Doc Next at IDFA – the DVD

A special DVD has been released for the IDFA industry and audience, including:

01. Draw me a crisis (Greece/Albania) by Alketa Ramaj.
What crisis looks like according to Greek people. (02’35)

02. Tron -15M version (Spain) by Felipe G. Gil. A political video remixing footage of the recent Spanish revolution the digital era and the film ‘Tron’. (05’46)

03. Guilty Until Proven Innocent (UK) by Mahmoud Ali, Samar Ibrahim, Danyal Laskar, Abdirahman Ahmed, Masooma Hussein, Bilan Yussof, Mazida Khan and Osman Yaqub. While listening to Hashi Omar’s story first-hand, viewers are challenged to consider their responses to media headlines. (03’52)

04. I’m looking for someone (Poland) by Janusz Kojro. Every month 3000 people try to track down a passed stranger on Polish internet portals. (03’23)

05. Political brands, empty words (Spain) by Rocío Trejo Zamorano. Political video remix of brands and words, related to politics. (01’24)

06. Narrated by Athens (Greece) by Firuze Karaoglu. A short film addressing the current critical situation in Athens. (02’01)

07. Media Deception (UK) by Zarah Kanwal, Fatima Patel, Tayyaba Malik, Rumana All, Nasaybah Hussain and Khadeejah Bepari. A short film revealing how young muslims in Great Britain perceive the role of the media. (02’50)

08. Brothers (Poland) by Emi Mazurkiewicz. An intimate portrait of two little boys, filmed by their sister. (06‘15)

09. Ece’esque (Turkey) by Bahar Demirkan, Okyar Igli, Hayati Kose, Morteza Moghaddam. The women from Çanakkale who had inspired Ece Ayhan’s poems give multiple meanings to the city. (06’36)

10. Launderette (UK) by Alex Nevill. Short reflective documentary revolving around the late night inhabitants of a launderette. (09’16)

11. Dear Brother Sakir (Turkey) by Ozge Yesilcimen, Bora Balbey, Bade Selcuk and Caner Kececi. About Sakir Turker, the beloved and fatherly owner of Sakir’s Place, a cafe which has turned into one of Çanakkale’s symbols in Turkey. (05’47)

12. It ’s a Hard Knock Life (UK) by Gavin Vout. Young filmmaker Gavin Vout talks about the difficulties he faces as a young gay man. (02’44)

13. Mo & Jo fighting for the troops (UK) by Jim Birkett, Mike Howard Mo and Jo, the lovely older English couple send personal letters and parcels to UK soldiers who are involved in long-term foreign military missions their support. (07’32)

14. Ebb and Tide (Turkey, Czech Republic) by Akile Nazli Kaya. A personal story challenging existing imagery of Turks in Europe. (10’38)

15. Wires (UK) by Jacob Dwyer. A man is trying to collect his memory on a rooftop via a wire full of photographs: did the photographs prompt his memory or become his memory? (07’35)

16. Gulo (Georgia) by Elene Asatiani, Mirek Koranda, Sophia Tabatadze, Eliane Esther Bots. An exploration of the subject of life and death in Georgia. (14’59)

17. Epidermis (Spain) by Alfonso Alcalá Olmo. Dedicated to all people that are the happy owners of a beauty that is multiple, alternative or fragmented. (02’16)

18. View from my window, 1968-1979 chronicles (Poland) Katarzyna Nalewajka, UlaKlimek, Milosz Hermanowicz, Kamil Radziszewski and Jakub Piatek. A photo remix of 40 pictures taken by the late Polish photographer Mariusz Hermanowicz from an apartment building on People’s Army Street 23. (01’50)

19. Chiatura, my pride (Georgia) by Stephanie Endter, Maxim Kuzmenko, Lisa Muller, Ulrike Penk, Kajetan Tadrowski. About the workers of the extraordinary transport system of Chiatura and how it relates to the city’s character. (12’57)

20. Hairminator (Georgia) by Data Chigholashvi, Salome Joglidze, Birgit Kuch. A short film capturing the daily life customs and ambitions of barbers in Georgia. (14’16)

All films are in the Doc Next media collection on Vimeo.

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