A Haircut for the Hina Doll – dir. Minoru Mizoguchi

Original Film Title: お雛様のヘアカット

Director’s Name: Minoru Mizoguchi

Writer’s Name: Minoru Mizoguchi

Producer: Tomoyuki Sagawa

Country of Origin: Japan

Country of Filming: Japan

Language: Japanese

Runtime: 29 minutes 50 seconds

Film Description:

The man who is an assistant hairstylist makes an effort to keep his promise by cutting his first love’s hair as his first customer. But she has little time to live due to her severe illness.

Venezia e Musica – dir. Claudio Piovesana

Original Film Title: Venezia e Musica

Director’s Name: Claudio Piovesana

Writer’s Name: Claudio Piovesana

Producer: Claudio Piovesana

Country of Origin: Italy

Country of Filming: Italy

Language: Italian

Runtime: 2 hours 10 minutes

Film Description:

The history of Venetian music through the centuries from the end of the 14th century to the contemporary age: the author guides us through the city and its architecture explaining the music performed with the testimonies and interpretations of famous musicians.
The narration is enriched by the image of places related to the history of music and precious collections of old musical intruments which have played an important role in creating Venetian music.

summer pack – dir. Ballal Salem

Original Film Title: صرة الصيف

Director’s Name: Ballal Salem

Writer’s Name: Lamghayfri Nayma

Producer: Said Zribiaa

Country of Origin: Morocco

Country of Filming: Morocco

Language: Arabic

Runtime: 1 hour 3 minutes

Film Description:

“In the desert of Morocco… the characters of this film chose to live in isolation from the city and its society; Harmonious with difficult environmental conditions, they take pleasure in speaking to the Creator far from creation in boundless spaces…”

Sober Together – dir. Fabian Schmalenbach

Original Film Title: Gemeinsam Nüchtern

Director’s Name: Fabian Schmalenbach

Producer: Matthias Greving

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming: Germany

Language: German

Runtime: 1 hour 56 minutes 44 seconds

Film Description:

Near Cölbe, a small town near Marburg, idyllically secluded between fields, lies the Fleckenbühl farm – a self-help facility where addicted people have the opportunity to start a drug-free life.

Dimitris Skyllas: AFTERPOP – dir. Dimitrios Zivopoulos

Original Film Title: Dimitris Skyllas: AFTERPOP

Director’s Name: Dimitrios Zivopoulos

Writer’s Name: Dimitrios Zivopoulos

Producer: Elena Choremi

Country of Origin: Greece

Country of Filming: Greece, United Kingdom

Language: English, Modern Greek (1453-)

Runtime: 54 minutes

Film Description:

Who is more pop, Madonna or Beethoven?

From the Greek mountains to BBC’s grand stages, the 35-year-old provocative composer Dimitrios Skyllas reveals the secrets of today’s music-making. The sacred musician, the party freak, and all the life in-between. A visionary gesture to break the stereotypes of classical music in our fast, pop-consuming universe.

Heroes of the Sea – dir. York Hovest, Katrin Eigendorf, Sabine Streich

Original Film Title: Helden der Meere

Director’s Name: York Hovest, Katrin Eigendorf, Sabine Streich

Writer’s Name: York Hovest

Producer: York Hovest

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming: Gabon, Germany, Haiti, Mexico, Portugal, Thailand, United States

Language: English, German

Runtime: 1 hour 12 minutes 52 seconds

Film Description:

What we need most urgently today are solutions.
From climate change to illegal fishing. From the death of corals to the global plastic pollution in our oceans. York Hovest finds real heroes around the world who impressively show us how to implement solutions. Heroes of the Sea is not just a cautionary appeal to humanity through shocking images. Rather, this film illustrates the positive message that we can all do something.

Mshakht. A journey – dir. Valeria Fabris

Original Film Title: Mshakht. A journey

Director’s Name: Valeria Fabris

Producer: Luca Chiavinato

Country of Origin: Italy

Country of Filming: Iraq

Language:

Runtime: 1 hour 1 minute 26 seconds

Film Description:

The Ensemble Mshakht, active since 2017, reflects the musical part of the ONG Walking Arts-Art, Culture & Heritage, founded in Iraq to promote the social development of artistic expression among new generations.
In June 2021, 30 members of the Mshakht’s Ensemble from various areas of Iraq, gathered in Sulaymaniya-Irak on a 5-day retreat.
Within the walls of the Deir Maryam Al-Adhra monastery, their 2nd CD was recorded and later post-produced in Italy, in collaboration with the New Landscapes Quartet.

The Full Moon’s Selfie – dir. Natalia Girlina

Original Film Title: The Full Moon’s Selfie

Director’s Name: Natalia Girlina

Producer: Natalia Girlina

Country of Origin: Russian Federation

Country of Filming: Russian

Runtime: 1 hour 1 minute 26 seconds

Film Description:

“Transformation of a woman during pregnancy. Actual answers of the present. Women’s tools and the process of self-identification.”