DCM Screening 2008

Wednesday, 29 October 2008
17.30 - 19.30

STUMBLING STONE
by Dörte Franke, Germany

A HANFGARN & UFER and TROIKA Entertainment production. In association with WDR, NDR/ARTE and ORF, funded by nordmedia.

Synopsis: The documentary Stumbling Stone is a portrait, a road movie and the story of the largest decentralized memorial in the world. The focus is on the conceptional artist Gunter Demnig, who has set more than 12 000 names of forgotten Nazi victims in concrete of Germany’s and Europe’s pavements. The project is declined by members of the Jewish community, Neo-Nazis are fighting it, and in some cities it is illegal. But behind every stone stands a committed helper and private donations. They see a possibility in Demnig’s brass-plated stones, to bring history back to people’s minds. The restless artist still manufactures and lays every single stone, because he is convinced that this is the only way to take every individual fate back home.

Panelists:

• Dörte Franke, Berlin, Germany
• Andrea Ufer, Hanfgarn & Ufer Film- und TV-Produktion, Berlin, Germany

Thursday, 30 October 2008
17.30 - 19.30

VAMPIRE PRINCESS
by Klaus Steindl & Andreas Sulzer, Austria

pro omnia film gmbh, ORF, ARTE, ZDF,
History Channel, Smithsonian Networks,
supported by Cine Styria and Stadt Linz Kultur.

Synopsis: An aristocratic demon hunting for fresh human lifeblood, who strikes unsuspecting mortals at night – everyone knows the grim story of Count Dracula. A legend from medieval Romania? Interpreted by a writer of horror stories in Victorian England? Now archaeologists, historians and forensic scientists can reveal the truth: The vampire story as we know isn’t modelled on a medieval count from Transylvania. But on the fate of a Bohemian princess from the early 18th century. The vampire princess not only inspired horror story writers. She offers a fascinating insight into a time where vampires were something real in the world of human ideas.

Panelists:

• Dr. Walter Köhler Head of ORF Natural History UNIVERSUM, ORF, Vienna, Austria
• Klaus T. Steindl, kreativKraft, Graz, Austria
• Andreas Sulzer, pro omnia film gmbh, Linz, Austria