A man entered the 50 succumbed to the boredom of his life as a failed writer, and husband de-committed, and self-analysis through music. His wife, weakened by the same weariness, conforms to revive an affair with a close friend while hiding his frustration after multiple injections of botox and a "remodeling" of mammary glands. A boy entered the 20 succumbed to the boredom of his life as an ex-teen lost in the context of culture "punk." Your partner's sexual adventures is a spectator in the great theater. He participates in everything but take no part in anything. It is as if purposely placed in the crosshairs of life, but eventually left without moving a muscle.
In November 2005 a banker Liberia becomes the first woman to take the post of president of an African country. His cabinet is formed in part by many other women, and within a year of work all prove to be able to solve practical problems in Liberia. Not for nothing to her and his Cabinet are called "iron women of Liberia."
In the spring-summer 2006, Jerusalem became the scene of a political-religious conflict because of the desire for a Palestinian civil society organization to carry out the parade to commemorate the International Day of LGBT pride in that city. The contingency results in something almost unheard of: Palestinians and Israelis (and variations in their ideologies) join forces against the otherness represented on sexual diversity.
An unfortunate accident caused by trends macho leads Nejat, a man entered the thirties, from Berlin to his native Turkey. In Istanbul, a young woman looking to finance college. Ayten, the girl in question is more interested in organizing the revolution with the help of her lover, Germany's Lotte. A story where the strength of female characters obscures the performance of their male counterparts.
Ngabo and Sangwa, two African boys confronted historically tribal (Tutsi and Hutu, respectively), travel to the home village of Sangwa. They question their friendship and face reality, thus everyone loses a bit of his childhood.
In October 2006, the Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya was found dead in his apartment. He never found a suicide note, and always suspected she was killed. Not only knew much about the Kremlin's role in the conflict with the Chechens, but widely spread subversive messages of resistance to oppression and torture. To date, Russia remains one of the most dangerous countries for journalists.
Five Israeli women about their experiences during the two years of military service required by the government of Israel of its citizens. The document is heartbreaking for several reasons:
- by cynicism disguised as "repentance" that show the confession perpetrators of abuse and humiliation of Palestinians,
- by confessing hateful and proud to feel the power of subduing Palestinians and
- for its quality of women who, having the opportunity to join the army and therefore enjoy greater equality with men, committing the same atrocities as the former.
FICCO 2008 was a festival full of reality: Of the 8 screenings I attended, 4 were documentaries (and one of the "fictions" was filmed almost like a documentary, while the other touched a subject very close to Turkish reality.) I realized that since the beginning of the festival I wanted to look in front of others and the others leave ignored, leaving aside the "I do not want to depress" and face the current global reality. FICCO 2008 was also a festival of women: 5 of the 8 films deal with issues through women, or enhance the role of women in society.
doors to personal transformation path has been opened wide. Although the reality may seem overbearing and depressing, the apparent shelter of fiction is warm and almost meaningless when you know the real victories of the characters in flesh and blood.
