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The Wanderers - Guido Van Helten duration 11 minutes 30 seconds The Wanderers - Guido Van Helten The Wanderers - Guido Van Helten	The Wanderers - Guido Van Helten The series profiles six of Australia’s most… 2019 +2 More From JOSE PAYA Director Selina Miles Producer Drew Macdonald Series Yes Series of title The Wanderers Episode number in series 6 Running time 0:11 Year of production 2017 Country Australia Genre Factual UPF shelf location PN1992.13.I56 2019 v. 77 Shop steward Adele Seelmann Will Pedigo
Stockholm duration 40 minutes 59 seconds Stockholm Stockholm	Stockholm Just days before potentially fulfilling his… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title Stockholm Director Daniel Syrkin Producer Dafna Prenner, Shai Eines Series Yes Series of title Stockholm Episode number in series 4 Running time 00:40 Year of production 2018 Country Israel Genre Fiction Program description in session Just days before potentially fulfilling his lifelong ambition, Avishai Sar-Shalom, a leading contender for the Nobel Prize in Economics, is found dead in his bed. His four closest friends decide to keep him ‘alive’, i.e. hide the fact of his cardiac arrest, for five days – allowing him to ‘die’ with an extraordinary honour to his name. It seems like a simple task but quickly turns into an overwhelmingly complicated challenge. What begins as a tribute to a friend is the start of a revealing journey into their lives and their regrets, one that will test the very limits of their friendships. Their attempts to keep a secret will go wrong again and again – leaving viewers to wonder how far they will go to help Avishai die as a Nobel Prize winner? And is it really all in the name of friendship? This black comedy offers a refreshing angle on silver surfers who are up-to-date, with plenty of free time and in good health. Regrets are burning a hole in their bones and they have no intention of wasting the time they have left waiting for death. The series breaks stereotypes and assumptions as the lives of our 70+ year olds’ friendship, family, loyalty, professionalism, love and lust are all put to the test – and the results are not what we may imagine. Shop steward Mario Deschamps Tove Jonstoij
Fat duration 15 minutes 52 seconds Fat Fat	Fat Joy is a young obese Jewish girl of 27 with a… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title Gorda Director Barbara Cerro, Tamy Hochman, Sol Rietti Producer Nicolas Abelovich, Gonzalo Arias Series Yes Series of title Fat Episode number in series 8 Running time 00:15 Year of production 2018 Country Argentina Genre Comedy Program description in session Joy is a young obese Jewish girl of 27 with a caustic sense of humour. Dissatisfied with her professional life and her love life, and after suffering in silence bullying episodes which go way back to her elementary school days, she lets her wild side come out. She proudly assumes her condition and compels us to reflect upon social hypocrisy and prejudice. This is a new series produced by UN3, a public channel administered by the National University 3 de Febrero, which has been devoted to comedy and to launch new young comedians within the industry. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2018 v. 22 Shop steward Mario Deschamps Tove Jonstoij
The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen: January duration 31 minutes 54 seconds The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen: January The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen: January	The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen: January Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is not dead yet,… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title Het geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen Director Tim Oliehoek Producer Dan Blazer Series Yes Series of title The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen Episode number in series 12 Running time 00:32 Year of production 2017 Country Netherlands Genre Fiction Program description in session Hendrik Groen may be old, but he is not dead yet, and he is not planning to be dragged down. True, his daily walks are getting shorter, because his legs can’t walk any longer, and he visits his doctor regularly. Technically, he is a senior. But why should life be only about drinking coffee at his nursery home and waiting for it to be done? Hendrik Groen takes you to his nursery home and shows you all ups and downs of living there. He has a good sense of humour and is not scared to show the way things are at his home. With his club of his most loyal friends he tries to add some colour to his life, something the board and the less favoured residents do not like at all. Together the club members ban the dullness from their lives by going on outings: to a casino, a painting class, fancy restaurants. They celebrate life. All while fighting against the smaller and bigger mental and physical inconveniences of old age. In the end their battle is directed at the threat of the inevitable end of life. On the first of January Amsterdam is awfully depressing. But... it is also a new year; a new year full of new chances at the nursing home. Hendrik Groen starts with a small change: he starts writing in a diary. Shop steward Mario Deschamps Tove Jonstoij
