NORIENT FESTIVAL
13. Festival-Ausgabe: 10.–14. Januar 2024 +++ 13th festival edition: January 10–14, 2024 +++ 

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COMPLETE FILMLIST OF ALL FESTIVAL EDITIONS



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100% Dakar – More than Art (Sandra Krampelhuber, AUT/SEN 2014, 62’) *

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A Girl’s Band (Marilina Giménez, ARG 2018, 83’) | Article, Q&A
A Protest, A Celebration, A Mixed Message (Rhea Storr, UK 2018, 12’) * | Article
A Punk Daydream (Jimmy Hendrickx & Kristian Van Der Heyden, IDN/BEL 2019, 65’)
A Question of Time, Resilience, Beauty & Love – Video Installation (Janice Iche, KEN 2018, 37') *
A Sound of My Own (Rebecca Zehr, DEU 2021, 52’)
A Story of Sahel Sounds (Neopan Kollektiv, DEU/NIG/USA 2016, 82’) ** | Article (German)
A Symphony of Noise: Matthew Herbert’s Revolution (Enrique Sánchez Lansch, DEU 2021, 96’) *
Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai (Christopher Kirkley, USA/NIG 2015, 85’) *
Almost Famous (Renee Moncada-McElroy, USA 2013, 60’) | Article (German)
Altered States on the Dancefloor: Room 1 (Leila Ziu, UK 2021, 4’) *
Arabesk: Gossensound und Massenpop (Cem Kaya & Gökhan Bulut, TUR/DEU 2010, 50’)
At Night, They Dance (Isabelle Lavigne & Stéphane Thibault, EGY/CAN 2010, 80’) * | Article (German)
Atlantic Ragagar (Gilles Aubry, CHE/MAR 2022, 32’) **

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Bamseom Pirates Seoul Inferno (Jung Yoon-suk, KOR 2017, 120’) | Article
Beats of the Antonov (Hajooj Kuka, SUD/RSA 2014, 68’) | Article (German)
Before the Dying of the Light (Ali Essafi, MAR/FRA 2019, 70’)
Being Blacker (Molly Dineen, UK 2018, 90’) *
Beijing Bubbles (Susanne Messmer & Georg Lindt, DEU/CHN 2006, 82’) | Interview (German)
Bonfire and Stars (Sasha Voronov 2016, RUS, 57’) | Article (German)
Broken Song (Claire Dix, IRL 2013, 70’) * | Article (German)
Brom (Julian Sartorius/Rou Puckt, CH 2015, 3’)
Burning Casablanca (Ismaël El Iraki, MAR/FRA/BEL 2020, 121’) *
Bury the Hatchet (Aaron Walker, USA 2010, 86’) | Article (German)

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Castorocene (George Finlay Ramsay & Alexander Hetherington, UK 2021, 11’) *
Children of the Bible (Nitza Gonen, ISR/ETH 2009, 53’) | Article (German)
City of Sounds (Janek Romero, EGY/DEU 2014, 81’) * | Article (German)
Contradict: Ideas for a New World (Thomas Burkhalter, Peter Guyer, SUI/GHA 2020, 88’) | Articles, Q&A
Cooltúra (Miro Remo 2016, SVK, 67’) ***
Coz ov Moni (King & the FOKN Bois, GHA 2010, 30’) | Article (German)
Coz of Moni II – FOKN Revenge (Wanlov The Kubolor, M3nsa and King Luu, GHA 2013, 60’) ** | Article
Crestone (Marnie Ellen Hertzler, USA 2020, 72’) * | Article
culture leap (non-linear) (Roger Horn, RSA 2020, 3’) *
Cumbia Around the World (Pablo Coronel, ARG 2020, 87’) *
Curupira, Creature of the Woods (Félix Blume, MEX/FRA/BRA 2018, 35’) | Article, Q&A

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Dark City Beneath the Beat (Tedra Wilson aka TT The Artist, USA 2020, 65’) * | Article
Davoria (Robert Gyökér, HUN 2021, 59’) *
Dazzle Lights (Alejandro Gallo Bermúdez, ARG 2018, 80’) * | Article, Q&A
Desert Lights (Félix Blume, MEX 2021, 30’)
DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess: the New Album (Ben Mergelsberg, GER 2012, 11’)
Don’t Rush (Elise Florenty, Marcel Türkowsky, GRL/BEL/FRA/DEU 2020, 54’) * | Article
Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten – Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll (John Pirozzi, USA 2014, 105’)

