Double Take

Double Take 2007

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Double Take explores the memory of identical twins whom together experienced a traumatic childhood event. Using juxtaposed images and concurrent storylines, the viewer is challenged to examine the similarities and differences of the twin’s tales. As the image of the twins present us with a literal double take, their parallel stories take us even further into the recesses and disparities of human memory.

2007

Ich will dich – Begegnungen mit Hilde Domin

Ich will dich – Begegnungen mit Hilde Domin 2007

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Anna Ditges accompanied Hilde Domin with her camera during the last two years of her life and in this way created a portrait of the artist - just as she experienced her: sensitive, brusque and headstrong, an egocentric with a biting sense of humor, lots of charm and increasingly affectionate towards the tenacious young woman with the camera. Hilde Domin (born 1909) tells the filmmaker, almost 70 years her junior, with great openness about her childhood in Cologne, 22 years in exile, her return to Germany, her late career as a poet, her great love for her late husband Erwin and her loneliness in old age.

2007

Before Dawn Cracks

Before Dawn Cracks 2007

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A desperate man got into a big debt in a casino and must pay off it over one night. At that night, he wonderfully examined his love, affection, friendship and this small city.

2007

Stirring It Up: The New Dissenters

Stirring It Up: The New Dissenters 2007

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Five young activists with diverse convictions embark on a quest to affect political change, each in their own unique way. But can regular citizens really change the system nowadays? The 60's activist, Tom Hayden, advises them and compares his own experiences. Amazingly, in the process, these individuals must change themselves.

2007

Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence

Lillie & Leander: A Legacy of Violence 2007

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Documentarian Jeffrey Morgan set out to the track one woman's search for the truth about her great-great-aunt's 1908 murder. But his film quickly became a fascinating study of racism, revenge and family secrets. In the process of uncovering information about her ancestor's violent death at the hands of an African-American suspect, the woman learns that her family tree might have also produced a few murderers.

2007

A Blue Hole In The Sky

A Blue Hole In The Sky 2007

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Award-winning film that tells the story of twelve Romany travelers who survived the genocide on gypsies during World War 2 - a piece of history largely undocumented until now.

2007

Irenka

Irenka 2007

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Mother and daughter in a stylize portrait, which takes place in the clean family swimming pool. Through the short documentary film, these two women reflect common, personal topic which they never speak about. This film causes a ripple on apparently calm level; it tries to break down a communication dam, built up few years ago.

2007

Alabaster

Alabaster 2007

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Alabaster is the story of a man walking the road to forgiveness. Ethan, a small-time criminal with no family or friends, wakes up one day to find a mysterious invitation. For reasons unknown to even himself, he starts on the long path to Alabaster. Along the way Ethan meets an interesting cast of characters who each in there own way shed light on his troubled past, forcing him to take responsibility for what he has done and the people he has hurt. Just when the end is in sight Ethan begins to realize where this journey might end and the truth behind this magical place of Alabaster. But is he ready for redemption?

2007

LLueve

LLueve 2007

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Under a merciless rain, a man escapes from a relentless adversary. Exhausted, the man finds shelter in a house lost in the mountains. Once inside, his escape will become a search towards the obscure force that took him there.

2007