We are pleased to announce that our documentary “Souls in Transit”, which has qualified for the 95th Academy Award Oscar 2023, is continuing its successful cinema tour in Germany and Switzerland. After successful screenings at Kinostar Arthaus Kino Heilbronn, Kinostar Neckarsulm, Kinemathek Hamburg, Staufen Kino in Göppingen, Kino Arsenal in Berlin, Kino Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung Wiesbaden, among others, we now have the honor of presenting in Switzerland as well. We have already screened at the Filmpodium Zurich, Kino Sterk Baden and Kino Chur in the presence of Bishop Joseph Maria Bonnemainer, and the next screening on Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at 8:50 pm at Kino REX in Bern. As seats at the REX cinema are limited, buy your ticket now at: Link: https://www.advance-ticket.ch/sell/567958 We would also be very happy if you could make your community and also your German contacts aware of this important film. Thank you so much & stay tuned! Aida and Film Team https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100048874130849 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKA_ApJd-Yg

Director: Aida Schlaepfer Producers: Minority Rights Group International & da Production Film Length: 24.45 minutes Language of film: Arabic, translated in to English The film “NouN” depicts the suffering of Christian Iraqis at the hands of IS. It contains first-hand accounts of terrible atrocities, while revealing the courage of survivors, as well as their hopes and uncertainties about the future.View on Youtube or with english subtitle Interview auf Radio Vatikan zum Film https://youtu.be/MlFI9RlQLPU Genre: Documentary Country, year: Switzerland/Iraq, 2015 Duration: 24 mins Format: DCP Language: Arabic Subtitles: German/English

The movie “To be we also want to be” is about prostitution from men for men. Although the male prostitution is legal in Switzerland, the men who prostitute themselves for other men are exposed to a strong aversion in the society.As both prostitutes and homosexuals are discriminated by society,male sex workers are stigmatized twice. The male prostitution is a taboo and is hidden even though their history is as old as that of female prostitution. Based on four sensitive portrayed protagonists, who are not a homogeneous audience, the director Aida Schlaepfer shows us in the documentary “To be we also want to be” the everyday life of male prostitutes in Switzerland and their dealing with the complexity of their life situation. This collage, composed of the politically active hustler Benjamin, the Cuban emigre luxury Callboy Alexo, the transsexual Sonja and the to bizarre games specialized rubber transvestite named Leila reveals the in many respects’ distinctive origin, motivation, and sexual orientation of the man / male prostitutes in Switzerland. Through interviews and excerpts from the everyday lives of the protagonists, viewers get a glimpse at the lives of the four sex workers and their work-related problems. Topics such as emotion, and exclusion, financial security, life perspectives and the practice of the profession as well as complementary issues such as migration and Coming-Out as prostitutes or homosexuals are shown in this film and also all aspects of this profession and definitively breaks with prevailing platitudes. By a legal representative and a representative of the religion the issue is additionally illuminated from different sides and clarified the current legal and social situation of sex workers. Without any ideological constraints, the director explores in this film primarily the sentient human expressions of the protagonists and lights all facets of their lives. The film shows respect to all people working in the sex trade regardless of their origin, their gender and their life situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwK7TWYO5sQ Genre: DocumentaryCountry, year: Switzerland, 2013 Duration: 52 minsFormat: Blu-rayLanguages: German/ EnglishSubtitles: German/English/French/Chinese/Arabic/Hindi/Italian/Japanese/Portuguese/Russian/Spanish/Swedish

The film recounts the events of three Egyptian citizens who participated in a peaceful demonstration. By rubberbullets and teargas used by the police, all three men were seriously injured and two of them lose their eyesight. This instance is typical for the governmental use of violence during the demonstrations from 25th January until 11th February 2011. It illustrates on the personal three blows of fate the drama of more than 9,000 other victims. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5e-vkGjEzI Genre: DocumentaryCountry, Year: Switzerland/Egypt, 2011 Duration: 22 minsFormat: Blu-rayLanguage: ArabicSubtitles: English