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TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD 4 GENERAL INFORMATION
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OPENING FILM RK Veulpoepers BV
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FILM PROGRAMME A little testament 8 A new deal for public art 8 A postcard from Pyongyang 9 Act of the sea 9 After the murder of Albert Lima 10 Alla zingara 10 Are you staring? 11 Armenia(s), time for artists 11 As If the king 12 At the kitchen table 12 Azadi 13 Black and white 13 Butterfly 14 Celibacy 14 Chasing the win 15 Children’s pool 15 Cold buffet 16 Clean hands 16 Dance for it 17 Dear dog 17 Docwerk Art Dept. 18 Dunkey following European dreams 18 Elizabeth 19 Engelen, 23 augustus 19 Exodus 20 Filling the gaps 20 Finding Sid 21 Foy Vance: to Memphis 21 Galore 22 Grinding the country 22 Homesick 23 How to picture it 23 I dream of Vietnam 24 I, Pastafari: a flying spaghetti monster story 24 In the dark room 25 Laatash 25 Land of districts 26 Life is a journey 26 Life is more 27 Love in close-up 27 M1-KØ 28 May divorce be with you 28 Mega sexy robot dinosaur 29 Mies 29 Minor accident of war 30 Mirabilia urbis 30 Morning music: cineconcerts 31 Mud road 31
Naturales historiae 34 No island like home 34 Off broom 35 Pandza land 35 Platform 36 Project Sparkel 36 Public showers, Oberkampf street, Paris 37 Rebel riders 37 Salvage 38 Sandaoling blues 38 Schoon donker 39 Sediment 39 Snowbirds 40 Songs of our soil 40 Stardust 41 Starting points 41 Strange Tenants: Ska’d for life 42 Strip and war 42 Studies at Huningue / Basel 43 Talking to the wind 43 Tears need rest 44 Terrestrial field studies 1 44 That joke isn’t funny anymore 45 The beholder of the eye 45 The black tree 46 The depth beneath, the height above 46 The Donbass children 47 The fourth kingdom. 47 The kaleidoscope guy at the market 48 The last Azorean whalemen 48 The last of the Mohicans 49 The magicians 49 The man who wanted to fly 50 The meaning of life 50 The memory atlas 51 The night is black and the day is white 51 The raven and the seagull 52 The red line resistance in Hambach forest 52 The sisters 53 Timebox 53 Vegetable skin. An interview 54 Veio: life as a work of art 54 Viva Matanzas 55 Wandering in the white 55 EXHIBITIONS Doc Industry Day 2020 56 Ikyoshie 57 Emily Salvia 57 Bus stop in Mississippi 58 Little effort 58 Losing it 59 Quite normal 59 Searching for palm trees in a concrete jungle 60
The smallest room Watching films is allowed
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VOORWOORD Het is zover: de zevende editie van DOCFEED. Nooit
DOCFEED draait goede films waar we ook zijn.
gedacht dat we het zo lang zouden volhouden en dat onze naam zo (internationaal) bekend zou worden. We staan
Ook dit jaar hebben we weer een uitgebreid rand-
inmiddels in de top 100 van beste film festivals wereldwijd*.
programma met een mix van experimentele videokunst,
Die plek hebben we weten te veroveren door voortdurend
(interactieve) installaties, fotografie en animatie. Zondag
te sturen op kwaliteit en boven alles de makers, hun
is onze traditionele ‘’Music Sunday’’ met onder andere vier
werk en hun passie centraal te stellen. Dat konden
muziekfilms en live optredens van Matteo Myderwyk en
we gemakkelijk doen, gezien het grootste deel van de
Niels Duffhues.
DOCFEED-organisatie bestaat uit documentairemakers. We behandelen iedereen dan ook zoals we zelf behandeld
We kunnen ons festival niet realiseren zonder de steun
zouden willen worden.
van: Stichting Cultuur Eindhoven, Provincie Noord Brabant,
Dit jaar brengen we vier dagen lang ruim negentig
het Filmfonds en de gemeente Eindhoven. En natuurlijk
documentaires in vijf zalen, expo’s in drie expositieruimtes,
ook niet zonder ons fantastische team, bestaande uit een
live muziek, performances en een DOC Industry Day.
vaste staf en meer dan tachtig vrijwilligers en studenten! En als laatste maar zeker net zo belangrijk, niet zonder jou!
Het thema van dit jaar is Same Reel, New House. Enerzijds
We hopen dat je alle passie die wij in dit festival stoppen
vanwege onze nieuwe festivallocatie: LAB-1. Een topplek in
komt beleven en net zo geïnspireerd raakt als wij door alle
het centrum van Eindhoven. Qua sfeer past LAB-1 naadloos
mooie films, nieuwe wereldjes, expo’s en mensen die bij
bij het informele karakter van DOCFEED. Op de nieuwe
DOCFEED aanwezig zijn!
plek houden we vast aan onze kern: samen documentaires kijken, contact maken met elkaar en met de filmmakers.
Frans Mouws en het DOCFEED team
Vanuit de hele wereld komen ze naar DOCFEED om na de films tijdens de Q&A’s in gesprek te gaan met het publiek.
* Tijdens de DOCFEED call for entry op Filmfreeway
Daarnaast hebben we gedurende het jaar ons On Tour programma uitgebreid: we draaien bijna wekelijks op de meest “vreemde” plaatsen documentaires. Altijd met een extra element, dat wil zeggen, dat de maker of de hoofdpersoon aanwezig is. Same Reel, New House,
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FOREWORD There we are: the seventh edition of DOCFEED. Seven years
the main character is present. Same Reel, New House,
ago we’d never thought to be around this long and that
DOCFEED shows good films wherever we are.
our name would be so well known in the world. Meanwhile we’re in the top 100 best film festivals worldwide*. We’ve
As in previous years, we have an extensive exhibition
conquered that spot by constantly steering towards
programme as well with a mix of experimental video art,
quality and above all to highlight the artists, their work and
(interactive) installations, photography and animation.
their passion. Easy for us to do, since most of DOCFEED’s
Sunday is our traditional ‘’Music Sunday’’ including four
organisation consists of documentary filmmakers. We
music films and live performances from Matteo Myderwyk
treat everyone in the manner we would like to be treated
and Niels Duffhues.
ourselves. This year, for four days, we bring you more than ninety
We cannot realise our festival without the support of:
documentaries in five venues, exhibitions in three
Stichting Cultuur Eindhoven, Provincie Noord-Brabant, het
exhibition rooms, live music, performances and a DOC
Filmfonds and the municipality Eindhoven. And of course
Industry Day.
not without our fantastic team, consisting of our staff and more than eighty volunteers and students! And last, but
The theme of this year is Same Reel, New House. Partly
certainly just as important, not without you! We hope that
because of our new festival location: LAB-1. A great spot
you’ll experience all the passion we’ve put in this festival
in the centre of Eindhoven. With its ambience LAB-1 fits
and will get equally inspired by all the beautiful films, new
seamlessly in regards to DOCFEED’s informal character.
worlds, exhibitions and people present at DOCFEED!
At the new location we will retain our core values: watching documentaries together, connecting with each other and
Frans Mouws and the DOCFEED team
with the filmmakers. From all over the world they come to DOCFEED to engage with the audience during the Q&A’s
* During the DOCFEED call for entry on Filmfreeway
after the films. Secondly we’ve expanded our On Tour programme throughout the year: almost weekly now we screen documentaries at the most ‘’strange’’ places. Always with an extra element, meaning, that either the filmmaker or
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Bijna alle films zijn Nederlandse premieres. De films
Almost all films are Dutch premieres. The films have
zijn Engels ondertiteld, tenzij anders vermeld bij de
English subtitles, unless otherwise stated in the
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specifications (language).
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OPENING FILM DOCFEED OPENS HER SEVENTH EDITION WITH RK VEULPOEPERS BV, THE NEWEST DOCUMENTARY FROM DIRECTORS FRANK VAN OSCH AND JORIS HENDRIX. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO PREMIERE THIS REGIONAL GEM FROM NORTH BRABANT, SINCE IT’S PRODUCED BY THE DEN BOSCH BASED PRODUCTION COMPANY VAN OSCH FILMS, AND IS ABOUT THE BAND THE VEULPOEPERS THAT WAS FORMED IN HILVARENBEEK BACK IN THE 1970S. THE FILM IS SCHEDULED ON THE SATURDAY IN OUR REGULAR PROGRAMME, SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO MISS IT.
DIRECTORS Frank van Osch,
SAT 11.00
Joris Hendrix LENGTH 70 minutes LANGUAGE Dutch – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 1
RK VEULPOEPERS BV SHIT HAPPENS!
‘’The Veulpoepers’’ literally means: shit-a-lot. Or in Flemmish: fuck-a-lot. This Dutch band started back in the 1970s, an engaged, joyful folkband with leftwinged ideals. They’re world-famous in Brabant, playing at every village party and every demonstration. Their biggest hit is D’n Egelantier. Around the band a movement formed, bringing their socialistic ideals into practice by founding small businesses, communes and even a concert venue known today as 013. When in 1996 a reunion of the band leads to a big argument, the curtain permanently falls for this colourful group. RK Veulpoepers BV is about the upcoming, unprecedented success and downfall of one of the most defiant and sensational bands ever known to Brabant. It’s about growing up and the ending of close friendships due to growing contradictions and self-preservation. The musicians look back in time at their glory days and their bitter downfall. 7
A LITTLE TESTAMENT In A little testament the director portrays an image of his personal struggle with depression. By a combination of old photos, abstract images
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Willem van der Zanden Dutch
SAT 11.00
LENGTH
– no subtitles
26 minutes
VENUE Cinema 5
and expressionistic nature shots he filmed during his depression, he tries to unravel the hindrances in his life that made him so unhappy. Both memories from his youth and more recent moments come up, whilst he reflects on life in the hope to retain more clarity on the complex struggle of growing up from an innocent child to a confused adult. This film is part of a combined programme with: May divorce be with you. Both are graduation films from AKV|St. Joost students, two talented up-and-coming filmmakers.
DIRECTOR Graham Carroll
FRI 21.00
LENGTH 23 minutes LANGUAGE English – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 2
A NEW DEAL FOR PUBLIC ART IN THE FREE STATE
past these public works of art - sometimes in appreciation, sometimes with a nod of familiarity, sometimes without
A film that explores American Midwestern identity during
registering their existence. What can these murals tell
the Great Depression and World War II era through stories
about rural identity during the 1930s-1940s, and how do
about conflicts over public art. Between 1934 and 1943, the
they continue to speak to Americans today?
U.S. government commissioned over 1,600 pieces of public art for newly constructed post office buildings across
This film is part of a combined programme with: Butterfly,
the U.S.A. In the state of Kansas these murals and other
In the dark room and The kaleidoscope guy at the
artworks were installed in 26 post offices, as part of this New
market. These films are all about the arts, bringing you
Deal arts programme. For decades people have walked
into the world of multiple art disciplines. 8
DIRECTORS Gregor Möllers, Anne Lewald LENGTH
SAT 18.45 SUN 16.30
80 minutes LANGUAGE English, German – with subtitles VENUE SAT: Cinema 1 SUN: Cinema 4
A POSTCARD FROM PYONGYANG TRAVELING THROUGH NORTH KOREA
they registered their impressions of the notoriously closed country’s propaganda and their interactions with its people.
