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Crescendo | Pierre Terrade & Didier Woldemard
France 2009 | 14 min. Short | engl. subtitles
AWoman lives in poverty with a child and a violent dealer. This day will move crescendo in drama.

The Narcotic Farm | Luke Walden & PJ Olsen
USA 2009 | 56 min. Documentary
Former inmates at America’s first prison for drug addicts tell a fascinating and previously untold story of jazz, human drug testing and secret CIA research. From 1935 until 1975, just about every American junkie busted for dope went to the United States Narcotic Farm in Lexington, Kentucky, an ambitious government center dedicated to finding a cure for addiction. It was a unique institution, equal parts federal prison, treatment center, farm, and laboratory. And it became the gathering place for the country’s growing drug subculture of street hustlers, drugstore cowboys and even jazz greats such as Chet Baker, Elvin Jones, and Sonny Rollins. But the Narcotic Farm also became the world’s center for addiction research. For forty years elite scientists conducted groundbreaking experiments on prisoners, giving massive doses of heroin, cocaine, and other drugs to inmates who eagerly volunteered to get high in the name of science. Today the vivid recollections of former addicts who spent years inside the prison and astonishing, government-produced films bring to life a story of noble intentions and lingering questions. Was the research program ethical? Was it worth it? Who was helped? The inmates themselves come to some surprising conclusions. Narrated and scored by former inmate Wayne Kramer of the radical 60s rock band the MC5.

Junkie Nurse | Jeff Orgill
USA 2009 | 82 min. Feature
A junkie nurse stumbles into his dream job – running the graveyard shift at a convalescent home. He quickly becomes a model employee and the old folks' best friend. But just as his drugs run out, and the management starts closing in, an old black jazzman discovers his secret and makes him a sweet deal, but with heavy consequences.

Buroinfierno | Daniel Sametz
Mexico 2009 | 14 min. Short | engl. subtitles
Juan discovers that althought he's death, things doesn't changes that much when he has to process his pass to the 'beyond' at a bureaucratic office.

Esperando Mujeres| Estephan Wagner
Spain 2008 | 34 min. Documentary | engl. subtitles
In the remote Spanish village of Riofrio, most of the women left years ago. Only the men remain, without the slightest possibility to find a relationship. Not able to bear this situation any longer, they organize a busload of single women to come from Madrid into their loneliness. Their ideal aim is to fall in love. But having never learned how to deal with women, beside their mothers and some motorway prostitutes, their event goes in some unexpected directions. "Waiting for Women" is a heart-warming documentary about love and solitude, about gender, migration and hope.

Canto al Paisaje Soñado | Oliver Primus & Arno Oehri
Switzerland/Liechtenstein 2009 | 85 min. Doc. | german subtitles
"Song for a landscape of dreams" is a poetic journey to the unique music of the Argentine maestro Eduardo Falú. At the same time it is a vivid portrait of this outstanding musician. Starting from his particular relationship with the landscapes of northwestern Argentina, with his beloved hometown Salta, with the vast plains of the Pampa, the enormous mountains of the Andes with their dramatic canyons, fertile valleys and deserted high plateaus, the film follows the manyfold stations of Falú‘s life and career.

Last Night | Ed Park
Australia 2008 | 8 min. Short
Nick and Evie sit on the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean. Something unmistakable begins to happen to Nick as the two exchange final words together.

Mongolian Tyres | Henrick Edelbo
Mongolia 2007 | 40 min. Documentary
In July 2004 a group of dedicated skateboarders go on a one month adventure to Ulaanbataar, the capitol of Mongolia. The goal, a giant skateboardpark in the middle of nowhere. After 8 months of planning and just three weeks before departure the big shock, the park gets torn down except for one quarterpipe. Nevertheless the group heads out far east to find out about Mongolian Skateboard culture, here is where the adventure begins…

The Godmachine | Jan Steffen
Germany/USA/NZ 2009 | 52 min. Documentary | engl. subtitles
Bicycles. Cars. Cities. The Godmachine is a documentary that explores this complex relationship through the voices of the ones who fully live the city from a bicycle saddle: Messengers. Journeying from Waiheke Island, New Zealand to New York City and back to promote the most energy efficient vehicle there is.“They (the cities) are not changing us, may be we are changing them”, says Kevin (from NYC).., and he could be right.

