The best of Goethe-Insitut compitition

	FISH’N’PILLS / Гормональний акваріум
	Tereza Tara / Czech Republic / 2007 / 21min
	The pill is a symbol of sexual liberation. But what are the effects? Are people really free in their decisions? Women are under the influence of synthetic hormones, fish change their sex, men are suffering increasingly from infertility and scientists are talking about new substances in the environment. Brief note about director (including filmography): Tereza Tara, born in 1983 in [read more]

	Hamdi and Maria
	Timor Britva / Israel / 2007 / 19min
	Hamdi, a 30-year-old Palestinian from Gaza, lost his mother, wife and eldest son in an Israeli rocket attack. His five-year-old daughter survived, but is now paralyzed from the neck down and needs artificial respiration. She is cared for in a hospital in Israel. Hamdi’s story is a metaphor for the violation of human rights in areas of conflict.Brief note about [read more]

	I Like what’s Gonna Be Tomorrow
	Renars Vimba / Latvia / 2007 / 15min
	For us it is easier to act as if they didn’t exist. What do our faces express when we encounter them and when they talk to us? A film about us – 'normal' people – and them – mentally challenged children, and about behavior in a spirit brotherhood...Brief note about director: Born in Riga, 1975. Renars Vimba is studying cinematography [read more]

	Kyrill… From the Army of Lost Soldiers / Кирилл… из армии пропав�?их
	Julia Iskhakova, Aleksandr Chernov / Russia / 2007 / 10min
	A violation of human rights can bring grief to any family. Natalia’s son was conscripted to join the army of lost soldiers…Brief note about director (including filmography): Julia Iskhakova and Aleksandr Chernov have been studying at the W. Vinogradov Studio for Documentary Direction at the College of Film and Television in St. Petersburg since 2003. Further films: “The Reconstruction”, “Zagozh”. Director [read more]

Living on the Landing

Sabine Zimmer, Sandra Bundesheim / Germany / 2007 / 15min

For twelve years, Monika, a woman who would "officially" be considered homeless, has been living on the top landing of a Berlin residential building. This is where she sleeps, spends her time and has furnished a little home for herself. To her, the landing is a place that provides security, a place she has chosen for herself and a place [read more]

	Monolith
	Kristina Norman / Estonia / 2007 / 15min
	The debate about the planned relocation of a Soviet war memorial is a reflection of the situation within Estonian society and of the relationship between Estonia and Russia. The debate, already heated, is being aggravated further by the way the media are reporting on the matter.Brief note about director (including filmography): Kristina Norman, an artist born in 1979, lives and [read more]

	Multiplication Table / Таблица умножения
	Elena Demidova / Russia / 2007 / 17min
	An eight-year-old girl girl and a nine-year-old boy boy live in a village lost in steppes. The school is four kilometres away and there is almost no road. Everything resembles the beginning of 20 century. But in that time rural life seethed while nowadays there are only two children in the whole village. The boy’s father wants to make a [read more]

	Radunitsa / Радуниця
	Roman Bondarchuk / Ukraine / 2007 / 15min
	The Ukrainian village of Kliussy is situated close to the border between Russia and Belarus. On Radunitsa, the day when the forefathers are commemorated, relatives from the three countries visit the cemetery. The reciprocal visits have become rarer and rarer since the border regulations were tightened. On Radunitsa people meet in the cemetery, eat, drink and tell stories of bygone [read more]

	The Difficult One / Трудний
	Mykola Bondarchuk, Dmytro Tiazhlov / Ukraine / 2007 / 20min
	For the last 10 years the number of orphan-children in Ukraine increased by 60% and mounts to 150 thousand. Orphanages are overcrowded. The state mechanism of the defence of children rights does not work. The private children centers are not regulated by legislation. The day-time orphanage “Sun City” in Donetsk has existed outlaw during five years.Brief note about director: Dmytro [read more]