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India/Finland/Norway 2018, 68 min., documentary, Hindi, Marathi with English subtitles 16-year-old Ved lives with his siblings and his mother, who suffers under the violent attacks of his father, in the slums of Mumbai. He’s invited by Harish to take part in MAVA, a project that aims to prevent violence against women based on toxic masculinity. In it’s workshops and theater groups it guides young men towards alternatives of an emancipated masculinity. Here, Ved discovers an unexpected new passion: dancing. Kino Museum Mon 25.11. 6:00 p.m. |
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Germany/USA/France 2019, 86 min., documentary, French, English with German subtitles After almost 60 years of silence, the vivacious 99-year-old Marthe
Cohn, alias “Chichinette” talks about her extraordinary
life: she helped beat the Nazis as a spy behind enemy lines in WW2.
Now she travels the world with seemingly boundless energy, captivating
people of all generations, especially the young, with her story. Kino Museum Sun 24.11. 6:00 p.m. I Kino Waldhorn Tue 26.11. 6:00 p.m. |
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Iran 2018, 61 min., documentary, Persian with English subtitles The strong-willed 82-year-old shepherdess Firouzeh
enjoys her absolute independence with her cows in the crystal-clear,
breathtaking
landscape
of Northern Iran. She loves doing the hard work all alone, including
chopping wood and climbing trees. Widow of a forced marriage and
having raised 11 kids, this is the least she deserves. Now
she refuses to
move to the comforts of village life in the valley… Kino Museum Sat 23.11.2019., 3:30 p.m. |
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Germany/Kenya/Belgium 2018, 90 min., documentary, English, Kiswahili with German subtitles As a young girl, Beryl thought that all women were circumcised.
She also was put through the initiation ritual of genital mutilation.
Many years later she learns about an operation that can recreate
what she was deprived of. Will this solve her painful problems? Should
she put herself through it? She travels across Europe and Africa,
to other affected women, to find out. In the end, she will also face
her mother… Director present Kino Museum Tue 26.11. 6:00 p.m. |
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Tanzania/Canada 2018, 85 min., documentary, French, English, Kiswahili with German subtitles It’s school holidays
for Rosie, Zawadie and Flora. For other girls cause for cheer, but
not for these young Tanzanians. At home,
despite the ban, the threat of genital mutilation hangs over them.
Rhobi Samwelli runs a safehouse that provides sanctuary for over
200 threatened girls. Together with the police, she uses everything
in
her power to protect them – and the girls show immeasurable
bravery in standing up against this ancient tradition. Expert Dr. Gisela Schneider, DIFÄM, present Kino Museum Mon 25.11. 6:00 p.m. |
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Cuba/Brazil/France 63 min., documentary, Spanish with English subtitles On your mark, get set, go! But where to? Jenniffer
is in her early 20s and pursuing her dream of an athletics career
in Havanna, supported
by her tough and loving mother, Marbelis. Then she is injured and
can no longer run. She’s back at the starting block, with
her unresolved questions: should she give up sports altogether?
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in Cuba or leave? Kino Museum Sat 23.11. 4:00 p.m. |
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Brazil 2018, 20 min., documentary short film, Portuguese with German subtitles Carmen and her friends, ordinary women of rural Brazil, are fed up with the brutality of their men and pursue the extraordinary: to build a community free of violence. Driven by female solidarity, empathy and intuition, gender roles are turned upside down and abusive men now respect if not fear the fierce women, their whistles, not to mention their impending sex strike! Director present Kino Museum Sat 23.11. 3:30 p.m. |
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Argentina/France/Uruguay 86 min., documentary, Spanish with English subtitles Thousands of women and men form an
ocean of green in the streets of Buenos Aires, passionately demonstrating
for the right to accessible,
legal and safe abortion. This moving documentary highlights personal
fates – among them deadly outcomes of illegal abortions – and
accompanies the protests, the fierce outcry of the Argentinian
women against the dominating catholic and fundamentalist-evangelical
patriarchy. Expert Dr. Gabriele Halder present Kino Museum Thu 21.11. 6:00 p.m.
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USA/Spain 2016, 86 min., documentary, English, Spanish, Nepali with English subtitles Journalist Chelo covers women’s
improbable stories of survival from all over the globe. Her approach
to the topic is personal, as
a young girl she witnessed the sexual abuse of her own little sister.
The documentary is intimate, switching from lively reflections
within her own family in Spain to the tragic yet hopeful stories
of women
that escaped from brothels in Mumbai or human trafficking in Mexico. Director present Kino Museum Wed 27.11. 6:00 p.m. |
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Peru 74 min., documentary, Spanish, Quechua with English subtitles High in the Peruvian Andes, indigenous women
cultivate Quinoa, Amaranth a.o. using traditional, organic methods.
In the Andean cosmovision
women and the earth are closely linked, both being able to give and
nourish life. Within the context of advancing climate changes and
agricultural industrialization, they become protectors of nature,
even traveling
to the North Pole to deposit their local seeds into the “Global
Seed Vault.” Kino Museum Sun 24.11. 4:00 p.m. |
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Admission Free! Germany 2018, 44 min., documentary, German Version Nadja is deeply in love; her first boyfriend! But the enchantment turns into lies, threats and violence, as he manipulates her into prostitution to help him out of an invented “emergency”. Alarming interviews with affected young women, telephone recordings of boastful pimps, and the efforts of police and activists to combat the infamous method of these “Loverboys”. Survivor of the „Loverboy-Method “ Sandra Norak present Kino Museum Fri 22.11. 5:00 p.m. |
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South Africa/Netherlands 2018, 87 min., documentary, English, Zulu, Sotho with English subtitles As South Africa’s “public
protector”, Thuli Madonsela
defends the rights of disadvantaged people against the arbitrariness
of governmental power. She helps farmwomen receive compensation payments,
forces President Zuma to restitute misappropriated government funds.
After that, all hell breaks loose – she receives death threats.
Madonsela keeps her stoic calm and advances – towards the next
and decisive corruption scandal… Kino Museum Tue 26.11. 6:00 p.m. |
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India, Germany 70 min., documentary, German Version Filmmaker Shammi Singh travels through India meeting women from diverse jobs, social classes and religions. The women, who are so often described as victims, prove to be impressive, powerful personalities, as they tell of their struggles, challenges, reflections, hopes, and of their achievements. Director present Kino Museum Fri 22.11. 6:00 p.m. |
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Trailer
In cooperation with d.a.i.
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International awards
Nominated
in Cannes and San Sebastián 2019 
