Programme 2024

Wednesday 8-5-2024

 

10:00 Registration
 

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Student Film Competition

 

Living in the Margins

13:30

Toang (37')
- Indonesia -
Rizky Maulana (Indonesian) 2022

14:20

With my Thoughts on the Sea (20')
- Italy -
Fabiana Fragale (Swiss/Italian) 2023

 

Creating Belonging

14:50

Year After Year (24')
- United States -
Shuting Li (Chinese) 2022

15:25

Ten by Ten (30')
- Korea -
Jami L. Bennett (US-American) 2021

 

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Break

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16:20

Oh These Beloved Hands (25')
- Sweden -
Rachel Runesson (Swedish) 2022

16:55

As Long As There's Us (20')
- China, United States -
Guanyizhuo Yao (Chinese) 2023

 

Coping with Political Constraints

17:25

A Letter To Lanka (28')
- Sri Lanka -
Ilakkiya Mariya Simon (Norwegian) 2023

18:05

Water Notebook (15')
- Chile -
Felipe Rodriguez Cerda (Chilean) 2022

18:25

The Last Gap (37')
- Germany -
Sofia Leikam (German) 2022

 

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Break
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Coping with Personal Fate

20:00

Ashes Living in Cracks and Hollows (29')
- Japan -
Haruka Fukao (Japanese) 2023

20:40

Ruins of a Childhood Memory (7')
- Chile -
Ignacio Rodriguez (Chilean) 2023

21:00

Such Madwomen! (16')
- India -
Payal Chauhan (Indian) 2023

 

Beyond the Matter

21:40

Everything Seems Illuminated (14')
- United States -
Kumar Mayank (Indian) 2022

22:05

Fire Under the Ashes (65')
- Germany -
Pauline-Sophie Prückner, Louis Seibert (Germans) 2023

23:10

One of Us Now (30')
- Israel -
Maya Steinberg (Israeli) 2022

Thursday 9-5-2022

 

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Student Film Competition Continued
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Filmmaking Styles

09:30

Couple More Shovels for a Few More Levs (42')
- Bulgaria -
Pauline Shongov (Bulgarian/US-American) 2023

10:25

Lullaby of Waves (16')
- India -
Ayon Pratim Saikia (Indian) 2023

10:45

Estuary / Artery (26')
- United Kingdom -
Liv Kisby (British) 2023

 

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Break

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11:35

Human Factors (24')
- United Kingdom -
Anna Dobos (British/US-American) 2023

12:10

Sisyphuses (39')
- Korea -
Donghyeok Yi (Korean) 2023

 

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Break - Guided Tour: Forum Wissen
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Main Festival
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Living in the Margins

14:00

Land in Sight? (88')
- France -
Mattia Petullà, Giulia Angrisani (Italians) 2022

15:30

Game Over (29')
- Turkey -
Saeed Mayahy, Miriam Carlsen (Iranian, Danish) 2023

16:00

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Discussion and Break

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Struggling with Environmental Crisis

16:35

On the Edge of Gold (95')
- Brazil -
Sandro Kakabadze (Georgian) 2022

18:15

The Amazon Messengers (17')
- Brazil -
Munduruku Collective, Beka Munduruku, Rilcelia Akai, Aldira Akai, Joana Moncau (Brazilians) 2022

18:45

Just Beneath the Surface (6')
- Australia -
Jimmy John Thaiday (Australian/Torres Strait) 2023

 

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Break
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20:00

End of the Road (19')
- Serbia -
Ivana Todorovic (Serbian) 2022

 

Fragments of Memory

20:30

Memories of Stone Faces (9')
- Switzerland -
Andrea Bordoli (Swiss) 2022

20:40

Baigal Nuur - Lake Baikal (9')
- Canada, Germany -
Alisi Telengut (Mongolian) 2023

20:50

Lydia (21')
- Germany -
Christian Becker (German) 2021

21:15

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Discussion and Break

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22:00

Where Zebus Speak French (104')
- Madagascar -
Nantenaina Lova (Madagascan) 2023

 

 

Friday 10-5-2024

 

Gender Resilience

09:00

Ayda, Lioness among Free Lions (110')
- Eritrea -
Metje Postma (Dutch) 2023

 

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Break

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11:15

The Chalice. Of Sons and Daughters (84')
- Romania, Italy -
Catalina Tesar, Dana Bunescu (Romanians) 2022

 

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Break - Presentation of the Visual Trust Project
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Beyond the Matter

