2014 Munich DOK.fest
Films of the 2014 Documentary Festival in Munich:
DOK.international: all except "Gone Missing"
DOK.panorama: all except "We were Rebels"
DOK.horizonte: all except "Striplife"
DOK.deutsch: all except "Die Wirklichkeit kommt"
.................................."Göttliche Lage"
.................................."Halbmondwahrheiten"
.................................."Vom Ordnen der Dinge"
.................................."Was bin ich wert?"
DOK.ego: all except "Auf der Suche nach Heilern"
............................"Generation Waldsterben"
DOK.special: all except "First Class Asylum"
................................."Jüdisch für Anfänger"
................................."Making of Heimat"
................................."Sounds Queer"
................................."Willkommen zu Hause"
................................."Zurück in den Süden"
DOK.guest: all except "City of God - Ten Years After"
..............................."In the Shadow of the Copacabana"
DOK.international: all except "Gone Missing"
DOK.panorama: all except "We were Rebels"
DOK.horizonte: all except "Striplife"
DOK.deutsch: all except "Die Wirklichkeit kommt"
.................................."Göttliche Lage"
.................................."Halbmondwahrheiten"
.................................."Vom Ordnen der Dinge"
.................................."Was bin ich wert?"
DOK.ego: all except "Auf der Suche nach Heilern"
............................"Generation Waldsterben"
DOK.special: all except "First Class Asylum"
................................."Jüdisch für Anfänger"
................................."Making of Heimat"
................................."Sounds Queer"
................................."Willkommen zu Hause"
................................."Zurück in den Süden"
DOK.guest: all except "City of God - Ten Years After"
..............................."In the Shadow of the Copacabana"
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- DirectorPeter LatasterPetra Lataster-CzischUp close and without comment this film shows how breast cancer throws the lives of three women into turmoil. Sabrina, Vicky and Ingrid fight to uphold their dignity and womanhood despite the pain and sorrow they have to go through. How do they pick up the pieces and who is there to help?
- DirectorThomas WallnerStarsGerrit BeckerRichard DierickVanessa Van DurmeThe documentary "Before the Last Curtain Falls" tells the story of great love, bitter disappointments and self-doubts - but most of all of courage. The courage to take risks, try something new and be yourself - no matter what age. The film dives deeply into the exceptional and heart-warming stories of a group of transsexuals and drag queens in their sixties and seventies, who summon up their bravery to take to the stage one last time. For two years they have been touring in five continents, basking in the success of a spectacular show called "Gardenia", directed by Alain Platel and Frank Van Laecke. Now, as the show comes to a close, the glamorous aging performers must leave the limelight and go home to the quiet lives they left behind.
- DirectorGöran Hugo OlssonStarsLauryn HillKati OutinenGayatri Chakravorty SpivakThe most daring moments in the struggle for liberation from colonial rule.
- DirectorArash T. RiahiArman T. RiahiStarsAndy BichlbaumReverend BillyMike BonannoA documentary about modern and creative forms of non-violent protest and civil disobedience.
- DirectorMirjam LeuzeCentral Asia/Kyrgyzstan: When Erkingul and her friends meet for tea, they talk about toxic cyanide, bride kidnapping, and where to buy the fattest sheep. The women of KAREK are mothers and wives, but first and foremost they are activists, who challenge not only the nearby goldmine but also the Kirghiz government. When a revolution topples the regime in Kyrgyzstan they are at the forefront of the protests. Erkingul, the 'boss' of the group, makes a leap into the Kirghiz parliament and as a politician she now continues her struggle against the mine. Set in a post-Soviet and increasingly fundamentalist country, the film allows an intimate glimpse into a microcosm of outstanding women. A film about courage, female companionship, and life after a revolution.
- DirectorFarida PachaStarsChhanabhai Bababhai PagiDevuben Chhanabhai PagiGuhabhai Lakshmanbhai RathodYear after year, for an endless eight months, thousands of families move to a desert in India to extract salt from the burning earth. Every monsoon their salt fields are washed away, as the desert turns into sea.
- DirectorSabine Lubbe BakkerNiels van KoevordenStarsBobMarcelSet in a village on the edge of Belgium, Bob, Flemish, and Marcel, Walloon share their solitude, sense of humor and craving for alcohol.
- DirectorChristian FreiStarsHelen FisherMichael HaritonRosey La RougeLove is the best thing in life - until it's over. Heartbreak affects us all. Oscar-nominated director Christian Frei teams with famed anthropologist Helen Fisher to examine the power and resilience of love despite it all.
- DirectorMatthias von GuntenStarsRasmus AvikeLars JeremiassenPatrick MalakiWhen the ice melts in Thule, Tuvalu drowns in the ocean. A touching portrait of people whose joint fates are intimately linked though they live at two completely distant corners of the world.
- DirectorJos de PutterStarsCheetaNicole HendersonGlen SchultzDocumentary about three retired apes: a film star, a scientist and a cripple. They look back at their lives and the intriguing relationship between humans and apes. Who watches whom, and who learns from this?