Filmmakers Gregor Möllers and Anne Lewald visited North
In effect, A postcard from Pyongyang is able to show us
Korea in 2013 for the 60th anniversary of the end of the
unique footage from a country that is normally closed off
Korean War. They returned in 2017 for the Pyongyang
to the rest of the world.
Marathon as foreign tourists. Using secret recordings,
ACT OF THE SEA The sea, viewed through the eyes of a fisherman, a swimmer, a drowning person, a lifeguard and a nautical traffic controller in Den Helder. Five perspectives on the sea, five stories about its effect on people’s bodies and minds. Danielle van Vree developed the film during her residency at Het Pompgemaal in Den Helder (Mondriaan Fund, Amsterdam). She interviewed locals and asked them what influence the sea has on their way of thinking and their body. The experience of time plays
DIRECTOR Danielle van Vree
SAT 19.00
LENGTH
by a simplicity of time and place that gives its viewers ample opportunity to themselves reflect on the many faces of the sea.
27 minutes LANGUAGE Dutch – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 2
an important role in the film, it is characterized
This film is part of a combined programme with: I dream of Vietnam and Sandaoling blues. All three are lovely, calm and visual
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films with their own thematics.
AFTER THE MURDER OF ALBERT LIMA
After the murder of Albert Lima is the story of a young American man whose father was murdered in Honduras, and his 13 year struggle to bring the killer to justice. After years of lobbying at the U.S. government and going through the proper legal channels in Honduras, he believes his only way to get justice is to do it himself. Externally, this action-thriller follows a man who has hired two private investigators to fly to Honduras with him to take down a known killer and possible drug dealer - and the consequences of that decision. Internally, this is the story of a man who struggles to define justice in this world.
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Aengus James
English
LENGTH
- no subtitles
97 minutes
VENUE
SAT 21.15
Cinema 2
DIRECTOR Glória Halász
SUN 13.00
LENGTH 63 minutes LANGUAGE Hungarian – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 1
ALLA ZINGARA
from generation to generation. While introducing the
Alla zingara tells the story of music’s groundbreaking and
everyday life of the musicians, the documentary gives an
uplifting power which creates entity in the history of the
insight into the orchestra’s months-long effort to prepare
world-famous, but uniquely 100-Member Budapest Gypsy
for their next concert in Moscow, which was a highlighted
Symphony Orchestra and its extraordinary musicians.
place of their success several years ago.
In the film we have a chance to follow some musicians of the orchestra, get to know their lives in detail, and come
This film is part of a combined programme with: Foy
to understand the meaning of music in their lives as a
Vance: to Memphis. Both films express the love of music
heritage, which has always helped to survive difficulties
and bring you into the world of musicians. 10
ARE YOU STARING? Who sets up the standards for women’s beauty? How does it affect women’s attitudes towards their own bodies? The film gazes at the male gaze, with three young women in Beijing, China, who are taking part as models in the “intimate portrait” scene sharing their experiences in this binary relation.
DIRECTOR Holly Xue
SAT 15.30
LENGTH
This film is part of a combined programme with: The beholder of the eye. A very interesting pair of films allowing the viewer to watch and reflect about the male and female body.
22 minutes LANGUAGE Mandarin – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 4
ARMENIA(S), TIME FOR ARTISTS What inspires artists in their creations? To what extent is the history of their origins represented in their work? And what is transmitted to their children? This documentary aims to recount the creative
FRI 18.30
DIRECTORS Anahit Dasseux
power of artists of Armenian origin and to show the vitality of the transmission to their children, who have also become artists themselves. A
Ter Mesropian,
story of legacy through artistic creation, with the
David Vital-Durand
testimonies of great artists.
LENGTH 53 minutes
This film is part of a combined programme
LANGUAGE
with: Mega sexy robot dinosaur and Filling
French – with subtitles
the gaps. These three films explore the world of
VENUE
filmmaking, both conventions and experiments,
Cinema 5
arts and artists themselves. 11
AS IF THE KING From a family of street performers, Asif finds himself in his palace of illusions, his turf of duality. A King enslaved by his present, a commoner enthroned by his reality. This film is part of a combined programme with: The black tree.
DIRECTOR Fahad Hussain
SUN 11.00
LENGTH 11 minutes LANGUAGE Urdu – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 3
DIRECTORS
LANGUAGE
Kate Anderson,
English – no
Sonia Kneepkens,
subtitles
Fan Sissoko
VENUE
LENGTH
Cinema 5
SUN 15.00
AT THE KITCHEN TABLE: STORIES OF MIGRATION AND RESILIENCE From a travelling cake to 750,000 fried eggs for full English breakfasts; stories of migration and resilience,
12 minutes
brought to life on an animated dining table. Commissioned by The Migration Museum for their immersive exhibition Room to Breathe. This film is part of a combined programme with: Minor accident of war and Azadi. A perfect combination to watch a little bit of everything at the festival.
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SUN 15.00
AZADI
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
In 2016 a controversial deal was signed
Sam Peeters
Greek, Urdu
between the European Union and Turkey to
LENGTH
– with subtitles
stop refugees from making the short, yet
40 minutes
VENUE Cinema 5
perilous crossing to the Greek islands. The refugees who do make it to these islands must wait indefinitely for their asylum cases to be processed. This documentary portrays the unusual transit zone the island of Lesbos has become, through the eyes of the local fishing community and two Pakistani refugees. This film is part of a combined programme with: Minor accident of war and At the kitchen table: stories of migration and resilience. A perfect combination to watch a little bit of everything at the festival.
BLACK AND WHITE A wedding photographer in Iran spends his days off taking pictures of children living in impoverished villages in the mountains. He encourages them to go to school by donating books and stationery and helps to raise funds to build a local school. This film is part of a combined programme with: Love in close-up. Both are films from Iran and show a varied, warm and personal insight into the lives of its inhabitants.
SUN 11.00
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Reza Golchin
Persian
LENGTH
– with subtitles
28 minutes
VENUE Cinema 5
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FRI 21.00
BUTTERFLY
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Visual artist Emmy Eerdmans (87) is
Tamino Parren
Dutch
short of time. She lives and works in
LENGTH
– with subtitles
a large school building and collected
10 minutes
VENUE Cinema 2
art objects for years. Over the years her school has grown into a huge museum. Now that Emmy is getting older, she’s searching for an overview in her collection. An attempt to order the chaos, but time seems to catch up with her. This film is part of a combined programme with: A new deal for public art in the free state, In the dark room and The kaleidoscope guy at the market. These films are all about the arts, bringing you into the world of multiple art disciplines.
CELIBACY The monks of Sint Agatha chose a life of celibacy in the monastery at a young age. In this small community they rarely speak about their unmarried life and sexual abstinence. In
the
documentary
Celibacy
director
Daan Jongbloed carefully tries to start the conversation about this taboo. In stilled observations and intriguing interviews about desires, struggles, doubts and loneliness, the documentary paints a vulnerable and honest picture of men who chose a life of celibacy.
LANGUAGE
Daan Jongbloed
Dutch
LENGTH
– with subtitles
70 minutes
VENUE Cinema 1
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SUN 11.00
DIRECTOR
CHASING THE WIN
Chasing the win follows the meteoric rise of a rookie trainer, a down on his luck owner, and
their
imperfect
racehorse
after
an
unprecedented victory thrusts them into the global spotlight of horse racing. Success and fame are followed by the hard-hitting reality of what it means to survive in the Sport of Kings.
FRI 19.00
DIRECTORS
LANGUAGE
Laura Sheehy,
English
Chris Ghelfi
– with subtitles
LENGTH
VENUE
81 minutes
Cinema 4
CHILDREN’S POOL This film explores the controversy around community
This film is part of a combined programme with: Dear
efforts to protect the seal pups who have made a
dog and I, Pastafari: a flying spaghetti monster
home at the Children’s Pool, a public beach area in
story. Although these films may seem different at first
San Diego. The relationship between man and animal
glance, you might enjoy whilst watching that they will
is tested once again on the beach of this American
stimulate the brain, forming thoughts on different -
city.
somewhat estranged - societal subjects.
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Toby Gad
English
LENGTH
– no subtitles
19 minutes
VENUE Cinema 5
15
SUN 13.00
CLEAN HANDS This is not a garbage dump film, although we start in one. Shot over the course of seven years, 2011-2018 in Nicaragua, Clean hands tells the story of the Lopez family surviving against the backdrop of Central America’s largest garbage dump, La Chureca and beyond. It is about family, extreme poverty, the hope and innocence of children, rescue and salvation, and the challenges we all face.
LANGUAGE
Michael Dominic
Spanish
LENGTH
– with subtitles
98 minutes
VENUE Cinema 4
COLD BUFFET Ruhama and Geva are two Kibbutzim located in different parts of Israel, with values and lifestyles that were once based on the same ideas of a classless society, collective education and shared property. Both of their dining halls, the architectural, social and symbolic heart of a Kibbutz, were designed by former students of the Bauhaus in Germany. While being in different stages of privatization one dining hall is still in use, whereas the other one has been abandoned. Based on the stories of residents of both settlements the film illustrates the change of structural need in a socio-political transition. This film is part of a combined programme with: Starting points. These films explore concepts of collective and social housing in different parts of the world; one in increase and one in decline.
DIRECTOR Kate Ledina
SAT 11.00
LENGTH 26 minutes LANGUAGE English, Hebrew – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 3 16
FRI 21.00
DIRECTOR
DANCE FOR IT Dance for it tells the story of the three wellknown Kizomba dancing couples Ricardo & Paula, Albir & Carola and Paulo & Lanna, united by the common goal to create a legacy of their performance: preserving the heritage of Kizomba dance, loving relationships and something crucial within themselves. These human stories about love and helping each other against all odds show how this dance helps them to explore and resolve deep personal issues and crucial life questions. Taking the audience on a journey to Spain, Portugal, Angola and Panama, the fusion of their personal origin and the roots of Kizomba are illuminated. This film is part of a combined programme with: Pandza land. Both films dive into the world of modern music and dance styles from Africa.
DIRECTOR Anna Vinokur
SUN 13.30
LENGTH 50 minutes LANGUAGE English, Portuguese – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 3
DIRECTOR Jan van IJken
SUN 13.00
LENGTH 6 minutes LANGUAGE Dutch– with subtitles VENUE Cinema 5
DEAR DOG
the appeal of owning a dog bred with extreme physical
In Dear dog we see - from the perspective of dogs - how
features.
dogs with extreme physical features are overloaded with love and care while suffering from poor health conditions.
