From February 2nd to February 5th 2006 the selection committee met at IWF to decide on the film programme of this years Göttingen International Film Festival. 275 mostly excellent films had been submitted. For the student film festival 19 films have been selected, for the main film festival 36 films.

Download of the Programme (PDF file)

Wednesday 24-5-2006

10:00 Registration
11:15 Guided tour through IWF
 

Student Film Competition

  Dr. Rolf Husmann (block moderation)
14:00

Worldwide, Streetwide (32')
- Great Britain -
Naomi Richards, Great Britain 2003

14:40

Balkan Beats Berlin. Culture Recycling (42')
- Germany -
Marko Valic, Germany 2005

15:30

Nihad (38,5')
- Germany -
Melanie Liebheit, Germany 2005

16:20

Everyday Life of Roma Children From Block 71 (14')
- Serbia and Montenegro -
Ivana Todorovic, Serbia and Montenegro 2005

16:45

In Search of the Exotic Gypsy (41')
- Greece -
Electra Bada, Greece 2004

17:35

What Remains (12')
- Germany -
Miriam Märk, Germany 2005

17:55

Beneath the Budding Greenwoods, 2004 (27')
- Great Britain -
Evie Wright, Great Britain 2004

 

Break

  Michael Niehaus (block moderation)
19:30

Napepe - Blood Memory and Cultural Rights Among the Yanomami Indians (28')
- Brazil -
Nadja Marin, Brazil 2004

20:10

A Letter to the King (16')
- Belgium -
Frederique Devillez, France 2006

20:35

The Veil Unveiled (30')
- Yemen -
Vanessa Langer, Switzerland 2004

21:15

Into the Field (28')
- Romania -
Alyssa Grossman, Great Britain 2005

21:55

The Washer (18')
- Finland -
Kati Kelola, Finland 2005

22:25

"After the Fall" (29')
- Switzerland, Spain -
Marcel Wyss, Switzerland 2005

23:05

Snippets (84')
- China -
Yan Junjie, P.R. China 2005

Thursday 25-5-2006

  Dr. Rolf Husmann (block moderation)
9:00

Pizzet - Maybe The Last Year (52')
- Switzerland -
Ivo Zen, Switzerland 2004

10:00

True Pearls (30')
- Romania -
Ursula Ambach, Germany 2003

10:40

Frankfurt Plays For Frankfurt (24')
- Germany -
Claudia Goldberg, Dorothee Lange, Germany 2005

11:15

Lukas' Moment (60')
- West Papua, Indonesia -
Aryo Danusiri, Indonesia 2005

12:25

Sulfur (40')
- Indonesia -
Florian Geyer, France 2005

 

Break

13:30

Opening of the Film Festival

  Barbara Keifenheim (block moderation)
13:40

Remote Area (91')
- Germany -
Alexandra Sell, Germany, 2005

15:20

Mother For Life (99')
- Germany -
Peter Heller, Sylvie Banuls Germany 2004

17:10

Children of the Decree (52')
- Romania -
Florian Iepan, Razvan Georgescu, Germany 2005

 

Roundtable: Representing the Other on TV

18:10

Peter Heller, Sylvie Banuls, Razvan Georgescu, and Immo Sennewald
Dr. Beate Engelbrecht (round table moderation)

19:00

Festival Opening Ceremony

 

In Focus: Israel

  Matthias Naumann (block moderation)
19:30

Misafa Lesafa - From Language to Language (55')
- Israel -
Nurith Aviv, France 2004

20:35

Just Married (70')
- Israel -
Ayelet Bechar, Israel 2005

21:55

Saba - Grandfather (61')
- Israel -
Amram Jacoby, Israel 2005

23:05

Winter's Children - The Silent Generation (99')
- Gemany, Poland -
Jens Schanze, Germany 2005

Friday 26-5-2006

 

In Focus: Film History

  Dr. Rolf Husmann (block moderation)
9:00

Magia Russica (96')
- Russia -
Yonathan & Masha Zur, Israel 2004

10:45

Conversations With Jean Rouch (40')
- USA, France, Italy -
Ann McIntosh, USA 2004

11:35

Through These Eyes (67')
- USA, Canada -
Charles Laird, Asen Balikci, Canada 2004

 

Break

  Michael Niehaus (block moderation)
13:30

Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan (52')
- Kyrgyzstan -
Petr Lom, USA 2004

14:30

Ghanaian Video Tales (60')
- Ghana -
Tobias Wendl, Germany 2005

15:40

The Turcisce Carnival (45,5')
- Croatia -
Ivo Kuzmanic, Croatia 2005

16:35

Looking for Nic & Bart (52')
- Italy, USA -
Carla Brezzo, Italy 2004

17:35

The Road That Nga Built (26')
- Russia -
A. Olkov, Russia 2005

18:10

Love and Broken Glass (35')
- Kyrgyzstan -
Suvi Andrea Helminen, Denmark 2005

 

Break

 

In Focus: India

  Prof. Dr. Frank Heidemann (block moderation)
19:30

On Edge (64')
- Potugal -
Catarina Mourao, Portugal 2006

20:45

Hammer and Flame (10')
- India -
Vaughan Pilikian, Great Britain 2005

21:05

The Age of Reason (87')
- India -
David MacDougall, Australia 2004

22:40

July Boys (From the Coding Culture Series) (30')
- India -
Gautam Sonti, India 2006

23:25

Final Solution (150')
- India -
Rakesh Sharma, India 2004

Saturday 27-5-2006

 

In Focus: Rituals

  Dr. Tobias Wendl (block moderation)
9:00

Commune of Bliss (96')
- Canada -
Klaus Stanjek, Germany 2004

10:45

Gods and Satans (87')
- Indonesia -
Martine Journet, Gérad Nougarol, France 2005

12:15

Notes From the Crematorium (30')
- India -
R.P. Amudhan, India 2005

 

Break

  block moderation: Dr. Rolf Husmann
13:30

Do You Remember Me? (60')
- Thailand -
Alexander Heuken, Michaela Liechtenstein, Germany 2005

14:40

Whose Is This Song? (70')
- Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Albania, Bosnia -
Adela Peeva, Bulgaria 2003

16:00

Stone Dream (79')
- Taiwan -
Tai-Li Hu, Taiwan 2004

 

Break

18:00

Presentation of Student's Film Award Winner

19:20

Sisters in Law (104')
- Cameroon -
Kim Longinotto, Great Britain 2005

21:00

Dinner

Sunday 28-5-2006

 

In Focus: Gloablisation and Local Consequences - Russia

  Irina Linke (block moderation)
9:00

Anni From Paanajärvi (120')
- Russia -
Lasse Naukkarinen, Finland 2006

11:10

In Pursuit of the Siberian Shaman (72')
- Russia -
Anya Bernstein, USA 2006

12:30

Tiny Katerina (24')
- Russia -
Ivan Golovnev, Russia 2004

13:10

My Uncle, the Patriarch! (52')
- Iran -
Abbas Yousefpour, Germany 2006

 

Break

 

In Focus: Gloablisation and Local Consequences

  Prof. Dr. Regina Bendix (block moderation)
14:30

Urban Inuk (46')
- Canada -
Jobie Weetaluktuk, Canada 2005

15:25

Hinterrhein. The Challenge of Change (82')
- Switzerland -
Lisa Röösli, Switzerland 2005

16:55

Apple On a Tree (5')
- Phantasia -
Astrid Rieger, Zeliko Vidovic, Germany 2005

17:00

Eggesin Maybe (84')
- Germany -
Olaf Winkler, Germany 2005