Programme

Victoria para Chino

Cary Fukunaga // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2005 // 13:30 min

short fiction

In May 2003 a truck carrying more than 80 undocumented immigrants crossed the Mexican border intoTexas. A combination of heat and overcrowding lead to tragedy.

L´ innocence

Innocence

Arnaud Gautier // Frankreich // 2005 // 11:00 min

short fiction

In a dubious time and place, a child emerges from a thick white fog and crosses a desolate, post-apocalyptic landscape. He comes across another child.

Reverie Sans Frontieres

Dreams without Borders

Luhsun Tan // Australien // 2004 // 06:20 min

experimental animation short fiction

A dream devised in cyber space, based on thoughts shared between a refugee and the filmmaker. An abstract narrative on the global issue of borders.

Azadi

Anthony Maras // Australien // 2005 // 19:56 min

short fiction

Amir and his young son Mansur flee the violent streets of Kabul, only to encounter another kind of persecution upon arrival in Australia.

Elephant Boy

René Mohandas, Aubin Sebastian, Sudeep Sengupta, Ashita Katary // Indien, England // 2005 // 26:24 min

short fiction

The handicapped street kid Jai flees from his brutal master in Mumbai and embarks on a difficult spiritual journey to his home town. Jai plays himself.

Escape

Rahim Zabihi // Kurdistan, Iran // 2003 // 13:00 min

short fiction

A terrorist plans a suicide bombing in a mini bus. Confronted with the sympathy of the passengers, he begins to be unsure of his plan.

Jai

Life

Ariel Zylbersztejn // Mexiko // 2004 // 09:00 min

short fiction

When a young Jewish-Mexican girl asks her grandmother about the numbers tattooed on her arm, the answer surprises her.

West Bank Story

Ari Sandel // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 2004 // 22:00 min

short fiction

A musical comedy about an unequal pair, David and Fatima, who fall in love despite the fact that their families run rival felafel snack bars.