
Fair Traders
By Nino Jacusso
2018 | 90 min | Documentary
Three players in the free market economy accept responsibility for society and future generations: They do business sustainably.


By Nino Jacusso
2018 | 90 min | Documentary
Three players in the free market economy accept responsibility for society and future generations: They do business sustainably.

2019 | 62 min | Documentary
The way of life in Aracà in northern Italy is threatened by globalization and technological progress. There are only a handful of aging farmers left who still grow olives and grapes using the old methods. This documentary records the thoughtful and emotional confrontation with time, change, loss, and hope related by the members of a small community in the idyllic Ligurian countrysid This documentary records the thoughtful and emotional confrontation with time, change, and loss, but also finds a ...

2021 | 81 min | Documentary
Liêm is a member of the Sedang, an ethnic minority group in Vietnam. Following tradition, he and other men go into the jungle for a spiritual cleansing, subsisting only on what the forest offers them. In the past, when he made the trip with his father, they fed on wild animals, such as monkeys, wild cats, or deer. Nowadays, deforestation has driven these animals away, and so Liêm is forced to catch rats and frogs, which the group (and film crew) consume. "The Vietnamese jungle is changing, and ...

2009 | 17 min | Documentary
In the beating heart of Tehran, embedded in the lively atmosphere of a university cafeteria, a fascinating story unfolds from the everyday life of three chefs and a kitchen hand. They face the daily challenges of serving 600 kebabs, soups gone awry, and the critical remarks of students. But between the hustle and bustle of the market and the seething chaos of the kitchen, they find time to philosophize about the essence of cooking and the bigger questions in life. The cafeteria becomes a place of ...

2018 | 62 min | Documentary
Although they make their living in the same way, their daily lives are very different. The documentary gives a deep insight into the lives of five tea cooks and at the same time takes a look at the social circumstances, contrasts and traditions of India. For all of them have a story to tell, and as they tell their stories, we learn about India's multifaceted, nuanced and multilayered society. "Hülser is able to not only show these petty self-employed folks in the midst of their poverty and squalor ...

2019 | 86 min | Documentary
Meet eight courageous people who renounce agricultural conventions and farm without poisons and without destroying the environment. Listen to their stories of having to wear protective suits in the fields, of the importance of earthworms and cow horns, of silence, of wallowing pigs and of reverence for life... Experience the outstanding courage of these farmers to trust their own instincts and create a new form of agricultural. The resistance they bump up against just makes them stronger.

2021 | 70 min | Documentary
The Vietnamese couple Bay and Tam have lived in Germany for 30 years. They clean empty offices for a living and have had little opportunity to interact with mainstream German society. A film about the difficulty of living in two places at the same time and the question of what effect this duality has on a marriage, family and sense of belonging. "There are people in this world who exist without really being noticed by society. Our protagonists* live in such a reality. They came to Germany in search ...

2014 | 89 min | Documentary
197 million unemployed people and the widespread phenomenon of physical or mental collapse known as burnout are arguments enough to find alternatives to work systems whose only goal is the single-minded pursuit of profit maximization. This documentary gets right into the middle of the current discussions and demonstrates with the help of three examples in Brazil, Serbia and Austria how such systems can work in different ways: workers participation, profit sharing, abolition of hierarchy – they all ...

2018 | 101 min | Documentary
These are living spaces on the edge of and in the middle of Europe, and their sheer existence is astonishing, with locations are in Spain, Italy, Iceland and Norway. These microcosms reflect our current society. What influence do these places have on their inhabitants, and who is part of the community? This film makes the isolation in these places palpable, and the walls that surround them visible. Both the real walls and the ones that we have created in our minds. "SMALL PLANETS is a visual treat ...

2009 | 94 min | Documentary
Despite shared experiences of migration, each person has his individual story. “With a deeply human attitude, which is evidence of his love for the protagonists, the director deals with one of the topics of today: migration. The great respect he has for his fantastic protagonists – real masters of their lives – makes it possible for him to get very close to them without exposing them.” (Jury Decision Innsbruck International Film Festival)

2016 | 60 min | Documentary
A documentary about people at a rest stop and a camping site. REST is an unvarnished documentary about the people at a rest stop and a camping site on the Danube motorway near Vienna. Whether campers on holiday or truck drivers forced to take breaks on Sundays, the conversation starts when motors go silent. REST visits the folks on the road and their a life of freedom and constant movement as well as loneliness and stasis. Director Iris Blauensteiner (SWEAT; THE_OTHER_IMAGES) dedicates her film ...