Category: Foreign

Foreign, Jan 30 Screenings, List of Documentaries

A Disappearance Foretold – by Olivier Meys and Zhang Yaxuan – 85 mins

Olivier Meys and Zhang Yaxuan Documentary/85mins/2008/China/Mandarin with English subtitles A film about a popular neighbourhood in Beijing, and what happened there in relation to the 2008 Olympic Games. Qianmen is a popular neighbourhood in the very heart of Beijing, just south of the Tiananmen Square. In the perspective of the 2008 Olympic Games, the city decided that the six hundred years old neighbourhood has to … Continue reading A Disappearance Foretold – by Olivier Meys and Zhang Yaxuan – 85 mins

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Foreign, Jan 30 Screenings, List of Documentaries

Cemetery State – by Filip de Boeck – 72 mins

Cemetery State Filip de Boeck Documentary/72min/2010/Belgium and Congo/English and Lingala with English subtitles In Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, children and youngsters have taken over the management of death. The dead have become their ‘toy’, and the coffin has become like a football that one tosses up and plays around with. ‘Cemetery State’ observes how these young gravediggers, singers and drummers … Continue reading Cemetery State – by Filip de Boeck – 72 mins

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Foreign, January 31 Screenings, List of Documentaries

The Adventure of a Married Couple – by Keywan Karimi, Iran, 11 mins

The Adventure of a Married Couple Keywan Karimi, Iran, 11 min Trapped in daily repetition, between the frenetic sound of a glass bottle factory and the guarding of a shed filled with naked mannequins, a young couple meets at evenings. They eat without looking at each other, not even speaking. The Adventure of the Married Couple (Based on a story written by Italo Calvino) is a … Continue reading The Adventure of a Married Couple – by Keywan Karimi, Iran, 11 mins

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Foreign, January 31 Screenings, List of Documentaries

El Olvido – by Heddy Honigmann – 93 min

El Olvido Heddy Honigmann Documentary/93 min/2008/Peru/Spanish with English subtitles If the city of Lima were covered in dust, nobody would see it. It is not, really, but all the same hardly anybody sees it or thinks about it, about its people cheated century after century and neglected by its rulers. In order to come out of oblivion, there needs to be an earthquake grade 8 on … Continue reading El Olvido – by Heddy Honigmann – 93 min

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Foreign, January 31 Screenings, List of Documentaries

Please Vote for Me – by Weijun Chen – 58 mins

Please Vote for Me Weijun Chen Documentary/58min/2007/China/Mandarin with English subtitles A grade 3 class at Evergreen Primary School has their first encounter with democracy by holding an election to select a Class Monitor. Eight-year olds compete against each other for the coveted position, abetted and egged on by teachers and doting parents. The three candidates, two boys and a girl, are chosen by the teachers, … Continue reading Please Vote for Me – by Weijun Chen – 58 mins

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February 1 Screenings, Foreign, List of Documentaries

Tondo, Beloved – by Jewel Maranan – 76 mins

Tondo, Beloved Jewel Maranan Documentary /76 mins/ 2012/Philippines/Filipino with English Subtitles Tondo, Beloved: To What Are the Poor Born?  is a geopolitical exploration of life before
birth in the smallest home in the seams of Manila’s premier international port. Virgie’s family feeds on the fishes that lurk under the industrial ships of North Harbor.
Their alternatives are packs of tasteless gelatin found in the same waters. Their
entertainment … Continue reading Tondo, Beloved – by Jewel Maranan – 76 mins

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February 1 Screenings, Foreign, List of Documentaries

Cities on Speed – Bogota Change – by Andreas Dalsgaard – 52 mins

Cities on Speed – Bogota Change Andreas Dalsgaard Documentary/52min/2009/Colombia/ English In the ten-year period between 1995 and 2005, Colombia’s capital city, Bogotá, experienced a virtual miracle. Once a city characterized by terror, crime and one of the highest murder rates in the world, Bogotá became a role model for urban planners around the world. Behind this transformation were two visionary and forward-thinking mayors, Antanas Mockus … Continue reading Cities on Speed – Bogota Change – by Andreas Dalsgaard – 52 mins

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BQFF, February 1 Screenings, Foreign, List of Documentaries

RED CHEWING GUM – by Akram Zaatari – 11 mins

2000 | Lebanon | Arabic | 11min | AkramZaatari Screening on 1st February 2014 ( Download Schedule PDF) This erotic short is a love poem of sorts as one man recalls meeting another in an alley fifteen years earlier. There, alone in the alley together, they avidly watch a young street vendor chew his gum. One particular piece of gum stands out in the poet’s memory because of its color. (Part of … Continue reading RED CHEWING GUM – by Akram Zaatari – 11 mins

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BQFF, February 1 Screenings, Foreign, List of Documentaries

MONDOMANILA – by Khavn de la Cruz – 75 mins

2012 | Philippines / Germany Thagalog / English 1 hr 15 mins Director: Khavn de la Cruz Screening on 1st February 2014 ( Download Schedule PDF) Tony de Guzman is an anti-hero. Life, according to him, is short, brutal. It’s never on your side. Grab what you can, when you can. Settle scores. Be randy. Defy the rules. Cheat the system. Toughen it out. Tony knows … Continue reading MONDOMANILA – by Khavn de la Cruz – 75 mins

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