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16.00
The Giant Buddhas
Christian Frei, Switzerland, 2005, 95’
At the beginning of March 2001, the great Buddhas of Bamiyan (Afghanistan), which had stood in their niches for 15 hundred years, were blown up by specialists from the al-Qaeda terrorist organisation.
18.00
Jesus Camp
Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady , USA , 2006 , 84'
The youngest foot soldiers of the Lord, seen in their native environment. Becky Fisher is a children's pastor who runs "Kids on Fire," a summer camp for evangelical Christian children in North Dakota. Religious fundamentalism in the US.
20.00
Souvenirs
Shahar Cohen & Halil Efrat, Israel & The Netherlands, 2006 , 75'
An 82-year-old WW II veteran returns to the Netherlands to search for his never-seen child. His unemployed filmmaker son joins him. A road movie at its best, fueled by questions, memories and mountains of emotions.
22.00
Buddha's Lost Children
Mark Verkerk, The Netherlands, 2006, 96'
Once a boxer, this Buddhist monk has dedicated his life to raising orphaned and abandoned children in Thailand, a haven of heroin production. |
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How It’s Done
Marcel Lozinski , Poland , 2006, 90'
Any individual off the street can be molded into a five-star politician. So says Piotr Tymochowicz, political advisor to numerous Polish leaders. A horrifyingly droll documentary about how demagogues are created.
18.15
Even If She Had Been a Criminal
Jean-Gabriel Périot, France, 2006, 10’
France, summer 1944, the Liberation. The public punishment of women accused of having affairs with Germans during the war. A different look at liberation.
Young, Nazi and Proud
David Modell, UK, 2002, 49’
College student Mark Collett, British National Party member, tirelessly prepares to become chairman of the party's youth branch. He speaks of his sympathies for Nazi Germany and its leaders, about girls and friends. In the gym or on a campaign tour: the camera follows him, even beyond - to the core of his contradictory self.
20.15
Between the Lines: India’s Third Gender
Thomas Wartmann, Germany, 2006, 80’
Flamboyant Laxmi leads a double life on the outskirts of Bombay: one side of her personality is Raju, a Bollywood choreographer who still lives with his parents; and the other side – “Laxmi” - has fought her way up the hierarchy of Hijras. The third gender in Indian society.
22.15
The Leader, His Driver and The Driver's Wife
Nick Broomfield, UK, 1990, 85’
The leader of a neo-Nazi white extremist party in South Africa, Mr Terre Blanche threatens to plunge the country into civil war in an attempt to derail negotiations to end apartheid. |
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16.00
In The Pit
Juan Carlos Rulfo , Mexico , 2006, 80'
The gigantic Periferico freeway has been under construction for almost a decade. This film looks at the everyday lives of the workers who are creating this monster.
18.00
Jonestown
Stanley Nelson , USA , 2006 , 90'
Featuring never-before-seen footage, this film delivers a startling new look at the notorious People's Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to orchestrated mass suicide via poisoned punch.
20.00
My Country, My Country
Laura Potras, US, 2006, 90’
Life in Iraq for ordinary Iraqis under U.S. occupation. The film focuses on Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi medical doctor, father of six and Sunni political candidate.
22.00
9 Star Hotel
Ido Haar , Israel , 2006 , 78'
The daily routine of illegal Palestinian construction workers in Israel’s occupied territories. Building luxury apartments 12 hours a day, living in improvised homes in the hills round the settlement at night. |
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16.15
Tattooed Tears
Nick Broomfield & Joan Churchill, UK, 1978, 85'
An intimate encounter with the inmates of a maximum security juvenile correctional facility in Chino, California Is there a way out?
18.15
The Damned
Petr Orozovič, Czech Republic, 2006, 75’
In the Congo it has become common for unwanted children to be labeled as "possessed". Exorcisms are performed on these children and if they fail, they are banished from the community. Natural selection or profitable deceit?
20.15
Even If She Had Been a Criminal
Jean-Gabriel Périot, France, 2006, 10’
France, summer 1944, the Liberation. The public punishment of women accused of having affairs with Germans during the war. A different look at liberation.
Please Vote for Me
Weijun Chen , China , 2006, 55'
In an elementary school in the city of Wuhan in central China, eight-year old children compete for the position of Class Monitor. Their parents, devoted to their only child, join in and start to influence the results. An experiment with democracy in China.
