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Lost and Found is a film project for which six young filmmakers from Central and Eastern Europe have each developed a short film on the theme of generation. Together, these six short films make a whole cinema evening. Unique thereby is the selection of young directors, who are currently among the most talented in the Central and Eastern European region. Also special is that five of the short films (four short narrative films and one short documentary) are visually framed by an independent animation story. The filmmakers made their films with local producers in their home countries; postproduction was carried out in Germany. The theme generation is the thread running through the whole film. It mirrors a new selfunderstanding of young filmmakers in Central and Eastern Europe. Read More »

Synopsis
JESUS – THE FILM is a monumental feature film in 35 episodes, shot on Super8. The individual episodes retell the story of the New Testament and were made by a total of 22 filmmakers from East and West Germany in 12 months. The project’s own history follows the story of Jesus Christ recruiting his apostles. The film’s creator Michael Brynntrup is a central and controversial figure of Berlin’s vivid independent community. His transgressive obsessions, as well as his capability to smuggle miles of Russian Super8 film-material through East-West customs, gathered a group of believers around him. Individuals and groups from various art factions filled the holy frame, inspired by the Dadaistic idea of an ‘ecriture automatic’. From one to another, they passed ideas, material and actors, including Michael Brynntrup himself as the title character. (IMDB)Read More »

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Four police officers of the SDPJ Hauts-de-Seine, Eddie Caplan, Walter Morlighem, Theo Wachevski and Roxane Delgado have their lives turned upside down when their colleague, Max, committed suicide, following a case in which he is unfairly blamed. They then cross the “yellow line”, not hesitating to circumvent the law to achieve their purposes in order to wash the honor of their friend Max.Read More »

A horror comedy with fake news and commercials section, that was filmed on old video cameras to make it look like a real VHS recording of a commercial television station’s Halloween special from 1987.Read More »

Different black-and-white animation techniques tell several scary stories. There’s a story of a teenage boy who meets the wrong girl. Another tale deals with a small community where people disappear and are never seen again. Then there’s the narrative of a little Japanese girl who suffers from horrible nightmares followed by a tale where a man doesn’t get the rest he hoped for in an old not-so-abandoned house. These stories are connected by the story about a man with a devilish smile and four enormous dogs from hell and by a woman’s monologue about her fears.Read More »

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During the summer of 1970 the association ‘The New Society’ created a summer camp on a barren field somewhere in Denmark. More than 7000 people visited the camp in the course of 3 months. The goal was to explore alternative lifestyles and new ways of coexisting and ultimately an attempt at creating a better model for the society. In the wake of Thy Summer Camp a multitude of lifestyle experiments followed: Christiania, Project House and various small communities all around the country. Denmark was forever changed.Read More »

The countenance of the basque writer Joseba Sarrionandia is multi-faceted, not only for having dabbled in all literary forms of expression, but for having been capable of creating his own imagery, composed of endless worlds. Thus, several of the elements appearing in the literary world will undoubtedly appear here: the sea, the port, childhood, trains, uprooting, war, destruction, love, drifting, pain, fantasy, mystery, initiation, torture.Read More »

The turbulent life of Chu Hsiao-Min and her growth from girl to woman.Read More »

This series of vignettes offers ruminations on time, fate and other human mysteries, Each of the film’s seven directors conjures a scenario that speaks to some facet of universal experience.

Kaige Chen … (segment “100 Flowers Hidden Deep”)
Víctor Erice … (segment “Lifeline”)
Werner Herzog … (segment “Ten Thousand Years Older”)
Jim Jarmusch … (segment “Int. Trailer Night”)
Aki Kaurismäki … (segment “Dogs Have No Hell”)
Spike Lee … (segment “We Wuz Robbed”)
Wim Wenders … (segment “Twelve Miles to Trona”)Read More »