE

NR 2019
Librarians

Librarians documents communities and librarians struggling to preserve books and the culture of reading in the digital age. Will they succeed? How do libraries function these days ad are they able to adapt to changes? What will be the fate of printed books? The movie exposes the unique characters and fascinating life stories of librarians and enthusiastic readers, who are still in need of the smell and touch of books, and the stories and history of the small and remote settlements, mainly Kibbutzim (collective settlements) in the Negev region, in which they live and operate.

Librarians

NR 2019
Phantom RAF - The unsolved Herrhausen case

On November 30, 1989, Alfred Herrhausen, CEO of Deutsche Bank, set off in his armored limousine for Frankfurt. At 8:34 a.m., the attack took place. Herrhausen, a top manager with threat level one, was killed instantly. Near the scene of the crime: paper with RAF emblem. Hidden in the bushes: the detonating mechanism of a bomb. An unprecedented, technically sophisticated attack. To this day, the case raises questions: Who were the perpetrators? Why was Herrhausen targeted? To what extent are international terrorist groups involved in the case?

Phantom RAF - The unsolved Herrhausen case

NR 2019
Theater Behind Barbed Wire

The history of the unique theater, founded in 1943 in Vorkutlag by the will of two Muscovites – the chief and the prisoner (Mikhail Maltsev and Boris Mordvinov). Actors and musicians came out of the barracks to the stage at gunpoint every day to play a play and save their lives. During the war, the Vorkuta Camp Music and Drama Theater showed 600 performances a year, and the troupe consisted of 150 actors. Their children, grandchildren and friends became the heroes of this film.

Theater Behind Barbed Wire

NR 2019