Led by the good-hearted father Soso, a family of four starts a blueberry farm to secure their future together. But with a home in northern Georgia, their village is close to the troubled border with the Russian-backed region of Abkhazia, where new conflicts have been rumbling for 30 years. Soso is a…
Annette Humpe hat Lieder für Udo Lindenberg, die Prinzen, Rio Reiser sowie Lucylectric geschrieben und produziert. Seit Anfang der 80er Jahre stand sie immer wieder selbst auf der Bühne, zuletzt mit Adel Tawil als erfolgreiches Popduo "Ich+Ich“ . 1980 wird Annette Humpe mit ihrer…
Hans Neuenfels zählt zu den stilprägendsten Regisseuren Deutschlands. Er ist Theater- und Opernregisseur, Filmemacher und Autor und gilt als einer der Väter des deutschen Regietheaters. Als "enfant terrible" des Theaters, dessen Arbeiten polarisieren, fiel Hans Neuenfels schon…
All Eyez on Me! is a cinematic reflection on representation and the power of the gaze. For more than fifteen years, the filmmaker has been returning to the Loita Maasai in Kenya, forming a close bond with the brothers Lenaai and Matinkoi. Aware of how the Maasai are perceived and portrayed by the outside…
“Our Lady at the Center” shares the story of Our Lady of La Vang to the world, and how her 1798 apparition has made a tremendous impact upon the people of Vietnam and the global Vietnamese diaspora. Through engaging testimonies and real-life examples, the film will show how Our Lady of La…
Jason Ringenberg, former frontman of Nashville sensations Jason and The Scorchers (Golden Ball & Chain, White Lies), and Bobby Mackey, a Kentucky Music Hall Of Fame inductee, headline this behind-the-scenes look at professional musicians who aren’t necessarily household names. The film examines…
In the small Belgian town of Verviers in the mid-60s, most of the textile factories that had contributed to the town’s prosperity closed down. On witnessing the end of an epoch, the town council decided to put together a collection of old textile machines, stored in an old industrial shed. A group…
Im Mittelpunkt des Films steht Katharina Grosses künstlerisches Schaffen und ihre innovative Methode, Räume – sowohl im Innen- als auch im Außenbereich – in vibrierende Leinwände zu verwandeln. Der Film begleitet die Entstehung von Grosses immersiver Installation im Hamburger…
American artist Kiki Smith is a pioneer of contemporary sculpture and one of the most outstanding artists of our time. She has created a multifaceted body of work that explores political and social as well as philosophical and spiritual aspects of human nature. The artist investigates the human body…
The American artist Jenny Holzer’s medium is language. For more than 30 years, her name has stood for a conceptual art that calls into question our perceptions and the way we are influenced by media and politics. Although her pieces can be found in all the world’s major museums, the roots…
Summer 2015. La Chapelle neighbourhood, Paris. Hundreds of exiled people from East Africa survive on the streets, chased violently by the police, yet seeking to defend their rights as asylum seekers. Some months later, having finally obtained their rightful housing, two Sudanese young men return to the…
El Ojo Comienza En La Mano is a tribute to campesino histories in rural CA through the artwork of Ruben A. Sanchez, an artist largely absent from critical conversations on Chicanx art, as well as an unsentimental reckoning with the fate of many cultural workers who struggle to balance rent and creative…
