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First national film document from El Salvador

Workers at the film stock 1980 (Source: Jürgen Gössel)
Workers at the film stock 1980 (Source: Jürgen Gössel)

The fact that the camera can serve as a weapon against oppression is manifested in the first national film document from El Salvador [Festival-Chronik Teil 3]. Director Yderin Tovar filmed "Morazan, erste befreite Zone" with anti-Junta people's fighters with no background in film. Festival guests support the "Weapons for El Salvador" campaign, collecting 1,109 Marks in various currencies for donation.

The anti-socialist and revolutionary occurrences in Poland in the form of workers' movements and strikes are completely ignored.


Golden Doves
UPPLADNINGEN EL SALVADOR ISKUGGAN AV EN EN REVOLUTION (IM SCHATTEN EINER REVOLUTION, Sweden, Peter Torbijörnsson)
VORWARNZEIT (GDR, Team "Alltag im Westen")
NJEGOVO VELICANSTVO (SEINE MAJESTÄT, Animated Film, Yugoslavia, Veliko Bikič)

Silver Doves
VECHNIJAT MUSIKANT ALEKSANDR KERKOV (DER EWIGE MUSIKANT, Bulgaria, Oskar Kristanov)
GRENADA - PEQUENO PAIS GRAN REVOLUCION (GRENADA: KLEINES LAND - GROSSE REVOLUTION, Cuba, Victor Casaus)
WE MUST RETURN TO LIBERATED ANGOLA (WIR MÜSSEN ZURÜCKKEHREN, Sweden/Angola, G. Pagano)
FRONTOVIKI (FRONTKÄMPFER, USSR, A. Sadkovoi)
EN TIERRA DE SANDINO (IM LANDE SANDINOS, Cuba, Jesus Diaz)

Special prize of the International Jury
ON COMPANY BUSINESS (IM AUFTRAG DER FIRMA, USA, Allan Francovich)

 
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