This film is part of a combined programme with: Children’s
We see the world from the dog’s point of view and it
pool and I, Pastafari: a flying spaghetti monster story.
becomes clear that there is a big difference between
Although these films may seem different at first glance,
the good intentions of the owner and the actual welfare
you might enjoy whilst watching that they will stimulate
of the animal. By showing the contrast between love
the brain, forming thoughts on different - somewhat
and suffering, questions are posed to the viewer about
estranged - societal subjects.
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DOCWERK ART DEPT.
between NTR, Van Osch Films and NPO 2 Extra, you can
What is it like to live and work as an artist? And how can you
see short films about talented artists made by the young
bring this to the screen as a young, starting filmmaker? In
and up-and-coming filmmakers from Docwerk. Every film
Docwerk’s educational project ‘’Art Dept.’’, a cooperation
is a remarkable portrait or column about an artist.
DIRECTORS
LENGTH
Myrna van
90 minutes
Oosterhout, Said
LANGUAGE
Snono, Niels Aelfers,
English
Katinka Schlette,
- no subtitles
Anass Houmane, Ira
VENUE
Hoefsmid
Cinema 3
SAT 20.45
DUNKEY FOLLOWING EUROPEAN DREAMS Shot in three countries, Pakistan, Serbia and Italy, the Pakistani filmmaker from Dunkey following European dreams wants to explore why many people are leaving Pakistan. They cross through Iran and Turkey to enter Europe, with many of them ending up at the SerbianHungarian borders. Filmed in a raw and direct manner, this film shows the actual image of the hazards people face while trying to cross borders illegally. The filmmaker is allowed to follow their every step and goes with them to the places where they have to live whilst trying to survive the journey.
FRI 18.45
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Syed Muhammad
Urdu
Hassan Zaidi
– with subtitles
LENGTH
VENUE
37 minutes
Cinema 2
This film is part of a combined programme with: Elizabeth and Exodus. They give unique and new perspectives on refugees in different parts of the world, images we don’t see here in
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Europe.
DIRECTOR Tenji Takakura
FRI 18.45
LENGTH 11 minutes LANGUAGE Japanese – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 2 home to protect herself when her father tried to force FGM
ELIZABETH Elizabeth is a freedom fighter. I met her in 2019 while I was covering a protest for Japan’s long-term detention toward immigrants. Out of the crowd of angry Japanese activists yelling and chanting “release immigrants!” there was a woman who caught my attention, smiling and greeting the detainees from outside the building in English. That was Elizabeth. She is a Nigerian refugee whose smile is bright like the sun.
(female genital mutilation) on her. Southerners were still persecuted while political chaos continued in Nigeria. She managed to escape to Japan in 1991. This film is part of a combined programme with: Dunkey following European dreams and Exodus. They give unique and new perspectives on refugees in different parts of the world, images we don’t see here in Europe.
From a small tribe in southern Nigeria, she ran away from
ENGELEN, 23 AUGUSTUS Situated in the suburbs of Den Bosch, the Netherlands, Engelen - 23 augustus explores the felt implications of postmodern urban design. The city landscape and architecture are highly functional, comfortable
and
stylised,
but
also
controlled and isolated. The nostalgia for community that the design reflects doesn’t seem to fit its individualistic inhabitants. Does this urban landscape mirror who we are? Inspired by ‘Spheres’ from Peter Sloterdijk. This film is part of a combined programme with: Public showers, Oberkampf street, Paris and Mirabilia urbis. These films explore urban landscapes, architecture and the function of its buildings, giving freedom to their camera to capture the visuals.
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
André Schreuders None LENGTH
VENUE
14 minutes
Cinema 3
19
SAT 13.15
FRI 18.45
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Oliver Stiller
Spanish
LENGTH
– with subtitles
21 minutes
VENUE Cinema 2
EXODUS
activist Dr. Edgardo Buscaglia offers insights into this event
In October 2018, 7000 people from Honduras, Guatemala
and examines the political structures in Central America
and El Salvador fled the rampant gang-crime and
with regard to the exodus of the population.
precarious economic situation in their home countries. They joined together in a massive trek with one goal: to
This film is part of a combined programme with: Elizabeth
cross Mexico and enter the U.S.A. Exodus introduces the
and Dunkey following European dreams. They give
people of the first caravan who left everything behind
unique and new perspectives on refugees in different parts
to start a dangerous and thousands-of-kilometres-long
of the world, images we don’t see here in Europe.
journey into the unknown. Lawyer and human-rights
DIRECTOR Fernando Sobron
FRI 18.30
LENGTH 31 minutes LANGUAGE English – no subtitles VENUE Cinema 5
FILLING THE GAPS
telling, encouraging exploration at the root of issues like
A documentary about imagination and documentary;
truthful representation, fake news, cultural appropriation
Filling the gaps is about the way we construct and
and other widely discussed themes of our days.
understand documentaries. It illustrates how we use our imagination to connect facts, ideas and thoughts to put
This film is part of a combined programme with: Mega
together and interpret documentaries, often making
sexy robot dinosaur and Armenia(s), time for artists.
convenient substitutions. It invites to a reflection about
These three films explore the world of filmmaking, both
mediated representation of real events. Filling the gaps
conventions and experiments, arts and artists themselves.
explores the subject in a lateral way, suggesting rather than 20
FINDING SID An elderly man’s belongings lie abandoned in a house that is for sale. The filmmaker and her daughters piece together his story and
DIRECTOR
look for the man who left everything behind.
Sarah Fairbrother
FRI 15.15
LENGTH This film is part of a combined programme
16 minutes
with: The night is black and the day is
LANGUAGE
white and Wandering in the white. A
English – with subtitles
perfect combination to watch a little bit of
VENUE
everything at the festival.
Cinema 1
FOY VANCE: TO MEMPHIS Foy Vance travelled from the highlands of Scotland to Sam Philips Recording Studio in Memphis with the aim of capturing five songs
SUN 13.00
DIRECTOR Gregg Houston LENGTH
in two days. He was going to be recording with session players he had never met. This short documentary captures the magic that was in the air as they got all five tracks captured live on day
14 minutes
one, and eleven in total by the end of day two.
LANGUAGE English - no subtitles VENUE
This film is part of a combined programme with: Alla zingara. Both films express the love of
Cinema 1
music and bring you into the world of musicians. 21
GALORE Drag sensation Lady Galore is about to undergo her biggest transformation yet. Fighting for visibility and solidarity, she has become vital to the European drag community. For Sander den Baas, the man behind Lady Galore, this devotion is starting to take its toll. Although his size is what makes Lady Galore stand out and brought her fame, Sander is struggling with more and more health problems. Gastric bypass surgery will help him regain a healthy weight. But what will remain of Lady Galore?
LANGUAGE
Lazlo Tonk, Dylan
Dutch,
Tonk
English
LENGTH
– with subtitles
74 minutes
VENUE Cinema 1
GRINDING THE COUNTRY With less than 1500 inhabitants Chaulgnes is the typical French country village. At the end of the 1990s the arrival of skateboarding
DIRECTOR
changed the lives of the inhabitants. It
Olivier Lambert
launched generations of riding, punk-rock
LENGTH
music lovers and the birth of a festival.
21 minutes
SUN 16.00
LANGUAGE This film is part of a combined programme
French – with subtitles
with: Strange Tenants: Ska’d for life. Two
VENUE
films full of positive vibes.
Cinema 3 22
SAT 15.30
DIRECTORS
HOMESICK After their son’s school performance begins to decline, a family begins unfolding their real emotional struggles against one another. A mother that missed her opportunities to be
DIRECTOR
with her family, a father who cannot get rid
Layal Jomaa
of his alcohol addiction and their 15-year-old
LENGTH
son who is stuck between leaving them or
7 minutes
staying with them until he graduates.
LANGUAGE
SAT 21.15
Arabic – with subtitles This film is part of a combined programme
VENUE
with: Strip and war.
Cinema 5
HOW TO PICTURE IT Gigantic signs mark the motorways of France. Symbolic images of the crossed territories in which some accept to recognize themselves, where others do not. A France of peaks and streams, cheese and good wine, beautiful abbeys: so many representations that reassure, federate and freeze. What is France? To feel French? Or is it largely adhered to a fable?
SAT 13.30
DIRECTORS
LANGUAGE
Seb Coupy
French
LENGTH
– with subtitles
75 minutes
VENUE Cinema 4
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I DREAM OF VIETNAM
of a long history of intrusion. Taking the form of a lyrical,
Inspired by her grandfather’s memories of Vietnam and
dream-like essay film, this film explores questions of
the legends of the ‘’open border’’, a Chinese filmmaker
popular memory and cultural exchange while raising
embarks on a journey to the country for the first
questions about the politics of photography itself.
time. Upon crossing the Sino-Vietnamese border, she encounters a very different post-war society than the
This film is part of a combined programme with: Act of
romanticized version of her childhood. As she documents
the sea and Sandaoling blues. All three are lovely, calm
her journey, she confronts the reality that she too is part
and visual films with their own thematics.
DIRECTORS
LANGUAGE
Jiayu Yang
Chinese
LENGTH
- with subtitles
17 minutes
VENUE
SAT 19.00
Cinema 2
DIRECTOR Michael Arthur
SUN 13.00
LENGTH 42 minutes LANGUAGE English, Dutch, German – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 5
I, PASTAFARI: A FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER STORY
let sceptics answer the question, “what is a real religion anyway?”
With millions of believers worldwide, The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the world’s fastest growing
This film is part of a combined programme with: Dear
religion. I, Pastafari follows a few brave followers of the
dog and Children’s pool. Although these films may seem
church, the Pastafarians, as they fight for their religious
different at first glance, you might enjoy whilst watching
freedom to access privileges and exceptions in law granted
that they will stimulate the brain, forming thoughts on
to other religions. Along the way the Pastafarians try to
different - somewhat estranged - societal subjects. 24
IN THE DARK ROOM A
meeting
with
the
famous
Spanish
photographer, Cristina Garcia Rodero, member of the Magnum Photos Agency. A conversation rescued from the box of all those visual memories that come to mind while processing my photos in the solitude of the Dark Room. This film is part of a combined programme with: Butterfly, A new deal for public art in the free state and The kaleidoscope guy at the market. These films are all about the arts, bringing you into the world of multiple art disciplines.
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Luigi Abanto Varese Spanish
FRI 21.00
LENGTH
– with subtitles
10 minutes
VENUE Cinema 2
FRI 13.00
LAATASH
DIRECTOR
The Saharawi women face the thirst of the
Elena Molina
hamada, the curse of the desert, every day.
LENGTH
They’ve built their refuge in a land where no one
14 minutes
could survive before. For more than forty years
LANGUAGE
they’ve been holding out and taking care of their
Arabic - with subtitles
people there. They ensure every drop of water
VENUE
is distributed according to the needs of each
Cinema 1
family... and they wait. But there is an even more terrible thirst in their throats, for which they find no relief. This film is part of a combined programme with: Songs of our soil. Both are powerful films, showing the lives of women in India, Telangana and in the Sahara desert.
25
LAND OF DISTRICTS An experimental montage of footage from 1973, shot in an institution in Hamburg, Germany. Back then, the people who lived there were judged to be mentally ill. Soundloops and pictures create a certain attention for the viewer. This film is part of a combined programme with: Timebox.
