The films include a full-length documentary, a feature and two short documentaries.
The American documentary The Rape of Europe, directed by Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen, tells the story of European art treasures looted during WWII. Based on the international bestseller by Lynn H. Nicholas, the film shows never-before-seen archive footage of works as they were stolen and recovered.
The German-Austrian co-production Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters), directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, is based on the life of Adolf Burger, who was placed in a concentration camp and forced to counterfeit money for the Nazis.
The festival will also show two short films by the wonderfully named November Wandering, who lives in Berlin. In The Night Trotsky Came to Dinner (2005), the director reconstructs the history of her family in a mockumentary; In Berlin Do the Koshers like Berlin? (Berlin Beshert) examines stereotypes of Jewish culture in present-day Berlin.
Source: Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
