SECTION: Homeland | Domownja | Domizna
Sorbian worlds and themes that shape and embody the region, with films from Upper and Lower Lusatia and elsewhere that tell stories that can sound all too familiar here.
HEIMAT musy serbski byś! A programme full of references to what Lusatia is first and foremost: Sorbian. Including: DIE LANGE NACHT DER KURZEN LAUSITZER/DŁUJKA NOC KROTKICH ŁUŽYAKICH FILMOW/ DOŁHA NÓC KRÓTKICH ŁUŽISKICH FILMOW with brand new short films from Lusatia, a programme with films by Donald Saischowa, who will celebrate his 60th birthday during the FFC. A mid-length double feature on Sorbian utopias and unusual counterparts, and a gripping film about the Alta protest of the Sámi in Norway, which began in the 1970s/80s as an environmental protest and ended as a manifestation of a new self-understanding of the indigenous people.
Curated by Hella Stoletzki and sponsored by the Załožba za serbski lud / Foundation for the Sorbian People.
A Sorbian Folklore Group - Sprjewjan. Serbska Folklorna Skupina
Eine sorbische Folkloregruppe - Sprjewjan. Serbska Folklorna Skupin
GDR / 1987 / 16 min
When traces become visible
Wenn Spuren sichtbar werden
GDR, Czechoslovakia / 1983 / 18 min
The Man who knew 75 Languages
Mannen som kunne 75 språk
Norway, Poland, Lithuania / 2016 / 64 min
Struga - Portrait of a Region
Struga - Bilder einer Landschaft
GDR / 1972 / 30 min
In Search of the Promised Land. The Stories of Jurij Brězan
Suche nach Glücksland. Die Geschichten des Jurij Brězan
GDR / 1989 / 49 min
Race Against Time. The Sorbs - Slavs in Germany
Leben gegen die Zeit. Die Sorben - Slawen in Deutschland
Germany / 1993 / 46 min
Portrait of a Central Point. A Film Based on the Sketches of Jurij Brě
Porträt eines Mittelpunktes. Ein Film nach Skizzen von Jurij Brězan
GDR / 1976 / 23 min
Overcoming Hatred. A Black Businessman in Hoyerswerda
Sieg über den Hass. Ein schwarzer Geschäftsmann in Hoyerswerda
Germany / 1995 / 30 min
Jo to dosć - Is it enough?
Jo to dosć - Reicht das aus?
Germany / 2016 / 4 min