FAREWELL IN TOP 10 OF BEST VIEWED PROGRAMS AT IDFA / DOCS FOR SALE 2009
FAREWELL tells the story of Lady Grace Drummond-Hay, the only female passenger on the first journey around the world of the Graf Zeppelin in 1929.
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20 YEARS AGO THE BERLIN WALL WAS TORN DOWN - VIEW EPISODES OF THE SERIES "BERLIN 20" ON FOUR YOUTHS BORN ON NOVEMBER 9, 1989 HERE
“Grow up, my dear girl. Grow up into a free and emancipated person. You are a newborn, as are all of us at this time. You were swept along by life. We ourselves can hardly recognize the world. We will have to learn to walk again. Let us learn together.”
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Kessel's Eye
Erik Kessels (1966) is co-founder of the unconventional advertising agency KesselsKramer, graphic designer, curator but moreover he is a passionate photo collector, which he exhibits in books.
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Backlight: I am Gurgaon- The new Urban India
The shining facades of Gurgaon, a satellite city of New Delhi, are symbols of India’s unparalleled economic growth. Gurgaon was built at the turn of this century by the largest project developers in the world. A village 15 years ago, has now grown into a city of 1,4 million inhabitants, but with little or no infrastructure. How viable is this new type of city?
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Backlight: Metropolis- Coming to the City
Andala, Maria, Nick and Dong Bing live in four different continents, but they all have one thing in common: they have decided to start a new life in the big city. For six months, the four newcomers are followed by our local Metropolis video correspondents.
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Backlight: Grand Paris- The Architect and the President
French president Sarkozy not only wants to see a prestigious building built in his name - like his predecessors - but he wants to shape the future of Paris in its entirety.
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Banking the Unbanked
Is microfinance the answer to poverty? We follow two young ambitious Gambian bankers in their attempts to make Reliance into a steady microfinance institution. Will they succeed in this interesting and expanding market?
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Connecting Delta Cities
This film explores the impacts of global warming on coastal cities. As the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland melt, sea levels rise. This poses significant challanges and requires action on the part of coastal cities like Jakarta, Rotterdam, New York and Alexandria.
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Displaced
What moves Western aid-workers to go to the most remote, inhospitable and dangerous places in the world to help other people? What are their true motives and can they really make a difference?
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From Moscow to Magadan
In this entertaining series 'From Moscow to Magadan' author and host Jelle Brandt Corstius travels around modern Russia and its satellite states in a quest for authentic and interesting stories that dominate the lives of ordinary Russians today.
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The Fine art of Seduction
They are called PUA’s. Pick Up Artists. The Casanova’s of the disco, guys who effortlessly wind the cutest girls around their fingers, night after night, day after day. Meanwhile, thousands of young men worldwide wonder how they do this. Why don’t the PUA’s start to blush and sweat like they do, and why do they always know the right thing to say?
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School for Reality TV
The Dutch created the first formats for reality shows. Ever since, many ordinary people want to have their 15 minutes of fame and apply for a reality show. In New York the School for Reality TV runs courses to prep the perfect candidate.
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Stayin' Alive in Jo'burg
Johannesburg is the largest economic metropolis in Africa. Downtown Johannesburg, however, is one of the world’s most violent places. Most office buildings have been vacated or squatted and are occupied by several groups of illegal Africans from neighbouring countries. Thousands of fortune seekers are trying to build a new life in this anarchist urban jungle.
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Erwin Olaf: On Beauty and Fall
Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf is on the threshold of an important year: his most recent photographic series, Hope, Grief and Rain appear to have given him an international breakthrough and, for the first time, major international museums are showing an interest.
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NEW TITLE: Flow
Flow is a 9-part TV series about ten, talented young artists in pursuit of their dream. They are fighting for a place in the established music industry, while trying to remain true to their own artistic integrity; their own flow.
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IN DEVELOPMENT: Papa Frank (Trailer availible online!)
After returning from Auschwitz, Otto Frank, the only survivor of the family, is confronted with Anne’s diary. He renews ties with his daughter by reading it.
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SHOUT!
Born on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, best friends Ezat and Bayan are given the chance to study in their parents’ homeland: Syria. Shout is a film about their search for adventure and a sense of belonging in one of the world’s most persistent conflict zones.
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NOVA: Afghanistan
NOVA's cameraman Joris Hentenaar and reporter Tom Kleijn traveled to the Afghan province of Paktika, in the mountainous border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan. In this region Taliban fighters are entering Afghanistan along so-called infiltration routes or 'ratlines.'
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NEWS ON LOCKERBIE ! VIEW NEW FACTS ON THE CASE HERE
On the 28th of April 2009 the Lockerbie was re-opened, as the Libyan man who is convicted for life imprisonment for the mass murder of 270 people, will get a second appeal as there might have been a miscarriage of justice. The Libyan man, called Al -Megrahi, has been diagnosed with cancer, which has spread through out his body. As the appeal is expected to last for a year, time is running out for him.
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In Europe: Travels through the Twentieth Century
Film director Roel van Broekhoven and best-selling historian Geert Mak take us on a grand tour through 20th century Europe. By train, car and boat, they literally flow the tracks of time, through the century, through the continent; starting off in fin de siecle Vienna, past Madrid and Volgograd, the bunkers of Berlin, the toy-cars left behind by the children of Chernobyl, ending at the ruins of Sarajevo.
They show beautiful archive material and listen to the experiences of witnesses: writers and politicians, a farmer in the Pyrenees, the grandson of the German Emperor, dozens of ordinary people whose lives have been influenced by the larger historical events. Basques, Silesians and Serbs. We are all part of Europe, but we each have our own story and our own identity.
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'Grown in Detroit' wins the award for 'Best Documentary' at The Austin Film Festival and the 'Special Jury Award for its social values' at The Urban TV Festival in Madrid.
'Backlight: Lockerbie revisited' wins Prix Europa
Backlight: Lockerbie Revisited (director Gideon Levy) has won the Prix d'Europe for best documentary in the category current affairs. read more >
Man or woman? The mystery of sportswoman Foekje Dillema
With regards to the rumours about athlete Caster Semenya, NPO Sales presents a new documentary: The mystery of sportswoman Foekje Dillema. She was faster than fourfold Olympic champion Fanny Blankers-Koen, but in the 1940's this Dutch female athlete was accussed of being a man, and was forced to undergo a sex test. Was she a man or a woman? read more >
Raw wins 'Best Short' at Ecofilm/Rhodos filmfestival 2009
The film Raw, by Anneloeck Sollart has been awarded the first prize in the category Best Short at the Ecofilm/Rhodos International Film+Visual Arts Festival in Greece. The jury awarded the film "For highlighting with sensitivity the world of a very special child and for encouraging through the film the discussion on important social issues". read more >
Carmen meets Borat wins Golden Centaur award
Carmen meets Borat has been awarded with the Golden Centaur for Best Film at the Message to Man Film Festival 2009 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. read more >
REEF WINS AWARD AT CHILDREN'S Film Festival
The puppetry film “Reef” by Eric Steegstra has been awarded at the 11th Mo&Friese Children’s ShortFilmFestival 2009 in Hamburg. The film has won the Friese award, which is the award in the categorie 4+ and 6+. read more >
PAUL AND THE DRAGON WINS AWARD AT YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
The film, made by Dutch animation producer ilLuster Productions, was awarded with the 'Hermina Tyrlova Award' for Young Artists on the Film Festival Zlin 2009 (Cz) read more >