von Miete Steinmann
„Sie ist ein gutes Mädchen, aber zu schlau und die ganze Zeit wütend.“ So spricht ein Vater über seine Tochter, Salma, die er neun Jahre lang weggesperrte – bis sie sich bereit erklärte, den für sie erwählten Bräutigam zu heiraten. Denn in den muslimischen Dörfern im tamilischen Südindien ist das bis heute so Continue Reading

In 1976  Kim Longinotto (then called Kimona Landseer and still a film student) and Dorothea Gazidis directed PRIDE OF PLACE about Longinotto’s boarding school (from which she was expelled) in Buckinghamshire/Britain. Later films such as HOLD ME TIGHT LET ME GO (about a boarding school for “difficult” children and teenagers) are foreshadowed thematically and stylistically Continue Reading

Journalist Lou Bolch interviews Kim Longinotto, director of DAY I WILL NEVER FORGET, SHINJUKU BOYS, HOLD ME TIGHT LET ME GO, RUNAWAY, DIVORCE IRANIAN STYLE, HIDDEN FACES and SISTERS IN LAW. Watch the interview on Community Channel. Longinotto explains her unique approach to filming difficult subject matter and intimate situations. She reminisces about the strong Continue Reading

Kim Longinotto Named 2010 Outstanding Achievement Award Recipient
The Hot Docs Board of Directors is pleased to announce that it has chosen celebrated UK filmmaker Kim Longinotto as the recipient of its Outstanding Achievement Award, which will be presented at the Hot Docs Awards Presentation on Friday, May 7, at the Isabel Bader Theatre. As part Continue Reading

This year’s festival (the sixth edition) takes place from November 26 to December 2, 2009 in Berlin at the Arsenal Cinema, ACUDKino and Kleisthaus (cultural house of the German Federal Commissioner for the Affairs of People With Disabilities) under the auspices of Rolf Gössner, President of the International League for Human Rights.
More information at www.oneworld-berlin.de Continue Reading