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Chandani - The Daughter of the Elephant Whisperer
The destiny of 16-years-old Chandani from Sri Lanka is closely bound to a little injured elephant, who has been taken in the elephant orphan hospital of the Pinnawela National Park. If she succeeds in feeding the animal, her father - the main mahout of the elephant hospital and known as elephant whisperer thoughout the whole country – will teach her to be the first female mahout in Sri Lanka. If she fails and the animal dies, she will have to bury her dream, not being able to fulfill the mahout tradition of her family.
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Beloved Berlin Wall
A romantic comedy by Peter Timm.
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The Orange Girl
Based on the novel by Jostein Gaarder, THE ORANGE GIRL is a poetic love story with existential dimensions, told in an almost mythical form.
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Turtle - The Incredible Journey
A feature length documentary that follows the epic round-the-world journey of a baby loggerhead turtle.
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Dharavi - Slum for Sale
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Zion and his Brother
The story of 14 year old Zion and his older brother whose tight relationship reaches a critical point after they cause a horrible accident. Against the humdrum backdrop of a dreary suburb in the Israeli port city of Haifa, the two brothers are challenged by tough questions of morality and loyalty, jealousy and coming of age.
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Buick Riviera
On a fateful night Bosniak Hasan and Serb Vuko meet on a deserted road in the central part of the U.S. An incomprehensible force makes them spend the next 24 hours together, which triggers a psychological game of mutual accusations that will change their lives forever, just like the war and the post war period they fled from.
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Hidden Faces
Zühre (18) has “soiled” the honour of her family, whereupon the family council decides on her death. The honour killing fails. 5 years later her uncle Ali tries again to execute the death sentence. Shame never ends.
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Mr. Average
Jalil cannot believe it. The day he wins the final of the TV game “Mr. Average”, a wonderful young woman falls into his arms and his life starts to look like a dream come true. So how could he have imagined that his new beloved Claire is a young actress whose mission is to deceive him through seduction and then share her life with him.
However for the actress, the challenge turns out to be more difficult than she originally thought. While living the lie, she starts to get very confused about her convictions and her feelings…
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Eric in the Land of Insects
10-year-old Eric is supposed to prepare a presentation about insects for school. But he can’t think of a sensible solution. Then he discovers an old poster in his grandfather’s barn. Magically, he is pulled into the land of insects.
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12 Tangos - Adios Buenos Aires
„The history of Buenos Aires is written in its telephone directory“, Bruce Chatwin once wrote about the Argentinean capital city: „Pompeji Romanow, Emilio Rommel, Crespina D.Z. de Rose, Ladislao Radziwil und Elizabeta Marta Callman de Rothschild - five names taken at random from among the R’s - tell a story of exile, disillusion and anxiety behind lace curtains."
Chatwin was right. But twelve tangos can narrate this story just as well.
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My Brother is a Dog
There is nothing Marietta would like more than a little dog. However, because her little brother is allergic to dog hairs, her parents cannot grant her her wish. But then Marietta receives a magical stone, apparently capable of fulfilling the heart’s biggest desires. And so it happens: with the help of the stone, Marietta turns her brother into a dog.
A totally crazy adventure for the whole family.
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Niceland
Jed and Chloe are a young and loving couple, and despite being mentally handicapped, they are happy together. However, their harmony is threatened when Chloe’s cat, the centre of her attention, dies. Chloe falls ill, and Jed desperately tries to find a new purpose in life for her.
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At Night in the Park
What is Steffen Hennings doing sitting in Dr. Katharina Lumis` garden at night time? Is the successful heart surgeon spying on his attractive colleague? Is he really the brutal murderer whom the police suspects of killing several women?
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Fiasko
In his feature film debut, the Icelandic script writer and director Ragnar Bragason skilfully interweaves the catastrophic relationships of the Bardal family in three episodes, alternating funny, sad and sarcastic elements revolving around loneliness and unanswered love.
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Dramarama
Five episodes converge in one story. It is a perfectly normal evening in Reykjavik - until the power cuts out...
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