22.15
Yaptik-Hasse
Edgar Bartenev, Russia, 2006, 29’
A group of nomadic Nenets live in the Siberian tundra at "The End of the World", as the territory is known in the local dialect, traveling around the region with their herd of reindeer.
Gipsy Side
Balázs Gát,Hungary, 2006, 50'
The young members of Rap-Port (Mario, Luiggi, Mr. Joker and the others) together with the "masters" demonstrate how Gangsta rap is a genuine Roma music. Beatbox and Freestyle: teenager rappers from the Harlem of Budapest. And Béla Ponczók Gypsy from Radio C. |
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16.30
The Giant Buddhas
Christian Frei, Switzerland, 2005, 95’
At the beginning of March 2001, the great Buddhas of Bamiyan (Afghanistan), which had stood in their niches for 15 hundred years, were blown up by specialists from the al-Qaeda terrorist organisation.
18.30
Go To Louisa
Grzegorz Pacek, Poland, 2005, 42’
Although Apartheid has been history now for more than ten years, power relations in South-Africa have not changed: the film reveals the faces of colonial dominance today.
20.30
Jesus Camp
Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady , USA , 2006 , 84'
The youngest foot soldiers of the Lord, seen in their native environment. Becky Fisher is a children's pastor who runs "Kids on Fire," a summer camp for evangelical Christian children in North Dakota. Religious fundamentalism in the US. |
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16.30
His Big White Self
Nick Broomfield, UK, 2006, 93'
South African neo-Nazi extremist party leader Eugene Terre Blanche is released from prison. The director revisits the scene of his earlier film about Eugene 'The Leader, The Driver And The Driver's Wife', to find out what happened to the leader's followers.
18.30
Buddha's Lost Children
Mark Verkerk, The Netherlands, 2006, 96'
Once a boxer, this Buddhist monk has dedicated his life to raising orphaned and abandoned children in Thailand, a haven of heroin production.
20.30
Even If She Had Been a Criminal
Jean-Gabriel Périot, France, 2006, 10’
France, summer 1944, the Liberation. The public punishment of women accused of having affairs with Germans during the war. A different look at liberation.
Young, Nazi and Proud
David Modell, UK, 2002, 49’
College student Mark Collett, British National Party member, tirelessly prepares to become chairman of the party's youth branch. He speaks of his sympathies for Nazi Germany and its leaders, about girls and friends. In the gym or on a campaign tour: the camera follows him, even beyond - to the core of his contradictory self. |
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| >> 7th November, Wednesday >> 8th November, Thursday 9th November, Friday >> 10th November, Saturday >> 11th November, Sunday |
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| Toldi - Big Hall |
16.00
Yaptik-Hasse
Edgar Bartenev, Russia, 2006, 29’
A group of nomadic Nenets live in the Siberian tundra at "The End of the World", as the territory is known in the local dialect, traveling around the region with their herd of reindeer.
Sweeping Addis
Corinne Kuenzli, Switzerland, 2007, 50’
Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia with a population of four million: portraits of remarkable Ethiopian women, sweeping the streets, trying to cope with life in a city branded by uncertainty and poverty.
18.00
Cabale in Kabul
Dan Alexe, Belga & France, 2006, 87’
Isaac and Zabulon live in a deserted synagogue in Kabul. The last two Afghan Jews spend their days blaming and hating each other. Who is to tell who sold the Tora when the only witnesses are themselves?
20.00
Between the Lines: India’s Third Gender
Thomas Wartmann, Germany, 2006, 80’
Flamboyant Laxmi leads a double life on the outskirts of Bombay: one side of her personality is Raju, a Bollywood choreographer who still lives with his parents; and the other side – “Laxmi” - has fought her way up the hierarchy of Hijras. The third gender in Indian society.
22.00
Jonestown
Stanley Nelson , USA , 2006 , 90'
Featuring never-before-seen footage, this film delivers a startling new look at the notorious People's Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to orchestrated mass suicide via poisoned punch. |
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16.15
Juvenile Liaison
Nick Broomfield, UK, 1975, 97’
'The film the police arrested', Broomfield's scathing account of the Lancashire Police Force Liaison Division's handling of young offenders in the area.
