FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

  • ART COMES FROM THE BEAK THE WAY IT HAS GROWN
    ART / CULTURE / FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / HUMAN INTEREST / SPRING 2020

    ART COMES FROM THE BEAK THE WAY IT HAS GROWN

    In the Mosaik art studio in Berlin, artists with disabilities are absorbed in their work. We accompany them in the course of creation. At the Mosaik art studio in Berlin, artists with disabilities are absorbed in their work. Sabine Herpich observes the artists in the course of creation and directs her gaze at the institution itself: its processes, staff and spaces. The film succeeds in maintaining its focus on the art itself rather than the handicaps of its creators. It […]

  • LOST IN FACE
    ART / CULTURE / FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / HUMAN INTEREST / SPRING 2020

    LOST IN FACE

    A poetic journey into the world of Carlotta, where faces remain faceless. Carlotta cannot recognize faces, not even her own. For her, human faces are no bastion of trust, but places of fear and confusion. She is one of the 1% of all people whose part of the brain responsible for facial recognition does not work properly. With his film LOST IN FACE, neuroscientist Valentin Riedl travels through Carlotta’s universe, full of anthropomorphic animals, lucid dreams and bumpy false paths. […]

  • THE SECOND LIFE
    FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / HUMAN INTEREST / SPRING 2020

    THE SECOND LIFE

    With millions of species threatened with extinction, three world-class museum taxidermists prepare for the European Taxidermy Championship, trying to remind us what we are about to lose forever. The world is at a turning point. Human impact threatens millions of species with extinction – with the dramatic loss of biodiversity endangering the existence of human kind itself. However, there is one obscure profession that is at the forefront of reminding us of what we are about to lose forever: Maurizio, […]

  • MUCHA – THE STORY OF AN ARTIST WHO CREATED A STYLE
    ART / CULTURE / FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / SPRING 2020

    MUCHA – THE STORY OF AN ARTIST WHO CREATED A STYLE

    From the perspective of his son Jiří Mucha, the film tells the story of Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939), a pioneer of the Art Nouveau movement, who continues to influence artists all over the world today. At the end of the 19th century, Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) ranked among the pioneers of the Art Nouveau movement. Virtually overnight, he became famous in Paris thanks to his posters of star actress Sarah Bernhardt. But at the height of his fame, Mucha […]

  • DEFENDER OF THE FAITH
    CURRENT AFFAIRS / FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / MIPTV 2019 / SOCIETY

    DEFENDER OF THE FAITH

    Pope Benedict XVI led the Catholic Church into its greatest crisis since the Reformation: the global child sex abuse scandal. We tell the story of his rise and fall which is symptomatic of the failings of the Church. We tell the story of a man who dedicated his life to preserving the Church but instead led it into its greatest crisis: Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI. During his 30 years working within the Vatican he was the key figure in […]

  • American pianist and entertainer Liberace (born Wladziu Valentino Liberace, 1919 - 1987) performs onstage at Radio City Music Hall, New York, New York, April 18, 1984. (Photo by Gary Gershoff/Getty Images)
    ART / CULTURE / FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / HISTORY / MIPCOM 2019 / MIPTV 2018 / MUSIC / PEOPLE / SPRING 2020

    LOOK ME OVER – LIBERACE

    He was an icon, flamboyant pianist, egomaniac, showman par excellence: Liberace – the King of Bling – enjoyed an unparalleled career. The salon pianist turned megastar lived the American dream, but it was a life of unmatched paradox and eccentricity. He was an icon, flamboyant pianist, egomaniac, showman par excellence: Liberace – the King of Bling, led his life in the fast lanes between Hollywood, Las Vegas and Palm Springs. In the middle of the Californian desert, where Hollywood stars […]

  • A MOM FOR JULIA
    CURRENT AFFAIRS / FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / HUMAN INTEREST / SPRING 2020

    A MOM FOR JULIA

      Julia is born in a Russian prison. The film follows the girl’s development from the first year of her life until after she turns six. Three women take it in turns to look after her. They all want the best for Julia, but they don’t always agree on what that actually means… Anna’s daughter Julia is born in a Russian prison. Anna is allowed to keep her daughter until she turns three, then she has to give up the […]

  • THE ART OF LIVING IN DANGER
    FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / HUMAN INTEREST

    THE ART OF LIVING IN DANGER

    For further information about the film please get in touch with sales@newdocs.de Feature Documentary / Human Interest Length 75’ HD Co-Production TAG/TRAUM Filmproduktion with ZDF/ARTE, 2020

  • THE EL-MASRI CASE
    CURRENT AFFAIRS / FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / HUMAN INTEREST / IN PRODUCTION

    THE EL-MASRI CASE

      In 2004, German citizen Khaled El-Masri was kidnapped and detained by the CIA. The story of an innocent man who fell victim to geopolitical power interests. In 2004, while on a bus trip close to the Macedonian border, the German citizen Khaled El-Masri disappeared. He was kidnapped by the CIA and taken to a secret prison near Kabul as part of an “extraordinary rendition”. Five months later, he was released in a forest in Albania. His case was the […]

  • PLAYING GOD
    FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / MIPCOM 2019 / SOCIETY

    PLAYING GOD

    What happens within our system of values when economic interests and people’s lives become intertwined through tragedy? Why is the life of a firefighter who died in the Twin Towers on September 11 worth on average a million dollars less than that of a stockbroker who lost his life in the same disaster? How much money should BP pay the fishermen on the Gulf of Mexico who are fighting for their livelihoods after the largest oil spill in history? Questions […]

  • SAZ – THE KEY OF TRUST
    ART / CULTURE / FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / MIPCOM 2019

    SAZ – THE KEY OF TRUST

    It’s the journey of her life: musician Petra travels all the way from Berlin to eastern Iran, via Anatolia, in search of the origins of her favorite string instrument: the. It’s the journey of her life: Petra Nachtmanova travels to both the end of the world and the centre of her heart. The Berlin musician heads off in search of the origins of a string instrument tangled in myths, which found its way to her in the streets of Berlin […]

  • THE INVISIBLE GIRL
    FEATURE DOCUMENTARY / HUMAN INTEREST / MIPCOM 2019

    THE INVISIBLE GIRL

    In Morocco, a 14-year-old maid is abused and killed by the family for whom she works. The cruel murder reveals the uneasiness of a two-class society. A search for the background. The murder of a 14-year-old maid in Morocco: for two years young Fatima was subjected to unimaginably cruel treatment in the household where she worked, and was eventually killed. The lady of the house – a teacher and mother of two children – was convicted of the crime and […]

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