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Andreas Gruetzner
None
LENGTH
VENUE
5 minutes
Cinema 5
FRI 20.45
LIFE IS A JOURNEY Life is a journey, a short documentary involving four women different in both age and culture, share the same experience on their cultural identity and the sense of belonging after their migration journey. Viviana, the director, shares Hala’s story, a war refugee from Syria, by reflecting on her own relocation journey and of the two other women she met in the Netherlands. The film explores questions such as: is our understanding of cultural
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Viviana M. Calderón Dutch, Spanish
SAT 11.00
identity blind to cultural pluralism? Is it linearactive? Has the controversial mood of cultural protectionism ever been successful? And, is a
de la Barca
– with subtitles
person’s cultural identity strictly determined by
LENGTH
VENUE
their place of birth? The answer may definitely
23 minutes
Cinema 4
not surprise you. It really depends on the viewer. 26
DIRECTOR Nikoleta Slezakova
FRI 15.00
LENGTH 11 minutes LANGUAGE English, Portuguese, Spanish – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 4 the work of two clowns - Erwan from Belgium and
LIFE IS MORE Following years of economic privatization, Venezuela’s citizens are fleeing their country. Across the border in Brazil refugee camps have been set up, but people need more than just food and shelter. Enter: Clowns Without Borders - an organisation that specialises in enabling professional clowns, street performers, musicians and actors to visit conflict zones, refugee camps and
Rodrigo from Brazil; and you will meet José, manager of the refugee centre Fé e Alegria. This film is part of a combined programme with: Sediment, The depth beneath, the height above and Mies. All four are student projects and show a variety of talent and techniques.
temporary shelters. In Life is more you will get to know
LOVE IN CLOSE-UP A film around the Tehran’s symbol of love called “Lady in Red”: in Love in close-up three women dressed in red tell their love stories to a car driver/the director. A documentary about love, waiting, longing and self-sacrifice. This film is part of a combined programme with: Black and white. Both are films from Iran and show a varied, warm and personal insight into the lives of its inhabitants.
SUN 11.00
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Iman Behrouzi
Persian
LENGTH
– with subtitles
48 minutes
VENUE Cinema 5
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M1-KØ A film about journey to find a deeper meaning of the unknown. M1-KØ follows Mikolaj Zenliski, a Polish software engineer on his bicycle training in middle of the desert, who could be blasting off to the Red Planet after getting through to the next stage of the Mars One project. This film is part of a combined programme
with:
Terrestrial
field
SAT 19.00
studies 1 and Stardust. They are part
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
of a special Science themed night in
Fahad Shaikh
English
cinema 4 on Saturday, with a diverse
LENGTH
– no subtitles
set of films relating to science, nature
8 minutes
VENUE Cinema 4
and philosophy all evening.
MAY DIVORCE BE WITH YOU In a tragicomic documentary the filmmaker goes in search of a memory of how her divorced parents were once in love by letting them reenact moments from their marriage. This film is part of a combined programme with: A little testament. Both are graduation films from AKV|St. Joost students, two talented upand-coming filmmakers.
LANGUAGE
Irene Lagendijk
Dutch
LENGTH
– with subtitles
24 minutes
VENUE Cinema 5
28
SAT 11.00
DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR
MEGA SEXY ROBOT DINOSAUR
Paul Allen
It’s all about the title.
FRI 18.30
LENGTH
This film is part of a combined programme with: Filling the gaps and Armenia(s), time for artists. These three films explore the world of filmmaking, both conventions and experiments, arts and artists themselves.
4 minutes LANGUAGE English – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 5
FRI 15.00
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Mirthe Fernandes
Dutch
LENGTH
– with subtitles
26 minutes
VENUE Cinema 4
MIES
section of a clinic. Will she ever be able, like other
Mies, in her early twenties, seems an average woman
people, to shape her own life? Or is it impossible to
at first glance. When she is fine, she opens up to
escape the voices and thoughts in her head?
the outside world. But this can all change within seconds when the voices inside her head take over.
This film is part of a combined programme with:
This documentary zooms in on the experiences and
Sediment, The depth beneath, the height above
perceptions of this young woman, who is mentally ill
and Life is more. All four are student projects and
and sometimes confined for months to the closed
show a variety of talent and techniques.
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MINOR ACCIDENT OF WAR
this short animated documentary about this harrowing
In 1945, at 21 years old, World War ll navigator Edward
experience.
Field was on his third mission over Germany when his plane lost all four engines after being hit by a flak. It crash
This film is part of a combined programme with: At the
landed in the North Sea. Hanging on to one of the two life
kitchen table: stories of migration and resilience and
rafts in the freezing cold water during winter, a decision
Azadi. A perfect combination to watch a little bit of
was made that to this day has affected Edward.
everything at the festival.
Today, Edward Field is 95 years of age, and narrates
DIRECTORS
LANGUAGE
Diane Fredel-Weis,
English
Piotr Kabat
- no subtitles
LENGTH
VENUE
10 minutes
Cinema 5
DIRECTOR Milo Adami
SUN 15.00
SAT 13.15
LENGTH 22 minutes LANGUAGE Italian – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 3
MIRABILIA URBIS
merchants of areas, and big real-estate companies, they
How should a city looks like? The Italian journalist Antonio
decided how and where the new Rome was to expand,
Cederna (1921-1996) fought for many years for the defence
mortgaging its future and that of its citizens.
of environmental values and to affirm the need for a better quality of life. Through archive footage, articles,
This film is part of a combined programme with: Public
pictures and his son’s voice, the Italian actor Giuseppe
showers, Oberkampf street, Paris and Engelen, 23
Cederna, Mirabilia urbis is a memory trip between past
augustus. These films explore urban landscapes,
and present to discover an unknown city of Rome, grown
architecture and the function of its buildings, giving
up in a haphazard way. Builders, land owners, speculators,
freedom to their camera to capture the visuals. 30
MORNING MUSIC: CINECONCERTS
Matteo’s piano. He will merge some of his newest piano
Your ‘’Sunday wake up’’ with two live cineconcerts.
music in his own composed soundtrack together with an
1. Duffhues - SUPER 8 poetics, live music & film
epic film.
Niels Duffhues is a filmmaker/musician and performs audiovisual concerts. He will perform a cineconcert with his
We offer this morning programme with coffee and sweets in
super 8 landscape art films. Experience how his dynamic and
between the concerts.
atmospheric guitar music poetically merges with the grain
11.00 – 11.40 Niels Duffhues
and deep colors of his super 8 films.
11.40 – 12.00 Coffee break
2. Matteo Myderwyk - live piano & film
12.00 – 12.40 Matteo Myderwyk
An exciting mix of film and the beautiful fragile sounds of
SUN 11.00
ARTISTS Niels Duffhues, Matteo Myderwyk LENGTH 90 minutes LANGUAGE English VENUE Cinema 2
MUD ROAD In South Ethiopia, an ambulance driver has to bring a young lady to the hospital for delivery, but the nearest one is 300 kilometres away from the village. It’s a long journey along a road full of mud. This film is part of a combined programme
with:
Talking
to
the
wind. Both visually stunning films with powerful stories.
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SAT 18.45
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Francesco De
Amharic
Giorgi
– with subtitles
LENGTH
VENUE
11 minutes
Cinema 5
TIME TABLE THU 13/2
Cinema 1
10.00
11.00
12.00
13.00
10.00
11.00
12.00
13.00
Cinema
14.00
15.00
All venues
FRI 14/2
14.00
15.00
- The nigh the day is - Finding - Wander
- Laatash - Songs of our soil
Cinema 1
13.00 - 14.30
15.15 - 16.30
Doc Industry Day
Cinema 2
13.30 - 15.45
- Rebel riders - Salvage
Cinema 3
Platfo
15.30 -
13.15 - 14.30
Alumni talks (private event)
Cinema 4
13.30 - 14.30
- Sediment - The depth be height above - Life is more - Mies 15.00 - 16.30
Cinema 5
SAT 15/2
Doc Industry Day
Doc Industry Day 10.00 - 11.30
10.00
Doc Industry Day 13.30 - 14.30
11.45 - 12.30
11.00
12.00
13.00
14.45 - 17.30
15.00
- Studies at Huningue / Basel - Viva Matanzas
RK Veulpoepers BV
Cinema 1
14.00
Doc Industry Day
11.00 - 12,30
Galo
15.30 -
13.15 - 14.45
Morning session
Cinema 2
10.15 - 10.45
Exhibitions 11.00 - 18.00
- Public showers - Engelen, 23 augustus - Mirabilia urbis
- Starting points - Cold buffet
Cinema 3
11.00 - 12.15
13.15 - 14.45
Life is a journey
Cinema 4
Project Sparkel
11.00 - 11.45
13.30 - 14.45
12.00 - 12.45
-- What we lose A littleof testament -- Tribe ghosts May divorce -with Lucas’ world be youtales -11.00 Wavy - 12.15
Cinema 5
- Are - The the e
How to picture it
15.30 -
Thepassage red line - resistance in De Hambach 13:00 - 14:30 forest 13.00 - 15,00
11.00 - 12.15
SUN 16/2
10.00
11.00
Sheep hero Celibacy
Cinema 1
Cinema 2
11.00 11.00 -- 12.30 12,30
Morning session
10.15 - 10.45
Cinema 3
12.00
Morning music: cineconcerts 11.00 - 12,30
13.00
14.00
- Foy Vance: to Memphis Passing through - Alla zingara 13:30 - 15.00 13.00 - 14.30
15.00
- Veio - Vege interv
15.30 - 1
Exhibitions 12.45 - 18.00
- The horns of Kolkata - As if the king Barenboim / -Smetana The black tree / My 11.00 - 12,30 homeland
- Pandza - Dance for it 13.30 - 15.00
11.00 - 12.15
Cinema 4
Schoon donker 11.00 - 12,30
- Tears need rest - The sisters - That joke isn’t funny anymore - Snowbirds 13.15 - 14.45
Cinema 5
- Black and white - Love in close-up 11.00 - 12,30
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- Dear dog - Children’s pool - I, Pastafari 13.00 - 14.30
- Minor accide war - At the kitche - Azadi 15:00 - 16.15
a2
Cinema 3
16.00
17.00
18.00
Cinema 4
19.00
20.00
Cinema 5
21.00
22.00
23.00
00.00
21.00
22.00
23.00
00.00
23.00
00.00
23.00
00.00
Opening Night DOCfeed 2020 18.30 - 23.00
16.00
17.00
18.00
ht is black and s white Sid ring in the white
19.00
20.00
- The meaning of life - The last of the Mohicans 18.30 - 20.00
- Elizabeth - Dunkey following European dreams - Exodus
Doc Industry Day 16.00 - 17.00
- Butterfly - A new deal for public art - In the dark room - The kaleidoscope guy
18.45 - 20.00
21.00 - 22.30
The man who wanted to fly
The raven and the seagull
orm
- 17.15
21.15 - 22.45
18.45 - 20.15
eneath, the
Chasing the win
Clean hands
19.00 - 20.15
21.00 - 22.45
- Mega sexy robot dinosaur - Filling the gaps - Armenia(s) time for artists
- Land of districts - Timebox 20.45 - 22.15
18.30 - 20.00
16.00
17.00
18.00
19.00
20.00
- 17.00
22.00
- Tears need rest - The sisters - That joke isn’t funny anymore - Snowbirds
A postcard from Pyongyang - traveling through North Korea
ore
21.00
18.45 - 20.15
21.00 - 22.30
- I dream of Vietnam - Act of the sea - Sandaoling blues
After the murder of Albert Lima 21.15 - 22.45
19.00 - 20.30
- The last Azorean whalemen - No island like home
The Donbass children 17.15 - 18.15
- 16.45
- Homesick - Strip and war
18.00
19.00
21.15 - 22.45
20.00
17.00
- Grinding the country - Strange Tenants: Ska’d for life 16.00 - 17.30
ent of
21.00 - 22.30
18.45 - 20.15
o: life as a work of art etable skin, an view
en table
- The memory atlas - Naturales historiae
- Mud road - Talking to the wind
16.00 - 17.30
17.00
- Terrestrial field studies 1 - M1-KØ - Stardust 19.00 - 20.30
The fourth kingdom. The kingdom of plastics
16.00
20.45 - 22.15
18.30 - 20.15
15.45 - 17.15
e you staring? e beholder of eye
Docwerk Art. Dept
Platform
A postcard from Pyongyang - traveling through North Korea 16.30 - 18.00
- Off broom - The magicians .... of the Merlin magical society 16:45 - 18.00
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21.00
22.00
NATURALES HISTORIAE Through different natural stories filmed between China, France and Italy, Naturales historiae questions our way of thinking and representing nature. Each chapter explores a situation of
human
beings
grappling
with
Nature and its images, which reveals their obsessions and shakes up our certainties. This film is part of a combined
SAT 21.00
programme with: The memory atlas.