- DirectorIain ForsythJane PollardStarsNick CaveSusie BickWarren EllisWriter and musician Nick Cave marks his 20,000th day on the planet Earth.
- DirectorAndreas JohnsenStarsAi WeiweiAndreas JohnsenLao AiA documentary reflects on artist Ai Weiwei's battle against the lawsuit thrust upon him by the Chinese government in an effort to silence him.
- DirectorAnnekatrin HendelStarsSascha AndersonWilfriede MaaßEkkehard MaaßSascha Anderson, writer, pop and media star in the GDR. Depicts her double life as a radical dissident and a Stasi informer.
- DirectorMadeleine SacklerStarsPavel GorodnitskiNikolai KhalezinNatalia KoliadaComprised of smuggled footage and uncensored interviews, DANGEROUS ACTS gives audiences a front row seat to a resistance movement as it unfolds both on the stage and in the streets. As the members of the Free Theater confront the choice of either repression at home or exile in the US and the UK, DANGEROUS ACTS reconfirms our belief that the power of art and hope can indeed change the world.
- DirectorKenneth ElvebakkStarsLukas Bjørneboe BrændsrødSyvert Lorenz GarciaTorgeir LundBallet Boys takes you through disappointments, victories, forging of friendship, first loves, doubt, faith, growing apart from each other, finding your own way and own ambitions, all mixed with the beautiful expression of ballet.
- DirectorKarim AïnouzMichael GlawoggerMichael MadsenStarsMeret BeckerGennadi VengerovBenedicte C. WestinSix directors tackle the question "If buildings could talk, what would they say about us?" by capturing iconic buildings with narration from the perspective of the buildings.
- DirectorYaron ShaniNurit KedarAn Arab man marries a Jewish woman and they live in quiet harmony within the Arab-Jewish community with their son and daughter. The family unit is broken when they discover that their Arab father is behind dozens of terror attacks.
- DirectorElisa AmorusoStarsMarioara DadiloveanuGiuseppe Della PellePino is a mechanic and a rally rides champion, who decides to become a woman, and names himself Beatrice. As a transgender, he meets Marianna, a nurse from Romenia who's taking care of Pino's old mother. Beatrice and Marianna fall in love and manage to get married in Rome, fighting established society and prejudice, both dressed as brides. An Italian love story, an unsurfarced road to become an unconventional family, in a too conventional country.
- DirectorJohannes HolzhausenStarsArnout BalisChristian Beaufort-SpontinMarcello FarabegoliAn in-depth look at daily life at one of the most famous cultural institutions in the world, The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.
- DirectorValerie BlankenbylMa Na Sapna tells the story of several women in India, dreaming of a better future for themselves and for their families through surrogacy.
- DirectorRodrigo H. VilaStarsChico BuarqueElba BusteloDavid ByrneAlmost fifty years ago, when she was very young and unknown, Mercedes Sosa broke the mould by drafting, together with other four young artists, the so-called "Manifesto del Nuevo Cancionero" (The New songbook Manifesto). How did this manifesto make an impact on the next generations? How much did the "Nuevo Cancionero" influence the development of the "Nueva Trova Cubana"? How did this ideology affect the politics of both emerging and developed countries? Apart from the millions of records she sold, the thousands of concerts she made all over the world, her countless fans and detractors, Mercedes Sosa left behind an indelible legacy, an ideal that has not become a reality yet but which keeps pushing forward. "Mercedes Sosa, The Voice of Latin America" is a deep intimate journey into Mercedes Sosa's world, not only as an artist but as human being. An autobiography through her own voice. She will guide us through her life, her successes and failures, her love stories and all her suffering. With never seen before achieve, an artistic construction and several international artists giving their testimony about Mercedes Sosa's importance for Latin America political and musical history, this documentary will show the ideology of an artists who went beyond the borders of music , to become in one of the most influential personalities of the 20th century.
- DirectorKhalo MatabaneStarsKhalo MatabaneNelson MandelaGreg MarinovichKhalo Matabane asks global thinkers, Apartheid-victims and Mandela's entourage to classify Nelson Mandela's achievements, thereby providing a multifaceted approach to his myth.
- DirectorMarcin MalaszczakStarsStanislaw CheminskiJerzy SzlosarStefan SzyszkaSieniawka is a journey into the irrational subconscious of humanity.
- DirectorMichael ObertStarsLouis SarnoSamedi Mathurin BokombeJim Jarmusch25 years ago, Louis Sarno, an American, heard a song on the radio and followed its melody into the Central Africa Jungle and stayed. He than recorded over 1000 hours of original BaAka music. Now he is part of the BaAka community and raises his pygmy son, Samedi. Fulfilling an old promise, Louis takes Samedi to America. On this journey Louis realizes he is not part of this globalized world anymore but globalization has also arrived in the rainforest. The BaAka depend on Louis for their survival. Father and son return to the melodies of the jungle but the question remains: How much longer will the songs of the forest be heard?
- DirectorCarlo ZorattiStarsCarlo ZorattiAlex NazziEnea GabinoSearching for the first time, the three friends Enea, Carlo and Alex are dfinding a whole lot more than they were looking for.