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Masterschool 2009

• Name:

  Malin Andersson 
  Company:

  Solas Productions 
  Place:

  Derry, Ireland 
  Nationality:

  Swedish 
  Project:

  The Truthteller (Working Title)
  Genre:

  Creative Documentary 
  Text:

  Have you ever heard the SOUND of Bloody Sunday? The Truthteller is a film about the unique Bloody Sunday tapes - secretly recorded the day the army turned its gun ons its own citizens - and the story of the man, Jim Porter, who recorded them...

  Team member:

  Alexandre Cornu 
• Name:

  Nikos Dayandas 
  Company:

  Anemon Productions 
  Place:

  Athens, Greece 
  Nationality:

  Greek 
  Project:

  Sayome
  Genre:

  Human Interest 
  Text:

  Separated from her mother. Disowned by her father. Estranged from her culture.
  Sayome’s personal story takes us on a unique journey from Japan to Crete -and back- to discover her two very different cultures.

  Team member:

  Yuri Averof 
• Name:

  Emile Dinneen 
  Company:

   
  Place:

  Brigthon, United Kingdom 
  Nationality:

  Irish 
  Project:

  Night Dancers
  Genre:

  Human Interest 
  Text:

  Night Dancers is a documentary film about some of the world’s most troubled and impoverished kids as they create a stage show to take to the UK’s biggest hip-hop dance festival. Through intimate access to the characters’ lives in the bustling city of Kampala, we will discover an unfamiliar side of life in Africa - bringing a surprising counterbalance to our preconceptions. This generation are more familiar with Youtube than with the traditions of their grandparents - where religion and “the West” are so often linked to prosperity and worldly success. Night Dancers explores the explosion of energy forged by clashing traditions as we live alongside these bright enthusiastic teenagers who search for a better life.

  Team member:

  Nicky Gogan 
• Name:

  Onno Ehlers 
  Company:

  Junge Götter 
  Place:

  Munich, Germany 
  Nationality:

  German 
  Project:

  At The Sound Of The Bell
  Genre:

  Science | Music Documentary 
  Text:

  A simple song and immediately all the memories of your youth come back. Why? Personal stories of fans of my favorite band "Pavlov’s Dog" lead us into the field of science on music and emotion. Join me on a scientific voyage with a very personal approach.

  Team member:

  Philipp Hartmann  
• Name:

  Axelle Hourrier 
  Company:

  Eikon Media GmbH 
  Place:

  Berlin, Germany 
  Nationality:

  French 
  Project:

  Bera Bera Taxi Stories
  Genre:

  Human Interest | Observational Documentary 
  Text:

  A film about a Sudanese taxi driver in Juba who is the news bringer for people in town. He drives an old Peugeot and uses a megaphone to inform the people of this war-ravaged southern town about daily events. He has become an essential part of life there.

  Team member:

  Anne Thoma 
• Name:

  Lia Jaspers 
  Company:

   
  Place:

  Munich, Germany 
  Nationality:

  German 
  Project:

  And who taught you to drive?
  Genre:

  Cultural Comedy | Social Documentary 
  Text:

  Driving through traffic at home is already stressful enough. Now imagine driving a car in a completely foreign country. A German moving to India, an American moving to Japan and an African moving to Germany are facing the same problem: They are all forced to obtain a new local driver’s license. Driving lessons soon become lessons of life when it starts to dawn on our protagonists that getting through the day will involve much more than just obeying the rules of the road in their host country. A comedic tour de force about the difficult task of understanding differences and getting “in flow” with another culture.

  Team member:

  Andrea Thiele 
• Name:

  Stefan Kloos 
  Company:

  Kloos & Co. Medien GmbH 
  Place:

  Berlin, Germany 
  Nationality:

  German 
  Project:

  Of Sharks and Fish
  Genre:

  Human Interest | Cultural Documentary 
  Text:

  Poker is a very fitting simulation of real life – only that the rules which separate victory from defeat are much easier. Every day, millions of poker players meet privately – in back rooms, on the Internet or at live tournaments. They are a part of the worldwide poker boom. Their goal is to conquer their opponent in a seemingly archaic duel and pinch money off them. They stalk and observe one another half the night in order to be able to strike at just the right moment. In real life, good poker players might be nice people, but at the poker table they transform into egoists with nothing but their own interests in mind. Nowhere else do people act and swindle as much as they do while playing poker. It’s all about devouring and being devoured. Who is the shark? And who is the fish?