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
They are part of a special Science
Pauline Julier
Chinese,
themed night in cinema 4 on Saturday,
LENGTH
French, Italian
with a diverse set of films relating to
56 minutes
– with subtitles
science, nature and philosophy all
VENUE
evening.
Cinema 4
DIRECTORS Giulio Gobbetti,
SAT 15.45
Jan Stöckel LENGTH 45 minutes LANGUAGE English – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 3
NO ISLAND LIKE HOME
But I’m staying.” Yet, the active volcano lurks menacingly in
In 1995 the volcano in Montserrat exploded with
the background. As everyday life unfolds, the most awaited
catastrophic consequences. Many years have since
day of the year arrives - St Patrick’s day. Will people fill the
passed, but Celeste vividly remembers the eruption. She
streets, resilient? Or will they remain empty, signalling a
lost her life’s work: the shop she owned on the island’s
community broken beyond repair?
capital. Today, there lays an ash-coated ghost town. Yet, much like the regrowth of vegetation across the land, the
This film is part of a combined programme with: The last
community has a new-found vitality. Mappie hikes with us
Azorean whalemen. Both show island life, history and
through the rainforest: “The volcano does good and bad,”
culture on two different islands in the Atlantic Ocean.
he says. “People thought Montserratians would have left. 34
DIRECTORS
LANGUAGE
Jerona van der
Dutch, English
Gevel, Roald Zom
– with subtitles
LENGTH
VENUE
29 minutes
Cinema 5
SUN 16.45
OFF BROOM
social theme of LGBTQ+ inclusivity within the relatively
Rein is the transgender keeper of a quidditch team, a
unknown arena of the real-life sport quidditch. This makes
new developing sport. Quidditch - based on the game
the film a non-traditional sports documentary, it’s a look
from the Harry Potter books - has been around since
into the inclusive and open-minded community that has
2005. While the team is preparing to attend the European
formed around the sport.
games in Italy, Rein shares his story. In the build-up to the tournament it becomes clear that acceptance
This film is part of a combined programme with: The
and recognition are perhaps even more important than
magicians .... of the Merlin magical society. Two
winning.
very different films, but they are both also wonderfully
Off broom strives to combine two topics, placing the
themselves in their own ‘’magical’’ realms.
SUN 13.30
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Heike Roch
Portuguese,
LENGTH
English – with subtitles
20 minutes
VENUE Cinema 3
PANDZA LAND
and regional languages. The lyrics play with events of
Pandza is a Mozambican style of music, and an expression:
everyday life. This project was as much experimental as
‘’Das dificuldades, fazer oportunidades’’ - ‘’Turning
it was fun, capturing a moment in time in a country that is
challenges into opportunities’’. Pandza land focuses on
thriving on the joyful optimism of its people.
the realities and relationship between ‘’Pais do Pandza’’ and the popular Mozambican style of music. The everyday
This film is part of a combined programme with: Dance
expression came to be what it is through the music. It
for it. Both films dive into the world of modern music and
means to mix and involve one’s self. Pandza is mixing
dance styles from Africa.
global and traditional rhythms in English, Portuguese 35
FRI 15.30
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Sahar Mossayebi
Farsi
LENGTH
– with subtitles
87 minutes
VENUE Cinema 3
SAT 18.30
PLATFORM
Wushu team, win back-to-back championships and
Platform is the story of three sisters who are Wushu
begin to see a brighter future. Shahrbanu is the
fighters: Shahrbanu, Sohaila and Elaheh Mansourian.
women’s world record holder for gold medals; Elaheh
They come from a small town called Semirom and
is the only Wushu fighter in the lower weights who has
were born in a working class, poor family. From an
beaten a Chinese opponent in the finals; and Soheila
early age their father made them work in the fields
holds two world championship medals. A very strong,
to earn money and support the family. When their
impressive film about three power sisters and their
father leaves they decide to seek out a better life for
family from Iran.
themselves. They exercise, join the Iranian national
PROJECT SPARKEL What is it like to live with a chronic condition, such as rheumatism? And how can you bring this to the screen as a young, starting filmmaker? In the Sparkel film project, ten aspiring filmmakers discovered this and created their very own first short documentary. They found great inspiring stories that deserve to be told. Project Sparkel is an educational project made
available
by
DOCFEED
and
ReumaZorg Nederland and is part of a social work programme. New workshops start in March 2020. More information: www.projectsparkel.nl
Rhobynn van Rossen, Fenna
Terence Baier, Luuk van de Ven,
Westerling, Siebe van der Linden Dutch
Kaya van den Dikkenberg, Jop
LENGTH
– no subtitles
Vermeulen, Cato Draaisma,
45 minutes
VENUE
Veerle Hofkens, Nadira Suurland,
LANGUAGE
SAT 12.00
DIRECTORS
Cinema 4 36
PUBLIC SHOWERS, OBERKAMPF STREET, PARIS They come here to wash, to stay clean. Some are in need, others are having boiler trouble. The public showers are a transient refuge for them before they return to the city, to the streets. Here, they can recharge their batteries or have a chat. But violence
DIRECTOR Julie Conte
SAT 13.15
LENGTH 26 minutes LANGUAGE French – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 3
is never far away. A dirty look, an insult, a sudden movement. The staff at the public showers keep watch and prevent things from getting out of hand. It’s a world outside the world. This film is part of a combined programme with: Engelen, 23 augustus and Mirabilia urbis.
These
films
explore
urban
landscapes, architecture and the function of its buildings, giving freedom to their camera to capture the visuals.
FRI 13.15
REBEL RIDERS
DIRECTORS
LANGUAGE
Rebel riders follows the lives of
Marc Ressang,
Indonesian
Indonesian DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Vespa
Daniel Agha-Rafei
– with subtitles
clubs and its members, their passions
LENGTH
VENUE
and perceptions in mainstream society.
7 minutes
Cinema 3
This film is part of a combined programme with: Salvage. Both films show great ingenuity and also fun in re-using materials, whilst in their basis they are both in fact greater stories of identity.
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SALVAGE
its central place in the town’s civic and social life, the
With a massive, unrestricted salvage area, the Yellowknife
salvagers become increasingly irrelevant. This loss has
dump is one of the last and largest open dumps in North
seismic implications, both for this community of residents,
America. People from all walks of life go there to search
and the identity of Yellowknife itself.
for everything from tools to clothes to home décor. Salvage follows a group of passionate salvagers over five
This film is part of a combined programme with: Rebel
years as the dump evolves and eventually succumbs to
riders. Both films show great ingenuity and also fun in re-
the inexorable efforts of city bureaucrats to subject it
using materials, whilst in their basis they are both in fact
to sensible regulations and controls. As the dump loses
greater stories of identity.
FRI 13.15
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Amy C. Elliott
English
LENGTH
- no subtitles
57 minutes
VENUE Cinema 3
DIRECTOR WeiSheng Huang
SAT 19.00
LENGTH 30 minutes LANGUAGE Chinese – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 2
SANDAOLING BLUES
Xuan Jian was born in Sandaoling in 1967 and has worked
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region Sandaoling Mines
in the vicious environment of the steam train in Sandaoling
is the biggest open-pit coal mine in the Northwest region
for thirty years. In 2020, the Chinese government will close
of China. Most workers at the Sandaoling Mines are second
the Sandaoling Mines. Xuan Jian and the steam trains will
generation miners. Their fathers’ generation was called
be gone like the steam.
there by the Chinese government to support the border’s Big Northwest Constructions, which began in 1958 with
This film is part of a combined programme with: I dream
the mining expansion from the Northeast of China to Inner
of Vietnam and Act of the sea. All three are lovely, calm
Mongolia, then to the Sandaoling Mines.
and visual films with their own thematics. 38
SCHOON DONKER Somewhere in Belgium, on the Flat Fields of Flanders, there where the horizon forms a thin but clear border between earth and sky… there is a village, two men, a lot of pigeons and me. One of the men is a famous but silent pigeonwizard. The other man is my father. While the pigeons are coming and going, the two men are staying there, always. Me, I left this place that one should never leave. Now I’m coming back. To film, to speak, to fly.
SUN 11.00
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Katrien Feyaerts
Flemish
LENGTH
– with subtitles
70 minutes
VENUE Cinema 4
FRI 15.00
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Vida Kasaei
Dutch, Farsi
LENGTH
– with subtitles
18 minutes
VENUE Cinema 4
SEDIMENT
real social, economic and cultural divides. The film is a
Sediment encourages and celebrates the diversity of
visualisation of gaps in stories that have been told, and
human life in the world. In this film, which takes place
gaps in our understanding of nature.
both in Iran and the Netherlands, there is a focus on girls and women in two cultures - Iranian and Dutch - which
This film is part of a combined programme with: The
gives the viewer another way to look at diversities. There
depth beneath, the height above, Life is more and
is a sense of sameness, rather than individuality, that
Mies. All four are student projects and show a variety of
emerges, no matter their social or cultural environment.
talent and techniques.
