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St. Georg is considered a "problem district" in Hamburg. It is not uncommon for 70 percent of the students at schools there to be foreigners, as is the case at the school where the children portrayed in the film are experiencing their first year of school: the filmmakers accompanied five children from different families and with different cultural backgrounds over a period of several years. The clash of different cultures shapes the children's everyday lives, but proves to be less problematic than the typical difficulties all children face: conflicts with their parents and finding their place among their schoolmates. The documentary takes the children's perspective and provides exciting insights into their everyday lives, feelings, and dreams.

The bulls are on the loose in a small town in northern Germany—101 bull figures are hidden throughout the town. The background and production of the art objects are discussed.

Asked to say a few words about Neukölln, Roman Pernack captures the views of those who live there.

Rami Be'er's Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company opened proceedings with a large scale piece, Foramen Magnum, which showed off the physical talents of his company well. Childish needs were served by having much of the early action take place inside a transparent "bouncy castle"; later it matures on to a large inflatable mattress, on which a delicately erotic duet was played out. Around these, the large corps de ballet occupied itself with a set of curious collapsible wooden props, used sometimes for ploughing and sometimes as beach chairs. Some imaginative dance was not well served by lighting which made it difficult to watch the dancers' feet, ugly costumes which hampered their movement, and a constantly jarring choice of ill-assorted music which ranged from Dowland to "Send in the Clowns".

Short film by Helga Fanderl

This film shows the extremely brutal history the native population of West Papua have endured for many decades under the oppressive Indonesian Military. And shows how to this day, the West Papuans continue their struggle for independence from Indonesia, including historical footage of events showing the UN "shame" vote - Act of 'NO' Choice which lead to their colonisation and the continuing plunder, of the West Papuan's natural resources. Filmed undercover in West Papua in 1999 - 2001 and combined with historical footage obtained from various sources.

Even after 50 years in the profession, Ernest Montego remains one of the world’s best jugglers. As a child, the Aschaffenburg native was inspired to pursue this career by the Ufa film “Tonelli.” What he didn’t know at the time was that his half-siblings, whom he had never met, had also achieved mastery in the profession. It wasn’t until 25 years after the film’s release that he met them in Las Vegas.

Deborah S. Phillips Super 8, stumm, 2005 2:30 min.

Part of an ongoing project imagining a haunted school inhabited by ghosts and demons. Related to these spectral inhabitants’ existences are a number of props, objects and ephemera in a wide-range of media. This video offers itself as an educational tool for the school’s living pupils, helping them decipher how the witches who haunt the halls disguise themselves.

A subjective, in-camera-edited long take that takes a curious, unsettling (and ultimately disconcerting) look at the interior of the DFFB.

Debut documentary of Tatyana Kononenko dealing with the issues of memory and history.

A disgruntled cook uses rotten meat and feeds it to concert patrons which causes them to turn into zombies.

The film traces the development of the Turkish Yilmaz family, who have lived in Berlin for 20 years. The grandparents were born in nomadic tents in the Turkish mountains and were brought to Berlin by Siemens. The sons run a cleaning company. The children don't really know whether they are Turkish or German. From the nomadic tent near Malatya, the filmmakers follow their son Emre Yilmaz to grammar school in Berlin-Wilmersdorf.

The memory of Dresden, the city which was one of the most painted and destroyed in the past centurys. A romantic-expressive trip into the past, sort of fictive documentary in animation. All material used in film are the artworks from the artists who use to work in this city. From Caspar David Friedrich to WOLS.

The trilogy "Resonanz von Augenblicken II" (resonance of moments II) is a compilation of scenes shot on S-8 in several european and westafrican sites, complemented with few TV quotes. Playful situations are shown—as intimate moments, or staged as a show. Behind their superficial ease, profound existential realms can be sensed that otherwise seem to be suppressed in everyday life.

A film about a lonely circus- magician, who tries to turn his rabbit into a woman and by accident he creates a monster.

Director Fabuli Schnibuli's cinematic tour de force whisks audiences away on a poetic, melancholic journey with singing seniors – cardigan-clad artists searching for meaning in a world devoid of it – to picturesque Marktgemeinde Großarl. Daring and delightfully unhinged, the film transcends all boundaries and conventions: It is a meandering ode to the absurdity and fragility of life, a profound meditation on the human condition, a dreamlike tapestry of past and present, remembrance and oblivion, and a subtle critique of local pastry culture. With his wit and sensitivity, Schnibuli conjures a haunting and ethereal hymn to nature's beauty and human intimacy, all underscored by the gentle rustling of leaves, the babbling of streams, the resonance of Günther's remarkable baritone. Those who embrace this thought-provoking and inspiring opportunity to rediscover their lives in the subjunctive will lose themselves and find themselves again – a true testament to the possibilities of cinema!

An expedition through Berlin at nighttime, a Berlin one usually doesn’t perceive. This approach to dealing with public space opens the view to discover something new in the known. Berlin from a different perspective.

The film tells of the resistance of the population of Crete against the German troops that attacked the Mediterranean island in May 1941. For the women, men and children it was a fight for freedom, against the extermination of their relatives and the destruction of the villages.

Learn more about the world-renown RUF automobiles in this informational video which gives a quick background on the company and shows a RUF CTR “Yellowbird” lapping on the Nürburgring.

A child lost in nature and saved. On the other hand, a relationship is about to finish. Will nature allow to repair broken relationships?

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short film by Helga Fanderl

A cine-essay that follows the feather from the goose's body to the people's pillow.

The life of the young Maren is suddenly turned upside down when her boyfriend doesn't seem to know her anymore and therefore won't let her into their shared apartment. To make matters worse, he has apparently suddenly turned gay. But this is only the beginning of a bizarre development in Maren's settlement.

Documentary about one of the districts of Berlin.

Armed with only a pail of water, we took on the Germans "stick-up-their-ass" mentality, proving once again that Berlin may be poor but it is still damn "sexy".

Dreamlike sequences of associative and rhythmic montage disembogue into the stillness of the sleeping dogs at the end of the film.

The daily routine in the tailor shop is so turbulent that it is sometimes necessary to improvise, but fantasy and spontaneity are not always enough. When the tailor is alone, he lets his thoughts do the work. But what happens when love comes into play, and his thoughts can no longer be controlled?

Holo Malke is sad about the modern culture and Diaspora of the Aramean and Assyrian people. He decides to seek the Paradise.