• 13,5 km
    Markus Siebler, DE 2010, 16'

    Xaver Neumeier gives a frank and moving account of events during the final days of the war in his Bavarian village. Shots of him are interspersed with pictures of the idyllic surroundings, in which nothing seems reminiscent of that terrible period. During one of the infamous death marches, about 1,000 concentration camp prisoners stopped for two days in the village. When they moved on, the 14-year-old had to follow them with a horse and cart. Two feet from him they are picking up prisoners who have just been shot dead.

    Marcus Siebler, born 1981 in Bavaria. Fascinated by film and theatre since childhood. In 2003 he opened his own videotheque.

  • Kniephofstrasse 34
    Erika Irmler, CH 2011, 40'

    Erika Irmler wants to know more about what her father and his family did during the Second World War – and why he left Berlin in 1961 to live in Barcelona. And he has hardly ever spoken about the death of her mother. She questions relatives in Spain and Germany, and confronts her father with the past by visiting him in Berlin. Her father begins to cooperate, if reluctantly, and reveals more about his own father than about himself. The film describes a reconciliation that leaves many questions unanswered.

    Erika Irmler was born in 1973 in Spain, her father German, her mother Spanish. She studied graphic design at the Escola Massana in Barcelona and during this period became increasingly interested in photography. In 1998 she moved to Geneva to continue her studies at the University of Art and Design where she gained a Master’s degree in documentary film in 2007. She lives and works in Geneva.

  • Wycieczka / The Trip
    Bartosz Kruhlik, PL 2010, 13'

    Thirteen-year-old Asia goes out for the day with her grandfather. They take the motor-scooter, and Asia is allowed to drive. They stop in meadows and by the woods, Asia’s grandfather teaches her a knife trick and they talk or are silent. He remarks that she has increasingly little time for outings with him. They spend the whole day together, from morning until dusk. This is a meeting between a grandfather and his adolescent granddaughter, between two generations for whom time means different things.

    Bartosz Kruhlik was born in 1985 in Lubsko, Poland. He finished Secondary Art School in Zielona Góra and the Film College in Wrocław. He is currently studying at the Directing Department of the Film School in Łódź. His first documentary film “Tomorrow …” received almost 40 Polish awards.

  • Miles Apart
    Ling Lee, GB 2011, 43'

    Laomao and his wife Meizi work in Peking as wedding photographers. Twelve years ago they left their children with their grandparents in the country and went to earn the money for their education. When their daughter Ying Ying moves in with them after leaving school they have become almost strangers. Ying Ying makes no effort to look for a job. Their son Lei Lei does no school work. The film observes the family over several weeks. An intimate look at the generation clash in China, a rapidly developing country where many families from rural areas are broken up in this way.

    Ling Lee, born in Berlin, worked as a graphic designer and photographer before moving to Edinburgh where she graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2007. Before starting her MA in Documentary Direction in 2009 she lived in Italy and Argentina, where she worked as a filmmaker and editor. She’s now based in London and is developing more projects to be shot in China. Her main interest is in telling human stories with a particular focus on crossover-cultures. She recently won the One World Media Award 2011 for her documentary “Miles Apart”.

European Competition bloc 2 (Neubrandenburg)

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 - 10:00 - 12:00
Kino Latücht
Neubrandenburg
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