Directing the Rock star: Campino lead singer of the Toten Hosen stars in the new Wim Wenders movie: Palermo Shooting A journey through Germany in search of ones identity: the moving family saga – Novemberkind Novemberkind A Film about Death, Lies and Family Secrets Ingas mother is gone. She is raised by her grandparents. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, a stranger shows up at their door, claiming to have met her mother. Slowly the truth comes to light: her mother is not dead, but escaped from East Germany years before. NOVEMBERKIND is a graduate thesis film from Christian Schwochow, who studied at the Baden-Württemberg Film Academy. It is an extraordinarily intense and emotional family drama. Anna Maria Mühe is utterly convincing in double role as both mother and daughter. Our film of the month. Funny, Provocative, Surprising The Best Documentary Films of the Year 300 films from 50 nations can be seen at Germanys largest documentary festival in Leipzig. One trend this year was filmmakers experimenting with the documentary form. KINO picked out three gems that you just have to see. Animated Nightmare The Anti War Film WALTZ WITH BASHIR WALTZ WITH BASHIR was the talk of this years Cannes Film Festival. An animated documentary on 1982 Lebanon War, told from the very personal perspective of director Ari Folman. Before the eyes of Israeli soldiers, Christian militias start a massacre in the Palestinian refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila. Even now, the event remains a …
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