14:00

Wani (52')
- French Guiana -
Nicolas Pradal, Kerth Agouinti (French) 2022

15:00

Japanese Buddhism (61')
- Japan -
Kazuya Ashizawa (Japanese) 2023

 

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Break

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16:25

The Souls Of Bossales (82')
- Haiti -
Francois Perlier (French) 2023

18:00

The Ballads of the Forest (15')
- Taiwan -
Yaduvanshi Sachin (Indian) 2022

18:25

Chronicle of a Digital Funeral (11')
- Palestine -
Sophia Harb (Palestinian) 2022

 

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Break
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Post-colonial Experiments

20:00

Operation Namibia (93')
- Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Spain, Togo -
Martin Paret (German) 2023

 

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Break

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21:50

The Empty Sign (76')
- Puerto Rico -
Kathryn Ramey (US-American) 2023

 

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Discussion

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Saturday 11-5-2024

 

Working with Virtual Reality

09:30

The Corner (90')
- Germany -
Christa Pfafferott (German) 2021

 

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Break

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11:30

The Dugout Canoe (VR) (25')
- Colombia -
Germán Fidel Villalobos, Andrew Simon Tucker (Colombian, Dutch) 2023

12:00

Surfacing (VR) (20')
- Italy -
Rosella Schillaci (Italian) 2022

12:30

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Discussion

Followed by the opportunity to watch the VR films

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Break
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Performing Tradition

14:00

Seven Ridges (75')
- Mexico -
Antonio Coello (Mexican/Columbian) 2022

15:20

Amen (82')
- Cameroon -
Augustine Moukodi (Camerounian) 2023

 

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Discussion and Break

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Iranian Women Struggeling

17:30

Adam and Eve (30')
- Iran -
Reza Daneshpazhouh (Iranian) 2022

18:10

Mamma Makhmal (74')
- Iran -
Amir Hussein Khalilzadeh (Iranian) 2021

18:30

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Guided Tour: Forum Wissen

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Break
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20:00

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Award Ceremony
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Taking place in the Forum Wissen

 

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Drinks and Snacks

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Sunday 12-5-2024

 

Revolution for Life

09:30

Ophir (98')
- Bougainville, Papua New Guinea -
Alexandre Berman, Olivier Pollet (French) 2020

 

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Break

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11:35

The Real Land of Opportunity (100')
- Russia -
Andrey Ananin (Russian) 2023

 

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End of Festival
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Only online screening 2024

GIEFF received many impressive films which were very long.

The selection committee and the film festival directors decided to offer the filmmakers to make their selected films available online.

 

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The following films you can watch only online.
To do so, you have to log in first.
Registered visitors of the festival in Göttingen get an corresponding log in for these films.

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Last Refuge

  Missing Time (13')
- Switzerland -
Simon Jäggi (Swiss) 2023
 

The Hill (79')
- Kyrgyzstan -
Denis Gheerbrant, Lina Tsrimova (French, Russian) 2022

 

The Lowland (53')
- Iran, Islamic Republic of -
Aidin Halalzadeh, Sepideh Salarvand (Iranians) 2021

 

Traumatic Experiences

 

Sweet Osmanthus Flowering Late (146')
- China -
Shuai Li (Chinese) 2023

 

Inhabiting Beirut (46')
- Lebanon -
Michel Tabet (French/Lebanese) 2023

 

Living in Mexico

 

Maize Daughters (87')
- Mexico -
Alfonso Gastiaburo (Argentinian) 2023

 

Mom (80')
- Mexico -
Xun Sero (Mexican) 2022

 

Vaychiletik (84')
- Mexico -
Juan Javier Pérez (Mexican) 2021

 

Preserving Culture

 

Azmari -The Fest of Voices- (69')
- Ethiopia, Japan -
Itsushi Kawase (Japanese) 2023

 

Memories of a Fiesta (25')
- Colombia -
Anyelin Maria Rodriguez Gomez (Colombian) 2023

 

Va’d’da. Toll-houses (62')
- Russian Federation -
Nikita Dobrynin (Russian) 2023

 

Beyond the Matter

 

Light Upon Light (78')
- Denmark, Egypt -
Christian Suhr, Muhammad Mustapha, Amira Mortada, Hala Lotfy (Danish, Egyptians) 2022

 

I Am Not (96')
- Guatemala, Israel -
Tomer Heymann (Israeli) 2022

 

Through Hands of Mine (72')
- Montenegro -
Kostana Banovic () 2022

 

Land of My Dreams (74')
- India -
Nausheen Khan (Indian) 2023