But at the same time, the viewer is aware of their very 39
SNOWBIRDS Snowbirds is a documentary that reaches out to golden age Canadians living in Florida during the winter season. This is the growing trend of an entire generation migrating to the tropics each year, seeking a leisure society that can entertain them. With tenderness and humour, this sociological film goes to the heart of their daily lives by painting a human portrait of this typically Canadian social phenomenon. Welcome to the French District of Florida, Snowbird’s paradise. This film is part of a combined programme with: Tears need rest, The sisters and That joke isn’t funny anymore. These four films take the viewer on a marvellous journey through the ups and downs in life, always
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Joannie Lafrenière
French
LENGTH
– with subtitles
28 minutes
VENUE SAT: Cinema 1
destined to be filled with both tears and
SAT 21.00 SUN 13.15
SUN: Cinema 4
laughter.
SONGS OF OUR SOIL
‘Uyyala’ songs are an agricultural tradition rooted in the political expression of women in Telangana. Through these oral traditions, Songs of our soil traces the histories of their resistance and memories of disillusionment. By looking at women’s participation in major political movements, from the Telangana People’s Movement to the demands of justice from the contemporary Mallana Sagar irrigation project, this film explores the relationship between memory, history, oral traditions and cultural production.
FRI 13.00
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Aditi Maddali
Telugu
LENGTH
– with subtitles
Laatash. Both are powerful films, showing the
52 minutes
VENUE
lives of women in India, Telangana and in the
Cinema 1
Sahara desert. 40
This film is part of a combined programme with:
STARDUST
friendship and the never-ending allure of discovering
“Quiet people have the loudest minds,” Stephen Hawking
what it all means.
wrote. As a teenager, Maarten Butter and his friends all self-described “real nerds” - were given keys to the
This film is part of a combined programme with:
Leiden Observatory because they couldn’t get enough
Terrestrial field studies 1 and M1-KØ. They are part of a
of star-gazing. Thirty years on, Butter, who now works in
special Science themed night in cinema 4 on Saturday,
television, visits four friends from his youth to see what
with a diverse set of films relating to science, nature and
their loud minds are doing now and what they’ve learned
philosophy all evening.
about the universe. A film about science, exploration,
SAT 19.00
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Maarten Butter
Dutch
LENGTH
– with subtitles
51 minutes
VENUE Cinema 4
STARTING POINTS
remote industrial area at the edge of Taichung, surrounded
At the end of 2017 the first social housing flat of the city
by factories and mountains, the freshly painted social
of Taichung was built. In Taiwan as a whole social housing
housing flat is a “starting point” for its residents, their
comprises just 0.08% of the housing stock. Compared with
neighbours and the city of Taichung.
other countries this figure is significantly low. Together with the first residents filmmaker Floor Hofman moved into the
This film is part of a combined programme with: Cold
second social housing flat of Taichung a few weeks after its
buffet. These films explore concepts of collective and
opening. While living there for four months, she talked with
social housing in different parts of the world; one in
residents about how social housing changed their lives. A
increase and one in decline.
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Floor Hofman
Chinese, English
LENGTH
– with subtitles
29 minutes
VENUE Cinema 3
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SAT 11.00
STRANGE TENANTS: SKA’D FOR LIFE Strange Tenants were the “Godfathers of Australian Ska”, emerging in the 1980s in the wake of UK two-tone Ska bands like The Specials but producing original political Ska songs unlike most other Australian Ska bands. 36 years later they’re still around and still political. This film is part of a combined programme with: Grinding the country. Two films full of positive vibes.
SUN 16.00
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Fiona Cochrane
English
LENGTH
– no subtitles
53 minutes
VENUE Cinema 3
STRIP AND WAR Outside the city of Minsk lives an unlikely pair. A retired lieutenant-colonel stuck in a proSoviet past spends his days leading a regional veteran organisation, writing military articles and patriotic essays. He shares his home with his grandson Anatol, who left his unfulfilling job as an engineer to pursue his true calling as a stripper and dreams of one day founding his own erotic theatre. Their worlds could not be further apart - as they are still dependent upon one another and must navigate gently
SAT 21.15
through their differences. It is not just a story
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Andrei Kutsila
Russian
LENGTH
– with subtitles
69 minutes
VENUE
This film is part of a combined programme
Cinema 5
with: Homesick. 42
of a relationship, but rather a reflection of the entire Belarus and the post-Soviet world.
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Lutz P. Kayser
French, German
LENGTH
– with subtitles
11 minutes
VENUE
SAT 13.15
Cinema 1
STUDIES AT HUNINGUE / BASEL OR THE TREE TO SLEEP This
short
essay film
captures
aesthetic
spectacle went almost unnoticed by the public. The starlings’ sleeping place is not in the wilderness, but in the
swarm
middle of the Basel conurbation. These graceful, chaotic,
intelligence. The middle part gives the impression that the
but extremely disciplined and fast flight maneuvers of the
starlings only do their meditative rounds for the director’s
starlings manage without one starling as chief.
cameras. These six minutes essentially consist of one bloc shot, which were adjusted exactly to the track by Philip
This film is part of a combined programme with: Viva
Glass with only a few cuts and without, as with the rest of
Matanzas. These are two refreshingly experimental films,
the film, special effects. The screen is left to the swarms
perfect to get completely immersed into the screen in an
of starlings, they are art! It´s about perception; the natural
almost ‘’other-worldly’’ experience.
SAT 18.45
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Akshaya Sawant
Marathi
LENGTH
– with subtitles
60 minutes
VENUE Cinema 5
TALKING TO THE WIND
destroys it. Since 2013 farmers are committing mass
Since 2015 Maharashtra, India has been in pains of a man-
suicides - numbers reaching 1100 per year - as a result of
made drought. India, especially in the rural areas, follows
the conditions. Intimate and eye-opening, Talking to the
a patriarchal social system. To preserve her honour the
wind shows the social and psychological effects of climate
woman is married off with huge amounts of dowry as soon
change as it impacts identity, the idea of masculinity and
as she turns 18. With no income because of the relentless
the pressures of social structure.
drought, the farmers get drawn into a vicious debt cycle. In the communities of Maharashtra, a family’s honour is
This film is part of a combined programme with: Mud road.
everything; not being able to provide for wife and children
Both visually stunning films with powerful stories.
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TEARS NEED REST Two years ago Hanne lost her sister. In this film she tells about the time after and about the tears that need to rest. This film is part of a combined programme with: The sisters, That joke isn’t funny anymore and Snowbirds. These four films take the viewer on a marvellous journey through the ups and downs in life, always destined to be filled with both tears and laughter.
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Halvor Nitteberg
Norwegian
LENGTH
– with subtitles
5 minutes
VENUE SAT: Cinema 1 SUN: Cinema 4
TERRESTRIAL FIELD STUDIES 1 A short audiovisual study about the “Terrestrial” in Bengaluru, India in August 2018. This film is part of a combined programme with: M1-KØ and Stardust. They are part of a special Science themed night in cinema
DIRECTOR Adrian Schwartz LENGTH 5 minutes LANGUAGE None VENUE CInema 4
4 on Saturday, with a diverse set of films relating to science, nature and philosophy all evening.
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SAT 19.00
SAT 21.00 SUN 13.15
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Hannah Currie
English
LENGTH
– with subtitles
12 minutes
VENUE SAT: Cinema 1
SAT 21.00 SUN 13.15
SUN: Cinema 4
THAT JOKE ISN’T FUNNY ANYMORE
Lindsay’s love for the person Paul once was enough to
When Paul suffers a massive brain injury the long-lasting
sustain her through the reality of her situation - a true life
effects are bizarre and frustrating, leaving him caught in
Groundhog Day?
a perpetual loop of joke telling. Paul’s wife Lindsay is left to pick up the pieces, shouldering all the responsibilities
This film is part of a combined programme with: Tears
within the household. In their remote country croft in the
need rest, The sisters and Snowbirds. These four films
Wicklow mountains, Ireland, the couple are increasingly
take the viewer on a marvellous journey through the ups
isolated from friends and family who struggle to cope with
and downs in life, always destined to be filled with both
Paul’s behaviour. With no sign that things will change, is
tears and laughter.
THE BEHOLDER OF THE EYE
DIRECTOR
Starting at an artistic residency in Toronto Island, themed
Karen Sztajnberg
‘’luminous bodies’’, the artist sets out to photograph
SAT 15.30
LENGTH
male nudes. In an attempt to foreground the relationship
32 minutes
between the smaller presence of female artists, and
LANGUAGE
the abundance of female nudes in our everyday life, an
English – no subtitles
all-female crew strives to photograph male bodies with
VENUE
strictly aesthetic preoccupations. The project unveils the
Cinema 4
highly contrived process of image making, following the process from casting calls to the pre-production meeting, from interactions during the shoot to the critiques afterwards. It lifts the curtain on the deliberations made as we set out to address ageism, gender bias, directorial power dynamics and inscribe them into striking images. This film is part of a combined programme with: Are you staring?. A very interesting pair of films allowing the viewer to watch and reflect about the male and female body. The photographs made in The beholder of the eye will also be displayed at the festival venue. 45
THE BLACK TREE At the centre of the Earth there is a black tree, those who can reach it may be able to talk to the trees, send messages through birds and heal curses. Martín is a goat breeder from a Qom community called Santo Domingo. His community is threatened by agro-livestock companies that are taking over their territory. Since a while his goats have been dying and he doesn’t know why. In between assemblies and roadblocks, Martín must decide whether
DIRECTORS
LANGUAGE
to respond to the black tree’s call or not...
Máximo Ciambella, Spanish, Qom Damián Coluccio
– with subtitles
This film is part of a combined programme
LENGTH
VENUE
with: As if the king.
77 minutes
Cinema 3
SUN 11.00
THE DEPTH BENEATH, THE HEIGHT ABOVE
ground level - the mechanisms and technologies involved
The depth beneath, the height above is an exploration
in the hydroelectric production, as well as the humans
of the high alpine region of Robiei, southern Switzerland.
interacting with them -, the film seeks to grasp the nature-
Conceived as a sensory piece, the film particularly focuses
culture assemblages through which Robiei’s landscapes
on the existing relationships between the humans, animals,
are produced.
infrastructural and natural elements that compose Robiei’s specific landscape. Through a juxtaposition between
This film is part of a combined programme with: Sediment,
the aesthetics and activities that take place above - the
Life is more and Mies. All four are student projects and
continuous stream of water, the movement of animals,
show a variety of talent and techniques.
the production of cheese - and respectively below the
DIRECTOR Andrea Bordoli
FRI 15.00
LENGTH 18 minutes LANGUAGE English – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 4 46
THE DONBASS CHILDREN In this film about the Donbass war, you will hear the first-person stories of the so-called “ordinary people”. These people suffered from a military point of view striking on civilian targets. They are victims of someone’s desire to wage war on their territory at all costs. There are no author’s comments in this film and no censoring of the thoughts of the local people, it shows the events in Eastern Ukraine of the ongoing six-year armed conflict.
