Films

THE NAKED KING - 18 Fragments about Revolution

SYNOPSIS

1979, Revolution in Iran. 1980, Revolution in Poland. The fall of the Shah, the "King of Kings" in Iran, mass strikes and the "Solidarnosc" movement in Poland. What happened in the minds of the young women and men who were involved in the revolutions at the time? What happened to them when the revolution was suppressed or - as in Iran - when a religious-authoritarian elite took power?

The director Andreas Hoessli lived in Poland as a research fellow. There he met the reporter Ryszard Kapuscinski, who reported on the revolution in Iran. Kapuscinski's notes are the starting point of the film narrative, in which the director also takes up the files of the Polish secret service about himself where he discovers that he is to be recruited as a informer under the name "Hassan" for the secret services of the Polish People's Republic.

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THE NAKED KING - 18 FRAGMENTS ABOUT REVOLUTION. Director Andreas Hoessli, cinema and TV, HD, 108 min., 16:9, colour.  Original languages: Polish, Farsi, English, German.


CAST & CREW

With Tadeusz Chętko, Zbigniew Siemiątkowski, Parviz Rafie, Amir Hassan Cheheltan, Negar Tahsili, Mohsen Rafiqdoost, Jacek Petrycki, Kamal Tabrizi, Masoumeh Ebtekar, Józef Pinior,  Stefan Piwowar.

The film has been produced with Mira Film (CH), Centrala (PL), Arte (Commissioning Editor Sabine Lange) und Telewizja Polska S.A. (Commissioning Editor Marta Dużbabel). With financial support from MFG Filmförderung Baden-Württemberg, Bundesamt für Kultur EDI, Polish Film Institute, Kulturfonds Suissimage, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, UBS Kulturstiftung, Robert Bosch Stiftung / Literarisches Colloquium Berlin, Succès Passage Antenne, éducation21 / Filme für eine Welt. The project participated at Eurodoc.

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HOLY ZOO - In the Biblical Zoo of Jerusalem

SYNOPSIS

In the “Jerusalem Biblical Zoo,” Israelis and Palestinians, Jews and Muslims encounter each other every day. They meet as visitors or work as animal attendants side-by-side and on the same team – something normal in other places of the world but that is an exception here, where violence and war is routine.

A friendship develops between the elephant and rhinoceros attendants. Their opinions are often contrary and politically charged – but among the animals they manage to coexist as the ever-present tensions retreat into the background. Visitors such as the regular Hyam, the flamingo-drawing art students and Muslim and orthodox Jewish children’s groups offer insight into the multifaceted realities of Jerusalem residents.

But the peaceful mood is fragile. Life in this microcosm transcends the zoo walls, reflecting events in the city. Issues of freedom and self-determination are raised. HOLY ZOO discovers an extraordinary place at the heart of the Middle East conflict.






HOLY ZOO. Young Documentary and graduation film by Katharina Waisburd, Cinema and TV, HD, 60 Min., colour, 16:9, partly animated, completed in 2016


CAST & CREW

The film is being produced in cooperation with Filmacademy Baden-Wurttemberg, Public Service Broadcaster Südwestrundfunk and MFG regional filmfunding.
Worldsales partner is JMT Films Distribution.

Where the Condors Fly - A Cinematographic Journey with Victor Kossakovsky

SYNOPSIS
Chilean film director Carlos Klein accompanies Russian filmmaker Victor Kossakovsky during the shooting of his latest film. In Patagonia, at Lake Baikal and in Shanghai, Victor Kossakovsky explores the singular relationships between places and people on opposite sides of the world. Carlos Klein documents the making of this ambitious film in a very personal way, driven by his own inner search for images that still have an impact on us. While doing so, he reveals his own and Kossakovsky‘s ambiguous attitude towards filmmaking.
“Where the Condors Fly” is a critical and deeply humorous reflection about cinematography.

>> Official Film Website www.wherethecondorsfly.com

Cinema documentary by Carlos Klein, HD, 90 min., colour, 16:9
© 2012 ISAN 0000-0003-221C-0000-W-0000-0000-F

In co-production with Mira Film (Switzerland) and CKFilms (Chile), with Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRG SSR (Swiss Public Service Channel) and BR Bayerischer Rundfunk (German Public Service Channel)

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CAST & CREW

With Victor Kossakovsky, Carlos Klein, René Vargas and the members of the crew of "Long live the Antipodes" (Original title ¡Vivan las Antipodas!)

Supported by: Bundesamt für Kultur EDI (Federal Office of Culture), MFG Film Funding Baden-Wurttemberg und Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Fondo de Fomento Audiovisual Chile and the Jan Vrijman Fund