The story of British war-queen Boudica has been passed down the generations. Set against watercolors the film looks at Boudica the woman. What motivated her to keep her freedom and what does her story mean to us now?
AlieNation
Laura Lehmus, Dirk Böll
DE
2014,
06’14
An animated short about puberty, based on real life interviews with teenagers.
Embryo
Emma Thorsander
SE
2014,
13’45
Based on intimate interviews with five women who had an abortion the film tells stories about choosing or being forced and evokes thoughts about how things could have been and why abortion is still a taboo.
Johannes – Vergib uns unsere Schuld / Johannes – Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Friederike Lenz
CH
2014,
07’26
As a 17-year old neo-Nazi Johannes beat Peter D. to death. Having served his prison sentence he now speaks openly about how he came to kill someone.
Kouzelníci / Wizards
Yana Shevchenko
CZ
2014,
06’45
Do you believe in miracles? Maybe you have to, when you’re a child in a Russian orphanage.
76 - 49
Julija Proskurina
UA
2014,
02’42
A plane. A rocket. Just a few seconds more and they will all turn into birds.
Anafim Shvurim / Broken Branches
Ayala Sharot
IL
2014,
25’29
Michal Rechter was only fourteen when she left her home in Poland on the eve of World War II and traveled to Israel by herself. Her family was supposed to join her the following year, but the outbreak of the war changed everything.
