Hendersons we must overcome it. Going where its uncomfortable global news that matters w made for mines. Climate change. Waste. Pollution. And isnt it time for good news to go out africa people and projects that are changing our environment for the better its up to us to make a difference to living for good. Magazine d w. Hello and welcome to a very special country edition of keno together with my esteemed colleague hench crystal from bach weve left the city far behind and ventured out into the brandenburg countryside to part sorrow and the beautiful shaws overlake sharma its all so forget about the festivals income venice and toronto for a moment and embrace the fresh air of the festival without borders. Very well. Picturesque bands are always best known as a spa town for the last five years its been hosting the annual without borders Film Festival. This year as film buffs filmmakers such as directing legend. And also film stars like cornell sapphire. Theres no red carpet at this Film Festival nor are there any prizes thats not to say the film screened on prize where the selection is small but theyve been carefully chosen to reflect the festival ethos. And here we are now with the festival organizers first stop its called our Film Festival without borders what does that mean exactly without borders tries to refer to topics issues concerning all of humanity basically we want to show the world whats going on in the world and we want to make people question their own preconceptions about this years more good news well there if you look on t. V. If you look in the newspaper everywhere bad news so we wanted to put the focus on good news. This year almost all of the films which is screened in a converted barn are being shown in germany for the first time. For the last two years di giovanni has been a media partner of this small but perfectly formed festival that combines a family atmosphere with challenging films. And the good news factor is reflected in this Years Programme but not just feel good factor movies the festival organizers have put together a number of stories that show that when times are tough you dont have to give up you can change things and the even better news is that its never too late. Carson is in the twilight of her life shes one hundred years old most of her friends have died but then she buys herself a computer and gets a new lease of life as a blogger shes also meeting new people online. The serious. Leagues a little. Less. There though. Say after missile. Life begins at one hundred is the moving story of an elderly woman who doesnt want to accept that her life is almost over her blog is followed by thousands and eventually makes her famous. The heartwarming documentary captures dannys optimism and zest for life. Filled. Little stones is another inspiring tale of four women who defy expectations. They come from Different Countries but what they have in common is their belief that art and music can be used to empower women and girls. If they come. To your thirst saying that talk about. People who do not come when you come and say that you will have to work something everybody wants to come. In certain call for women have found their own way of creating positive change in their community. Art is one medium through which you can address issues that we all appreciate a good song a beautiful painting saw the music of is universal. And the senegalese singer and activist sister far featured in the film performed live at the without borders festival. She uses her music to campaign against female genital mutilation and while i am today using the pop music. Rights goodness again. We must get down on paper is it done generation decided understand friends of the famous new generation its the bottom of the right i believe that they can decide to really preserve the integrity of the but they actually did and now we come to the film that made the biggest impression upon us an incredible story that will shake you to the coal and one which has special relevance for the troubled times in which we live. Keep quiet begins with the violence accompanying the rise of the anti semitic far right party in hungary as seen through the eyes of. Janet security a charismatic former firebrand who rose to become Vice President of the party in his early twentys at the crest of the nationalist wave was elected to the european parliament. Of the whole us by the way because of that as a one of the. Twenty twelve he was confronted by a member of the your big party with evidence that he was jewish at first he just this could be true. But eventually his grandmother confirmed that she had kept her familys jewish identity a secret. After so good he was kicked out of the party the story took an even more incredible twist the former anti semites and radical nationalist embraced the jewish faith and joined the offer docs Jewish Community in budapest. And he takes his grandmother to see her mothers grave in a Jewish Cemetery for the first time in forty years and the companys another holocaust survivor on an emotional journey to auschwitz in his yard victoriously dismissed the holocaust as just another historical event. But not everybody is convinced about these conversion. Was that was. The most chilling message of the film is that even today in twenty First Century europe some people are hiding their jewish identity. As you dont know my little sister. Keep quiet sand hats off to the filmmakers for not keeping quiet now one of the big hits at the bart sorrow festival this year is definitely presenting prince says sure and princess sure has joined us now hello and welcome how are you enjoying the festival so far i think its dope like a rock song ok and before we talk a little more about the film lets take a look its a story of a transformation made possible by the world wide. We will try to have the door slammed in your face down to make sure you give us much much cement for mongomery spends her days working as a care worker and her nights posting videos of herself singing on youtube that show six like you see through my stage videos was freestyle so you know there were moments on a lot of the successful women but success seems far away when playing to empty houses. The old. Help comes from the other side of the world in the form of his writing mash up video artist. He takes things he finds on you tube and mixes them into something new. He remakes his princess shore without her knowledge and surprises her with the news that the track has gone viral. He raised a million views today. Presenting princess shore as a modern day cinderella story which shows that social media can transform lives in a positive way. So princess shore before you were discovered by kuta man you were already a bit of a huge shuba what motivated you to upload your videos to you tube well what i wanted to do was i i cant play instruments but i can sing so i saw produce on you tube it will put songs on instrumentals and he wanted to my to sing to it so i thought of i do it the other way around somebody can make a beat to my song and it happened. And how did the whole process of doing the film and discovering everything changed your life im still like a skateboarder chick without the skateboard behind the butt but ive been all over the world im never going to have a passport i never i mean i came out of my deep depression and im like. I have all that do you hope that this film is the lives of others you know i have people that reach out to me fired by a lot of people that gave up on music they pull out their keyboards they want to studio Start Recording again so i just want people to realize that im a real person and know that youre not alone in your struggle and that you just have to keep pushing for the life and you do think that even people who. As myself and christoph book could make it on you tube i mean if you i mean you have to believe in yourself. From your soul so. Yes i do. But i did not. Bring it to me like its. Running. Oh. Yeah all right lets get it. One Tree International talk. For journalists discuss the topic of the week. After last Sundays National election here in germany Angela Merkel europes longest serving leader and its still pretty. But how much is she being domestically and internationally. Next. He was one of the bees in the apa family and the son. Now benny is back with his own album featuring a mix of. Old favorites. And sixty minutes. Where i come from we had to fight for a free press and was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t. V. Shadow and a few newspapers with official information as a journeys i had walked off the streets of many canvassed and their problems are always the same forward to social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press. Corruption work on the floor to stay silent when it comes to the fans of the humans and see the microphones who have decided to put their trust in us. My name is jenny paris and i work a d. W. I. Alone a very warm welcome indeed to quadriga coming to you from the heart of the late and the dust is just beginning beginning to settle off to some Days National elections here in germany