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É Dreda Ser Angolano (Fazuma, ANG/POR 2007, 59’) | Article
El Gusto (Safinez Bousbia, ALG 2013, 89’) * | Article (German)
Electro Chaabi (Hind Meddeb, FRA 2013, 76’) * | Article
Elektro Moskva (Dominik Spritzendorfer and Elena Tichonova, RUS/AUT 2013, 86’) | Article (German)
Eli (Nate Milton, USA 2019, 11’) *
Europe in 8-bits (Javier Polo, ESP 2013, 76’) | Article (German)
existence. (Adythia Utama, IDN 2017, 7’) ** | Article

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Flight of the Giant Swan (Joe Hatt, UK 2020, 21’) *
Flow (Adriaan Lokman, NLD/FRA 2019, 14’)
Fokofpolisiekar (Bryan Little, RSA 2009, 105’) * | Article (German)
For Lucio (Pietro Marcello, ITA 2021, 78’)
Full Metal Village (Cho Sung-Hyung, DEU 2006, 90’) | Article (German)

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Ghost Diamond (Chris Saunders, RSA 2015, 60’) *

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Hell (Sandra Tabet, LBN 2021, 11’) *
Here We Move Here We Groove (Sergej Kreso, NLD 2020, 91’) *
Her Bijî Granî (George Mürer, USA/KUR/TUR 2020, 86’) * | Article, Q&A
Hit Me With Music (Miquel Galofré, JAM/ESP 2011, 74’) * | Article (German)
Horse Rider (Anna Gawlita, POL 2018, 19’) * | Article
Hot Sugar’s Cold World (Adam Bhala Lough 2015, USA, 87’) *

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I Love Hip Hop in Morocco (Jennifer Needleman & Joshua Asen, MAR/USA 2007, 75’) * | Article
I Want to Be Different – Metal Rock in Tadschikistan (Roozbeh Ghasemi, TJK 2015, 78’) *
Imagine Waking Up Tomorrow and All Music Has Disappeared (Stefan Schwietert, SUI 2015, 86’) | Article (German)
Imperfect Harmony (Carmen Cobos, NED 2015, 76’)
In Pursuit of Silence (Patrick Shen, USA 2016, 81’) *
In Your Eyes, I see My Country (Kamal Hachkar, MOR/FRA 2019, 75’) * | Article, Q&A
Inside the Mind of Favela Funk (Fleur Beemster & Elise Roodenburg 2015, NED, 68’) * | Article (German)
Isn't It a Beautiful World (Joseph Wilson, UK 2021, 13’) *
It Must Make Peace (Paul Chandler, MLI 2017, 83’) | Article, Q&A

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Jalanan (Daniel Ziv, INA/CAN 2013, 107’) * | Article (German)
Journey Through a Body (Camille Degeye, FRA 2019, 32’) * | Article

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Kein Vertrauen. Keine Angst. Um nichts bitten (Peter Rippl, RUS/DEU 2012, 82’) * | Article (German)
Kheyal (Munem Wasif, BGD 2019, 24’) *
Kidd Life (Andreas Johnsen, DEN 2013, 97’) * | Article (German)
Kwetu Kwanza (Noah Grothe & Devis Ahimbisibwe, UGA 2022, 14’) *

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L’Arrivée d’un train en gare de La Ciotat (Auguste & Louis Lumière, FRA 1896)
Leave the Door Open (Ümran Safter, TUR/USA 2021, 64’) *
Les Contes de Cockatoo (Varnish la Piscine, Rhony Sutriesno, SUI 2020, 44’) | Article
Libende Boyz (Wendy Bashi, BEL/COD 2021, 46’)
Liberation Day (Ugis Olte & Morten Traavik, LAT/NOR/SLO 2016, 97’) | Article
Life From the BBC (Jackson Allers, LIB/USA 2010, 15’) * | Article (German)
Liquid Land (Michelle Ettlin, SUI/USA 2012, 61’) | Interview (German)
Lima Screams (Dana Bonilla & Ximena Valdivia, PER 2018, 76’) *
Little-Big (Yassen Grigorov, BUL 2012, 90’) | Article
Lo Sound Desert (Jörg Steineck, USA 2015, 94’) * | Article (German)
Looking for the Perfect Beat (Matthew F. Smith, USA 2014, 51’) | Article (German)
Los Punks: We Are All We Have (Angela Boatwright 2016, USA, 79’) * | Article (German)
Love, Deutschmarks and Death (Cem Kaya, DEU 2022, 98’) Luminous (Niko Solorio, USA 2019, 3’)

