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Cascadia: The Big One

When the word volcano is even mentioned in the context of the North American continent, most people’s minds automatically go to the “super volcano” that's located in Yellowstone National Park. But is this Yellowstone eruption theory in fact a distraction to the real danger at hand on the Western Coast of the USA? The Cascade Region of the Northwestern Coast of the USA boasts 11 of the 18 most dangerous volcanoes, yet the fervor over a Yellowstone explosion overshadows that very real threat of Cascadia.

Cascadia: The Big One

NR 2018
Medina Wasl: Connecting Town

Medina Wasl: Connecting Town (2018) was shot at various sites in the California desert that resemble Middle Eastern towns, including those designed specifically to mirror the Middle East for US military training. One of these mock villages, Medina Wasl, located at Fort Irwin National Military Training Center in California’s Mojave Desert, has become a tourist destination where the public can visit and witness troops engaging in simulated battles. Video footage of these sites is accompanied by audio recordings of interviews Khoshgozaran conducted with US war veterans about their memories of the landscape in the various Middle Eastern locations where they were stationed. As with Khoshgozaran’s earlier works, Medina Wasl: Connecting Town meditates on precarious and problematic relationships between speculation, representation, memory, and trauma.

Medina Wasl: Connecting Town

NR 2018
Saving Planet Earth: Fixing a Hole

A documentary about the scientific detection of the decrease of and the creation of , the ozone hole, that were highlighted and widely discussed from the mid 70's till the Montreal- protocol were signed in the early 90's. It tells the basic story of the scientific development of CFC-gasses that were ultimately considered the main reason for ozone depletion in the atmosphere. Through interviews with the most prominent politicians and scientists and representatives for the chemical companies in this era , gives a good perspective of how a "world disaster" were avoided.

Saving Planet Earth: Fixing a Hole

7.0 2018
Danced Out

'Danced Out' emerges from the director's lived experience as a gay male dancer in professional dance. In a world filled with anxiety about masculinity and the policing of its boundaries, this film shares a deep commitment to understanding, exploring, and revealing the multifaceted aspects of gender performance on and offstage. The implications of this film show the critical social role and function gay men have in contemporary society. With a nuanced approach to masculinity, the film imparts longstanding survival techniques these men use that often elude and challenge traditional notions of gender performance.

Danced Out

NR 2018
Murder in Soho: Who Killed Freddie Mills?

A real-life murder mystery about the life and untimely death of a national boxing hero, who is often described as Britain's first sporting celebrity. Set in 1960s Soho, the film delves into the world of UK and US organised crime, with gangland figures such as the Krays, boxing, gambling, police corruption and a string of brutal unsolved murders that would become synonymous with the name Freddie Mills. With access to eight hours of previously unseen home movies, this is an intimate portrayal of a man who rose from the humble surroundings of the fairground boxing booth to become world light-heavyweight champion and became a household name appearing on television and in films. But it all ended on 25 July 1965, when he was found shot dead in the back seat of his car.

Murder in Soho: Who Killed Freddie Mills?

NR 2018
ANTIFA

Since the election of Donald Trump, acts of racist violence have proliferated across the United States. Racists and misogynists feel emboldened to express and act on their views. White nationalist groups and resurgent traditional white supremacist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan have used Trumps victory to gain new recruits. All that stands in their way are the groups of anarchists, communists, and socialists who have taken it upon themselves to prevent fascism from becoming a powerful political force in the United States. This film tells the story of what “Antifa" is and why people are using these tactics to confront racism and fascism in the US today.

ANTIFA

NR 2018
De Fac-To

“De fac-to” is devoted to the problem of appropriation and re-interpretation of history in a post-truth society. Filmed in Lviv in 2016-17, it shows a complex picture of the coexistence of diametrically different communities in the same post-Soviet space. The annual rituals associated with the events of World War II, initiated by various political, social and ethnic groups, have the character of a performance and, despite the tragedy of the historical context, often cause a comic effect. The film is a collaboration of the artist Ekaterina Shapiro-Obermair and the historian Alexandra Wachter.

De Fac-To

5.0 2018