Blind Donna duration 23 minutes 39 seconds Blind Donna Blind Donna	Blind Donna How does it feel when every date is a blind date?… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title Donna Director Heikki Kujanpää Producer Liisa Akimof Series Yes Series of title Blind Donna Episode number in series 10 Running time 00:23 Year of production 2018 Country Finland Genre Fiction Program description in session How does it feel when every date is a blind date? Donna is a 27-year old woman looking for love. Her partner, the egocentric bassoon player André, suddenly leaves her after six years, and Donna is left alone in their big house. To make the situation even worse, André wants the house for himself and his new, young girlfriend. Even so, Donna decides to move on and find the prince of her dreams. This series is a fresh version of a romantic comedy, but at the same time it shows the dirty realities of the dating game. The style of the series is raunchy and politically incorrect: the impairment of the main character is not pitied, neither are her mistakes glorified. Blind Donna is full of twisted humour and embarrassment stretched to the limits. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2018 v. 8 Shop steward Mario Deschamps Tove Jonstoij
The Martyr duration 29 minutes 58 seconds The Martyr The Martyr	The Martyr Asia works as a nurse and lives with her two… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title Martyren Director Ahmed Abdullahi Producer Veronika Öhnedal Series No Running time 00:29 Year of production 2018 Country Sweden Genre Drama Program description in session Asia works as a nurse and lives with her two children Omar and Sara in a Swedish city suburb. Sara lives a normal teenage life while Omar has been in trouble with the law. Omar has started hanging out with new friends and spends a lot of time at the mosque. At family dinner one night Omar declares that he will undertake a trip to a Quran School in Turkey. Concerns start growing and Asia suspects that Omar might have been radicalised. When society fails to support the mother, Asia starts making her own plans to save her son and keep her family together. The creative team’s intention was exploring the issue of radicalisation and portraying it from within a family. Showing the affected people behind the headlines and telling their story, without reproducing stereotypes of Muslims. The Martyr holds a story that resonates with people and communities in cities all over Europe, and the world. Ahmed Abdullahi has previously co-directed the documentary I Am Dublin, about the cost and consequence of the Dublin Regulation seen through a Somali teenager’s perspective. Shop steward Mario Deschamps Tove Jonstoij
Our Child duration 1 hour 28 minutes Our Child Our Child	Our Child They have been lovers, they have become spouses,… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title Unser Kind Director Nana Neul Producer Bettina Brokemper Series No Running time 00:88 Year of production 2018 Country Germany Genre Drama Program description in session They have been lovers, they have become spouses, now Ellen and Katharina would like to be parents. They seek help from another couple, their friends Natalie and Wolfgang, and it works. Thanks to an in vitro fertilisation, Katharina gives birth to Baby Franz. And all it takes now for Ellen to become Franz’ legal mother are her adoption papers to pass. But the youth welfare office hesitates to greenlight the procedure. Her fear of losing Franz drives Ellen to the edge. She feels let down by Katharina, she grows cranky and suspicious. Their relationship suffers. Just when they have eventually reconciled, fate strikes. Katharina dies in a car accident, before the adoption is finalised. As Katharina’s parents, Evelyn and Johannes, as well as the biological father Wolfgang show more and more interest in the little boy, Ellen’s suspicion is rekindled – she is his mother after all. Why is everybody questioning this? Despite all the good intentions, a fight ensues over Franz, over ‘Our Child’. Shop steward Mario Deschamps Tove Jonstoij
Plan B duration 43 minutes 13 seconds Plan B Plan B	Plan B Who does not wish to go back in time and change… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title Plan B Director Jean-François Asselin Producer Louis Morissette, Louis-Philippe Drolet, Alain Chicoine Series Yes Series of title Plan B Episode number in series 6 Running time 00:44 Year of production 2018 Country Canada Genre Fiction Program description in session Who does not wish to go back in time and change the course of events, especially when something bad has happened? Florence’s world falls apart the day that her daughter Marilou takes her own life. In search of answers to questions such as: Where did I go wrong? And what could I have changed? Florence discovers a toogood- to-be-true company named Plan B, which offers the possibility to go back in time. In her journey to save her daughter’s life, Florence uses Plan B a few times to find out what troubles her daughter. But she realises throughout her travels that the image of her own success is suffocating Marilou, who does not believe she can attain such a level of perfection. We follow a woman who, herself in a quest for a better world, discovers the limits of a mother’s power over her child’s happiness. This programme makes us question, as a society, the difficulties of finding balance between family and work, what it means to be a mother and a fulfilled woman today, and the example we set for our children. It also juggles with the idea of being able to travel in time and exert control over life’s events and what the price is you would have to pay for that. Shop steward Mario Deschamps Tove Jonstoij
