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Between Tradition and Self-determination
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Between Tradition and Self-determination

a review on "Uiksaringitara" With the world premiere of “Uiksaringitara” (The Wrong Husband), director Zacharias Kunuk returns to the Berlinale program after several years, attracting not only the attention of generation audience. Kunuk is considered one of the most important Inuit filmmakers and co-founded the first independent Inuit production company, Isuma. Isuma is intended to give Inuit filmmakers a platform and enable self-determination. Since the 1990s, Kunuk has been producing and directing films by, with and about Inuit and has won several awards. Like Kunuk's previous films, “Uiksaringitara” tells the story of people from the Inuit community: The story is set 4000 years ago in the Canadian Arctic region of Nunavut. Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq) and Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik) ...
Together it’s going to be okay
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Together it’s going to be okay

a review on „It’s okay“. Dancing is at the centre of In-young's (Lee Re) life. A year after her mother's death, dancing still gives her comfort and feelings of strength and security, because professional dancing was also a dream for In-young's mother, which In-young wants to fulfil for her and herself. On the outside, In-young always seems happy and full of life, but on the inside, the teenager has to deal with problems that no one her age should have to face: In-young has lived alone since her mother's death, has no guardian and avoids the child care services, which appear at her door from time to time. With her small mini-job in a convenience store, however, she can hardly afford the rent, which is why In-young is kicked out of her flat and decides to secretly stay at her dance s...
About strong daughters and mothers
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About strong daughters and mothers

a review on "Reinas" Lima, Peru, 1992: The country is facing political and economic crises and challenges. While the economy collapses and drastic inflation burdens the citizens, terror and violence are on the political agenda. In April 1990, elections are held, which Alberto Fujimori wins with his newly founded "Change 90" party. He is seen by the population as a political outsider who stands up for disadvantaged groups and wants to take action against terrorism and corruption. He is supposedly fighting terrorism with his policy by handing out weapons to the local communities so that they can defend themselves against terror. In addition, the executive is no longer taking action against basic terrorism, but rather against individual groups suspected of terrorism. Today, the Inter-Am...