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Family
"The way we experience our lives on the inside, the story we tell to ourselves in order to explain our actions, that it actually a lie. The truth is more likely somewhere on the outside - in our actions.” Slavoj Žižek
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Family
“Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” - wrote Russian writer Tolstoy. Is there a happiness beyond commonly accepted ways of living? When a father – a gay who has AIDS, and…
Family²
Lola was adopted into a Belgian family when she was an infant. After eleven years she is going to realize her dream to meet her birth parents in China.
The Family Album
The Family Album it is a family saga with some elements of an investigative documentary about two Jewish assimilated families, Arnsteins and Meyersons living in Lublin, Poland. The film narration starts in the end of…
The Family Approach
When parents can no longer fulfil their duty of care, the children’s world often falls apart. Nothing stays as it was. Suddenly it is no longer mum or dad who are in charge but the youth welfare system. Daniel Abma…
Family Business
In Germany, two daughters can no longer care for their mother. In Poland, a mother leaves her daughter to take care of the stranger. A daily event these days in Europe, one which changes the lives of two families.
Family Business
Found footage, film collage, composed in layers comprised of old photographs, 8mm, 16mm, VHS footage, films and tapes from a family archive. The documentary follows the extraordinary fate of a “famous” artistic family…
Family Fortune
Family Fortune, directed by Tonislav Hristov, is an intimate portrait of a Bulgarian family - the filmmakers own - that tries to make a living in the midst of unemployment and difficult circumstances. The country is…
Family Instinct
"Family Instinct" is a film about incest - an illegal act, social taboo and a violation of religious norms. Zanda is a 28-year-old woman, worn out by hard work. Surrounded by poverty and despair, she is trying to…
Family Meals
Do you remember when was the last time you talked to your parents? What did you talk about? Did you go a step beyond weather forecast and daily politics? Can a conversation about buried family secrets help you eat…