Ein Gut Bewachter Konflikt – A Well-Guarded Conflict

PerSo Short 2017 A well guarded conflict – Ein Gut Bewachter Konflikt by Steffi Wurster, Germany, 2017, 23’   The documentary portrays the microcosm inside a trilateral post shared by a Transnistrian, a Russian and a Moldovan soldier. The peacekeepers – one...

Zaatari djinn

PerSo Award 2017 Zaatari djinn by Catherine Van Campen, Germany, 2017, 90’   Children are masters at making something out of nothing. A wad of paper becomes a soccer ball, two insects a zoo. Zaatari Djinn is an exceptionally intimate movie about the resilience of...

Treblinka

PerSo Award 2017 Treblinka by Sergio Tréfaut, Portogallo, 2016, 61’       Present, past and future merge in the wagons of a train that crosses Eastern Europe in the XXI century: Poland, Russia, Ukraine. The slogan of the post-war «Never Again» sounds...

The Unforgiven

PerSo Award 2017 The Unforgiven by Lars Ferdballe-Petersen, Finland/Denmark, 2017, 75’       Is it possible for a war criminal to find reconciliation with the past? How do you find your way back to what is known as a normal life when you have been...

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...