The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
A documentary starring Björn Andrésen, Riyoko Ikeda and Margareta Krantz
In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world’s most beautiful boy. A shadow that today, 50 years later, weighs Björn Andrésen’s life.
Unsere Herzen - Ein Klang
A documentary
UNSERE HERZEN – EIN KLANG follows three choir directors before, during and after the Corona pandemic. A time when the need for song and community becomes their greatest challenge - in their personal lives, in their careers, but also in their tense relationships with singers ... (more)
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Belleville, belle et rebelle
A documentary starring Joseph Pantaleo, Lucio Urtubia and Minelle Guy
Belleville in the northeast of Paris, characterized by migration, craftsmanship and revolt. The film is a poetic homage to the neighborhood, with images like a chanson.
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Der Waldmacher
A documentary starring Tony Rinaudo and Volker Schlöndorff
In 1981, Australian Tony Rinaudo arrives in Niger as a young agricultural scientist to combat the growing spread of deserts and the misery of the population. Radical clearing has left the land desolate and once-fertile soil depleted. But Rinaudo's attempts to stop the desert by planting trees fail and nearly all of his seedlings die back ... (more)
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Who We Will Have Been
A documentary
Filmmaker Erec Brehmer's world collapses when his longtime partner Angelina Zeidler dies in a car accident. Using personal videos, photos, voice messages, diary entries and music they shared, he creates ways of meeting and loving her again despite her absence. "We don't talk about the dead, even though that's the only thing we can still do" once someone is gone ... (more)
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Dead Birds Flying High
A documentary
Jürgen Friedrich Mahrt left behind a large collection of taxidermied birds and butterflies, as well as countless photographs, documenting the wildlife habitats of his time, many of which no longer exist today. His great-granddaughter has the collections analyzed by experts.