  Team member:

  Rolf S. Wolkenstein 
• Name:

  Rosie Koch 
  Company:

  Marco Polo Film AG 
  Place:

  Heidelberg, Germany 
  Nationality:

  German 
  Project:

  Raccoons - One World Is Not Enough
  Genre:

  Natural History Documentary 
  Text:

  Raccoon Alex made worldwide headlines last summer when he moved into the parking garage of a fancy hotel on Berlin Alexanderplatz, thus giving an - albeit masked - face to the recent immigration of an American creature to Central Europe. He is inviting us to embark on a journey into the world of an animal that seems to evoke either disgust or motherly love in people, that amazes scientists these days with new, even record-breaking behaviours, yet is happiest when left alone to try and fit into an entirely foreign landscape of tree holes, attics and – yes – parking garages…

  Team member:

  Roland Gockel 
• Name:

  Michael Krass 
  Company:

  Floyd Bruce Films 
  Place:

  Amsterdam, The Netherlands 
  Nationality:

  Dutch 
  Project:

  Soldiers of the Lord
  Genre:

  Family | Religion | Society 
  Text:

  A personal journey about why my father, a nice Jewish boy from Brooklyn, ended up in the West African bush saving souls for Jesus, and why so many people are still doing it today.

• Name:

  Sacha Mirzoeff 
  Company:

  Bivouac Productions 
  Place:

  Somerset, United Kingdom 
  Nationality:

  British 
  Project:

  Get Real
  Genre:

  Human Interest | Exploratory | Entertainment Documentary 
  Text:

  Reality TV is the greatest success story of factual TV. Huge audiences; a limitless supply of characters who will go through guaranteed conflict and transformation; and a self-contained and cheap production period that works for the broadcasters. But it also brought out unexpected and unforeseen stories from behind the scenes that have never been told. Scarlet Fever is a professional burlesque dancer after appearing in the early reality programme ‘Faking It.’ Sacha Mirzoeff is an awardwinning documentary filmmaker. Together they’re going unravel the many layers that make up ‘reality.’

  Team member:

  Julia Black 
• Name:

  Lou Petho 
  Company:

  Stoney Creek Productions 
  Place:

  Asnières-sur-Seine, France 
  Nationality:

  French 
  Project:

  Tiger People
  Genre:

  People | Animals | Observational | Natural History 
  Text:

  Robert Steinmetz is out to save Thailand’s few remaining tigers but this brings him into conflict with the local Karen people. Fortunately he has an ally in the village elder Loong Daeng.

• Name:

  Bettina Renner 
  Company:

   
  Place:

  Dresden, Germany 
  Nationality:

  German 
  Project:

  Bury my Heart in Dresden
  Genre:

  Human Interest 
  Text:

  “Bury my heart in Dresden“ is a documentary about dreams and illusions. It is the story of Edward Two Two, a Lakota-Sioux Indian, who was buried in Dresden. And - the story of the never-ending European imagination about a romantic life of Native Americans.

• Name:

  Dusan Saponja 
  Company:

  RTV B92 
  Place:

  New Belgrade, Serbia 
  Nationality:

  Serbian 
  Project:

  The Battery Man
  Genre:

  Education / Science 
  Text:

  Slavisa Pajkic is known as Biba the Electricity – a film to try and prove whether his electrical powers actually exist and can be useful. From frying his hot dogs using his own electricity to scientific experiments…

  Team member:

  Dusan Cavic 
• Name:

  Elizabeth Stopford 
  Company:

   
  Place:

  London, United Kingdom 
  Nationality:

  British 
  Project:

  Shooting Kids
  Genre:

  Animated and Drama Documentary 
  Text:

  Shooting Kids takes us inside the split reality of life for Matthew Southwell and his teenage crew of lads on the Langley Estate, Manchester, UK. We see the daily struggle and humanity of these boys’ home lives, and the shift into an ultra violent world - animated in the style of a video game - when they step onto the streets outside.

  Team member:

  Felicity Leabeater 
• Name:

  Konrad Szolajski 
  Company:

  ZK Studio Ltd. 
  Place:

  Warsaw, Poland 
  Nationality:

  Polish 
  Project:

  Polish Faith
  Genre:

  Social Issues | Politcs/Society | Investigative Documentary 
  Text:

  Among the European nations today, Poland stands out. Poles themselves may not realise just how much their thriving Catholic culture sets them apart from the rest of Europe. And it is not reformed Catholicism that attracts the masses, but rather conservative versions of it, most prominently represented by Radio Maryja and the “Radio Maryja Family”, with its 4 million members. POLISH FAITH explores just what it is that prompts Poles to remain believers, while in surrounding Europe God has been declared dead.

  Team member:

  Ewa Zukowska 
• Name:

  Valentin Thurn 
  Company:

  Schnittstelle / Thurnfilm 
  Place:

  Cologne, Germany 
  Nationality:

  German 
  Project:

  The Taste of Waste
  Genre:

  Human Interest | Society 
  Text:

  We waste almost as much food as we eat, between plough and plate. If we reduced our food waste it would help combat hunger and climate change. This television documentary is linked to an international campaign via the internet.

  Team member:

  Katja Matthias & Dr. Britta Julia Dombrowe