Perspectives

Documentary Competition

DOC 01 Perspectives

These films provide us with insights into ways in which a wide variety of people live their lives and are marked by their personal fates. We travel around the global to see different lifestyles: from a jail in South Africa with its tattooed gangs to gravediggers in the Philippines to dog fanatics in Scotland. The program shows marginalized groups and identities, and how society handles them, or doesn’t.

21.11.18, 17:00h, Babylon 2

24.11.18, 18:00h, Rollberg Kino

25.11.18, 22:00h, Babylon 3

8 films

The Number

Manuela Gray // South Africa // 2017 // 13:45 min

Documentary

The prisons of South Africa are home to gangs whose members bear tattoos of the numbers 26, 27, or 28. A look into prison life with these tattoos and the members of the Numbers gangs.

Carlotta's Face

Valentin Riedl / Frédéric Schuld // Germany // 2018 // 05:00 min

Animation, Documentary

Carlotta has face blindness, which means she is unable to recognize faces, including her own. Instead of looking into the mirror, she paints self-portraits.

Manila High - Life in company with death

Simone Andrea Gottschau / Anders Palm Olesen // Denmark // 2017 // 12:00 min

Documentary

More than 7000 people have died in Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs since he was confirmed president of the Philippines. This film looks at the future prospects of workers who dig new graves.