Sense of Tumour duration 53 minutes 50 seconds Sense of Tumour Sense of Tumour	Sense of Tumour Tristan has spent the last 6 years studying… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title Gevoel voor Tumor Director Tom Goris Producer Kris Peeters (VRT), Pieter Nolf (Sylvester) Series Yes Series of title Sense of Tumour Episode number in series 18 Running time 00:52 Year of production 2018 Country Belgium Genre Fiction Program description in session Tristan has spent the last 6 years studying medicine, pragmatically splitting it into theory at the bar and anatomy under the sheets. During his Neurosurgery internship he is noticed by Dr. Mercier, who, however, discovers a tumour in Tristan’s nose. Suddenly, Tristan is no longer a brilliant medical student, but a cancer patient.Everyone around him responds differently, ranging from crying their eyes out to nervously bursting out laughing. Tristan refuses to give up his ambitious goals and intends to pick up the thread of his old life as soon as possible, casually trying to squeeze 25 radiation sessions and 6 chemo courses into his schedule. But things are far tougher than he had imagined: sharing a room with an old man with a giant brain tumour, freezing your sperm, unstoppable vomiting sessions, etc. Tristan’s hospital stay differs dramatically from the time he was living it up there as an intern who flirted with all the female assistants. The idea originated when screenwriter Leander Verdievel was diagnosed with cancer. In his experience, the hard, unreal consequences of the disease often had a comical side. As a first step in investigating this idea, thirty young former cancer patients were interviewed. Their testimonials form the basis of the series. Shop steward Mario Deschamps Tove Jonstoij
Where The Sun Don’t Shine duration 1 hour 31 minutes Where The Sun Don’t Shine Where The Sun Don’t Shine	Where The Sun Don’t Shine Dong has been released on parole and comes home.… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title 青苔 Director I-Hsuan Su Producer I-Hsuan Su Series No Running time 00:90 Year of production 2018 Country Taiwan Genre Drama Program description in session Dong has been released on parole and comes home. Before he killed someone imprudently, he had a little daughter, who was just three years old when he was sent to jail, and a young wife, Lan. But after 12 years in jail, everything is different. Lan has become a ‘betel nut beauty’, and she is having an affair with Bung. And Dong’s daughter Ting, has grown into a difficult teenager. Because of Dong’s criminal activity, Ting was bullied at school. In order to protect herself, Ting never mentions her father. Dong tries to recover his life, but he cannot find a normal job and his family is unstable. He is not sure whether being released from prison is a rebirth or is he just entering another jail? Shop steward Mario Deschamps Tove Jonstoij
Ekaant duration 25 minutes 20 seconds Ekaant Ekaant	Ekaant Set in an unspecified time and space, the… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title Ekaant Director Sarthak Bhasin Producer Bhupendra Kainthola Series No Running time 00:25 Year of production 2018 Country India Genre Drama Program description in session Set in an unspecified time and space, the film’s protagonist seems to be the only living person in a completely devastated city. He goes about, struggling his way, negotiating the tough setting and trying to survive. When on one fine day, out of nowhere, he happens to meet another person. Except that this person looks exactly like him. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2018 v. 18 Shop steward Mario Deschamps Tove Jonstoij
District 31 duration 21 minutes 23 seconds District 31 District 31	District 31 This daily series portrays the trials and… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title District 31 Director Catherine Therrien Producer Fabienne Larouche, Michel Trudeau Series Yes Series of title District 31 Episode number in series 285 Running time 00:22 Year of production 2018 Country Canada Genre Fiction Program description in session This daily series portrays the trials and tribulations of being a police officer in a big city. It follows a team of dedicated investigators, who not only support each other in their work, but also stick together in trivial times. Together, they share the vision of making their district a safe place where citizens can live in peace. Throughout the weeks, the team will face a full range of schemes and crimes which usually occur in large cities: kidnapping, burglary, murder, domestic violence, sex crimes, drug trafficking, terrorist, menaces, economic crimes, and many others. It depicts the day-to-day routine, police officers face as well as their own personal dilemmas and dramas. The show is filled with cliff-hangers, twists and surprises! The series takes us to the heart of each story, offering various perspectives of the same crime: complainant, families of victims, journalists, suspects, criminals and those who are responsible of ensuring the safety of their citizens. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2018 v. 13 Shop steward Mario Deschamps Tove Jonstoij