LANGUAGE
Lyubomir Dankov
Russian
LENGTH
– with subtitles
60 minutes
VENUE Cinema 4
THE FOURTH KINGDOM. THE KINGDOM OF PLASTICS In a redemption centre on the outskirts of New York, undocumented illegal aliens and underdogs have a shared disappointment in the American Dream. Responding to this false promise, Ana, Walter, Eugene, Pierre and René will find comfort in each other’s company. Dreams don’t die if the journey
DIRECTORS
LANGUAGE
continues, regardless of origins and
Adán Aliaga, Àlex
English, Spanish
destinations. A visually striking and
Lora
– with subtitles
slightly surrealistic film, taking you on a
LENGTH
VENUE
journey together with its characters.
83 minutes
Cinema 5
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SAT 17.15
DIRECTOR
SAT 16.00
THE KALEIDOSCOPE GUY AT THE MARKET Artist Michael Shaw - also known as “The kaleidoscope guy at the market” - has been selling his unique stained-glass creations at Pikeʼs Place Market in Seattle for 25 years. This 20-minute documentary uses his personal narrative to delve into a deeper dialogue about these fascinating objects and their universal appeal to the human imagination.
LANGUAGE
Russell Brown
English
LENGTH
– no subtitles
21 minutes
VENUE Cinema 2
DIRECTOR Nick Francis
FRI 21.00
DIRECTOR
This film is part of a combined programme with: Butterfly, A new deal for public art in the free state and In the dark room. These films are all about the arts, bringing you into the world of multiple art disciplines.
SAT 15.45
LENGTH 17 minutes LANGUAGE Portuguese – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 3
THE LAST AZOREAN WHALEMEN
these men recall of their first experience hunting a whale?
This film follows a group of Azorean whalemen in Pico
What methods did they use? How did they adapt to the
preserving their rich shared oral history of whaling, survival
whaling life? How do they feel about being whalers? And
and friendship. They are the last living connection to the
what did they do after whaling was outlawed?
Azores whaling industry and we didn’t want their stories to disappear. The documentary shares the natural beauty
This film is part of a combined programme with: No island
of Pico and Faial, Azores where whaling once stood as a
like home. Both show island life, history and culture on
prominent fixture of survival on this archipelago. What do
two different islands in the Atlantic Ocean. 48
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS After having gone through a rough history, maverick Tonny tries to help the needy by starting a driving supermarket. With this relic from another time she promotes ideals such as compassion and solidarity, while being rewarded with uncertainty and financial insecurity. Tonny herself may need this help as much as her costumers. Her values may be as outdated as her business model, still she persists. This film is part of a combined programme with: The meaning of life. Both films have largely been shot here in the south of the Netherlands, in cities like Eindhoven and Tilburg.
LANGUAGE
Max Ploeg
Dutch
LENGTH
– with subtitles
48 minutes
VENUE Cinema 1
SUN 16.45
THE MAGICIANS .... OF THE MERLIN MAGICAL SOCIETY
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Abdullai Adejumo
English
A snapshot into the lives of a group of
LENGTH
– no subtitles
local magicians, exploring their passion
29 minutes
VENUE Cinema 5
for magic, showcasing some of their tricks and witnessing their annual close up magic competition. This film is part of a combined programme with: Off broom. Two very different films, but they are both also wonderfully themselves in their own ‘’magical’’ realms.
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FRI 18.30
DIRECTOR
THE MAN WHO WANTED TO FLY Bobby Coote has a dream. Some day he wants to fly a plane. He’s had this dream since he was a kid so it’s not surprising that around his home town of Bailieborough he’s known as ‘The Man Who Never Flew’. Now in his 80’s he is determined to prove his friends and his sceptical brother Ernie wrong - even if it’s the last thing he does... In a moving, emotional exploration of the power of dreams this film captivated audiences to become 2019’s most successful documentary at Ireland’s box office. Come and see for yourself. And believe.
FRI 21.15
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Frank Shouldice
English
LENGTH
– with subtitles
83 minutes
VENUE Cinema 3
THE MEANING OF LIFE A short documentary that approaches the perennial quest for the meaning of life by means of hearing the vox populi,
DIRECTOR Lars Konings
FRI 18.30
interviewing philosophers and portraying people who, due to circumstances, have lost their zest for life.
LENGTH 36 minutes
This film is part of a combined programme
LANGUAGE
with: The last of the Mohicans. Both films
Dutch – with subtitles
have largely been shot here in the south
VENUE
of the Netherlands, in cities like Eindhoven
Cinema 1
and Tilburg. 50
THE MEMORY ATLAS Between 1922 and 1924, the art historian Aby Warburg spent more than two years in the Bellevue Psychiatric Asylum in Kreuzlingen, Switzerland. In 2018 a filmmaker finds the real diaries and medical reports of that experience. Through a surrealistic journey in Warburg’s mind, The memory atlas questions the limits between madness and greatness in the process of creation.
DIRECTOR Domenico
SAT 21.00
Centrone
This film is part of a combined programme with: Naturales historiae. They are part of a special Science themed night in cinema 4 on Saturday, with a diverse set of films relating to science, nature and philosophy all evening.
LENGTH 10 minutes LANGUAGE Italian, German – with subtitles VENUE Cinema 4
FRI 15.15
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Joe McStravick
English
LENGTH
– no subtitles
8 minutes
VENUE Cinema 1
THE NIGHT IS BLACK AND THE DAY IS WHITE
This film is part of a combined programme with: Finding Sid and Wandering in the white. A perfect
A mother and a father share their experiences of
combination to watch a little bit of everything at the
living with, caring for and loving a child who has been
festival.
diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
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THE RAVEN AND THE SEAGULL
But also by watching and listening intently. The colonial
The relationship between Greenland and Denmark is full
history is entrenched in both Greenland’s infinitely
of fantasy and myths. These are exactly what Danish artist
beautiful landscapes and in the collective consciousness.
Lasse Lau reflects upon in this film. But how do you give
But so is the willingness to break with it and look ahead
a form to the Greenlandic experience when you are an
with a new political self-awareness. The film talks about its
outsider yourself? Lau has created a sensitive film about
extremely complex topics and does so with both a sense
authenticity and recreation by letting both elements
of humour and with emphasis.
become a part of the work, together with his characters.
FRI 18.45
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Lasse Lau
Danish
LENGTH
- with subtitles
71 minutes
VENUE Cinema 3
DIRECTOR Karin de Miguel Wessendorf
SAT 13.00
THE RED LINE - RESISTANCE IN HAMBACH FOREST When
31,000
policemen
take
action
against 50 tree squatters and tear gas
LENGTH
and truncheons are used, a 550-hectare
115 minutes
“pedunculate oak-hornbeam-lily-of-the-
LANGUAGE
valley-forest”
German – with subtitles VENUE
becomes
a
symbol
of
resistance. Since 2015, director Karin de Miguel
Wessendorf
has
accompanied
the protests against the clearing of the
Cinema 5
Hambach forest and against the destruction of the villages on the edge of the lignite opencast mining, the largest CO2 source in Europe. First it was only a rebellion of individual groups with different goals, but in the autumn of 2018 the protest against the clearing becomes one broad supraregional movement. A story very much about our modern times facing the challenges of protecting our nature, happening right in our neighbouring country Germany. 52
THE SISTERS Behind the mighty eighteenth-century wall of the oldest enclosed Benedictine convent in Poland the life of twelve nuns in their 70’s goes on. Despite their age and the world of rapid change, they try to comply with the rule set over ten centuries ago ‘ORA et LABORA’ each day. Our protagonists - nuns Anuncjata and Benedykta (40 years in convent) introduce us to the world behind the wall telling us about their lives and decisions in a specific way. They show us the world of convent in true colours, without stereotypes, often touching and amusing at the same
DIRECTOR
time. This is the film about silence said aloud.
Michał Hytros LENGTH
SAT 21.00 SUN 13.15
This film is part of a combined programme
20 minutes
with: Tears need rest, That joke isn’t funny
LANGUAGE
anymore and Snowbirds. These four films
Polish – with subtitles
take the viewer on a marvellous journey
VENUE
through the ups and downs in life, always
SAT: Cinema 1
destined to be filled with both tears and
SUN: Cinema 4
laughter.
TIMEBOX Ioan-Matei Agapi, a charismatic Romanian documentary filmmaker in his 80’s, owns a unique collection of 16mm films documenting almost 50 years of the country’s history. His daughter has decided to make a film about her father’s impressive archives. In the unconventional surroundings of his old apartment, they reminisce about the past until one day, when Ioan is informed by a public officer that he must leave or be evicted from the apartment where he has lived 40 years of his life. Ioan’s years of work suddenly transform into a huge burden, and the film unexpectedly changes into drama where conflicts with city officials reveal old and hidden conflicts within the family. This film is part of a combined programme
FRI 20.45
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Nora Agapi
Romanian
LENGTH
– with subtitles
74 minutes
VENUE Cinema 5
with: Land of districts. 53
SUN 15.30
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Giovanni Soletta
Italian
LENGTH
– with subtitles
52 minutes
VENUE Cinema 1
VEGETABLE SKIN. AN INTERVIEW
that bring the observer into “other” worlds, “outside of
The story of the artist-farmer Bruno Petretto and
reality”. By that sentence the digital images of the doc
his creation Molineddu, the place where he lives
are also used as Bruno uses vegetable materials, to
and where he’s been hosting visual artists from all
show the connections and harmony between Bruno
over Sardinia for years. They are annual events that
and Molineddu.
often leave the works exposed to nature and the transformation that this generates.
This film is part of a combined programme with: Veio:
Since the 1970s Bruno has experimented with artistic
life as a work of art. Two beautiful films about artists.
solutions with vegetable materials, creating works
VEIO: LIFE AS A WORK OF ART Veio: life as a work of art is an intimate portrait of the Brazilian artist Veio. The documentary immerses into the particular universe of this self-taught artist in search of the questions that guide and move his artistic verve. The film follows this eccentric character and reveals a man who sees himself imbued with a mode of communication with the world that happens through art and builds - beyond products and works that can be interpreted from sensory aspects - his own life as a work of art. The film goes through Veio’s inspiring processes of creation from an essentially sensory tone,
SUN 15.30
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
André Lion
Portuguese
LENGTH
– with subtitles
15 minutes
VENUE Cinema 1
seeking to relate the different perceptions and experiments with the universe of people and ideas that circulate around this singular character. This film is part of a combined programme with: Vegetable skin. An interview. Two beautiful
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films about artists.
VIVA MATANZAS A “choreography of catastrophe”, centered on a naval battle that took place in 1628 (Cuba) between the Dutch and the Spaniards, a remarkable event the Dutch call the battle of the Zilvervloot: nobody died! But still, it was instrumental in the liberation from the Spaniards on two continents. A Spanish village commemorates this in a very peculiar manner. Viva Matanzas is directed by the Neil Armstrong of Popular Distortion, Dick Verdult a.k.a. Dick El Demasiado. This film is part of a combined programme with:
SAT 13.15
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Dick Verdult
Dutch, Spanish
LENGTH
– with subtitles
films, perfect to get completely immersed
50 minutes
VENUE
into the screen in an almost ‘’other-worldly’’
Cinema 1
experience.
