Autumn Gold

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• 03/2012 - "Autumn Gold" at arte

  Our darling of the audience and festival hit “Autumn Gold” will be broadcast on arte: Sunday 18 March at 9.55pm. [...]

  Our darling of the audience and festival hit "Autumn Gold" will be broadcast on arte: Sunday 18 March at 9.55pm. After running at more than 50 film festivals all over the world and gaining more then ten awards and nominations, we are happy to announce its first broadcast at the German TV.

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• 03/2012 - "Autumn Gold" runs within the competition at Docudays

  We are happy to announce that “Autumn Gold” has been selected to the competition of the Docudays UA International Human [...]

  We are happy to announce that "Autumn Gold" has been selected to the competition of the Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Kiev, Ukraine. The festival takes place from 23rd to 29th of March 2012.

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• 03/2012 - "Autumn Gold" recieved 'Special Mention' at Docudays

  “Autumn Gold” leaves the Film Festival Docudays in Kiev with a “Special Mention for Optimism’ – an award which makes [...]

  "Autumn Gold" leaves the Film Festival Docudays in Kiev with a "Special Mention for Optimism' - an award which makes us feel especially positive…

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Press Echo

• "I believe that there is a need for idols, for old heroes, cult figures, wise humans. Our world is so complex nowadays, everything is in the move, so watching a stubborn Proksch, or a dignified Gabre gives us courage, because we wanna age like this as well." (Jan Tenhaven)

  Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (pdf download)

• "Adorable!" / Having ambitions with 100 years, even achieving them, going for gold! "Autumn Gold" is the name of this funny and encouraging film, which finally shows aging not as burden and threat."

  ZDF Aspekte

• With heart and a sense of humour, Autumn Gold" provides an inspiring insight view into life's longest competition."

  Myrocia Watamaniuk, Hot Docs Documentary Festival

• Autumn Gold is a wonderful and optimistic film full of vitality and humour. Despite portraying seniors, the film does not look back, but above all looks ahead.

  MDR Kino Royal

• A marvelous film./ "Amazing pictures that show more than sporting achievements."

  WDR west.art Magazin

• "If this film doesn't make you jump off the couch and put on your running shoes, nothing will."

  National Post Kanada

• "That is the definition of popular success!"

  Toronto Screen Shots

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Autumn Gold

“Autumn Gold” tells the life-affirming story of five athletes as they prepare for the Track and Field World Championships. Their toughest challenge is their age: These potential world champions are between 80 and 100 years old. With ambition and a good portion of humour, they accept the task. At the finishing line of their lives, they seek one more ultimate challenge and give their best on the way to a gold medal in Finland. True to the motto: “We can still rest after death.”
Alfred, the 100-year-old discus thrower from Vienna and passionate painter of nudes, had an artificial knee implanted just six months prior to the finals in Finland. He wants to keep going “somehow” and feels too young to sit in a rocking chair. Will he be up for it when the competition starts? Jiří, the 82-year-old high jumper from Czech Republic, trains his stamina in the staircase of his apartment building. The former horse breeder dreams of making the one-meter mark for one last time in his life. His wife massages his crooked back and asks him to take it easy: “Be careful, you don’t have to be a hero anymore!” Ilse, the 82-year-old shot putter from the German town of Kiel, has excelled to new heights since her husband died and she moved to a new city; Herbert (93), from Stockholm, races against his loneliness and misses the missing sexual component in his life as a widower; Gabre, from Italy, announces with feigned outrage that she won’t let anyone know her age – just before a fellow sportswoman reveals it to the camera.
It is a competition against age and other hurdles of life. They want to stand on the podium for one last time. Who will make it to Finland? Who will retire in dignity? Who will fight to the bitter end? A story of winning and losing, of setbacks and triumphs. “Autumn Gold” is an homage to life how it can be: Not smooth and wrinkle-free, but full of humour and determination.

