Die anderen – The others

PerSo Award 2017 Die anderen – The others by Ayse Polat Turkey/Germany, 2016, 68’       The Kurdish province Van is famous for its unique cats, which are the cultural symbol of the Kurds, Turks and the Armenians. Van was the historical home of the...

El Futuro Perfecto

PerSo Masterpiece 2017 El Futuro Perfecto by Nele Wohlatz, Argentina, 2016, 65’   Xiaobin is 17 and unable to speak a word in Spanish, when she arrives to Argentina. However, just a few days later, she’s already given a new name, Beatriz, and a job at a Chinese...

Cinema Grattacielo – Skyscraper Cinema

PerSo Masterpiece 2017 Cinema Grattacielo – Skyscraper Cinema by Marco Bertozzi, Italia, 2017, 97’   Pop Art interiors, psychic drifting and the myths of mass tourism seen from the Rimini Skyscraper, one of the symbolic buildings of the city. 100 metres...

It was all just a good dream/ Tout était un beau rêve

PerSo Award 2017 Sve je bio dobar san – It was all just a good dream by Branko Istvancic, Croatia, 2016, 80’ Shocking, intimate and moving documentary examines the events from the time of the war in Croatia and the arrival of the young French volunteer...

A Yangtze Landscape – Changjiang

A Yangtze Landscape/ Changjiiang PerSo Award A Yangtze Landscape – Changjiang by Xu Xin, China, 2017, 156’       This documentary uses the “Yangtze” as a metaphor of the current chaos in China. The documentary utilizes a non-narrative...