The legend of Dawn O Donnell – The Godmother of Sydney’s Mardi Gras Dawn O’Donnell was a convent girl who became a professional ice skater, travelled the world and then landed up in 1950s Australia, a penniless lesbian. By the time of her death in 2007, she was a major player in…
Tragic and inspiring, Gold Fever witnesses the arrival of Goldcorp Inc to a remote Guatemalan village. 500 years after the conquistadors invaded, and still reeling from decades of US-backed repression, San Miguel Ixtahuacán is caught at the front lines of an increasingly globalized world. Meanwhile,…
Fueled by the ghosts of a tragic past, a Lost Boy of Sudan works three jobs in a tireless effort to achieve the American Dream and return to his wife and children halfway across the world. ALL PROFITS are going towards the Superstar Football Club, a soccer team in South Sudan that Peter is funding…
Das ehemalige sozialistische Musterdorf Dedelow - ein Ort, der das Leben in der DDR aktiv konserviert und heute erfolgreich wirtschaftet. Ganz Dedelow wurde eine Aktiengesellschaft. Stolz sehen die Dedelower sich selbst in den alten Filmen beim Aufbau des Dorfes. Der Film zeigt liebevoll ironisch den…
Nederlands ondertiteld Een moderne Don Quichot. He is creative and full of ideas and can't be stopped. He has been unemployed for 15 years... And he was Napoleon. The documentary chronicles the epic attempts of an individual to solve life's problems by becoming famous. 20 years ago,…
He is creative and full of ideas and can't be stopped. He has been unemployed for 15 years... And he was Napoleon. The documentary chronicles the epic attempts of an individual to solve life's problems by becoming famous. 20 years ago, when Wolfgang Krone worked in a German lorry factory,…
Er ist einfallsreich und kaum zu bremsen. Er ist seit 15 Jahren arbeitslos... Und er war Napoleon. Vor zwanzig Jahren verwirklicht der Arbeiter Wolfgang Krone seinen Traum: Einen abendfüllenden Super-8-Spielfilm über den Russlandfeldzug Napoleons. Krone spielt selbst Napoleon und avanciert…
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) patented the Alternating Current (AC) system we still use today. Around 1900, his vision was to transmit energy without wires so that everybody could have energy for free. Tesla’s vision failed. Today, he is almost forgotten – so the director Michael Krause went to…
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) – Entdecker des Wechselstromprinzips – wollte schon um 1900 Energie drahtlos übertragen und sie auf diese Weise für jedermann frei verfügbar machen. Seine Vision ging nicht in Erfüllung. Nikola Tesla ist heute fast vergessen – deshalb ging…
Alphonse Mucha (1860 - 1939) is the visionary master of Art Nouveau. Born in what is now known as the Czech Republic, Mucha had his artistic breakthrough in Paris in 1895 with his posters of the world famous actress Sarah Bernhardt. Mucha's extensive work consists of prints, paintings, drawings…
Die Kunstdokumentation "Alfons Mucha - Visionär im Jugendstil" erzählt die künstlerische Entwicklung des vielseitigen tschechischen Malers und Grafikers Alfons Mucha (1860-1939). Mucha feierte mit seinen Plakaten Riesenerfolge in Paris als Meister des Jugendstils. Bis heute bleibt…
Tales of departures and partings intersect at Steubenhöft quay – the forgotten port of European emigration. A film by Brigitte Krause 80 min. The quay is almost not of this earth, a final terminus and a starting point for the transit voyages to the United States and Canada. The film-maker…
