Shot by Kim Longinotto, the documentary about the photographer made its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
Shooting the Mafia Shooting the Mafia
Sicilian Letizia Battaglia began her long-time fight with the mob when she first dared to point her camera at a victim cruelly murdered. By documenting the barbaric rule of the cosa nostra, she became a relentless witness of their crimes. Her life was marked by defiance and passion.
What's On
Alice and the Mayor Alice et le maire
Nicolas Pariser
Sunday, 20. 10. 2019 / 17:00 / Main Hall
This insightful, humorous and topical film begs the question: Is politics lacking philosophy?
Push Push
Fredrik Gertten
Sunday, 20. 10. 2019 / 18:15 / Small Hall
The film provides an insight into the mechanism of the global housing crisis and answers the questions of why you suddenly cannot afford to live in your own city anymore, who is taking the soul out of communities and what you can do to win your city back.
Happy as Lazzaro Lazzaro felice
Alice Rohrwacher
Sunday, 20. 10. 2019 / 19:00 / Main Hall
Kind-hearted peasant Lazzaro meets Tancredi, a young aristocrat plagued with the curse of his own imagination. Life in their remote farming village Inviolata is shaped by the notorious marquess Alfonsina de Luna, the so-called “Queen of Cigarettes”. And when Tancredi begs Lazzaro to help him stage his own kidnapping, an unlikely friendship develops between the young men. Winner for Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film Festival.