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A DAY IN A LIFE by Zune Kwok portrays an old woman in her daily struggle. It is a story of hope and dignity told in a poetic, honest and respectful way. The film succeeds in touching the hearts of the audience. Sensitive and subtle.
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6.5 MINUTES IN TEL-AVIV confronts the audience with fears and prejudices people have about each other.
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The jury appreciated the tragi-comic way the film deals with fate as well as the enormous energy and creativity behind the story-telling, the development of the characters, and the intelligent interweaving of the various episodes set in a six storey apartment building. We would like to thank the director for this humorous and optimistic film.
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You don’t always need a lot of action to tell a fascinating story. Bettina Timm has made a poetic and very intense documentary that takes us on a faraway journey and gives us a close look at life in a remote and forgotten scientific outpost. Thanks to the filmmaker for such an unusual documentary.
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ZU-ZU is ironic, even-handed and true, because it tells us a little secret about our day-to-day life. Thanks to the filmmaker for entertaining us in such an intelligent way.
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The embarrassing feeling of guilt and of having succumbed to one’s own cowardice accompanies the spectator throughout the film ON THE LINE by Swiss director Reto Caffi. The jury was especially convinced by the authenticity of the two psychologically driven main characters in Reto Caffi and co-writer Philippe Zweifel’s excellent screenplay.
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A movie camera is not just there to tell the story. It is also there to fill the images with poetry and make the audience feel the beauty of the atmosphere. It is not simply the style you choose and what technical opportunities you have at your disposal but what mood you create within the frame. The camerawork in ONE DAY AND NOTHING made us feel rather than just watch.
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An apartment building in Havana’s Chinatown is the setting. Its residents are all characterized by the apartments in which they live. The Year of the Pig is a year of change for the Chinese. Chang Rodríguez delivers food to the various residents from the Chinese restaurant on the ground floor. After his deliveries,
the change sets in and the apartments too have leading roles...
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ON THE LINE is remarkable for its brilliant style and suspenseful screenplay. The combination of images: the surveillance cameras in the department store, on the roof of the building, and in the subway attest to a well-thought out visual concept. In addition, the dialog sparkles and Roeland Wiesnekker and Catherine Janke’s performances are first-rate.
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SUSPECT impressed us with its compelling story. The small-town bourgeois atmosphere is laid on to perfection. The excellent performances of Anne Weinknecht and Heinrich Schmiederer escalate the suspense until the very end and the local dialect they speak gives the film a very real and entertaining touch.
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Director Reto Caffi has succeeded in making a realistic drama that takes place directly in our midst. A tragedy that could happen to any of us. The cast is superb and the plot never belabored. The film deals with a life-changing moment and maximizes the dramatic consequences emanating from that one moment. ON THE LINE combines social relevance and cinematic expression in an intriguing and powerfully moving way.
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The Interfilm-Akademie jury was impressed by the originality and humor of the screenplay, the director of photography’s lighting and composition, and its director’s skill in giving his cast, especially lead actor Evgen Car, enough space to allow their characters to unfold. The film encourages audiences not to succumb to loneliness and alienation but to be open-minded about people who are different and to embrace being tolerant.
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The jury was captivated by the exceptionally original idea and by the execution of the script. The setting and the story underscore the royal status of the product and dramatize the desire it awakes in its consumers – as it apparently done for past epochs as well! JOYFUL AGES always keeps the product in the limelight. Its story is immensely entertaining and the technical quality is superb. Congratulations on this excellent piece of work!
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Katharina Wyss’ ICE BLOSSOM fascinated us with its dreamlike intensity. Wyss recreates childhood memories in poetic images and captures the visions of our lost childhoods in the patterns of the frost on windowpanes. As the frost melts, it symbolizes our fleeting individual lives as well as the dilemma of global warming. The main idea behind the films submitted by Berlin Film School dffb was the question “what will we miss?” using off-screen memories, in this case narrated by Michael Ballhaus, contributed greatly to the jury’s deciding on ICE BLOSSOM. Congratulations to the very first winner of the CLIMATE CLIPS AWARD!
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