LETTER TO ANNA
(TV-Version: 1 x 52 minutes / Theatrical Version: 1 x 85 minutes)

Produced by: p.s. 72 productions, Switzerland in co-production with zero one film GmbH , Germany.
A Film by Eric Bergkraut.

World premiere at Cinema for Peace screening in Berlin , February 2008.
Winner of Vaclav Havel Award at One World Filmfestival, Prague 2008.

HOTDOCS 2008 – selected for International Competition

Distribution in North America: Films Transit
Distribution in France: p.s. 72 productions
Rights Germany: zero one film

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Hard-hitting documentary which addresses one of the most disturbing incidents during Vladimir Putin's presidential term: The systematic killing of Anna Politkovskaya. Through the view of Politkovskaya this documentary takes the pulse of Russian's situation. Contains much exclusive footage of Anna Politkovskaya.
On October 7, 2006, Vladimir Putin's 54th birthday, the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaja is shot in the lift of her Moscow apartment. Anna's death is a personal tragedy: she has just learnt that she‘s to become a grandmother. But the murder is also a political act, for Politkovskaja was the President's fiercest critic...

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LOST IN LIBERIA
(1 x 52 / 1 x 90)

Produced by: COIN FILM, in co-production with Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion and ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel, SRG SSR idée Suisse (Swiss TV).
A Film by Luzia Schmid.

World premiere at Visions du Réel Filmfestival 2007.

30-year-old Irish Leila wants to put her ideals to the test by registering to a training course at the Red Cross in Geneva/Switzerland. Little prepares her for her mission in Liberia , where she is confronted with post-war traumas and the task to reunite children, some of them former child soldiers, with their families.

DIGITAL ASIA
(1 x 52 minutes)

Produced by: NZZ Film.

The Chinese digital revolution is unstoppable: In China 800 million farmers are in the process of being switched on to the web. At the same time, every day a million mobile phones are being sold across the shop-counter. Jack Ma ' s record-breaking ebay-like platform Alibaba.com is an important factor in China ' s economy. And Microsofts ' most important research centre is in Beijing. The film also compares other Asian countries like South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong and their digital evolution.

QUEEN OF CONDOMS / LA REINA DEL CONDON
(1 x 75 / 1 x 52 minutes upon request)

Produced by: Dschoint Ventschr.
A Film by Silvana Ceschi and Reto Stamm.

The incredible story of how a German student from the GDR became the most prominent expert in sex education in Fidel Castro's government during the revolution, and how she later came into conflict with the regime. A witty story about the ups and downs of the sexual revolution Cuban style.

COCA - The dove from Chechnya - Europe in denial of a war
(1 x 90 minutes / 1 x 52 minutes)

Written and directed by Eric Bergkraut.
Produced by Doc Productions GmbH (Switzerland).

Award-winner at One World Human Rights Filmfestival, Prague, 2006.

Her parents gave Zainap Gashaeva the name “Coca” – the dove. Born in exile in Kazahstan, she became a business woman and reared four children. Zainap has been documenting what have become daily events since 1994: abduction, torture, murders. What has been declared an “anti-terrorist operation” by President Putin has taken on features of genocide. Up to thirty percent of the Chechen population may have been killed. The world is looking away; be it out of ingnorance, helplessness or opportunism. Together with other women, Zainap has been hiding hundreds of videotapes. She is now bringing these tapes to Western Europe to serve as evidence so that the guilty – on whichever side – are punished. Is she tilting at windmills?

CITY WALLS - My own private Tehran
(1 x 90 / 1 x 52)

Written and directed by Sonia Shafie.
Produced by Hugofilm (Switzerland).
Co-Produced by Swiss Television.

Award-winner at Visions du Réel Filmfestival, Nyon 2006

In times where headlines about the so-calles “culture-clash” hunt each other, the film-maker Afsar Sonia Shafie tells us a different story. It is the story of her grandmother, her mother and herself. In a very private and exemplary way, the film tells us about how women fight for their right to progress. A fascinating, personal film about strong women in Iran.

IN THE SHADOW OF THE PAGODAS – The other side of Burma
(1 x 52)

Written and directed by Irene Marty.
Produced by Kairos Film (Switzerland).

Whereas the world knows about the oppression of Burmese political opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, little is known abot Burma’s ethnic and religious minorities. This documentary was filmed under dangerous conditions. What is beginning as a picturesque journey through the “Golden Land of thousand Pagodas” is ending in Burma’s jungle, where hundred thousands of internally displaced peoples live and struggle for survival. They were forced to leave their villages due to forced relocation, forced labour, torture, arbitrary killings and many other human rights violations, committed by the ruling Junta. Their stories about their lives, their escape and their day-to-day surviving make up a new story: The genozide of the ethnic minorities in Burma!

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