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Babushka

award winner 2024, films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History15. June 2024785Views 0Likes 0Comments

Austria, 1945. Together with her granddaughter Marie, Grandmother lives on a mountain farm. One day, of all things, two Russian deserters show up. Influenced by her prejudice of the violent enemy, Grandmother hides Marie before the unexpected arrivals reach the farm. Marie, on the other hand, is curious about the Russians. She sneaks up to…

Paradise Valley

award winner 2024, films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism15. June 2024618Views 0Likes 0Comments

Following the sudden death of her husband, a young widow in a 19th century Australian settlement faces eviction from her property; an unexpected visit from her untrustworthy brother-in-law further complicates the situation. Director Biography - Abby Garratt Abby Garratt is an emerging writer and director who grew up in rural Western Australia. Paradise Valley is…

Woiwode – Of Hope and Pain: The Memories of a Survivor

award winner 2024, films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History15. June 2024686Views 0Likes 0Comments

The documentary "Woiwode: Of Pain and Hope – The Memories of a Survivor" recounts the war years 1941-1945 from Gerhard Woiwode's perspective - a citizen from Weimar. Gerhard Woiwode, a man from a simple background, always remained true to his principles. The film sheds light on his experiences, which are marked by encounters with famous…

The Hun

award winner 2024, films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History15. June 2024934Views 0Likes 0Comments

The Hun is a short film drama set in the trenches during the late stages of the First World War. It follows a young American soldier, Private MacDonald, who has just become his company's new message runner. Facing imminent German advances, MacDonald and his brothers in arms mentally prepare for the onslaught. The Hun portrays…

Stork of Hope

award winner 2024, films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 4: Great War – Contemporary History15. June 2024796Views 0Likes 0Comments

In the early days of World War II, two Jewish brothers lost their parents during the Nazi invasion of Belarus. The boys were imprisoned in a German hospital and found many of their peers there. They were kept in inhuman conditions - hunger, cold, lack of sleep and rest. The only thing the boys had,…

Lombard Woman

award winner 2024, films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 2: Migration Period – Middle Ages13. June 2024658Views 0Likes 0Comments

The daily life of a Lombard woman in the seventh century, from her birth to her death an historical study on the Lombard society. It is a 25-minute short film that delves into the theme of the female condition in Lombard society through all phases of life: this is to allow the public to understand how…

Dû bist mîn ich bin dîn

award winner 2024, films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 2: Migration Period – Middle Ages13. June 20241KViews 0Likes 0Comments

SHORT IN ORIGINAL MEDIEVAL GERMAN! Southern Germany in the 14th century. The young Trutwin lives a secluded life with his mother in a small cottage at the edge of the forest. Nothing disturbs his carefree childhood. His mother protects him but also restricts his development. He feels suffocated and wants to escape the cottage to…

1000 Years Witness of the Light

award winner 2024, films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 2: Migration Period – Middle Ages13. June 2024923Views 0Likes 0Comments

Documentary film about the Bigorski Monastery. Every thousand years a rare flower blossoms at the Bigorski Monastery, testifying of another kind of beauty – not of this world. This is that exact beauty, that element, the fifth one, which is the very essence and meaning of the well-known four elements. It is that same thing…

Brothers: A Civil War Story

award winner 2024, films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 3: Modern Era/Colonialism13. June 2024616Views 0Likes 0Comments

A young Confederate soldier comes face-to-face with his Union brother on the battlefield during the Battle of the Wilderness. The year is 1862 and the American Civil War is raging. For one family in the South, conflicting views on the war cause tension in the family. William, the family’s eldest brother, soon grows restless and…

Odyssea

award winner 2024, films, HIFFA 2024 Timeframe 1: Prehistory – Antiquity12. June 2024892Views 0Likes 0Comments

The history of the evolution of mankind from the Neolithic period to the end of the Roman period. There is something new at the Archaeosite of Aubechies (Belgium). The visits will now start with a projection of the immersive film Odyssea in the new room. The public will be able to discover a real historical…

award winner 2024

Babushka

Paradise Valley

Woiwode – Of Hope and Pain: The Memories of a Survivor

The Hun

Stork of Hope

Lombard Woman

Dû bist mîn ich bin dîn

1000 Years Witness of the Light

Brothers: A Civil War Story

Odyssea

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