Esityssarjat 2012
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Cities on Speed (WDC Pavilion, 2nd - 3rd of June 2012)
Bogotá, Cairo, Mumbai and Shanghai are presented as unique; each living a life that is one of a kind.
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100 Years of Estonian Film
The documentary film classics celebrate the 100 years of Estonian film along with i.e. the composer Arvo Pärt and Andres Sööt's café scenes from the 1960´s!
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After war
The traces of war in the everyday life of British soldiers demobilized from Iraq, in the routines of the International Criminal Court of Haag and in a small village in El Salvador.
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Apollo Award: Iikka Vehkalahti
The DocPoint Apollo awarded producer Iikka Vehkalahti selected his own Carte Blanche Selection for this year's festival. Read the opening text of the catalogue here!
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Design/Garbage
Good design can be a life saver whereas bad objects end up to the dump. Luckily, garbage can also be turned into art. The selection is a part of the World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 Programme.
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Films from the Finnish Film Schools
The best productions of Finnish Film Schools served in two screenings: tits, dance and music - not forgetting the loneliness and homelesness.
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Insha'Allah – Waiting for the Spring
Greetings from the Arab countries! Experience the uprising of Egypt day by day. Hear the thoughts of modern islamic philosophers and memories of the war in Afganistan. See belly dancing in Kairo and meet a charming family from Beirut with a touching history.
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Lost Europe
The Europe selection handles the topical issues of the old continent: immigration, rights of the refugees and the economy. What's left of humanism in Europe?
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Meet the Master: Eyal Sivan
The selection of the award-winning and widely discussed Israeli documentary film maker Eyal Sivan discusses the Israel-Palestine-conflict and the everyday life in Middle East. The director will be also giving a Masterclass Lecture on the festival Sunday.
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Nature Crying for Help
Slow climate change affects dramatically the lives of the people in Southern Pasicif Island and ski centers in the Alps. Soy farming threatens the well-being of Paraguayans and a hidden environmental crime causes at least one death.
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North by Northeast
The best of Russian, Baltic and Scandinavian documentary films: lapdogs in Tallinn, Lithuanians living on a dump and fighting Swedish brothers.
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Power to the People
What happens when the people take action into their own hands? Activists, sheep farmers and regular house owners defend their ideology and property against the ruling group and bullies.
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Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen: Human Matters
The retrospective of Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen - the photographer, film maker and the founder of the Amber Collective. Films about Scotland and Finland, body and soul.
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Special Screenings
The secret life of Robert J. Flaherty; a true story of the battle between a documentarist and the Dole Food Co. that tried to prevent the publishing of the sensational documentary film Bananas!*, the filmmaker's transformation into a false guru - and many other special stories.
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Thank You for the Music
These guys need no further introduction: Ozzy Osbourne, George Harrison, U2 and Sigur Rós.
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The New Finnish Documentary Films
The 12 new Finnish documentary films' subject matters vary from victims of torture to supranational food production and from the history of Finland to the beggars on the streets of Helsinki and the role of technology.
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Thicker than Water – Family Portraits
Family can be much more than two parents and children. Selection presents eg. community of women at a brothel island and relationships between fathers and sons all over the world.
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Winners & Bestsellers
The festival winners and international bestsellers of the year: Ballroom Dancer, Catfish, Planet of Snail, Senna... including the Finnish premiere of the first 3D documentary!
