»Mein Vater ist beim MdI« – so sollten die Kinder antworten, wenn sie nach der Arbeit ihrer Eltern gefragt wurden. »MdI«, das steht für »Ministerium des Innern«. In Wirklichkeit aber war es das Ministerium für Staatssicherheit der DDR, in dem ihre Väter…
The Story of Adi Khavous, a musician and extraordinary artist who chose a vagabond lifestyle. Adi left home in Israel and now lives in Canada as a solitary immigrant and rock 'n' roll singer. The film depicts five years of Adi's journey and presents an alternative, off-beat way of life.…
Unique, mostly unseen before, archive footage from March 1953, presents the funeral of Joseph Stalin as the culmination of the dictator’s personality cult. The film addresses the issue of Stalin’s personality cult as a form of terror-induced delusion. It gives an insight into the nature…
After lingering in a foreign land for 16 years more than 2000 Vietnamese refugees' dreams of resettlement are renewed.
State of Control: "It's going to take the electronic equivalent of a plane flying into a building before people take this seriously." Available on iTunes: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/gb/movie/state-of-control/id1032749501?mt=6 The Warriors Of The Digital Age - Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntNNW1AfBNM The…
South Africa is the country with the highest number of HIV+ people in the world. State of Denial puts a human face on the millions affected by introducing us to six South Africans involved with the AIDS epidemic. It shows how they must fight not only the disease but the greed of the drug cartels and…
A David and Goliath story of citizens fighting forced eviction. As Rio prepared to host the FIFA World Cup and Olympics, poverty-stricken communities in the favelas were threatened with forced eviction to make way for the sporting events. Against the odds, residents united to defend their constitutional…
How can an open society balance demands for security with democracy? State of Fear dramatizes the human and societal costs a democracy faces when it embarks on a war against terror, a war potentially without end, all too easily exploited by unscrupulous leaders seeking personal political gain. Based…
A layered, engrossing and intriguing look at a national collective trauma and the ambitious initiative to try and heal the wounds. In war-torn countries, people will not be able to be productive and development will fail until they overcome their trauma. In the DRC, a country where over 5 million people…
watch.stateofplaydoc.com Every year thousands of South-Koreans flock to the game stadiums in Seoul to watch the Pro League, a live sports event where professional gamers compete to be the best at one single video game: Starcraft. It’s a title many young South Koreans dream of. The game itself…
STATE OF PLAY: RISE OF THE KING is the second documentary installment on professional gaming in South-Korea. It tells the story of Jong-Hyeon Jeong, better known as IM-MVP, and chronicles his transformation from a troubled Starcraft: Broodwar player with the Woongjin Stars team to one of the most…
Before September 11, 2001, only some 400 people had pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda. But now there are tens of thousands of jihadist militants on several continents. Terrorist attacks have multiplied around the world, straining relations between the West, its minority populations and Muslim nations. By…