Book / Director: Jan Tenhaven
Assistant director: Susanne Radelhof
Research assistant: Julia Schneeweiß
Cinematography: Marcus Winterbauer, Martin Langner
Steadicam: Marcus Winterbauer
Camera assistant: Thomas Schneider
Editor: Jürgen Winkelblech
Editor assistant: Karen Kramatschek
Sound recordist: Patrick Veigel, Oliver Grafe, Oliver Prasnikar
Composer: Andy Baum
Sound designer: Daniel Iribarren
Producer: Christian Beetz
Co-producer: Johannes Rosenberger
Line producer: Kathrin Isberner
Production supervisor: Daniela Schöne
Technical supervisors: Reinhardt Beetz, Philipp Weigold
Production assistant: Maria Wischnewski, Nick Pastucha, Julie Schrader
Unit manager Vienna: Carmen Weingartshofer
Production assistant Vienna: Sabine Kraberger
Production office Vienna: Karin Pauletta
Production supervisor Vienna: Elisabeth Eisenwort
Film labooratory: Synchro Film, Vienna
Sound post-production: Die Basisberlin
Title design: Martin Eichhorn
Commissioning editors: Sabine Rollberg (WDR/ARTE), Jutta Krug (WDR), Barbara Denz (NDR)

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Cooperation

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• Autumn Gold

  Filmpalast - Zittau, Germany
  from 09 December 2010

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  CinemaxX Wandsbek - Hamburg, Germany
  20 December 2010

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  CinemaxX Harburg - Hamburg, Germany
  20 December 2010

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  Cinemotion - Itzehoe, Germany
  27 December 2010

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  Kinocenter - Winsen, Germany
  02 January 2011

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  SF 1
  22 August 2012 at 10.55 pm

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  Upstall - Stendal, Germany
  19 December 2010

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  Movie Star - Bad Schwartau
  05 January 2011

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  ORF 3
  21 August 2012 at 03.05 pm

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  Corona - Kaufbeuren, Germany
  05 January 2011

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  Kommunales Kino - Herrenberg, Germany
  23 September 2011

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  ORF 3
  20 August 2012 at 8.15 pm

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  Cinemateca Eforie (One World Romania – Int. Human Rights Documentary Film Festival) - Bucharest
  15 March 2012 at 8.00 pm

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  Cinema - Bingen, Germany
  25 to 28 September 2011

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  Traumpalast - Waiblingen, Germany
  03 August 2011

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  Schauburg - Karlsruhe, Germany
  30 June 2011 at 5.00 pm

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  Hansa - Lemgo, Germany
  07 July 2011 at 8.00 pm

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  Munt 11 cinema, IDFA - Amsterdam, Netherlands
  27 November 2010 at 7.00 pm

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  Diagonale 2010 - Graz, Austria
  17 March 2010 at 2.30 pm

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  Arsenal - Tübingen
  from 26 August 2010

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  Documentary Channel
  27 November 2011 at 8 pm

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  Cinema Corso (One World Romania – Int. Human Rights Documentary Film Festival) - Bucharest
  16 March 2012 at 11.00 am

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  HOT DOCS Festival 2010 - Toronto, Canada
  4 May 2010 at 7.00 pm and 6 May 2010 at 11.30 am

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  Colosseum - Kempten, Germany
  06 November 2011

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  Astra Cinema - Essen, Germany
  05 July 2011 at 8.00 pm

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  Stadtkino - Rotenburg, Germany
  04 July 2011 at 8.00 pm

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  Treffpunkt Stadtmitte - Wendlingen, Germany
  29 June 2011 at 7.30 pm

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  Lichtwerk/ Kamera - Bielefeld, Germany
  07 July 2011 at 6.00 pm

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  Karlstor, 2. European Film Festival for Generations - Heidelberg, Germany
  28 June 2011

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  Kino im Hallenbad - Wolfsburg, Germany
  from 20 January 2011

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  Free Cinema - Lörrach, Germany
  07 January 2011

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  from 09 December 2010

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  Capitol - Schleswig, Germany
  19 December 2010

