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Anaben Pawar is an elderly tribal woman accused of witchcraft in rural India. Through Ana's story, we delve into a deep-rooted culture of patriarchy and examine one of the most monstrous attacks on women's bodies in modern India: the witch-hunt.

The Pretender is a short animated documentary that revisits the life of Attar of Nishapur during the Mongol invasions of the 13th century. Blending cinema with architecture and rock music, the film follows a symbolic journey through the Seven Cities of Love, where Attar reflects on the mystical insights of Sufi philosophy.

Flora Bear’s youngest granddaughter searches for truth and answers about her Indigenous grandmother’s life.

The film shows the reconstruction of Bremerhaven, its growth into a large city, the streets with shops, hotels, and administrative buildings. It also shows the work at the shipyards and provides images of a day in the life of a deep-sea fisherman.

The traditional Hamburg shipyard looks back on 80 years of operation.

Based on the physical formula for power, the film reports on the construction of the large pumped storage plant in Geesthacht near Hamburg.

Besinnung

A portrait of Bremen, the city between yesterday and tomorrow.

The film shows the reconstruction of the city of Bremen after 1945 until 1955.

Documentary about old castles and palaces in the Münsterland region of Westphalia.

Die Geschichte des kleinen Herrn Wau

SOME COLORS

Short ethnographic documentray about Arba'een, a Shia Muslim religious observance

Jean-François Boisvenue tells us about his childhood fears and his history of mental illness. On the screen, we can see a series of hand-drawn animations projected onto his body that plunges us into psychosis and depersonalization. The whole was captured by the camera without postproduction effects.

For months Eva Van Tongeren maintains a correspondence with the convicted and incarcerated paedophile Thomas. With a voice-over she reflects upon his thoughts and how their atrociousness resonates through her daily life. Despite her unchanging incomprehension she seeks the limits of her empathy and tries to find ways to deal with such a loaded subject. As it proves to be impossible to make a connection she looks for something that does bind them. This brings her to the American landscape surrounding Death Valley, a place Thomas always wanted to visit. The filmmaker sends him fragments of quiet landscapes and memories that will never be his.

The thousand-year-old tradition of pottery in the Indian subcontinent is now under threat. With the market being flooded with plastic in the evolution of civilization, today this Pal community is becoming displaced.

A tribute to a humble but great man in the film industry.

A young David Gan joins the WWII effort, eager to serve his country. Feelings of exclusion as a Chinese-American disappear in the Army. After experiencing the loss of so many fallen comrades, David dedicates his life to those who never came home.

A filmmaker follows her grandparents’ daily life after her chain-smoker and alcoholic grandmother is forced to stop drinking beer for a month.

An intimate portrait of musician Patrick Wolf as he builds a new life by the sea.