Film Festival
German Programme at Guth Gafa International Documentary Festival 2018

International Documentary Fetival

Fri, 20.07.2018 -
Sun, 22.07.2018
Headfort House

Also 2018 the Guth Gafa International Film Festival presents new German documentaries and co-productions.


Sunday 22nd July, 2.45pm
The RoadHouse Cinema


The Cleaners - Im Schatten der Netzwelt
Dir.: Hans Block, Moritz Rieswieck
Germany, Brazil – 2018 - 88’

Irish Premiere

Any video or image can be uploaded to the web through social media. This does not, however, mean that all such material will remain there. Tens of thousands of “cleaners” work behind the scenes to ensure that only approved content is accessible to users. The role of cleaners, hired by companies such as Facebook or Google, is to search for and delete inappropriate content. Although they work undercover, the filmmakers have managed to contact some of the “content moderators” working in the Filipino capital of Manila. Their experiences include the appalling ordeal of finding child pornography or recordings of Islamic murders. The gradual devastation of the moderators’ psyches is not the only problem within this profession. Another flaw is that content is often deemed inappropriate if it does not suit the governments of individual countries or if, for instance, it tells about the reality of wartime conflicts in an alarming manner. At which point does the effort to prevent the spread of evil become dangerous censorship?

Jillian C. York, Director of International Freedom of Expression at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, will attend the screening to talk about the film.


Saturday 21st July, 12.00pm
The RoadHouse Cinema (Q&A)


Family Shots - Eingeimpft
Dir.: David Sieveking
Germany – 2017 - 95’

Irish Premiere

The story of a couple and the challenges they face after the birth of their first baby when they realize that they don't agree on the schedule of vaccinations proposed for newborns. David, the director, decides to set out on a research trip throughout Europe and as far as West Africa to unearth the facts and dispel the myths surrounding vaccination. The couple is now expecting its second child; a decision will have to be taken... A tongue-in-cheek family documentary and a profound insight into the global impact of vaccinations today.

Editor Mirja Gerle will attend the screening to talk about the film.


Sunday 22nd July, 5.15pm
The Adam Room Cinema (Q&A)


ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS
Dir.: Gabrielle Brady
Germany, UK, Australia – 2018 - 94’

Irish Premiere

Located off the coast of Indonesia, the Australian territory of Christmas Island is inhabited by migratory crabs travelling in their millions from the jungle towards the ocean, in a movement that has been provoked by the full moon for hundreds of thousands of years. Poh Lin is a trauma therapist who lives with her family in this place of hostile and wild landscapes—one of the last places on the planet to be discovered. Every day, she talks with the asylum seekers held indefinitely in a high-security detention centre, attempting, relentlessly, to support them in a situation that is as unbearable as its outcome is uncertain. Comparing the natural migration with the chaotic and tragic migration of humans, subject to the constant metamorphoses of the decision-making structures, Gabrielle Brady undoubtedly succeeds in evoking a challenge that is much greater than that of the microcosm she is reporting on. With its fictional appearance, Island of the Hungry Ghosts is a film whose eloquence is most particularly based on its skilful construction and on shots composed with great delicacy.

Director Gabrielle Brady will attend the screening to talk about her film.


Saturday 21st July, 3.00pm
The RoadHouse Cinema (Q&A)


A Woman Captured - Eine gefangene Frau
Dir.: Bernadett Tuza-Ritter
Hungary, Germany – 2017 - 89’

Irish Premiere

Marish lives in the household of a wealthy Hungarian family as a modern slave. The yoke that she has already been carrying for more than ten years has aged her fast. Is there a way out? An eye-opening film about “white slavery” – in the middle of Europe.

Director Bernadett Tuza-Ritter will attend the screening to talk about her film.


Supported by the Goethe-Institut Irland.