Edge | Marc Pierschel & Michael Kirchner
USA 2009 | 82 min. Documentary
28 years after the band Minor Threat released the song 'Straight Edge', the drug free lifestyle has become a worldwide phenomenon, rejecting a culture of intoxication.  The documentary takes the viewer behind and beyond the scenes of the Straight Edge subculture: the people living the idea, how it changed their lives and what it means to them on a very personal level. The result is a differentiated and diverse picture through in-depth interviews of 12 individuals who have chosen a clean lifestyle without consuming drugs.

I Need That Record | Brendan Toller
USA 2008 | 80 min. Documentary
A documentary feature examining why over 3000 independent record stores have closed across the U.S. in the past decade. Greedy record labels, media consolidation, homogenized radio, big box stores, Ecommerce, shoddy 'stars' pushed by big money, and the digital revolution all pose threats on the very well being of our favorite record stores.  Will these stores die? Will they survive? Featuring Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth, Ian Mackaye of Dischord Records Fugazi/Minor Threat, activist/author Noam Chomsky, Mike Watt of the Minutemen, Lenny Kaye guitarist of the Patti Smith Group, Chris Frantz of the Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club, guitar composer Glenn Branca, Patterson Hood of Drive-By Truckers, Pat Carney of the Black Keys, punk author Legs McNeil, rock photographer Bob Gruen, BP Helium guitarist from Of Montreal, and many many indie record stores across the U.S. of A!

Ein kurzer Film über das Geheimnis unserer Pizza | O. Tietgen
Germany 2009 | 2 min. Short
Warum schmeckt die Pizza bei Pizzabäcker Benito (Adrian Dittus) nur so verdammt gut? Ist es die Tomatensauce? Der Käse? Oder vielleicht doch der Teig? Benito zeigt uns sein obskures Geheimnis!

Un Café pour L´Amerique | Jossy Mayor
Luxemburg/Belgium 2009 | 20 min. Short | engl. subtitles
Pierre is a very shy man in his sixties, with no family or friends and who just retired. What will he do now ?

Max & Helena | Prashant Nair
USA 2009 | 10 min. Short
Max & Helena tells the tale of how Max fell in love with Helena, fell out of love with French food and discovered every corner of New York City in the process.

American Dumbling | Eileen Nelson
USA 2008 | 85 min Documentary
A simple story of flour, water and salt. This is the story of my journey into the world of flour, water and salt in search of the American dumpling.

aQua ad lavandum - in brevi | Florian Metzner & Helge Balzer
Germany 2008 | 16 min Short
Confront a part of yourself you always hoped would no

They Come at Night | Volker Sattel & Mario Mentrup
Germany 2008 | 30 min. Documentary | engl. subtitles
What would happen if a band of international street artists were to transform a sleepy German town into an open air exhibition overnight? Such questions would usually remain idle musings. But not if behind the idea is a company, whose product gives you wings. As a result, this book deals not only with the artists and the town but also with the interaction between artist and brand. Featuring: Akim One Machine, Blue, Dr. Innocent, JR, Kami & Sasu, Mare 139, Mr. Horse, Os Gemeos & Nina, Zasd und Zevs

Roadsworth | Alan Kohl
Canada 2008 | 72 min. Documentary
Roadsworth is an internationally renowned street artist whose three-year campaign of illegal art installations galvanized the city of Montreal in a debate over art and authority. Today, in both his public pieces and private commissions, Roadsworth continues to define himself as an artist and takes the risks that make his work instinctual, immediate and enigmatic.

Still Bill | Damani Baker & Alex Vlack
USA 2009 | 78 min Documentary
Bill Withers is an unexpected superstar. 'Ain't No Sunshine,' 'Lean on Me,' 'Lovely Day,' and 'Just the Two of Us' are only part of a complex and fascinating character: an icon who left the industry behind but never gave up his soul. You know his songs. Now meet the man. Featuring a tribute concert, a soundtrack with previously unreleased tracks, and rare live performances.