The Netherlands
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The soldiers who refused to die
CONFLICT: A Soviet soldier of Tatar descent captured by the Nazis during WWII leads to a story of an army caught between dictators.
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Another one bites the dust
CAPITALISM: As he tries to keep his own afloat, competition from big companies, cheap labour from the East, and smart machinery all make life increasingly difficult for one Dutch shepherd.
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Touring Port-au-Prince’s graveyard (guided by a goat)
The Haitian goat Britis proves an excellent mute guide at the Grand Cimetière in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, squeezing through narrow passageways as he inquisitively scurries from crypt to crypt.
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Three stories on war
Three films draw a line between war and a parallel world, not of peace, but of a kind of limbo upon which war encroaches or that exists alongside the fighting.
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The first and only Austrian Miss Universe 1929
Péter Forgács is well-known as an experimental filmmaker, as an artist who expertly re-arranges found footage in ways that meditate on memory and history