http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/12_Festival/toolbar_menu/Selected_Films_Non_Competition/German Sun, 19 May 2024 09:06:07 GMT /skins/default/en/15festival/ch01_newsfeed_logo.gif http://old.irandocfest.ir/ 100 70 en Copyright© Irandocfest.ir, all rights reserved Sun, 19 May 2024 09:06:07 GMT Retrospective of German Docs 60 http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3571/carl-laemmle-a-life-like-in-the-movies Director: Jo Mueller Screenplay: Norbert Bareis Cinematography: Kumaran Herold   Editor: Tom Henri Kuhnke, Elmar Podlasly Producer:  Jens Holzheur, Martin Rohé Distribution/sales: Nova Entertainment, SWR   Synopsis: Carl Laemmle, founds Hollywood. He is considered a major film pioneer. Historians, film experts and descendants talk about its significance for today's cinema. The portrait also honors Carl Laemmle as the man who saved hundreds of Jews from the Nazis with his guarantees. Filmography: Sagenhafter Südwesten (2016) Motzgurke.tv: Die Tigerenten-Reporter Zeigen's Euch! ( 2012)   ]]> Retrospective of German Docs Sat, 01 Dec 2018 11:02:43 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3571/carl-laemmle-a-life-like-in-the-movies http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3570/chris-the-swiss Director: Anja Kofmel Screenplay: Anja Kofmel Cinematography: Simon Guy Fassler Editor: Stefan Kalin Producer: Samir, Sinisa Juricic, Heino Deckert, Iikka Vehkalahti Distribution/sales: Urben Distribution Synopsis: Croatia, January 1992. In the midst of the Yugoslav Wars, Chris, a young Swiss journalist is found dead under mysterious circumstances. He was wearing the uniform of an international mercenary group. Anja Kofmel was his cousin. As a little girl, she used to admire this handsome young man; now a grown-up woman, she decides to investigate his story, trying to understand what really was the involvement of Chris in the conflict …       Filmography: Ghrigi  2009 (short film) 2006 Boxer Box 2006 (short film) Je Suisse 2005 (short film) Strichcode 2004 (short film) Festivals and Awards: 24th Sarajevo Film Festival Melbourne International Film Festival Locarno Festival Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 57th Semaine Internationale de la Critique Cannes Adelaide Film Festival  Athens Film Festival  Sao Paulo Film Festival      ]]> Retrospective of German Docs Sat, 01 Dec 2018 10:59:32 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3570/chris-the-swiss http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3569/dark-eden Director: Jasmin Herold & Michael David Beamish Screenplay: Jasmine Herold & Michael David Beamish Cinematography: Andreas Kohler Editor: Martin Kayser-Landwehr Producer: Mélanie Andernach Distribution/sales: Deckert Distribution GmbH       Synopsis: On a journey for an answer to the question, How high is the price for a better life? The directors explore Fort McMurray in the far north of Canada, home of the largest industrial project and the third largest oil reserve on the planet. People from all over the world come here to earn sky-high salaries at the sacrifice of the environment. Film and reality collide as the directors find themselves in their own personal nightmare. Filmography: Jasmine Herold: Sonntagskaffee (Sunday Coffee) (2011)  Michael Beamish:  This is his first film.  Festivals and Awards : Braunschweig IFF 2018 (Green Horizons Award) Munich International Documentary Festival Melbourne Environmental FF Kassel IFF DOKfest Munchen 2018    ]]> Retrospective of German Docs Sat, 01 Dec 2018 10:57:05 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3569/dark-eden http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3568/joy-in-iran Director: Walter Steffen Screenplay: Walter Steffen Cinematography: Walter Steffen Editor: Steffen Mühlstein Producer: Walter Steffen Distributer: Konzept+Dialog.Medien   Synopsis: The film tells of clown visits to Iranian orphanage and street children's facilities, hospitals, psychiatric clinics and refugee camps; He tells of human encounters in these special places, of touching, but always funny and entertaining situations and little stories.   Filmography: Down the Water We Go (2017)  Happy Welcome (2015)   Bavaria Vista Club (2014)  Munich in India (2012)     Straight Aside (2011)    Tools & Crafts (2010) Festivals and Awards : Fünf Seen Film Festivals   ]]> Retrospective of German Docs Sat, 01 Dec 2018 10:50:52 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3568/joy-in-iran http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3567/sisters Director: Peter Entell Screenplay: Peter Entell Cinematography: Peter Entell Editor: Peter Entell Producer: Peter Entell Distribution/sales: Sweet Spot Docs   Synopsis: A story of abandonment and discovery, of silence and of sharing, of how fate shaped the lives of three women. One day, six-year-old Shelly followed her classmate Sian home from school. They grew up like sisters. Thirty years later Shelly discovers that she has a biological sister named Linda. An intimate and compelling story of adoption and friendship; three women whose lives were profoundly changed by the events of June 25, 1954.   Filmography: Like Dew in the Sun (2016) A Home Far Away (2012) Josh's Trees (2005) Le tube (2001) Rolling (1997) Festivals and Awards : Vision Du Reel     ]]> Retrospective of German Docs Sat, 01 Dec 2018 10:37:37 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3567/sisters http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3565/the-border-fence Director: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Screenplay: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Cinematography: Nikolaus Geyrhalter Editor: Emily Artmann, Gernot Grassl Producer: Markus Glaser, Wolfgang Widerhofer, Michael Kitzberger, & Nikolaus Geyrhalter Distribution/sales: Austrian Films    Synopsis: A political satire about populism and its absurd consequences. In spring 2016, Austrian politicians fear an onslaught of war refugees via Italy and announce a new border fence. The residents fear the fence just as much as the supposedly threatening alienation of their homeland. At the end of the film, the fence is still curled up in the container, as the feared refugee rush never materialized.   Filmography: Our Daily Bread (2005) Festivals and Awards : IDFA Diagonale 2018     ]]> Retrospective of German Docs Sat, 01 Dec 2018 10:10:28 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/3565/the-border-fence