Director and historian Christian Mangels presents the fourth instalment of the popular Hamburg docu-series. Prominent locals, including politicians, artists and rock stars, are asked to add their personal memories to the archive footage. Hamburg witn ...
Germany, Bangladesh 2004 | 95 min | OV with German ST | FF 2005
Regie: Shaheen Dill-Riaz
According to a survey run by the London School of Economics, the happiest people in the world live in - Bangladesh. In order to substantiate this claim, Shaheen Dill-Riaz, a Bangladeshi living in Germany, travels to the mega city of Bhaka to conduct ...
Finland 2004 | 98 min | OV with English ST | FF 2005
Regie: Pekka Mandart
Summer 1957, and the merchant ships docking at the Finnish port of Kotka are loaded with some hot goods: jazz, swing and blues. Rempo and his fellow music-fan friends decide to open a jazz-bar Fennia. However, Rempo’s fiancée is not amused and he ...
Spain, Cuba, France 2005 | 110 min | OV with German ST | FF 2005
Regie: Benito Zambrano
There’s more to Havana than “Buena Vista Social Club”. Ruy and Tito belong to an entirely different kind of music-scene and they are determined to make the big-time. Alas, recording a demo-CD or organising a concert can quickly turn into a nerv ...
Austria 1990 | 75 min | OV with English ST | FF 2005
Regie: Wofgang Murnberger
The ten-year-old hero finds inspiration for “dangerous games” at the paternal cinema and on his excursions to the butcher: he performs “horror shows and decapitations” in order to relieve the youngsters of their pennies. The film is set betwe ...