Homefront USA
Overview of films
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Exist
Esther Bell | 80' | USA | World premiere
Not a protest film, but a film about people who live for protest. Or even die for it. Shot with little money and much bravura. -
Falling Grace
Sebastian Winkels | 15' | Germany | World premiere
An angel once made a mistake that put Bush in the White House. But she comes back to put things right. -
George W. Bush: Superstar?
150' | USA | -
The president as a fictional protagonist. Film critic Jim Hoberman (Village Voice) shows a selection of films and fragments that are guaranteed to bog -
Greendale
Bernard Shakey | 84' | USA | -
Old rocker emerges as a fighter for the environment and against the war in a handheld feature. Bernard Shakey is a pseudonym for Neil Young.… -
In Smog and Thunder
Sean Meredith | 46' | USA | International premiere
The stunning neo-historic paintings of Sandow Birk were brought to life digitally for a very original animation film about a civil war yet to be… -
Independent Media in a Time of War
29' | USA | International premiere
Yes, it’s war and then it’s not in the national interest to show everything, is it? But didn’t it all come down to the freedom… -
It’s Not My Memory of It
Julia Meltzer, David Thorne | 25' | USA | International premiere
Archive material reveals the operation of the secret services. A documentary thriller. -
Just Another Day in the Homeland
John Maringouin | 78' | USA | World premiere
America is at war again. A film maker goes out into the street and films spontaneous reactions by proponents and opponents. And then he lets… -
Just
Joon Soo Ha | 6' | USA | European premiere
Only a flag or the one true flag. However often you copy it, it remains true and recognisable. -
Knock Off. Revenge on the Logo
Katharina Weingartner | 45' | USA | World premiere
Strolling down Broadway, if you keep your eyes open, you can learn all about the economy and its false shadows. And entertaining too! -
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Letters, Conversations: New York – Chicago Fall 2001
Mary Patten | 11' | USA | European premiere
Personal impressions of a changing world. E-mails, letters and diary fragments augment the images after September 11 and the war in Afghanistan.
