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Melting Ink
A documentary
In 2020, the author Anatol Regnier published Jeder schreibt für sich allein, a book that examines the life and work of writers in Nazi Germany. In collaboration with Regnier, Dominik Graf, Constantin Lieband, and Felix von Boehm have adapted this book into a polyphonic essay film of the same name – almost three hours in duration – that takes a meticulous look at the contradictory biographies of Hans Fallada, Gottfried Benn, Erich Kästner, Ina Seidel and Will Vesper.
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20,000 Species of Bees
A documentary starring Sofía Otero, Patricia López Arnaiz and Ane Gabarain
Lucía is a six-year-old girl, who sometimes struggles as the world tries to catch up with the fact that she has a penis. As the summer holidays pass, she explores her femininity alongside the women of her family who at the same time reflect on their own femininity.
Close To Vermeer
A documentary
Gregor Weber, one of the world's leading Vermeer experts, is to curate the largest Vermeer exhibition for the Rijksmuseum. But American scholars claim that one of the central paintings is not by Vermeer. A thrilling story of the Dutch Baroque painter's mastery and enigma.
On the Adamant
A documentary
The Adamant is a unique day-care centre. A floating structure located on the Seine in the heart of Paris, it welcomes adults suffering from mental disorders, offering the kind of care that grounds them in time and space and helps them to recover or keep up their spirits. The team running it tries to resist the deterioration and dehumanisation of psychiatry as best as they can.
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Hao Are You
A documentary starring Dieu Hao Do
Dieu Hao Do, whose parents found refuge in Germany and were part of the Chinese minority in Vietnam, embarks on a very personal journey to meet his relatives on three continents ... (more)