18.15
Even If She Had Been a Criminal
Jean-Gabriel Périot, France, 2006, 10’
France, summer 1944, the Liberation. The public punishment of women accused of having affairs with Germans during the war. A different look at liberation.
Bridge Over the Wadi
Barak Heymann & Tomer Heymann , Israel , 2006 , 57'
The school, called Bridge over the Wadi, has places for 50 Jewish and 50 Arab students. The children in mixed classes learn each other's language, culture and traditions. But what about the religious and national holidays?
20.15
In The Pit
Juan Carlos Rulfo , Mexico , 2006, 80'
The gigantic Periferico freeway has been under construction for almost a decade. This film looks at the workers who are creating this monster and juxtaposes their everyday thoughts, behaviour, humour, and beliefs with the striking images of the giant that these ordinary guys are creating and the dangerous conditions under which they toil.
22.15
Rocking the Nation
Bori Kriza, Hungary, 2007, 70'
Romantic Violence: portrait of a far-right, skinhead, neo-Nazi rock band whose key words include Trianon, Jews, Gypsies, football, 100 % Hungarian, to arms! |
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16.30
9 Star Hotel
Ido Haar , Israel , 2006 , 78'
The daily routine of illegal Palestinian construction workers in Israel’s occupied territories. Building luxury apartments 12 hours a day, living in improvised homes in the hills round the settlement at night.
18.30
My Country, My Country
Laura Potras, US, 2006, 90’
Life in Iraq for ordinary Iraqis under U.S. occupation. The film focuses on Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi medical doctor, father of six and Sunni political candidate.
20.30
Yaptik-Hasse
Edgar Bartenev, Russia, 2006, 29’
A group of nomadic Nenets live in the Siberian tundra at "The End of the World", as the territory is known in the local dialect, traveling around the region with their herd of reindeer.
Bridge Over the Wadi
Barak Heymann & Tomer Heymann , Israel , 2006 , 57'
The school, called Bridge over the Wadi, has places for 50 Jewish and 50 Arab students. The children in mixed classes learn each other's language, culture and traditions. But what about the religious and national holidays? |
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16.30
Tattooed Tears
Nick Broomfield & Joan Churchill, UK, 1978, 85'
An intimate encounter with the inmates of a maximum security juvenile correctional facility in Chino, California Is there a way out?
18.30
The Damned
Petr Orozovič, Czech Republic, 2006, 75’
In the Congo it has become common for unwanted children to be labeled as "possessed". Exorcisms are performed on these children and if they fail, they are banished from the community. Natural selection or profitable deceit?
20.30
My Country, My Country
Laura Potras, US, 2006, 90’
Life in Iraq for ordinary Iraqis under U.S. occupation. The film focuses on Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi medical doctor, father of six and Sunni political candidate. |
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| >> 7th November, Wednesday >> 8th November, Thursday >> 9th November, Friday 10th November, Saturday >> 11th November, Sunday |
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12.00
Losers and Winners
Ulrike Franke & Michael Loeken, Germany, 2006, 96’
400 Chinese workers break the Kaiserstuhl coke factory in the Ruhr Valley down into manageable parts and ship them back to their homeland: dismantled in the West – reassembed in the Far East.
14.00
Exile Family Movie
Arash T. Riahi, Austria, 2006 , 92'
A film about home and exile, parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters and all the other relatives, close and distant, in an extended Persian family. Some of them have emigrated to Europe or America, but they all join together for a trip to Mecca to meet those they left behind.
16.00
Castells
Gereon Wetzel, Germany, 2006, 88’
There is an old tradition in Catalonia: building towers made out of people - castells. This 200 year-old tradition is not only a national sport but also a symbol of pride and of strong community ties.
18.00
Cemetery Club
Tali Shemesh, Israel , 2006, 90'
A portrait of the complex relationship between 80-year-old Lena and her 85-year-old sister-in-law Minia, two Holocaust survivors and members of a social club for elderly Polish-born Jerusalemites, who meet every Sabbath to discuss philosophy, politics and poetry at the Mount Herzl National Cemetery.
20.00
The Giant Buddhas
Christian Frei, Switzerland, 2005, 95’
At the beginning of March 2001, the great Buddhas of Bamiyan (Afghanistan), which had stood in their niches for 15 hundred years, were blown up by specialists from the al-Qaeda terrorist organisation.
