The Documentary Winter Festival

An international program with about 20 movies, short and full feature films.

Braguino (followed by Les Indes Galantes)
France, Finland - 2017

06:00pm

In the middle of the Siberian taiga, 700 km from the smallest village, two families are settled, the Braguine and the Kiline. No roads lead there. They live in autarcy, according to their own rules and principles. In the middle of the village: a barrier. The two families refuse to talk to each other. On an island of the river, another community is built by the children, free, unpredictable, fierce. Between fear of the other, wild beasts and the joy offered by the immensity of the forest, is played here a cruel tale in which tension and fear draw the geography of an ancestral conflict. In original version with French subtitles.

Followed by a discussion with Saïda Kasmi (BueBird Distribution).

Les Indes Galantes
Adaptation of a short part of the ballet Les Indes galantes by Jean-Philippe Rameau, with the help of a group of Krump dancers. The Krump is a dance born in the ghettos of Los Angeles in the 90s. Its birth results from riots and the brutal police repression that followed the beating of Rodney King.

Raving Iran
Germany, Iran - 2016

09:00pm

ChÃ¢teau de Grignan

Anoosh and Arash, aka "Blade and Beard" (!), are two DJs of Tehran's underground house scene. But in Iran, "Western" music, considered a tool of Satan, is forbidden. Without prospects and at their own risk, Anoosh and Arash decide to program a rave party in the desert ... Circulating the news without being caught asks for an organization worthy of a spy film ... In original version with French subtitles

Making this film was a challenge: I filmed without permission, just with a tourist visa. My intention was to give a face and a voice to a certain Iranian youth and to show the heterogeneity of this society. Susanne Regina Meures

Saturday, 27th January 2018

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The Documentary Winter Festival