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INVESTIGATION CURRENT AFFAIRS
Much has been said about the
Catholic Church’s sex abuse
scandal. Yet with Pope Francis,
we have all thought that the
crisis was over, that the Church
had learnt its lesson. Instead,
4 years after Francis’ election,
reform has been stalled: 2 pe-
dophile priests out of 3 are still
in the clergy and bishops who
covered up abuses have been
left unpunished. In this film, hi-
storian John Dickie investigates
the causes of this dramatic fai-
lure. Traveling from the U.S. to
France, from Italy to Argentina,
Dickie will discover new scan-
dals that prove how, for the
Holy Roman Church, the child
abuse crisis is far from over.
GENRE
: Current Affairs, Investigation,
Crime
LENGTH
: 52’/85’
ASPECT RATIO
: 16:9
SHOOTING FORMAT
: HD
AUTHOR(S)
: Lucio Mollica,
Vania del Borgo
DIRECTOR(S)
: Jesus Garcés Lambert
PRODUCTION
: GA&A Productions
in coproduction with ZDF/ARTE and
EO IkonDocs, in association with SVT,
YLE, NRK, VRT, RTS, RSI, SRC
PRODUCTION YEAR
: 2017
VERSION(S)
: English, French,
German, Italian, Spanish
BEHIND THE ALTAR
One day in 1985, Irmela Men-
sah-Schramm noticed a racist
sticker on a wall and scratched
it off. Since then, her daily mis-
sion is to delete any trace of
nazi, racist or homophobic pro-
paganda from the walls of Ber-
lin. German neo-Nazis wants to
see her dead, while supporters
all over Europe admire the bra-
very of the clumsy, 65 years old
woman. Why did she embark
on this risky struggle? This is
the story of a stubborn, single
woman, but it is also the story
of how the simple act of saying
“no” can still be revolutionary
in today’s increasingly intole-
rant Europe
GENRE
: People&Society, Current Affairs
LENGTH
: 52’
ASPECT RATIO
: 16:9
SHOOTING FORMAT
: HD
AUTHOR(S)
: Vincenzo Caruso
DIRECTOR(S)
: Vincenzo Caruso
PRODUCTION
: Fotogramma 25 and
EIE Film
PRODUCTION YEAR
: 2017
VERSION(S)
: English, German, Italian
FESTIVALS & AWARDS:
Biografilm
Festival 2017 (Bologna, Italy) – official
selection
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