Italy, Germany, Sri Lanka 2008 | 109 min | OV with English ST | FF 2008
Regie: Uberto Pasolini
On 15th September 2004, a news report stated: “National team missing – A supposed handball team from Sri Lanka on its way West”. In his directing debut, Uberto Pasolini tells the true story of a group of slum inhabitants from Colomb ...
Eternal intern Annika (Jasmin Schwiers) is given the opportunity of a paid position at a record company. Prerequisite: she must bring the Finnish band “Ripili” to Germany and prepare them for a band contest. Unwittingly, she books the dea ...
At least two opinions prevail on Henrik “Henna” Peschel. For some he is the king of Hanseatic underground cult cinema, for others the inventor of German prole trash cinema. Schäffke’s hardcore band “Madboy” cancels its ...
Hongkong, China 2008 | 90 min | OV with English ST | FF 2008
Regie: Nicolas Chin
Nicolas Chin’s debut film is set in Hong Kong high society. The Magazine Gap Road leads up to Victoria Peak – an idyllic rich people’s enclave. But the well-kempt facade hides dark secrets. Samantha (Jessey Meng) is curator of a pri ...
Germany, United Kingdom, Kazakhstan, Turkey 2008 | 94 min | OV with German ST | FF 2008
Regie: Ben Hopkins
Mihram is a black market merchant in a Turkish village. When he is offered a job involving the illegal acquisition of expensive medicine, he senses a great opportunity. With luck he can build up the business he has been dreaming of. But luck is not p ...
Belgium 2007 | 85 min | OV with English ST | FF 2008
Regie: Jan Verheyen
A Flemish MPU (Missing Person Unit) is investigating the mysterious disappearance of 17-year-old Evi. Her father is the prime suspect, but evidence also points to obscure sex parties and gifts made by an unknown new boyfriend. Did Evi fall victim to ...
Portugal, France 2004 | 120 min | OV with English ST | FF 2008
Regie: Margarida Cardoso
Mozambique in the early 1970s. A beautiful officer’s bride dances on the roof terrace of the ‘Stella Maris Hotel’. In the background the Indian Ocean surges, washing ashore the bodies of men. Evita innocently moves from the safety of Lisbon to ...
France, Brazil 2007 | 95 min | OV with English ST | FF 2008
Regie: Sandra Kogut
10-year-old Thiago lives in the village of Mutum, in the Brazilian back-country. There is no television, no cinema and there are no cars. The villagers ride horseback or go on foot. Thiago’s little brother Felipe is also his only friend. Togeth ...