22.00
Children of the Prophet
Sudabeh Mortezai , Austria , 2006 , 86'
A look at the Moharram (commemoration of the martyrdom of a Shiite religious figure) through the eyes of ordinary people in Tehran. Non-orthodox youngsters, middle-aged women and religious youths all have their say. |
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12.15
What Lies Ahead
Diána Groó, Hungary, 2006, 68'
She can do the laundry, wash herself, walk by herself, although she suffered from spina bifida and lack of oxygen at birth. The Peto Institution tirelessly guides disabled people towards a more independent life. This film is a tribute to their efforts.
14.15
Even If She Had Been a Criminal
Jean-Gabriel Périot, France, 2006, 10’
France, summer 1944, the Liberation. The public punishment of women accused of having affairs with Germans during the war. A different look at liberation.
A Chance
Klára Trencsényi, Hungary, 2007, 57'
The change of regime in Hungary led to the closure of many factories and mines, leaving hundreds of thousands unemployed. A project was set up to help them, but now the project itself is under threat...
16.15
Carla's List
Dir Marcel Schüpbach, Switzerland, 2006, 101’
Behind the scenes at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. The film follows Carla Del Ponte during her work as prosecutor there: a struggle against all odds, and especially against politics.
18.15
The Red Years – Were We Terrorists?
Leo de Boer, The Netherlands, 2005, 75’
Who were the members of the Dutch ”Rode Jeugd”, and what did they want? In the shadow of the Red Army Fraction they fought against the war in Vietnam and capitalism. Former members are confronted with archive footage that questions the methods of their resistance.
20.15
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer
Nick Broomfield, UK, 2004, 90’
1989-1990, Florida. The world’s first woman serial killer is sentenced to life. The story of a prostitute who killed seven of her clients has profit potential for corrupt policemen, the defense lawyer, even Hollywood. But who cares about the real Aileen Wuornos?
22.15
The Monastery
Pernille Rose Grønkjær , Denmark , 2006 , 84'
The story of Jorgen Lauersen Vig, an 82-year-old bachelor who bought a Danish castle with the aim of turning it into a monastery. Now, many years later, he is about to realize his dream, when a group of Russian Orthodox nuns arrive, led by a young nun called Amvrosia. |
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16.30
Children of the Prophet
Sudabeh Mortezai , Austria , 2006 , 86'
A look at the Moharram (commemoration of the martyrdom of a Shiite religious figure) through the eyes of ordinary people in Tehran. Non-orthodox youngsters, middle-aged women and religious youths all have their say.
18.30
Even If She Had Been a Criminal
Jean-Gabriel Périot, France, 2006, 10’
France, summer 1944, the Liberation. The public punishment of women accused of having affairs with Germans during the war. A different look at liberation.
Please Vote for Me
Weijun Chen , China , 2006, 55'
In an elementary school in the city of Wuhan in central China, eight-year old children compete for the position of Class Monitor. Their parents, devoted to their only child, join in and start to influence the results. An experiment with democracy in China.
20.30
Memory Of Max, Claire, Ida and Company
Allan King, Canada, 2005, 112’
Everyday life in an old people's home: Max walks the halls dressed in a suit, Claire sings, Helen screams, others moan all day long or kick the nurses. Images of sterile loneliness. |
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16.30
Exile Family Movie
Arash T. Riahi, Austria, 2006 , 92'
A film about home and exile, parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters and all the other relatives, close and distant, in an extended Persian family. Some of them have emigrated to Europe or America, but they all join together for a trip to Mecca to meet those they left behind.
18.30
In The Pit
Juan Carlos Rulfo , Mexico , 2006, 80'
The gigantic Periferico freeway has been under construction for almost a decade. This film looks at the workers who are creating this monster and juxtaposes their everyday thoughts, behaviour, humour, and beliefs with the striking images of the giant that these ordinary guys are creating and the dangerous conditions under which they toil.
