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Pennyless Decadence

Julia Keller

DE
2007
Documentary
45’

!WowoW! is a London artists collective whose members squat in empty houses, where they live and work. Their residential concept […]

Pink Saris

Kim Longinotto

UK / IN
2010
Documentary
100’

»If you‘re shy you‘ll die.« – Sampat Pal Devi In the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Sampat Pal Devi […]

POWER!

Christina Ebelt, Mischa Leinkauf

DE
2010
Spielfilm
30’

The return of slavery, or reducing world starvation levels? Five young entrepreneurs taking part in a five-day seminar are confronted […]

Roma Boys – The Love Story

Rozálie Kohutová

CZ
2009
Documentary
30’

The wish to share his complicated story with the world led to gay Roma activist David writing a screenplay about […]

Tasnim

Elite Zexer

IL
2010
Short film
12’

Tasnim, a strong and opinionated 10-year-old girl, lives with her mother and siblings in a Bedouin village in the Negev. […]

The Last Knit

Laura Neuvonen

FI
2005
Animation film
3’

When knitting becomes an obsession … Awards for ›Kutoja‹ Tricky Women Award, Tricky Women, Wien 2007 | Publikumspreis und spezielle […]

The Lie of the Land

Molly Dineen

UK
2007
Documentary
75’

»When I started to make the film I really thought it would be more about fox-hunting than agriculture. What I […]

PG / NZ / US
Documentary
80’

Sea levels are rising slowly but inexorably. Again and again the Polynesian island of Takuu is submerged, and Teloo, Endar […]

Thoughts Are Free

Urte Zintler

DE
2009
Animation film
5’

An elderly woman sings a traditional German folk song about the freedom of thought but has problems with her memory. […]

Waste Land

Lucy Walker

UK / BR
2010
Documentary
100’

»Waste Land questions our prejudices about people living on the edge of society. The film presents its protagonists as people […]

Wasteland

Kathleen Quillian

US
Animation film
3’

»(…) and it‘s something that most people just don‘t think about, even though food is right there in front of […]

Who Dares?

Sanni Lahtinen

FI
2010
Animation film
4’

Telegraph 21: »What do you want viewers to take away from the film?« Sanni Lahtinen: »I want all viewers to […]