Participants & Projects
Masterschool 2005
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Name:Ariane Ahl-KampfCompany:Place:Athens, GreeceNationality:Greek / FrenchProject:Scientists under AttackGenre:Human Rights / Democracy / ScienceText:
The personal stories of four leading scientists struggling to express their concerns about genetically modified food in the context of the lack of freedom in today's scientific community and the threats from biotechnology corporations.
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Name:Susanne BrandstätterCompany:En Vision Productions / Aichholzer FilmproduktionPlace:Vienna, AustriaNationality:AustrianProject:Unbloody GunsGenre:Text:
Behind the scenes in the race for new arms: a man and his start-up company create the newest and highly controversial "non-lethal" weapons. Sci-Fi meets reality.
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Name:Dörte FrankeCompany:Hanfgarn&Ufer / Producer: Andrea UferPlace:Leipzig, GermanyNationality:GermanProject:Stumbling StoneGenre:Human InterestText:
The controversial project of an artist who has devoted his life to bring the reminiscence of the Holocaust victims to Germany's doorsteps.
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Name:Luca GianfrancescoCompany:GA&A Productions, Rome, ItalyPlace:Napoli, ItalyNationality:ItalianProject:Giacomo Puccini - Of Love and GuiltGenre:Human InterestText:
A human and emotional portrait of one of the most acclaimed composers of our times. So far, however, very little is known about his personality.
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Name:Valérie GrenonCompany:Gedeon ProgrammesPlace:Paris, FranceNationality:FrenchProject:The Dream Life of RatsGenre:Science / HistoryText:
When science-fiction becomes pure science... The amazing role of rats in the great exploration of the brain and how they have influenced our vision of society and mankind, and, what it means for the future of the human species.
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Name:Mr. Sinisha JuricicCompany:NukleusPlace:Zagreb, CroatiaNationality:CroatianProject:Dead Man WalkingGenre:Human InterestText:
A tragicomedy about what war does to people. This film is about a hero who becomes a traitor, a husband who lost his family and wife, a believer who lost his faith. It's a story about a man who returns from the dead ...
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Name:Marcel KolvenbachCompany:a&o bueroPlace:Cologne, GermanyNationality:GermanProject:Mama Coca's WarGenre:Current AffairsText:
The film presents the results of five years of research, revealing the shocking fact that the war on drugs is in fact a war against people - the indigenous people - and their habitat in the Andean and Amazon region.
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Name:Pavel KostomarovCompany:Kinoko / Co-author: Antoine CattinPlace:Moscow, RussiaNationality:RussianProject:La Mere (The Mother)Genre:Human InterestText:
An inside look at the everyday life of three women living together with their 8 children in a rural Russian village, and their strategy to survive life's hardships in a male dominated system.
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Name:Dr. Petr LomCompany:Place:Budapest, HungaryNationality:HungarianProject:A Day at the Opera in TurkmenistanGenre:Creative DocumentaryText:
The film follows a day in the life of several actors at the National Theatre in Turkmenistan.
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Name:Gilda Losing d'SouzaCompany:Place:Munich, GermanyNationality:GermanProject:Graveyard ChildrenGenre:Human InterestText:
Against all odds a group of children in Cebu City, Philippines, tries to survive and create an existence for themselves in the strangest home in the world - a graveyard.
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Name:Emeka OnonoCompany:October FilmsPlace:London, United KingdomNationality:BritishProject:God's TreeGenre:Human InterestText:
An ancient African cult believes that the powerful psychedelic substance contained in a special tree - God's tree - takes the soul on a journey to the land of the dead, from which you return purified. The film depicts the director's own "death journey" and his struggling to come to terms with an experience that changed his life forever.
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Name:Mag. Jutta PinzlerCompany:Saga MediaPlace:Cologne, GermanyNationality:GermanProject:Surviving the Nightmare - A Story of Post-War SlaveryGenre:HistoryText:
The first confrontation with a chapter of German history kept silent until today - the fate of female German compulsory workers in the former Soviet Union - raises the universal issue of guilt and expiation.
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Name:Nils Arne SaboCompany:UnivisjonPlace:Bergan, NorwayNationality:NorwegianProject:Making WeatherGenre:ScienceText:
This film tells the story about people's fight to control the weather, and how human impact on the weather recently took an unexpected turn.
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Name:Christian SchidlowskiCompany:Place:Berlin, GermanyNationality:GermanProject:Calling All AliensGenre:Human Interest / ScienceText:
An investigation of the strangest and most mysterious quest in the history of science: the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
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Name:Klaus SteindlCompany:steindl communicationsPlace:Graz, AustriaNationality:AustrianProject:Vampire PrincessGenre:HistoryText:
A mysterious grave, a princess who suffers from light allergy, several unexplained deaths... the vampire myth revisited on the basis of recent discoveries and modern technology.
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Name:Corinne van EgeraatCompany:ZINdocumentary/IJswater FilmsPlace:Amsterdam, The NetherlandsNationality:DutchProject:Bridging the GapGenre:Human InterestText:
Bridging the Gap explores a new generation that wants to make a difference in the world. They feel the need to invest their skills in helping humanity, and see this as beneficial to their careers. Question is what will become of their dreams in the real world. Can pure idealism be combined with pure ambition?
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Name:Bettina WalterCompany:Gebrueder Beetz FilmproduktionPlace:Berlin, GermanyNationality:GermanProject:My Life with Carlos BergerGenre:Human Interest / PoliticsText:
A personal investigation of the Chilean director German Berger-Hertz into the life and work of his father Carlos Berger who was murdered in 1973 under the Pinochet regime by the so-called "Death Convoy."
