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Who's afraid of Alice Miller?

CH 2020, 101 min, Daniel Howald

Martin is beaten by his father and rejected by his mother - and she looked away. This could be an example from the bestseller „The drama of the gifted child“ by jewish psychoanalyst Alice Miller. Except Martin is Alice Millers son. He embarks on a journey and discovers a tragic war-story.

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A Black Jesus

DE 2020, 92 min, Luca Lucchesi

For many centuries, in a small town on the southern border of Europe, people have been worshipping a statue of a black Jesus. 19-year-old Edward from Ghana, a resident of the refugee centre which is the subject of great controversy in the village, asks to carry the statue in the annual procession and to stand next to the locals that bear its cart. The community is divided over the response.

On a journey exploring the source of fear and prejudice against “the others”, the inhabitants of this small European village are called upon to question their own identity, starting with the very icon of their faith: a black Jesus.

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Glory to the Queen

AT/GEO/SRB 2020, 82 min, Tatia Skhirtladze

Glory to the Queen revolves around the life and the legacy of four female chess stars from Cold War era and Soviet icons of emancipation.
Living in one city, their past and the present mixes into permanent performance.

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Weiyena - The Long March Home

AT 2020, 96 min, Weina Zhao, Judith Benedikt

Two family histories, one century and two metropolises merge in one person: Weina Zhao, whose parents called her „Vienna“ - Wéiyenà - because they emigrated to Austria. Her journey into the history of China leads to the Cultural Revolution, modern China and tackles the great issues of the 21st century: migration, identity and the search for one‘s past.