Studies at Huningue / Basel or the tree to sleep. These are two refreshingly experimental
FRI 15.15
WANDERING IN THE WHITE
DIRECTOR
LANGUAGE
Two top orienteers from decades past
Otto Heikola
Finnish
travel to Lapland to set out on a four-day
LENGTH
– with subtitles
skiing expedition. But when the couple
28 minutes
VENUE Cinema 1
is struck by a blinding snowstorm in the wilderness, they are forced to make tough choices in life-threatening circumstances. The once-familiar trip turns into an impossible navigational task: which direction is the right one and how to find home when you can’t tell earth from sky? This film is part of a combined programme with: The night is black and the day is white and Finding Sid. A perfect combination to watch a little bit of everything at the festival. 55
EXHIBITIONS DOCFEED IS MORE THAN DOCUMENTARIES! STROLL AROUND OUR VENUE TO FIND EXHIBITIONS OF VIDEO ARTISTS, DESIGNERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS. CINEMA 2 IS OUR MAIN EXHIBIT ROOM, BUT YOU WILL FIND MORE WORK ALL AROUND OUR VENUE.
DOC INDUSTRY DAY 2020
12:30 – 13:30 Network lunch
After last year’s success, the DOC Industry Day
13:30 – 14:30 Masterclasses
returns on Friday the 14th of February with the
14:45 – 15:45 Masterclasses
central theme ‘Talent’. DOC Industry Day 2020
16:00 – 17:30 KONKAV speed dates & film
will focus on (young) filmmaking talent, the
17:30
Drinks
necessity of talent development programmes, the
latest
trends
in
the
MORE INFORMATION
documentary
industry and the various talent development
Parts of the programme will be in Dutch only.
programmes that the Netherlands has to offer.
Please take a look at our website for full details and tickets: docfeed.nl/docindustryday/
SCHEDULE 10:00 – 10:15 Opening
CREDITS
10:15 – 10:40 Keynote speaker
DOC Industry Day 2020 is hosted by DOCFEED,
10:40 – 11:30 Panel talk
Docwerk, Van Osch Films and KONKAV. This
11:45 – 12:30 Talent talks hosted by Pop Up
event was supported by the Netherlands Film
Cinema
Fund.
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IKYOSHIE
and the fact that life as a white, western woman
AKV|ST.JOOST
entails privileges.
Indianen, Native Americans, First Nations, Indígenas, Indians: these are several names for
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people I’m enormously interested in. There is
Daisy Roefs
a romanticized picture of them originated in my head. They are often portrayed as proud warriors with much spiritual wisdom. For me, they are the symbol of peace and freedom. They are the guardians of Mother Earth. Biased as I was, I wanted to explore their culture, and when I was looking for these people in Suriname I ended up in a world that was westernized. Everyone had phones, a job and a car. This is not what I expected. I wanted to question the image that has emerged around the colonial term ‘’Indians’’. My quest for their culture ended up as a search for myself, my western way of thinking and looking at the world around me. I became aware of myself
EMILY SALVIA
to give her viewer an intimate glimpse in the
Emily Salvia is a photographic series about
lives of others.
art student Luuk. Besides his study he works hard to pursue a career as a drag queen. Luuk
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identifies as gender queer. He is convinced
www.linseykuijpers.nl
that your personality does not depend on gender and doesn’t want to attach value to
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social features that come with a gender. Luuk
Linsey Kuijpers
sees drag as a form of expression that allows him to communicate with his public. His drag character is Emily Salvia. Linsey Kuijpers is a photographer from Breda who graduated from AKV|St.Joost in 2013. She has been active in the documentary field ever since. Through following the lives of her subjects for a longer period of time she is able
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BUS STOP IN MISSISSIPPI
LITTLE EFFORT
I left my luggage, took my analogue camera
Meyrem Altuntepe,
and got out of the greyhound bus, just like all
(spatial/graphic design), graduated in 2019
the black passengers did. Again another bus
with her project Little effort.
stop during my journey through the south
A large group of young children in The
part America.
Netherlands
are
alumni AKV|St.Joost
translating
the
Dutch
language for their parents or family on a Click.
daily basis. The kids think that it’s little effort, but indirectly they maintain the important
An ambulance and in the distance a wooden
things of the family to get through the day.
sign with a painted cross.
With this important task the unsuspecting kids connect worlds in many ways.
In the reflection of a window I saw iron rings
By sharing their stories the young translators
hanging from a tree and suddenly I noticed
talk
where I was, a place in Mississippi where the
encounters and positive experiences of their
KKK killed three young activists in 1964, two
daily task. For these kids I designed an award
white boys and one black. Shot dead and
as a small gesture for their big responsibility,
buried somewhere in the swamp.
so they finally get the recognition they
about
their
responsibilities,
deserve. Click.
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Click.
www.studiomeyrem.nl In 1988 Alan Parker made the film Mississippi Burning about this story, starring Gene
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Hackman. By coincident I stopped at this
Meyrem Altuntepe
place and took pictures. This photo exhibition tells this short story in a documentary-esque way. I ask myself, what has changed through the years?
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funny
LOSING IT
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Zoë Sluijs
Zoë Sluijs is currently working on a photo book in which she challenges the arrogance that some people seem to have regarding their understanding of the world. Because, let’s be honest, no one really understands it and we probably never will. Zoë aims to expand the restrictive way of thinking that we all seem to accept. The photographs shown during the exhibition will tell the story of someone who loses their understanding of reality. But in her dazed state of mind she manages to find the one thing that might bring her closer to reality than she has ever been. Her doubts.
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QUITE NORMAL
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Aline’s art is about the human psyche and
www.alineeikelboom.com
in particular things people experience as unusual. She wants to plead for a world in
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which psychological labels don’t exist. She
Aline Eikelboom
believes that we have to celebrate madness and open ourselves up to people who are mentally ‘’different’’ than ourselves. Quite
normal
-
We
seek
patterns
and
logic to understand our world. We don’t like
abnormality nor surprises. As long as
everything follows the familiar road, we are happy. Anyone who leaves this familiar road is stigmatized. He will be stereotyped, because other people judge he deviates their norm. He experiences a psychic world that differs the common. His world does not exist for an outsider. In his world craziness rules.
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SEARCHING FOR PALM TREES IN A CONCRETE JUNGLE
THE SMALLEST ROOM Have you ever been to a toilet that looked
AKV|ST.JOOST
like a museum? The series The smallest
In the Netherlands we always try to predict,
room gives a unique insight into Dutch
organise and plan everything perfectly.
private loos. Perla van Kessel noticed that
That’s boring. We almost forget how to
lots of people decorate their toilets. Why
be spontaneous and free. We’ve become
do we allow more silliness in this room
a society where we are always busy with
comparing to other rooms? To answer this
efficiency and rushing as fast as possible to
question Perla decided to photograph these
our destinations.
‘’poop palaces’’ and interview the owners.
I hope to encourage those who see my work
Perla van Kessel is a photographer/designer
to stand still more often and look around.
fascinated by everyday objects and the way
Perhaps climb that tree you’re passing
we interact with them.
every day when going to work. And break your routines.
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CREDITS Joy Heijnen
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WATCHING FILMS IS ALLOWED SCENES FROM FOUR AKV|ST.JOOST GRADUATION FILMS WILL BE PLAYED AT DOCFEED IN A CONTINUOUS LOOP FOR THE PUBLIC TO WATCH AND ENGAGE IN TOGETHER WITH THE STUDENTS
BENJAMIN VAN DER HOEK – DAD
to catch their relationship on camera. Through
AKV|ST.JOOST
interviews and various activities I want to show
Benjamin van der Hoek is a 27-year old
the complexity, strength, humor and beauty of
documentary maker who graduates this year
their bond. I aspire to show how valuable and
from AKV|St.Joost. ‘’Since I lost my own father
unique the father and son are to each other,
in 2003, the relationships between other
with always the loss of my own father in the
fathers and sons always piqued my interest.
back of my head.’’
I’m often curious of how their relationship has developed and grown, especially now that
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I’ve reached an age where a father and son
Benjamin van der Hoek
usually become two individual men with their own believes and ways at looking at life. Often I wonder what the relationship with my father would be like and how much we’d be alike after all these years. Therefore I decided to take a closer look at other fathers and sons and try
CLEO JULIA MULLIS & JUUP LUIJTEN AWAITING A TITLE
families have been living in an AZC for ten
AKV|ST.JOOST
time they have been ‘waiting’ for their lives to
Awaiting a title is a short experimental film
start. We are in the process of finalising the film
starring Elina, Daniël, Parmida Tina, Kevin,
and are very curious about the opinions of the
Unsin, Misha, Mohamed, Achmed, Hasana,
audience at DOCFEED 2020. Come watch the
Hosna, Eyob, Zohra, Banen, Sara and Louay.
scenes on the second floor!
years and have built up their lives here. All this
This film was created this summer where theatermaker Juup Luijten, filmmaker Cleo
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Julia Mullis and word-artist Hind Eljadid spent
Cleo Julia Mullis, Juup Luijten
a week working with children and young people from AZC Gilze. We worked around the themes of identity, waiting and dreaming. In the end, two video clips, daily scenes, dreamy sequences and interviews where made and put together in an experimental documentary. We want the viewer to realise that many
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ELINE VAN DER KAA - THE TRAVELLERS
to give their lives a meaning. A portrait of the
AKV|ST.JOOST
simple life, sometimes tender, sometimes
My documentary is a portrait of a traditional
hard. During Docfeed I will show one of my
Dutch family from the underclass of society.
scenes.
The originally travelers’ family lives in a citizen’s home, as they call it. The family
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consists of Anna and Pedro, who form the
Eline van der Kaa
basis of the family. They live together with their two daughters, Johanna (15) and Noëlla (10). They spend their days smoking cigarettes on the couch and philosophising about what to eat for diner. Meanwhile, their daughters live in their own world of experience: they struggle with boredom, teenage problems, friends and love. The family dreams of a different life, while they are stuck on the couch. There is love, there is sorrow, a dog runs around, the potatoes must be peeled. Waiting for a different future seems
STIJN PRUIJSEN - AKASHA
and therefore cannot be communicated to
AKV|ST.JOOST
others through language. By creating an
Follow the inner journey of a young man
audiovisual experience I try to communicate
through the mystical realms of the universe.
this mystical feeling. In the mystic experience
The journey starts after he drinks ayahuasca, a
you will realise every person has his own
sacred brew from the Amazone. The effect of
struggle, but in essence we all want the same
ayahuasca is similar to intense dreams in which
thing: oneness.
deep-rooted patterns, fears and memories arise.
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Through a point-of-view, you step into the skin
Stijn Pruijsen
of the participant and from his eyes you can see how he takes the drink and thus embarks on his journey. When the participant closes his eyes, he sees dreamlike visions in his mind. When the participant opens his eyes he observes the ayahuasca ceremony. This layer consists of a staged ceremony with actual counselors and emotional processes. Mystical experiences transcend the linguistic
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