At first sight Lasnamäe looks dull, petty and insignificant. But among 700 garage-boxes in the enormous prefab housing estate in Tallinn some of them have been turned over into personal little empires.
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Marianna was actually born a man. She had to turn 43 years to finally take the courage not to hide her true self any longer. The subtle narration brought the documentary among others four awards at the 55th Krakow Film Festival.
A small group of people in Romania committed civil disobedience by smuggling hundreds of Hollywood productions. The documentary illustrates the power of films.
Refugees took on the journey by foot from Syria via Turkey, Greece and Macedonia to Serbia in the hope for better life. Žilnik manages to give a human face to the high number of refugees, who have different stories to tell.
Trying to escape modern civilization, the 30-year old Igor has found a peaceful home in Chernobyl. But his psychological issues never really let him come to rest. Fantastic shots of abandoned landscape and a moving storyline.
,,Gezi’’ stands nowadays for a civil opposition. The film records the unique team spirit and solidarity of the protesters against demolishing a green area at the very heart of Istanbul.
A man disappears, just like that. Four years later, he reappears. As a different human, sick and traumatized. His granddaughter Tiha K. Gudacs, director of this film, wants to find out what her grandfathes is not telling.
Just as the movie director Andrea Culková becomes pregnant with the third child, she gets diagnosed with diabetes. To keep the baby safe Andrea changes her food habits. The film shows the outcome of her research about diabetes during pregnancy.
Ten-year-old deaf-dumb Denisa lives with her family and other Romani people in Poland. They face extreme poverty, constant presence of police forces, segregation isolation. Very moving and poetic story.
In the 1960s Germany and Romania signed an emigration agreement that was kept secret from the public. The documentary shows the circumstances of the deal.
1984:Three teenagers, three violent crimes, three destinies. Marcell Gerö shows in an engrossing film, what became of them.
