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Verirrte Eskimos

A supposedly deaf-mute peddler, who roams the countryside as a dance vendor and day laborer, meets a single woman who keeps her desire for closeness at a distance with anonymous phone sex. The two emotional Eskimos attract and repel each other, lie to and desire each other, perform egg dances on frosty-thin ground, fight for affection and a goldfish always ready to break out.

My Brothers and Sisters in the North

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a country with a very strong social cohesion and the unprecedented admiration of the people for their leader, which is absolutely unique and incomprehensible especially from a Western point of view. The native Korean director Sung-Hyung Cho tries to understand this by accompanying several Koreans from different backgrounds in their daily lives. The film shows the country and its people in a way, as it is rarely done in Western media, non-judgmental and respectful towards the people.

Verliebt, verlobt, verloren

In 1952, while the Korean War was still raging, the rulers of North Korea sent hand-picked students to other socialist countries to be trained there and later use their newly acquired knowledge to rebuild their destroyed homeland on their return. The majority of them ended up in the GDR, where they soon found their way around the German language and culture. During their stay, many of the North Korean students also met young women with whom they fell in love and with whom they eventually had children. But when the young men were ordered back to their homeland in the early 1960s, some of the newly formed families were left behind. The story of those left behind is told in "In love, engaged, lost".

Full Metal Village

The film describes the microcosmos of the small village Wacken and shows the clash of the cultures, before and during the biggest heavy metal festival in Europe.

Two Voices from Korea

The double portrait of two young Korean women: one studies music in North Korea, the other international relations in South Korea. In the 70th year of Korea's division, South Korean documentary filmmaker Sung-Hyung Cho ventured between the fronts and discovered striking similarities in the lives of both women on both sides of Korea.

I Am Art

In this mockumentary a first-time documantary filmmaker meets the artist of all classes Ischariot Wiesengrund. Despite their obvious differences the two men develop a strange familiarity.

Talitha Koum

“Isn’t the moment of liberation coming soon?” (From Anne Frank’s monologue) She spends most of her time sleeping in her room. One day, upon waking up from a dream about her dead aunt, she finds out about an audition being held for the play Anne Frank. She believes that this is the implication of her aunt message “Talitha Koum (Wake up, girl)” and makes it her mission to play the role of Anne Frank.

The Story of the Weeping Camel

When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.

Born into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids

Documentary depicting the lives of child prostitutes in the red light district of Songachi, Calcutta. Director Zana Briski went to photograph the prostitutes when she met and became friends with their children. Briski began giving photography lessons to the children and became aware that their photography might be a way for them to lead better lives.