From February 5th to February 8th 2004 the selection committee met at IWF to decide on the film programme of this years Göttingen International Film Festival. 222 mostly excellent films had been submitted. For the student film festival 20 films have been selected, for the main film festival 36 films.

Download of the Programme (PDF file)

Wednesday 19-5-2004

10:00 Registration
11:15 Guided tour through IWF

13:00

Opening of Student Film Competition

13:15

All That Glitters (32')
- Greece -
Irene Petropoulou, Greece 2003

13:55

Culture Show (36')
- China, Yunnan -
Rong Li, China 2003

14:40

Doors Wide Open (34')
- South Ethiopia -
Konrad Licht, Germany 2003

15:25

Gender Play (33')
- Addis Ababa, Ethiopia -
Emnet Tadessa Yadeta, Ethiopia 2003

16:15

Mr. Cool (31')
- China, Yunnan -
Zhang Hai, China 2003

16:55

Healer on the Street (28,5')
- Brazil -
Joceny de Deus Pinheiro, Brazil 2003

17:35

Living a Reel Life (36')
- India -
Siren Hope, Norway 2003

18:20

The Most Admired Man (28')
- South-West China -
Julia Berg, Germany 2002

 

Break

20:00

Open the Gate (36')
- China, Yunnan -
Zhu Lingfei, China 2003

20:45

Smell the Roses (27,5')
- Denmark -
Julie Linn Milling, Denmark 2003

21:25

At the Parishes (32')
- Zürich, London -
Yaël Parish, Switzerland 2003

22:05

The Pipers (22')
- Poland -
Michal Baranowski, Pawel Majchrzak, Ewa Mazur, Poland 2003

22:35

Züri East (40')
- Switzerland, Hungary -
Béla Batthyany, Switzerland 2003

23:25

Homecoming (55')
-Singapore-
Frankie Ng Tze Wei, China 2004

Thursday 20-5-2004

09:00

Film the People (22')
- Great Britain; China -
Jenny Chio, USA 2003

09:35

Face Value (36')
- China, Yunnan -
Li Xin, China 2003

10:20

Bailarinas (31,5')
- Brazil -
Heidi Lipsanen, Finland 2003

11:00

Message From a Saint (27,5')
- Venezuela -
Andrew Tucker, Great Britain 2003

11:40

Cultivating Death (21')
- London -
Martin Gruber, Germany 2003

12:10

To the Other End of The World (27')
- Switzerland / Korea -
Risa Madoerin, Switzerland 2003

 

Break

14:00

Opening of the Film Festival

14:05

Oh What a Blow that Phantom Gave Me! (52')
- USA -
John Bishop, Harald Prins, USA 2003

15:00

Tracing the Kohl-Larsen expedition in Tanzania (58,5')
- Tansania -
Annette Wagner, Germany 2003

16:10

A Kalahari Family (82')
- Namibia -
John Marshall, USA 2002

17:45

Marrakshi Trance (4,5')
- Marokko -
Gerd Becker, Sheva Fruitman, Germany 2003

18:00

The Crocodiles of the Wandaoga Family (62')
- Burkina Faso, Germany -
Britta Wandaogo, Germany 2003

19:15

Festival Opening Ceremony

20:00

Condors and Bulls Brought on Stage (41')
- Peru -
André Affentranger, Switzerland 2002

20:50

Ox (6')
- Brazil -
Eduardo Felistoque, Nereu Ceredeira, Brazil 2003

21:00

My Grandma a Heroine? (52')
- China -
Tatiana de Perlinghi, Belgium 2003

22:00

The Bond (45')
- India -
K.P. Jayasankar, A. Monteiro, India 2003

23:00

Shepherds' Journey Into the Third Millenium (124')
- Switzerland -
Erich Langjahr, Switzerland 2002

Friday 21-5-2004

09:00

Letter to the Dead (62')
- Papua New Guinea -
André Iteanu, Eytan Kapon, France 2002

10:10

Sooner or Later (93')
- Switzerland, Tibet -
Jürg Neuenschwander, Switzerland 2003

11:50

The Last Bay of the Pannonian Sea (26,5')
- Slavonia -
Ljiljana Sismanovic, Croatia 2003

12:30

The Fall of Icarus (28')
- Russia -
Yuri Shiller, Alla Konstantinova, Russia 2003

 

Break

14:00

The Architect and the Old Village (72')
- Cap Verdian Islands, Africa -
Catarina Alves Costa, Portugal 2004

15:25

Between Two Villages (94')
- Portugal -
Muriel Jaquerod, Eduardo Saraiva Pereira, Switzerland 2003

17:00

Goriska Shrovetide Carnival A.D.2002 (38')
- Slovenia -
Darja Skrt, Slovenia 2003

17:50

JPP - The Incredible Finn Band (59')
- Finland -
Mirja Metsola, Finland 2003

 

Break

 

Open Meeting of the Commission on Visual Anthropology

20:00

The City Beautiful (78')
- India -
Rahul Roy, India 2003

21:30

Simenon and «Les Gens d'en face (60')
- Ukraine -
Jean Claude Riga, Leon Michaux, Belgium 2003

22:40

Five Minutes Photography (5,5')
- Afghanistan -
Ali Attar, Germany 2003

22:50

Muslim Labyrinths (52')
- Bulgaria -
Antonii Dontchev, Asen Balikci, Bulgaria 2002

23:50

Maisha Ni Karata (70')
- Burundi -
Philippe de Pierpont, Belgium 2003

Saturday 22-5-2004

09:00

Get the Fire! - Young Mormon Missionaries Abroad (53')
- Salt Lake City, Southern Germany -
Nancy du Plessis, USA 2002

10:00

Go West (87')
- Germany, Poland -
Ursula Gruber, Germany 2003

11:40

Berlin Vortex (82')
- Berlin -
Marco Wilms, Germany 2003

 

Break

14:00

Rosalie's Journey (23')
- Central Australia -
Warwick Thornton, Australia 2003

14:40

Beyond Sorry (53')
- Central Australia -
David Vadiveloo, Australia 2003

15:45

Porter (20')
- Peru -
Juan Alejandro Ramirez, USA 2003

16:10

The Day I Will Never Forget (92')
- Kenya -
Kim Longinotto, Fardhosa Ali Mohamed, Great Britain 2002

 

Break

 

Presentation of Student's Film Award Winner

19:00

Encountering Jean Rouch (12')
Hu Tai-Li, Taiwan 2003
- a tribute to Jean Rouch (1917-2004) -

19:10

Rabelados - the Non Violent Rebels of the Cape Verde Island (90')
- Santiago Island, Cape Verde Islands(Africa) -
Ana Rocha Fernandes, Torsten Truscheit, Germany 2001
-out of competition-

21:00

Party

Sunday 23-5-2004

09:00

Frisian Stories about Ice (60')
- Germany -
Edmund Ballhaus, Germany 2003

10:15

Brass on Fire (103')
- Rumania, Germany, Japan, Italy -
Ralf Marschalleck, Germany 2002

12:10

Hey You Slovaks (50')
- Slovak Republic -
Robert Kirchhoff, Slovak Republic 2002

 

Break

14:00

Yuri Vella's World (58')
- Western Siberia, Russia -
Liivo Niglas, Estonia 2003

15:10

The Guerra Sisters (52')
- Switzerland -
Francesca Molo, Switzerland 2003

16:15

The New Boys (100')
- India -
David MacDougall, Australia 2003