Doku Special

Hello. My name is Alba. I’m 4 years old and my daddy is a filmmaker.

Aleyna is an 11-year-old Turkish girl that lives in Berlin-Neukölln. Despite her self-confessed „chubbiness“ and „nervousness“ she is chasing the very special dream of becoming a bollywood dancer. Little Miss Neukölln was awarded the Jena Award for Tolerance at the 2012 cellu l’art festival. www.lauramachutta.com

In addition to the employees hired by the city, there are numerous unofficial garbage collectors in Istanbul who sort through the waste at night and transport everything that you can recycle to the illegal depots in their handcarts. The short documentary „İstanbul Çöpçüleri“ ( The garbage collectors of Istanbul) accompanies these man for one night and gives an insight into their lives and backgrounds.

Hardly a day goes by in which the cruel civil war in Syria is not a major topic in the news. Seldomly though, they are as close to the scene and the people as this film. Not Anymore was awarded the ExAnDo-Award at the 2014 cellu l’art festival. www.matthewvandyke.com

62-year-old Chaim has been living with his mother again for the last three years; she is a Holocaust survivor. The gruesome memories return to her daily. Without pointing fingers the film shows how the Holocaust is leaving its marks in the lives of the survivors’ children. Director Elkan Spiller is currently working on a long version of this documentary. facebook.com/lechaimfilm

A spectacular introduction into the free party scene around Vienna where a loss of restraint is mixed with clear claims of autonomy. That way there is a sense of politicization in this escapist group of minimal-ravers. www.martinkolbert.com facebook.com/martin.v.kolbert

One of the last cinema organs from the silent film era is situated in Berlin’s Babylon Cinema – Dr. Liers has restored the instrument. www.britzka.de

… all of a sudden, ducks cross the screen …