Filmtip #1: Samuel and the Light, 13:00
VINÍCIUS GIRNYS | BRAZIL, FRANCE 2023 | 70 MIN. | PORTUGUESE | SUBTITLES: EN
Young Samuel and his family live in the remote Brazilian fishing village of Ponta Negra. Their lives change irrevocably when electricity reaches the village. A poetic and painterly documentary about the reality of globalization.
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Filmtip #2: Sitting Still, 13:00
EUROPEAN PREMIERE | GINA ANGELONE | UNITED STATES 2024 | 90 MIN. | ENGLISH | NO SUBTITLES
Spanning a career of more than 50 years, prolific landscape architect Laurie Olin shares his humanistic approach to designing great places.
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Filmtip #3: Low-Tech, 14:45
DUTCH PREMIERE | ADRIEN BELLAY | FRANCE 2023 | 93 MIN. | FRENCH | SUBTITLES: EN
Run-of-the-mill techniques in the battle against consumerism and the climate crisis. Low Tech is a playful call for action, creativity and a change of thinking.
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Filmtip #4: Mountains, 16:45
MONICA SORELLE | UNITED STATES 2023 | 95 MIN. | HAITIAN, ENGLISH, SPANISH | SUBTITLES: EN
In Little Haiti, a suburb of Miami in Florida, demolition worker Xavier tries to build up a life with his family. An intimate and realistic drama about how an immigrant family struggles with the pressure of gentrification.
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Filmtip #5: Al Djanat – the Original Paradise, 19:00
CHLOÉ AÏCHA BORO | FRANCE, BURKINA FASO, BENIN, GERMANY 2023 | 84 MIN. | BAMBARA | SUBTITLES: EN
Subtle film about the meaning of ‘homeland’ and the value that is attributed to it. After the death of her uncle, the filmmaker travels back to her native country Burkino Faso from France. In an intimate family portrait, she records the struggles surrounding the inherited land.
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Filmtip #6: Bird, 19:15
ANDREA ARNOLD | FRANCE, UNITED KINGDOM 2024 | 119 MIN. | ENGLISH | NO SUBTITLES
Twelve-year-old Bailey lives with her single father and her brother Hunter in a dilapidated squat in North Kent. A contemporary fable and authentic portrait of today’s youth by prizewinning filmmaker Andrea Arnold.
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