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KINOSTART 8. APRIL 2010:
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Die Geschwister Hassan, Lial und Maradona sind talentierte Musiker und Tänzer, die seit frühester Kindheit im Berliner Bezirk Neukölln leben. Ihre Familie stammt aus dem Libanon und ist seit 16 Jahren permanent von der Abschiebung bedroht. Daher entwickeln Lial und Hassan den Plan, mit ihrer Kunst den Lebensunterhalt der Familie zu sichern, damit diese legal im Land bleiben darf. Unter Druck entstehen Spannungen: Zwischen Lial und Hassan entwickelt sich ein Konkurrenzkampf um die Ernäherrolle innerhalb der Familie. Maradona hingegen schlägt einen anderen Weg ein, wiederholt wird er von der Schule supsendiert. Hin und her gerissen zwischen dem ambitionierten Lebensstil seiner älteren Geschwister und dem Straßenleben mit seinen Kumpels, steht er am Scheideweg zwischen Motivation und Resignation. Das Blatt wendet sich erst, als Maradona überraschend die Qualifikation zu einer TV-Casting Show gelingt: Sollte er die Siegerprämie von 100.000 Euro gewinnen, könnte er es sein, der die Zukunft der Familie sichert.
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WAKING UP THE NATION by Agostino Imondi a VideoTeppista production co-produced by Adam Ceremuga presented by Tondar Film |
A group of Australians concerned about the human rights abuses of asylum seekers in Australia's infamous immigration detention centres travels around the country for 2 months and 12'000 kilometres to visit the people in the camps, to educate the communities on its route, and to expose some of the human rights violations. 'Waking up the Nation' takes you on this inspiring journey, as the strange mix of housewives, teenangers, hippies and students onboard of the colourfull 'Freedom Bus' have their run-ins with overzealous cops, racist small town locals, and burly detention cen tre guards. Most importantly this road-movie-style documentary introduces you to many of the countless men, women and children inprisoned in these camps under the harsh immigration policies of the Australian government. Additional video footage smuggled out of some of these prisons show chilling and heartbreaking pictures, and prove that something is going on in the remoteness of the Australian deserts of which many Australians are rightly ashamed of. |
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ORANGE FARM WATER CRISIS |
Following the assassination of a61 year old woman activist from the Orange Farm Water Crisis Committee, video activists from around the world made this short film exposing water privatisation in Orange Farm, one of the poorest townships in South Africa. Privatisation appeared in Orange Farm in the form of pre-paid water meters, months before the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg 2002. Only predominately black areas are being targeted for pre-paid meters. The meters were introduced by the “corporatised entity” Johannesburg Water Company, whose services are managed by multinational Suez Lyonnaise, a company known for bad business practice throughout the world.The community quickly organised to protect their right to water, creating the Orange Farm Water Crisis Committee. Pre-paid meters mean automatic water cut-offs if you can't pay. Graffitti sprang up all over Orange Farm shouting the solution “Destroy the Meter, Enjoy Free Water! |
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