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  Tuschinski 4 cinema,IDFA - Amsterdam, Netherlands
  20 November 2010 at 4.00 pm

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  NFB cinema, RIDM Festival - Montreal, Canada
  12 November 2010 at 2.45 pm

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  MIPDOC 2010 - Cannes, France
  from 10 to 11 April 2010

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  Guth Gafa Documentary Festival 2010 - Gort an Choirce, Ireland
  12 June 2010 at 03.45 pm

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  ORF 3
  21 August 2012 at 00.55 am

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  Cinestar Metropolis, 2. European Film Festival for Generations - Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  27 June 2011 at 7.00 pm

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  Cinemaxx im Bosch-Areal - Stuttgart, Germany
  29 June 2011 at 3.00 pm

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  Neues Ringtheater - Isny, Germany
  09 June 2011

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  Palm Springs High School, Palm Springs Festival - Palm Springs, USA
  15 January 2011 at 8.00 pm

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  RCM Kino Center - Weissenburg, Germany
  06 December 2010

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  Tivoli - Achern, Germany
  08 December 2010

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  Upstall - Stendal, Germany
  21 December 2010

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  Capitol - Schleswig, Germany
  20 December 2010

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  International Documentary Festival Munich 2010 - Munich, Germany
  12 May 2010 at 9.30 am

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  Goethe Institut, RIDM Festival - Montreal, Canada
  11 November 2010 at 7.30 pm

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  Lichtburg - Essen
  1 July 2010 at 2.00 pm

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  International Documentary Festival Munich 2010 - Munich, Germany
  8 May 2010 at 6.00 pm

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  Kino in der Schauburg - Zella-Mehlis
  from 26 August 2010

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  RTS (Switzerland)
  2 April 2012 at 8.40 pm

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  Peperoni 1 - Herzogenrath, Germany
  06 July 2011 at 7.30 pm

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  Union - Prenzlau, Germany
  17 January 2011

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  CinemaxX - Dresden, Germany
  08 December 2010

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  Filmpalast - Bautzen, Germany
  from 02 December 2010

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  Luli Kino - Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany
  12 December 2010

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  Sonnenlichtspiele - Gaildorf, Germany
  from 09 December 2010

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  Harsefelder Lichtspiele - Harsefeld, Germany
  from 09 December 2010

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  MaxX - Hameln, Germany
  20 December 2010

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  Movie Star - Bad Schwartau, Germany
  02 January 2011

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  Tuschinski 2 cinema, IDFA - Amsterdam, Netherlands
  21 November 2010 at 10.30 am

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  Kurlichtspiele - Bad Freienwalde
  from 26 August 2010

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  UFA Palast - Düsseldorf
  26 August 2010

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  Kinodrom - Bocholt, Germany
  05 July 2011 at 4.00 pm

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  Lichtspielhaus - Groß Gerau
  08 and 10 May 2011

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  Zentral-Theater - Spenge, Germany
  03 and 04 May 2011

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  CinemaxX Dammtor - Hamburg, Germany
  20 December 2010

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  Palast Theater - Görlitz, Germany
  from 16 December 2010

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  Upstall - Stendal, Germany
  22 December 2010

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  MaxX - Hameln, Germany
  19 December 2010

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  Filmwelt - Herne, Germany
  05 January 2011

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  International Documentary Festival Munich 2010 - Munich, Germany
  9 May 2010 at 6.00 pm

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  DOCSDF 2010 - Mexico City, Mexico
  from 21 to 31 October 2010

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  Cinemateca Eforie (One World Romania – Int. Human Rights Documentary Film Festival) - Bucharest
  16 March 2012 at 4.00 pm

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  ORF2
  18 December 2011 at 11.05 pm

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  Scala - Lüneburg, Germany
  11 July 2011 at 3.00 pm

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  Cinemaxx/Koki - Heilbronn, Germany
  15 August 2011

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  Cinestar Tegel - Berlin, Germany
  22 June 2011 at 3.30 pm

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  Kitt - Tettnang, Germany
  from 21 April 2011

