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99 Beautiful
/ 99 Beautiful
The video’s title was inspired by the ›99 names of Allah‹ described by his countless attributes as his most beautiful names and translated from the Koran as descriptions of characteristics. Turkish first names often bear a direct reference to everyday language and to the world – for example, they mean dawn, earth and rain but also longing, war and peace.The protagonists set up a personal reference to the respective meaning of their names, offering the viewer an intimate encounter in their individual stories – ›I am Ümit – hope‹ represents a generally and universally valid personification of a feeling and, at the same time, a personal introduction of the person in the video.
Director/author: Tessa Knapp
Germany 2010
Film & Video Video 17 min.
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Druhý život (Secondlife)
/ Secondlife
The whole world will one day be downloaded into a single communications network. People no longer have to travel to orient themselves in the world to meet other people.We will be able to sit on this planet where they only want a whole human experience they can trigger on the computer. The question is whether history is approaching its end, or vice versa, whether we are standing on the threshold of a completely new era.We are no longer residents of one city or one country.
Director/author: Peter Kovácik
Slovakia 2010
Film & Video Video 18 min.
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Servants of Mercy
/ Servants of Mercy
Fern Silva's piece ›Servants of Mercy‹ is a poetic assemblage of religious rites performed in Portugal, depicting religious pilgrims with an intimate objectivity that allowed the viewer to approach the film with curious awe.
Director/author: Fern Silva
Portugal 2010
Film & Video 16 mm 14 min.
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Sidewalk Stories
/ Sidewalk Stories
The story starts from the day I came to Germany in 2008. Walking through the days finding and collecting founded objects on the streets that stimulate memories. Questioning myself, who I was and who I am, in a new place, where the way people survive in their society is really different.A story that comes as an endless diary.
Director/author: Rizki R. Utama
Germany 2010
Film & Video Video 9 min.
