film program

Tuesday, 25. April | Wednesday, 26. April | Thursday, 27. April
Friday, 28. April | Saturday, 29. April | Sunday, 30. April


Short and long films, feature films, documentary films, and animation: This year's competition program is as varied as it's ever been.

From moody guerilla movies that rebels against every narrative convention to 35mm glossy productions on line with Hollywood product, sometimes the best thing is to see at least a little of everything. Not that the films' content are subordinate to their formal variety, although a few trends are perceptible. A certain predilection for the darker side of life, for capturing life's seriousness on celluloid.

Good old-fashioned societal criticism seems to enjoy a comeback as well, shimmering through in the many portrait films. It would seem these filmmakers feel the political always lurks in the personal. Yet sehsüchte 2006 is hardly all introspection and melancholy: Humor is and has in the end always been an answer to the questions of our time, and many films gladly make use of this fact.

Films at sehsuechte 2006

...kolumbianisches Tagebuch. Germany, Peter Atanassow
37 ohne Zwiebeln Germany, André Erkau
A Father's Prayer Germany, Döndü Kilic (dffb)
A hard days night Germany,
Alfred und der Engel im Winter Germany, Birthe Templin
Arbeit am Ende Germany, Carmen Losmann
Auf der Galerie Germany, Tobias Neumann
Biaat Ha Massiah Israel, Guy Dimenstein
Burma Snapshots Germany, Rainer Lingk, Florian Fischer
Camera Obscura Germany, Benjamin Eicher
Caspian Bride Germany, Veit Helmer
Chinese takeaway Germany, Felix Binder
Clearing Perry and Mamy Germany, Andreas Kannengießer
Concluzie Schweiz, Gabriel Sandru
Dalga zima Bulgaria, Timo Kalevi Puukko
Das Dorf am Ende der Welt Deutschland/Chile, Sebastián Barahona
Das Mass der Dinge Germany, Sven Bohse
Delivery Germany, Till Nowak
Der erste Engel Germany, Mario A. Conte
Der Fasan Germany, zorana musikic
Der Fremde und der Affe Germany, Nikias Chryssos
Der Jäger Germany, Felix Stienz
Der kleine Ben Germany, Piotr Reimer
Der Schaumreiniger Germany, Christopher Lenke/Philip Nauck
Der Schmetterlingseffekt Germany, André Herrmann
Der Tag, an dem Sarah Gordon bei mir badete Germany, Victor Holland
Der Verrückte, das Herz und das Auge Germany, Annette Jung+Gregor Dashuber
Deus in nobis Argentinien, Facundo Pires
Die letzte Spur Germany, Michael Kuhlmann
Dig the Dog Germany, Jan Daniel Fritz und Alexander Klein
Diving Bulgaria, Robert Vukajlo
Do Not Listen! Germany, Cem Kaya
Dow-jane-index Germany, Alex Schmidt
Durch das Warten wachsen Germany, Ingo Schiller
EL GRAN ESTADO Argentina, Simon Franco
Fabel Germany, Max Stolzenberg, Anja Perl
Facing Bill Germany, Hans Finckh
Fest der Liebe Germany, Rexi Tom Weller
Flan-tireur Frankreich, Didier Guagliano
Floh! Schweiz, Christine Wiederkehr
Frohe Ostern CH, Ulrich Schaffner
FROHES FEST Germany, NICO ZINGELMANN
Gag Ha'Olam Isreal, Maya Kenig
Gelegenheit macht Liebe Germany, Martin Nudow
Glimt af Morke Dänemark, Martin Barnewitz
Gott würfelt nicht Germany, Nicolai Wolf
Günni Germany, Denis Thürer+Georg Lurz
Haphazard Symphony Italy/UK, Joseph Feltus
happy end. Germany, daniel stieglitz
Haru Ichiban Schweiz, Aya Domenig
Headache Australia, Declan Mortimer Eipper, Tim Auld
Ich rette das Multiversum Germany, Ulf Groote
Infinite Justice Germany, Karl Tebbe
IS SO Germany, Anna Deutsch
It's a wonderful life Australien, Nadine Naeser
Jin-Riki-Sha Germany, Dirk Schreier
Kanreki-Yakyu Japan, Makoto Kanamori
Kinder der Schlafviertel Germany, Janna Ji Wonders+Korinna Krauss
Knospen wollen explodieren Germany, Petra Schröder
Kohle,Dosen und schwarze Löcher D/PL, Jakub Bejnarowicz
KomA Germany, johannes sievert
Kopfende Haßloch Germany, Jürgen Brügger, Jörg Haaßengier
Kopfsache Germany, Doron Wisotzky
Kosmonaut trifft Astronaut trifft Taikonaut Germany, Ellen Stein
Krishna's Dancer Germany, Dirk Hilbert
Kung Konrad Sweden, Daniel Wallentine
L´Arbre au Dindon Frankreich, Charlene Gueneau
la lupe i en bruno spanien, marc riba&anna solanas
Lentävä Tyttö Germany, Felicitas Heydenreich
Lichtspiel Germany, Jochen Epple
Lieb ich dich Germany, Tim Fehlbaum/Janna Ji Wonders
Louise Denmark, Carlos Oliveira
Ludenmann macht fertig Germany, Andreas Jaschke
Made In The Bronx USA, Stephen Dypiangco
Männer am Meer Detschland, Reto Caffi
Missing USA, Kit Hui
Mohn Germany, Anja Vogel
Mun Lappi Finnland, Hanna Bergholm
Nach dem Fall Schweiz, Marcel Wyss
Nachhilfe Österreich, Henning Backhaus
nat nederlands, ivan lopez nuñez
Neilah Isreal, Zohar Markman
New York is our bag England, Rob Ward
Nichts Geht Mehr Germany, Andreas Schaap
Nimm Dir Dein Leben Germany, Sabine Michel
Only Love can break your Heart De, Christoph Kellner
Ordinary Lives India/ HK, Sheetal S Agarwal
OSKAR NORWAY, Guro Ekornholmen, director
Our Man In Nirvana Germany, Jan Koester
Our Steps China, Lam Chi Wai, Thomas
Padi Bapak Singapore, Alphonsus Chern
Panzer Germany, Nico Roicke
Pillalar Azerbaijan, Gunel Najafzada
Poya- Vollmondtag Germany, Jai Wanigesinghe
PREMIUM Romania, Alexandru Ionescu
Quatrelle Love Frankreich, Denis Chapon
Racing Beats Germany, Alexander Kiesl & Steffen Hacker
rien ne sert de courir quand un pingouin part á point Canada, Walker Emmanuelle
Rough AppRoach Germany,
Salma in zwei Welten Israel/Germany, Anca Lazarescu
Schildbürger Germany, Philipp Krecklow
Shroommates Germany, Onni Pohl, Ellen Hickmann, Manuel Bickenbach
Slå tillbaka Sweden, Jonas Embring
Slavek the Shit Czech Republic, Iceland, Grimur Hakonarson
Sommerwald Germany, Christoph Lehmann
survive berlin Germany, Thomas Keller
Tabiat dar do negah Iran, Payman Haghani
Tantalus Germany, Christian Schwochow
TAR DAKAR Germany, Lia Jaspers
TERYTORIUM Poland, Łukasz P. Jaworski
To Galazio Poukamiso Greece, Nikos Tzermiadianos
Tougher Yet Germany, Felice Götze
Traumraum Germany, Anke Tornow
Un Retrato De Familia Singapore, Boo Junfeng
UNTER DER SONNE GERMANY, BARAN BO ODAR
vErblüht Germany, Marco Jacob
Vizh me Bulgaria, Chavdar Chernev
Vui Zvui Gfui Germany, Daniel Sprengler
Walter Germany, Anne Kauth
Wet Foot / Dry Foot USA, Carlos V. Gutierrez
WILLOW DRIVE UK, JAKOB RORVIK
Wszystko wedlug planu Poland, Tadeusz Sliwa
X Germany, Raphael Wahl
x2 Poland, Bartosz Paduch
Zeit ohne Eltern Germany, Celia Rothmund
Zigarettenpause Germany, Ralf Stadler
Zirkus Österreich, Max Berner, Maria Grün, Eva Grün
Zusammen Fremdgehen Germany, Hendrik Löbbert/Klaus Neumann