The Cleaners duration 1 hour 28 minutes The Cleaners The Cleaners	The Cleaners Enter a hidden third world shadow industry of… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title Im Schatten der Netzwelt Director Hans Block, Moritz Riesewick Producer Georg Tschurtschenthaler Series No Running time 00:88 Year of production 2018 Country Germany Genre Documentary Program description in session Enter a hidden third world shadow industry of digital cleaning, where the Internet rids itself of what it does not like. Here we meet five ‘digital scavengers’, among thousands of people outsourced from Silicon Valley, whose job is to delete ‘inappropriate’ content from the Internet. In a parallel struggle, we meet people around the globe whose lives are dramatically affected by online censorship. A typical ‘cleaner’ must observe and rate thousands of often deeply disturbing images and videos every day, leading to lasting psychological impacts. Yet underneath their work lie profound questions around what makes an image art or propaganda and what defines journalism. Where exactly is the point of balance for social media to be neither an unlegislated space nor a forum rife with censorship? The Cleaners struggles to come to terms with this new and disconcerting paradigm and tells the story of the rise and fall of social media’s utopian ideology. Shop steward Kåre Vedding Poulsen Manuel Thalmann
POLyAMORY duration 26 minutes 38 seconds POLyAMORY POLyAMORY	POLyAMORY This is a comedy about relationships, a subject… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title POLiAMOR Director Enric Cambray, Agustí Esteve, Jordi Pi Producer Rosa Domingo Series No Series of title POLiAMOR Running time 00:25 Year of production 2018 Country Spain Genre Comedy Program description in session This is a comedy about relationships, a subject on which everyone wants to have their say, and for the first time, everyone can do so ‘live’. The format has three parts. Firstly a monologue, an update from Berta, the main character, tells us what has happened since the last episode, and sets up today’s conflict. The second part is a five-minute drama where Berta meets up with other characters and they wrestle with today’s dilemma. They are joined by celebrities, Instagrammers, a guest musician who plays ‘live’, and a guest designer, who brings her/his reinterpretation of the logo. This music and logo become the closing credits of today’s drama. The third part continues in the same room with a chat hosted by a well-known influencer. It is an experiment, a drama guinea pig, a necessity at a time when TV is changing fast and we need to make decisive steps towards Generation Z, as they forge new paths in life. The format targets young people in two main ways: The principal means of delivery is Instagram Live, since 72 percent of people aged 16-23 connect to Instagram on a daily basis. It also uses Generation Z codes, conventions and language. It is the first ‘Instagram Live’ TV drama - and you can join ‘live’ wherever you are, whatever you’re doing. Shop steward Kåre Vedding Poulsen Manuel Thalmann
Tataki duration 50 minutes 25 seconds Tataki Tataki	Tataki From Los Angeles to Europe, via Switzerland, the… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title Tataki Director Nathan Saurer Producer Julien Bagourd, Gabriel Saurer Series No Running time 00:35 Year of production 2018 Country Switzerland Genre Faction Program description in session From Los Angeles to Europe, via Switzerland, the series ‘Flesh’ takes us into the complex universe of contemporary tattooing. Thanks to different meetings with famous tattoo artists, this series leads us through themes such as values, training, technique and marketing. The aim of this project - designed and built for social networks (7 episodes of 5 minutes) – is to offer an immersive and authentic travel into the tattoo universe, through the eyes of two young passionate personalities. This series is produced by Radio Télévision Suisse, via ‘Tataki’, its digital channel (www.tataki.ch), dedicated to 15 to 25 year olds. Shop steward Kåre Vedding Poulsen Manuel Thalmann
#followme - The Dark Economy Behind Your Timeline duration 49 minutes 18 seconds #followme - The Dark Economy Behind Your Timeline #followme - The Dark Economy Behind Your Timeline	#followme - The Dark Economy Behind Your Timeline What happens when one billion people use a… 2019 +2 More From UPF Original title #followme Director Nicolaas Veul Producer Rens Mevissen Series No Running time 00:50 Year of production 2018 Country Netherlands Genre Documentary Program description in session What happens when one billion people use a platform where popularity can be manipulated? A platform, where we teach our children that it is OK to cheat? #followme delves into the financial world behind Instagram. This social media platform has become a real industry where likes and followers have become currencies in a shadow economy. What is real and what is fake? Can we fight the algorithm? Who are the winners and who are the losers? And do we notice any of this when scrolling our feeds? Welcome to the Wild West of Instagram, where the colourful world of ‘boost boys’, ‘bots’, ‘shoutouts’ and paid comments from Russia is revealed. This is the very first documentary about Instagram on Instagram. It developed as a transparent, cross-media documentary-in-progress on the account @followme.doc, as Nicolaas explored all tips and tricks to gain popularity. The non-linear stories on Instagram ultimately produced the full length documentary in vertical IG- and horizontal TV-format. The vertical documentary premiered on IGTV (Instagram TV) on 21.11.2018 and the horizontal TV version aired on NPO3 a day later. Just a week before the release of the documentary, Instagram announced that it would take action and initiate a clean up of fake accounts. UPF shelf location PN1992.13 .I56 2018 v. 24 Shop steward Kåre Vedding Poulsen Manuel Thalmann