KUMU DOC : PÖFF

A World Gone Mad - The War Diaries of Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren’s life during World War II, told through her own diaries in a beautiful and thoughtful film about life, death and art in the shadow of war.

Programme

Amazomania

Footage of a 1996 expedition into the Amazon to document the isolated Korubo people resurfaces decades later, forcing the re-examination of the contact and the implications that followed.

Sweden, Denmark, France

Bauhaus Forever

A film on the afterlife of Bauhaus with the place and its transformation as the main character.

Becoming Led Zeppelin

Becoming Led Zeppelin explores the origins of this iconic group and their meteoric rise in just one year against all odds.

Blue Road: The Edna O'Brien Story

The fearless Irish literary icon Edna O’Brien reflects on a storied and scandalous life.

Ireland, United Kingdom

Christiania

In 1971, hundreds of young people occupied some abandoned army barracks in Copenhagen, and Christiania was born.

Programme

Kumu Documentary

Director

Karl Friis Forchhammer

Country

Denmark

Derek vs Derek

Two neighbouring Devon farmers, both named Derek, go to war over the future of their land in this funny and timely documentary.

E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea

This is the story of Eileen Gray’s visionary masterpiece, E.1027, and her battle to reclaim control from Le Corbusier’s dominance over her creation.

Programme

Kumu Documentary

Director

Beatrice Minger, Christoph Schaub

Country

Switzerland

El Ariston

A landmark on the edge of oblivion

Everest Dark

The famed Nepalese mountaineer Mingma Tsiri Sherpa risks everything to appease the gods of Everest and bring home a fallen climber’s body.

Frost Without Snow and Ice

For ten years, Asgeir Helgestad has followed the polar bear Frost. A story of survival and love, conflict and loss from Svalbard, the fastest-warming place on Earth.

Iron Winter

In Mongolia’s coldest winter, two herders fight storms and wolves to protect 2,000 horses.

Kersti Uibo: Author’s evening

The author is interviewed by the Anglican priest Stephen Knowers about the beauty and balance of the game.

Estonia, United Kingdom

Kumu Documentary 20. Premiere: KARP

The architect Raine Karp has designed some of the most monumental buildings in Estonia. The film reflects on the life mathematics of Raine and takes viewers on a journey through the architect’s world of ideas, space and creation.

Mark Soosaar 80: Author’s evening

Kumu Documentary pays tribute to Mark Soosaar, who turns 80 on January 12th.

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

After becoming the first deaf actor to win an Academy Award, at just 21, Marlee Matlin found herself thrust into the limelight as a trailblazer. Here, she looks back on a rich and tumultuous life.

Matti Nykänen - The Legend

Documentary about Matti Nykänen, the world’s best ski jumper whose life spiraled from fame to disgrace.

Programme

Estonian Olympic Committee Sports Film Programme, Kumu Documentary

Michel Gondry, Do It Yourself

If Méliès had a son, it would be Michel Gondry.

New England Modernism: Revolutionary Architecture in the 20th Century

A revealing documentary about the influential architects and designers who shaped modernism in the United States during the 20th century.

Schindler, Space Architect

An investigation into the Austrian-born American architect Rudolf Michael Schindler’s philosophy of Space Architecture.

Secret Mall Apartment

The story of a group of pioneering artists creating a home in the most unlikely of places, a mall.

Søren Pihlmann: Make Materials Matter

The Danish architect Søren Pihlmann, one of the pioneers of contemporary architecture, aims to transform the way we live, build and design. The film follows him for a year and a half as he applies his philosophy to the Danish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

Programme

Kumu Documentary

Director

Marc-Christoph Wagner, Simon Weyhe

Country

Denmark

Sumé: The Sound of a Revolution

It is a story of the Greenlandic rock band Sumé and how their politically charged songs transformed the islanders' sense of identity.

Greenland, Denmark, Norway

Sweet Story

San Francisco Bay pastry empress Meg Ray’s love affair with the magical Café Truten on Sweden’s remote Baltic Sea island of Rödlöga. “Life is what you bake!”

Programme

Kumu Documentary

Director

Sarah Justine Kerruish, Matt Maude

Country

USA, Sweden, United Kingdom

The Great Arch

Unknown Danish architect Johan Otto von Spreckelsen (Claes Bang) wins François Mitterrand’s competition for a new monument at La Défense. The true story of an idealistic architect entangled in a web of political intrigue.