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Aleksandr Laime: Diamonds of Angel Falls
Alexandr Laime, at heart a romanticist and dreamer, went deep into the jungles of Venezuela in search of Jimmy Angel’s famed "Diamond River". Whilst it was never publicized if he succeeded in his search, residents of…
Alemania
Love, rebellion, anxiety, frustration and psychological issues – in this Argentinian coming-of-age drama the protagonist must deal with them all. The film sensitively portrays life growing up alongside a family member…
Al Entisar - The Boat of Hope
We set out to Libya from Slovakia, a country where it is no longer customary to sacrifice one’s life for one’s own country and freedom; and if so, then money needs to be at stake. Fighting in Libya was going on for…
Aleph
Aleph is a magical cinematic journey through a labyrinth of ten countries and ten different characters. The collected stories serve as pieces of a puzzle that lead us to Aleph, the center of life.
Aleppo. Notes from the Dark
The film shows the life of Aleppo from the perspective of seven of its residents, struggling with the hardships of war. Next to exploding bombs, under sniper fire, the characters in the film talk about the revolution…
The Alert
A series of four films presented as educational clips about work safety in a chemical factory presents a multi-layered reflection on the ambiguity of life and death, waking and dreaming, seen through oppressive black…
A Lesson of Belorussian
After the Soviet Union collapsed, Belorussia became an independent country and general Lyceum was founded in Minsk with the aim of raising an elite Belorussian intelligents. However, in 1995, Lukashenko came to power.…
A Letter from Germany
The film focuses on the experiences of three women from eastern Europe who left home in hope for something better and whose life is now dominated by pain and exploitation. While anonymous voices read letters which…
A Letter to Dad
"Hey Dad, you died suddenly." The filmmaker, trying to make sense of the way his father chose to die, opens several boxes, all that is left behind. The forgotten photos, letters and home videos take the film back to the…
A Letter to Mohamed
Lettre à Mohamed is a cinematic letter to a friend in Belgium, to Mohamed, who left Tunisia. “Fleeing” and “self-immolation” have the same word root in Arabic - fire. Christine Moderbacher thus connects her letter to…