Participants & Projects
Masterschool 2010
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Name:Daniel BachmannCompany:Salz & PfefferPlace:Ludwigsburg, GermanyNationality:GermanProject:Think Small!Genre:Human Interest, Nature DocumentaryText:
Without bees we can´t survive. All over the world bees are dying. One of the predominant reasons is the human tendency to "Think Big". Since the beginning of the 20th century, breeders have attemped to – and have succeeded at increasing bee size.Now bees are too big to resist their deadliest enemy: the Varroa mite. "Think Small" seems to be the only salvation. But how can we convince society to forfeit the “Think Big” ideology, which is the main slogan of capitalism?
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Name:Tatiana BrandrupCompany:Place:Moscow, RussiaNationality:RussianProject:The Spiderweb of PrejudicesGenre:Investigative DocumentaryText:
This is a film about xenophobia among Russian youth. My goal is to investigate its deeper emotional reasons beyond the clichée of the “evil young fascist”- it is only through understanding the roots of xenophobia that something can be done about it.
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Name:Amalia CarandiniCompany:Doc Art s.r.l.Place:Rome, ItalyNationality:ItalianProject:Lady GucciGenre:Arts & CultureText:
Lady Gucci is a polyphonic account which enters the Gucci workrooms through the eyes of its new creative director, Frida Giannini.
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Name:Christine DaumCompany:Thumbs Up! Christine Daum FilmproduktionPlace:Berlin, GermanyNationality:GermanProject:Dr. Frankenstein in the Land of the BolsheviksGenre:Historical DocumentaryText:
The scientific search for eternal life in the young Soviet Union.
Team member:Nelson Farber -
Name:Corinna EngelhardtCompany:Leonardo Film GmbHPlace:Munich, GermanyNationality:GermanProject:Pesty BusinessGenre:Text:
The Story of an Eco-Warrior.
Team member:Elmar Bartlmae -
Name:Janine FinlayCompany:Fin Films LtdPlace:London, United KingdomNationality:BritishProject:Oh No! Not another documentary about climate change!Genre:Culture, Society and ScienceText:
The psychological ‘unconscious’ emotional coping strategies we employ to deny the threat of climate change, which allow us do little or nothing about it.
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Name:Annika GustafsonCompany:Bedouin Viking ProductionsPlace:Nationality:SwedishProject:SH*T!Genre:Human Interest, Culture, Environment & ScienceText:
SH*T! looks at innovative ways of producing green energy from human waste. It tells you how to save the planet, improve the economy while you do it, and have a laugh or two in the meantime. You’ll be sorry you flushed!
Team member:Phil Jandaly -
Name:Gustav HoferCompany:Hiq ProductionsPlace:Rome, ItalyNationality:ItalianProject:Our own Italian IconsGenre:Human Interest, Society & HistoryText:
In 2011 Italy will celebrate its 150th anniversary. The bel paese (beautiful country) might no longer be a blushing bride but this most beguiling of countries still has the power to thrill and excite emotion all over the world. Some Italian inventions and personalities over the last 150 years became icons for generations and are one of the reasons for the world's loveaffair with the country. In this film these icons are related to the personal memory and experience of two people who take us into a funny and emotional journey of Italian memory.
Team member:Luca Ragazzi -
Name:Wolfgang NiedermairCompany:KreativkraftPlace:Graz, AustriaNationality:AustrianProject:Beloved MurdererGenre:Documentary DramaText:
How could a murderer who is believed to have been resocialized, a writer and darling of the cultural scene, commit an unparalleled series of brutal murders after his release from prison, all in the public eye? He was so popular, even beloved, that everyone looked the other way.
Team member:Klaus T. Steindl -
Name:Jaron PaziCompany:Place:Munich, GermanyNationality:GermanProject:Berlin Revisited - The Story of the Golschmidt-SchuleGenre:History, Human InterestText:
Between the years 1935-39 the Goldschmidt-Schule in Berlin became the last refuge for hundreds of disenfranchised and persecuted pupils. Seventy years after their escape from Nazi-terror, four former “Goldschmidt” pupils betake themselves on a search for traces of their childhood. The painful memories of the coerced parting and the loss of their fatherland, of friends and of loved ones will accompany them on the journey to their past.
Team member:Emanuel Rotstein -
Name:Susann ReckCompany:telekult Film- und MedienproduktionPlace:, GermanyNationality:GermanProject:Cool JapanGenre:Text:
Why is Japanese pop-culture going that strong all over the world? This question will conduct the film. Like an allegory of the globalized world, it is described as fluent and nomadic and is said to be of healing impact: Japanese spirituality can be newly perceptible by being mixed up with the virtual world of the media. Sushi, Sailor Moon and Zen seem to reflect the Zeitgeist in an outstanding manner.
Team member:Heike Kunze -
Name:Piers SandersonCompany:Quark FilmsPlace:London, United KingdomNationality:BritishProject:Crime 419 & Other ScamsGenre:Detective, Crime, Technology & Creative DocumentaryText:
How corruption and cyber crime robs Nigeria and the World.
Team member:Anna Higgs -
Name:Magdalena SzymkowCompany:Vezfilm LimitedPlace:Nationality:PolishProject:The Reporter's DaughterGenre:Human InterestText:
The Reporter's Daughter explores the life of Ryszard Kapuscinski, an icon the modern journalism, the colorful figure of a reporter from behind the iron curtain, a Polish war correspondent in Africa and South America, an authority in Asian and Middle Eastern cultures and a historical essayist, who spent his life travelling around the world writing about it in his numerous world-acclaimed books.
Team member:Francesco Ragazzi -
Name:Volker UllrichCompany:FilmkantinePlace:Berlin, GermanyNationality:GermanProject:Nano RevolutionsGenre:Science DocumentaryText:
Unnoticed by the public, nanotechnology is becoming the biggest publicly funded science endeavor since the landing on the moon. The film frames the prospects of this revolutionary technology and the challenges it will bring along for our future society.
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Name:Remy VlekCompany:Place:Amsterdam, The NetherlandsNationality:DutchProject:Ho Chi Minh Trail VietnamGenre:Text:
The Ho Chi Minh Trail: from secret route during wartime to modern highway running from North- to South-Vietnam. A film-story of people and a road that symbolize Vietnam’s process of war and peace. The survival skill, the beauty with the pain; the memories of war.
Team member:Jeroen Samwel -
Name:Mareike WegenerCompany:unafilmPlace:Cologne, GermanyNationality:GermanProject:The Man who drew the FutureGenre:PortraitText:
The film explores the mysterious death of the artist Mark Lombardi, whose incredibly beautiful and complex drawings depict such delicate issues as banking scandals, economical affairs, political involvements, conspiracies and global corporate crime.