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  Free Cinema - Lörrach, Germany
  09 January 2011

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  RCM Kino Center - Weissenburg, Germany
  08 December 2010

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  Concerthaus - Brandenburg, Germany
  27 December 2010

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  Roxy - Holzminden, Germany
  26 December 2010

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  20. Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2010 - Schwerin, Germany
  9 May 2010 at 12.30 am

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  20. Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2010 - Schwerin, Germany
  7 May 2010 at 6.00 pm

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  Studiokino - Wittenberg
  01 September 2010 at 9.30 pm

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  Metropol - Rinteln
  from 26 August 2010

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  Koki - Esslingen, Germany
  29 June 2011 at 6.00 pm

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  Kamera - Heidelberg, Germany
  14 July 2011

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  Cinema - Wolfhagen, Germany
  25 and 26 April 2011

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  Filmeck - Wermelskirchen, Germany
  07 December 2010

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  Palasttheater - Menden, Germany
  06 December 2010

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  Spectrum - Norderstedt, Germany
  12 December 2010

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  Casablanca - Traunstein, Germany
  12 January 2011

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  Tuschinski 1 cinema, IDFA - Amsterdam, Netherlands
  23 November 2010 at 2.30 pm

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  Munt 11 cinema, IDFA - Amsterdam, Netherlands
  18 November 2010 at 10.00 pm

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  In Germany - now playing
  since July 8th 2010

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  Victoria - Hilchenbach
  from 26 August 2010

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  Arte
  18 March 2012 at 9.55 pm

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  Cineplex Capitol - Saalfeld, Germany
  23 June 2011 at 10.00 am

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  Kino Boizenburg - Boizenburg, Germany
  08 June 2011

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  Free Cinema - Lörrach, Germany
  08 January 2011

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  Capitol - Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
  12 December 2010

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  Spectrum - Norderstedt, Germany
  13 December 2010

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  Rio - Nuremberg, Germany
  from 23 December 2010

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  Odeon - Koblenz, Germany
  from 06 January 2011

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  Diagonale 2010 - Graz, Austria
  20 March 2010 at 8.30 pm

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  International Filmfest Emden 2010 - Emden, Germany
  from 2 to 9 June 2010

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  Docudays – International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival - Kiev, Ukraine
  23-29 March 2012

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  Neue Schauburg - Burgdorf, Germany
  21 June 2011

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  Casablanca - Zwickau, Germany
  07 December 2010

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  Capitol - Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
  05 December 2010

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  Upstall - Stendal, Germany
  20 December 2010

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  Roxy - Holzminden, Germany
  27 December 2010

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  Cinemotion - Itzehoe, Germany
  26 December 2010

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  HOT DOCS Festival 2010 - Toronto, Canada
  6 May 2010 at 11.30 am

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  Eifel-Film-Bühne - Hillesheim
  from 26 August 2010

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  Lichtspieltheater Wundervoll - Rostock
  from 26 August 2010

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  Provinzkino - Enkenbach, Germany
  13 September 2011

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  Kulturbahnhof - Jülich, Germany
  06 July 2011 at 5.00 pm

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  Capitol - Gotha, Germany
  23 June 2011 um 2.00 pm

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  Capitol - Mainz, Germany
  28 June 2011 at 7.00 pm

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  Biber Kino - Bebra, Germany
  17 and 18 May 2011

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  Kurlichtspiele - Bad Freienwalde, Germany
  19 April 2011

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  Palm Springs Regal 9, Palm Springs Festival - Palm Springs, USA
  08 January 2011 at 8.00 pm

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  Casablanca - Oldenburg, Germany
  16 March 2011

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  Cinemotion - Hoyerswerda, Germany
  26 January 2011

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  Cinestar - Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany
  from 23 December 2010

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  Filmpalast - Oranienburg, Germany
  03 January 2011

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  Kinocenter - Winsen, Germany
  03 January 2011

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  Union - Neuruppin, Germany
  10 January 2011

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  Drehwerk - Wachtberg
  from 26 August 2010