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Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (Midge Costin, USA 2019, 94’) * | Article, Q&A
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A. (Steve Loveridge, SRI/UK/USA 2018, 97’) | Article
Max Richter’s Sleep (Natalie Johns, USA 2019, 99’) *
Me & The Beasts (Nico Manzano, VEN 2021, 78’) *
Meet Doug (Théo Jollet, FRA 2020, 26’) *
Mimaroğlu: The Robinson of Manhattan Island (Serdar Kökçeoğlu, TUR/UK/USA 2020, 76’) | Article, Q&A
Monsterman (Antti Haase, FIN 2014, 85’) *
Muezzin (Sebastian Brameshuber, TUR/AUT 2009, 85’) * | Article (German)
Mutant (Lebogang Rasethaba & Nthato Mokgata, ZAF 2020, 66’) * Muted (Johannes Binotto, CH 2021, 9’) *
My Cousin (Edward José, USA 1918, 66’) (Restored by Cineteca di Bologna)

N
Narco Cultura (Shaul Schwarz, USA/MEX 2013, 102’) * | Article
Neon Phantom (Leonardo Martinelli, BRA 2021, 20’)
Neptune Frost (Anisia Uzeyman & Saul Williams, RWA/USA 2021, 105’)
None of Your Business (Kamran Heidari, IRN/CZE 2019, 63’) * | Article
Notes via a Soundscape of Bollywood (Gilles Aubry, SUI 2014, 32’) * | Article (German)

O
Oh, It Hertz! (Gunnar Hall Jensen, NOR 2021, 87’) *
Other Music (Puloma Basu, Rob Hatch-Miller, USA 2019, 85’) * | Article
Oulaya's Wedding (Hisham Mayet, Cyrus Moussavi & Brittany Nugent, USA 2017, 58’) * | Article
Overheim (Jouri Hoepfner, DEU 2022, 23’) *

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Panoptic (Rana Eid, LEB 2017, 79’) |Article, Q&A
Paradiso (Alessandro Negrini, UK/ITA 2009, 60’) * | Article
PICO: Un parlante de Africa en America (Invernomuto & Jim C. Nedd, COL 2017, 61’)
Polyphonia – Albaniens vergessene Stimmen (Björn Reinhardt & Eckehard Pistrick, ALB/DEU 2011, 97’) * | Article (German)
Punk Prayer (Mike Lerner and Maxim Pozdorovkin, RUS/UK 2013, 88’) * | Article

R
Rez Metal (Ashkan Soltani Stone, USA 2021, 75’) *
RiP: A Remix Manifesto (Brett Gaylor, USA 2009, 80’) | Article (German)

