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Heroes Never Die
</b><br /><i>Un heros ne meurt jamais
</i><br />R: Wissam Charaf (France, 2007, 6’, fiction, BetaSP<br />It's the summer of 2006. The city of Beirut is under siege. Filmmaker Wissam Charaf meets hornblower Mazen at the top of an apartment building, Mazen plays his trumpet when bombs hit the city.
<b>Sniper</b><br /><i>Sniper</i><br />R: Alain Rimbert (France, 2007, 6’, fiction, DigiBeta)<br />A sniper in Sarajevo, Bosnia, thinks of the war. He tells his story, explains why he is there and talks about the people he had to kill. He is standing on a roof with his gun, toying with it, waiting for his next innocent victim.<br /><br /><b>Holland 07</b><br /><i>Holland 07</i><br />R: This Luscher (The Netherlands, 2007, 10’, fiction, DigiBeta)<br />A time bomb has been planted in a litterbin at a schoolyard in Amsterdam and a diversity of people representing Dutch society pass by. When will the bomb explode? Who will be the target? <br /><br /><b>Switzerland 07</b><br /><i>Schweiz 07</i><br />R: This Luscher (Zwitserland, 2007, 1’, experimental, DigiBeta)<br />A short film by This Lüscher about the integration of immigrants in Switzerland or the lack thereof.<br /><br /><b>God on our Side</b><br /><i>God on our side</i><br />R: Uri Kranot en Michal Pfeffer (The Netherlands, 2005, 7’, animation, 35mm)<br />People are infused with rage and violence in the name of God. Fear leads to brutality and vengeance follows. What hope is left for a child that is born into this circle of loss?<br /><br /><b>A.K.A. Martha's Vineyard</b><br /><i>A.K.A. Martha's Vineyard</i><br />R: Richard Sandler (USA, 2007, 13’, experimental, DigiBeta)<br />The luxurious resort of Martha's Vineyard is an island off the coast of Massachusetts. The original inhabitants, the Wampanoag Indians, were decimated by the European colonists. This stunningly beautiful Super8 film is a monument to a people almost expelled and an understanding of nature almost forgotten.<br /><br /><br /><b>The Mongoose</b><br /><i>Der Mungo</i><br />R: Philipp Osthus (Germany, 2006, 20’, fiction, BetaSP)<br />Germany’s undercover security forces deploy a secret-agent in the underworld to sell plutonium. Their blatant failing leads to bizarre and extremely dangerous situations<br /><br /><b>Army of Ants</b><br /><i>Army of Ants</i><br />R: Wissam Charaf (France, 2007, 22’, fiction, 35mm)<br />In the South of Lebanon you might find strange things under the ground. So strange that you might lose your job, and yourself.<br /><br />