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THE PICKERS

Germany, Greece, Portugal 2024 – Director: Elke Sasse



All types of fruit and vegetables are available to us year round – but the effects on the workers who make this possible are ignored. Their picking speed is more important than their living conditions. It quickly becomes clear that Europe is dictated to by the market and not by the people. In THE PICKERS, the camera reveals endless swathes of farmland and the people who suffer for our luxury. Katharina Dolles

 

Biography

In her films, Elke Sasse often deals with global and socio-political themes such as the connections between trade policy and migration. Sasse has won several international awards, including the Prix Europa 2016 for her film #MYESCAPE. 

OUR LAND, OUR FREEDOM#

Germany, Kenya, Portugal, United States 2023

https://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/films/our-land-our-freedom



In search of the remains of her father, the Kenyan Mau Mau freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi, his daughter Wanjugu meets her father’s former comrades-in-arms. To this day, the veterans are still waiting for the return of their dispossessed land by the Kenyan government and the former colonial power of Great Britain. Wanjugu strives to continue her parents’ fight for freedom and justice. Barbara Off

 

Biography

Kenyan filmmaker and editor Zippy Kimundu completed a Master's degree at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She founded Afrofilms International: a women-led film and TV production company and creative collective in Kenya.

Meena Nanji is a Kenyan filmmaker who produces, writes and shoots documentary films and experimental videos. She also organises and curates film screenings and festivals.

Petra Lataster-Czisch und Peter Lataster ist die Hommage des DOK.fest 2024 gewidmet. Die feinfühlige Annäherung an ihre Protagonist*innen ist Dreh- und Angelpunkt ihrer Arbeit. Im Gespräch mit den beiden geht Filmemacherin Rebecca Zehr auf eine Spurensuche, wie diese Nähe überhaupt entstehen kann, was Vertrauen auf einem Film-Set bedeutet und wie Privates und Berufliches sich vermutlich nie ganz trennen lässt.



Biografie

Petra Lataster-Czisch wurde in der DDR in Dessau geboren. Sie arbeitet als Drehbuchautorin und Regisseurin. 

Peter Lataster, geboren in den Niederlanden, ist als Kameramann tätig. Gemeinsam bilden sie seit 1989 ein Filmteam. Mit Lataster Films gründeten sie 2001 ihre eigene Produktionsfirma.

EINHUNDERTVIER

Germany 2023 – Director: Jonathan Schörnig



104 refugees, 80 minutes, 6 cameras shooting in parallel. This sea rescue in real-time unfolds over a gruellingly long period of time. Eventually all the refugees from the overloaded, rapidly deflating dinghy are on board the “Eleonore”. Meticulously documented and told entirely from the point of view of the rescue team, this film demonstrates the urgency of humanitarian operations in the Mediterranean. 

 

Biography

Leipzig-born director Jonathan Schörnig gained early experience in television and film. In 2015, he graduated as a media designer for image/sound and won the FineX trainee award. He then worked as a cameraman and is currently studying at the Bauhaus University in Weimar.

A dialogue on decolonisation between Africa and Europe



In a panel discussion following the film THE EMPTY GRAVE, we brought together the common threads of the four African Encounters films. With the filmmakers from Africa and Europe, we will discuss their views on colonial history. How does colonialism continue to shape our relationship today? And what does the reworking of history have to do with change and progress?



Panelists:

Cece Mlay (co-director THE EMPTY GRAVE), TanzaniaCece Mlay is a Tanzanian director and works as a creative supervisor at the production company Kijiweni Productions in Dar es Salaam. THE EMPTY GRAVE, co-directed with Agnes Lisa Wegener, is her documentary feature film debut.



Agnes Lisa Wegner (co-director THE EMPTY GRAVE), GermanyAgnes Lisa Wegner lives in Mannheim, Germany. She studied American and African-American Studies and Film Studies in Berlin and at Harvard University.



Zippy Kimundu (co-director OUR LAND, OUR FREEDOM), KenyaKenyan filmmaker and editor Zippy Kimundu completed a Master’s degree at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. She founded Afrofilms International: a women-led film and TV production company and creative collective in Kenya.

 

Lieven Courthouts (director THIS IS MY MOMENT), BelgiumLieven Corthouts is a self-taught filmmaker who travelled the world before living in Ethiopia for 10 years, during which time the two feature documentaries MY FUTURE and LITTLE HEAVEN were made. Together with academy award winning director Orlando von Einsiedel he made the Netflix documentary CONVERGENCE: COURAGE IN A CRISIS.



Raoul Bagopha (expert Misereor), Germany/CameroonDr. Raoul Bagopha comes from Cameroon, studied political science and works in the International Cooperation Department of the Episcopal agency Misereor. There he is involved in various working groups on the topic of decolonization.

SHAHID

Germany 2024 – Director: Narges Kalhor



Nomadic cinema that tells marvellous stories. What if your surname Shahid means martyr, incorporates generations of political traumas and seems to be getting in the way of your future? Are the hurdles bureaucratic or personal? Which are your own and which belong to others? SHAHID is an artistically interwoven film about a post-migrant family history and about the freedom to transcend genre boundaries in filmmaking. 

 

Biography

Narges Kalhor, born in Tehran, is studying film in her home country and at HFF Munich. She does cross-media work with art installations and experimential storytelling in film.