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Sevdah (Marina Andree Skop, CRO/BIH 2009, 66’)
Sex and Broadcasting (Tim K Smith, USA 2014, 78’) * | Article (German)
Shut Up Sona (Deepti Gupta, IND 2019, 85’) *
SIKSA: Stabat Mater Dolorosa (Piotr Macha, SIKSA, POL 2019, 61’) | * Article
Silêncio: Voices of Lisbon (Judit Kalmár, Céline Coste Carlisle, POR/HUN 2020, 86’) | * Article, Q&A
Singeli Movement: Greed for Speed (Jan Moszumański, POL/TZA 2022, 60’) *** | Article
Sink In (Leah Walker/Tirzah, UK 2021, 5’)
Sirens (Rita Baghdadi, USA/LBN 2022, 78’)
Sleepwalking Through the Mekong (John Pirozzi, USA/CAM 2007, 67’) | Article (German)
Slingshot HipHop (Jackie Reem Salloum, USA/ISR/PLE 2008, 83’) | Article (German)
Soa (Raquel Castro, POR 2020, 71’) | * Article
Solo (Artemio Benki, CZE/FRA/ARG/AUT 2019, 84’) | Article
Sometimes It Was Beautiful (Christian Nyampeta, SWE/COD 2018 , 37’) *
Song from the Forest (Michael Obert, CAF/DEU 2013, 97’) | Article (German)
Songs of Redemption (Amanda Sans & Miquel Galofré 2013, JAM/ESP, 79’) * | Article
Sound of Metal (Darius Marder, USA 2019, 121’)
Soundhunters (Beryl Koltz, LUX/FRA 2015, 51’) *
SPAWN – Music Video by Isaac Mutant & Baze (Basil Anliker & Yannick Mosimann, CHE/ZAF 2022, 4')
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio that Changed Lives (Bobbito Garcia, USA 2015, 98’) *
Silvana (Mika Gustafson, Olivia Kastebring & Christina Tsiobanelis, SWE 2017, 91’)
Sinofuturism (1839–2046 AD) (Lawrence Lek, UK 2016, 60’) * | Article
Sou feia mas tô na moda – I’m Ugly but Trendy (Denise Garcia, BRA 2005, 61’) | Article (German)
Speak So I Can See You ( Marija Stojnić, SRB/HRV/QAT 2019, 73’)
Sweet Dreams (Lisa and Rob Fruchtman, RWA/USA 2012, 84’) * | Article (German)
Syrian Metal Is War (Monzer Darwish, SYR/LEB 2018, 87’) * | Article I & II

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Tapi! (The Nest Collective, Jim Chuchu, KEN 2020, 26’) * | Article, Q&A
Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam (Omar Majeed, USA/PAK 2009, 80’) * | Article (German)
Techno, Mama (Saulius Baradinskas, LTU 2021, 18’)
That Cloud Never Left (Yashaswini Raghunandan, IND 2019, 65) *
The African Cypher (Bryan Little, RSA 2012, 99’) * | Article
The Albatross Around My Neck: Retracing Echoes of Loss Between Lucknow and Berlin (Markus Schlaffke, IND/DEU 2019, 63’) * |  Article
The Devil’s Harmony (Dylan Holmes Williams, UK 2019, 15’) *
The Goodiepal Equation (Sami Sänpäkkilä, FIN 2017, 70’) * | Article
The Grief Interval (Aura Satz, GBR 2021, 19’)
The Long River Slides (Sanne Rovers, NED 2019, 53’) * | Article
The Mystery of the Pink Flamingo (Javier Polo Gandía, ESP/USA 2020, 90’) * | Article
The Odor of Elephants After the Rain (Omar Rajeh | Maqamat, FRA/LBN 2021, 38’) *
The Punk Singer (Sini Anderson, USA 2013, 80’)
The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs (Pushpendra Singh, IND 2020, 99’) *
The Shukar Collective Project (Matei-Alexandru Mocanu, ROU 2010, 75’) * | Article (German)
The Sound Man Mangesh Desai (Subash Sahoo, IND 2017, 113’) * | Article, Q&A
The Sound of Friendship: Warm Wavelengths in a Cold, Cold War (Anandita Bajpai, DEU/IND 2022, 63’) *
This is Bate Bola (Ben Holman & Neirin Jones, BRA/USA/UK 2018, 16’) * | Article
Tokyo Idols (Kyoko Miyake, UK/CAN/JAP 2017, 88’) * | Article
Tunisia Clash (Hind Meddeb, TUN 2015, 65’) * | Article

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Unplugged (Mladen Kovacevic, SRB/FIN 2013, 51’) | Article (German)
Until the Light Takes Us (Aaron Aites & Audrey Ewell, USA/NOR 2008, 93’) | Article

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Visit Me Once a Year (Zourouni koulli sana marra) (Siska, FRA/DEU 2010, 21’) * | Article (German)

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We Don’t Care About Music Anyway… (Cédric Dupire & Gaspard Kuentz, FRA/JAP 2009, 80’) | Article (German)
Where You’re Meant to Be (Paul Fegan, UK 2017, 76’) *
Whose Is this Song? (Adela Peeva, BUL 2003, 70’) | Article (German)

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Zvezda je rođena (A Star is Born) (Vanja Kovačević, SRB 2010, 75’) *

* Swiss Premiere | ** European Premiere | *** World Premiere