Synopsis:
The history of the Cultural Revolution in the 60s in China…from the perspective of a mango…from a factory.
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A British chimney sweeper describes his everyday routine of forcing young kids to become workers. While we observe a kid cleaning a chimney, the master’s statement gets more personal with every sentence until we understand, that he is speaking about his own past. Being locked in a vicious circle, there seems to be no exit.
- Drama
- Documentary
- Tragedy
- Experimental
- Making of
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Akiko Takakura is one of the last survivors of the atomic bomb explosion of Hiroshima. During Obon, she receives the spirits of her parents and is haunted by memories. Her father is an authoritarian and traditional man. Akiko’s childhood consists of constant rejections and beatings. But the horrors of the atomic bomb and Japan’s subsequent capitulation change everything. Finally Akiko experiences fatherly love in the midst of Hiroshima’s ruins.
- Drama
- Documentary
- Bio-pic
- Tragedy
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An elderly, soft-spoken veteran recalls when she joined the Soviet Air Force’s first all-female bombing squad. She reminisces about her friend Katja, and how they made the best of their antique equipment, struggled with being ostracised from their male comrades, and earned the fearful German nickname ‘Nachthexen’.
- Drama
- Documentary
- Bio-pic
- Making of
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The Physics of Sorrow is a potent portrait of a dislocated generation struggling to find home as they shift through everchanging personal and geographic landscapes.
- Drama
- Tragedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Bio-pic
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Based on interviews of former inmates, this is a glimpse into the most notorious women’s prison in East Germany. An account of political imprisonment, forced labour and enormous profits.
- Drama
- Documentary
- Tragedy
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In this touching presentation, Pedersen describes the creative and visual processes behind three of his films produced by Mikrofilm: The folkloric anxiety of The Boyg (2016), The looping limbo of Zolle: Resign (2021) and the nuclear petri dish of Little Boy (2018).
- Documentary
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Making of
- Non-narrative
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During a PowerPoint presentation, statistical diagrams are breaking free from their restrictive coordinates. A trip into the sensual world of statistics begins.
- Documentary
- Making of
- Non-narrative
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Henry meanders through Wyrmlands, the remains of England consumed by the giant worm of capitalism. Amidst his despair, he recalls an act of kindness. As a child, innocent and loving, he saved an injured worm. Perhaps salvation is possible if he can reconnect with his inner child.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Tragedy
- Fantasy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Interview with Olga Pärn, illustrator, animator, and director from Belarus who currently lives in Estonia.
- Documentary
- Experimental
- Making of
- Non-narrative
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An animated short documentary about a difficult father-daughter relationship. Drawing on childhood memories, Anne Koizumi, the filmmaker, explores her upbringing with her Japanese immigrant dad, who was also the janitor at the elementary school she attended.
- Documentary
- Drama
- Bio-pic
- Making of
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A music video - White Lies.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Tragedy
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
- Non-narrative
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Music video.
- Drama
- Music Videos
- Coming-of-Age
- Tragedy
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Tragicomedy
- Musical