Films at Focus Russia

4+, Russia, Vladimir Golovnev
Balyksyt, Russia, Vyacheslav Semenov
Bozhyi ruki, Russia, Tatyana Gorbushina
Chernobyl-2, Russia, Olga Smakova
Do nevozmozhnosti nevozmozhnaya istoriya, Russia, Karina Klimenko
Dvier, Russia, Vladimir Kott
Goroda v gorodah, Russia, Alexander Markov
Hochu stat vampirom, Russia, Vladimir Uryashov
Horoshiy paren, Russia, Mityay Slyusarchuk
Ja zenilsja na bajane, Russia, Dmitry Uvarov
ja-zenchina, Russia, Natalyia Zhuravleva
Lunatik, Russia, Anna Kreyer
Malenkaya Katerina, Russia, Ivan Golovnev
Myaso, Russia, Slava Ross
Ostavlennie bez prismotra, Russia, Dmitriy Tyurin
Podsobnoye Khozyaystvo"", Russia, Yegor Anashkin
Posle Dojdya, Russia, Dusan Gligorov
Prasdnik, Russia, Dmitrj Fokin
Progulka, Russia, Julija Kolesnik
Prostodushny, Russia, Natalia Kadyrova
Sobachya zhizn, Russia, Nastya Chekmazova
Stolichniy skoriy, Russia, Artem Antonov
Svetochuvstvitelnost, Russia, Irina Basina
Wakuum, Russia, Evgeniy Semenov
Zoo, Russia, Maxim Usov