20.30
Cabale in Kabul
Dan Alexe, Belga & France, 2006, 87’
Isaac and Zabulon live in a deserted synagogue in Kabul. The last two Afghan Jews spend their days blaming and hating each other. Who is to tell who sold the Tora when the only witnesses are themselves? |
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| >> 7th November, Wednesday >> 8th November, Thursday >> 9th November, Friday >> 10th November, Saturday 11th November, Sunday |
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12.00
The Big Family
Huang Lingping & Zhu Shengwei, China, 2005, 82’
4 generations living under one roof under the despotic rule of a great grandfather who, once a striving businessman, seeks to retrieve some of that former glory.
14.00
Yaptik-Hasse
Edgar Bartenev, Russia, 2006, 29’
A group of nomadic Nenets live in the Siberian tundra at "The End of the World", as the territory is known in the local dialect, traveling around the region with their herd of reindeer.
Gipsy Side
Balázs Gát,Hungary, 2006, 50'
The young members of Rap-Port (Mario, Luiggi, Mr. Joker and the others) together with the "masters" demonstrate how Gangsta rap is a genuine Roma music. Beatbox and Freestyle: teenager rappers from the Harlem of Budapest. And Béla Ponczók Gypsy from Radio C.
16.00
Merchants of Miracles
Gilles Remiche, Belgium, 2006, 52’
The prophets, apostles and messiahs of the Congo who heal through the laying on of hands - via the cell phone or the TV. Whatever the channel, exploiting the desperate is always profitable.
18.00
My Country, My Country
Laura Potras, US, 2006, 90’
Life in Iraq for ordinary Iraqis under U.S. occupation. The film focuses on the dilemmas of Dr. Riyadh, an Iraqi medical doctor, father of six and Sunni political candidate.
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Award Ceremony – VERZIO 4 Audience Award
21.00 – 24.00
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Koriam's Law and The Dead Who Govern
Gary Kildea & Andrea Simon, Australia, 2005, 110’
When cargo cult meets colonial bureaucracy. An Australian anthropologist meets his match in philosopher-informant Peter Avarea of Matong village, Pomio, Papua New Guinea, as he tries to decipher the cargo cult.
14.15
Consultation
Hélène de Crécy, France, 2006, 91’
French society from a different perspective. A priviledged view of the consulting room of the eloquent French general practitioner Luc Perino who deals with patients from all walks of life with different complaints.
16.15
Please Vote for Me
Weijun Chen , China , 2006, 55'
In an elementary school in the city of Wuhan in central China, eight-year old children compete for the position of Class Monitor. Their parents, devoted to their only child, join in and start to influence the results. An experiment with democracy in China.
Escape Into Love
Edit Köszegi, Hungary, 2006, 40'
Winner of the „Best Documentary Award” at the 2007 Hungarian Film Week, the film is a heartrending story of a 50-year old widow, a mother of 7, who after falling in love, left her family behind.
18.15
His Big White Self
Nick Broomfield, UK, 2006, 93'
South African neo-Nazi extremist party leader Eugene Terre Blanche is released from prison. The director revisits the scene of his earlier film about Eugene 'The Leader, The Driver And The Driver's Wife', to find out what happened to the leader's followers. |
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16.30
Souvenirs
Shahar Cohen & Halil Efrat, Israel & The Netherlands, 2006 , 75'
An 82-year-old WW II veteran returns to the Netherlands to search for his never-seen child. His unemployed filmmaker son joins him. A road movie at its best, fueled by questions, memories and mountains of emotions.
18.30
Castells
Gereon Wetzel, Germany, 2006, 88’
There is an old tradition in Catalonia: building towers made out of people - castells. This 200 year-old tradition is not only a national sport but also a symbol of pride and of strong community ties. |
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16.30
Even If She Had Been a Criminal
Jean-Gabriel Périot, France, 2006, 10’
France, summer 1944, the Liberation. The public punishment of women accused of having affairs with Germans during the war. A different look at liberation.
Sweeping Addis
Corinne Kuenzli, Switzerland, 2007, 50’
Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia with a population of four million: portraits of remarkable Ethiopian women, sweeping the streets, trying to cope with life in a city branded by uncertainty and poverty.
18.30
The Giant Buddhas
Christian Frei, Switzerland, 2005, 95’
At the beginning of March 2001, the great Buddhas of Bamiyan (Afghanistan), which had stood in their niches for 15 hundred years, were blown up by specialists from the al-Qaeda terrorist organisation. |
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