The public broadcaster Phoenix gave an insight into its festival program from December 20, 2021 to January 9, 2022 – it tells of moments that mean the world. At the turn of the year, phoenix offers highly visual documentation in 14 theme days and one theme week.
The diverse range of films starts with the themes of “Dream Routes”, “Eastward Direction” and “People.Life.Variety”. It illuminates “miracles made of stone”, the fascination of Canada, “glamor and glory”; and it shows family stories, the magic of the mountains, ancient worlds, legends and icons.
The week from January 2 to January 9, 2022 has the motto “The future of the blue planet” and looks at the fascination and diversity of our natural spaces as well as the pressing issue of climate change. The phoenix festival program offers a filmic declaration of love with documentaries in strong images. Every day – a big topic.
Monday, December 20, 2021: dream routes
When traveling, the journey alone is often the goal! When you experience the wild beauty of the Alps on the Glacier Express, discover Iceland’s fabulous volcanic world on your own bike, cross the vastness of the USA on legendary roads such as Route 66 – or take the Hurtigrouten towards the North Cape as a ship passenger. The theme day Dream Routes tells about being on the move on fascinating routes around the world.
Tuesday, December 21, 2021: East direction
phoenix looks east with exciting documentaries: The contemplation of landscapes and people ranges from Europe to Siberia and Mongolia. It goes to the Bohemian Forest and the “golden city” of Prague, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, phoenix provides an insight into the Russian soul of the Cossacks on the “Father Don”, the legendary and dearly revered river of Russia.
Wednesday, December 22nd, 2021: People.Live.Variety
People on the holiday theme day. Life. On the Wednesday before Christmas, phoenix looks at diversity with great openness and sensitive curiosity in the most diverse worlds and cultures around the globe. Landscape, climate, social and economic traditions and upheavals shape people everywhere. It is exciting to find out how they live, love, think and work and how they cope with their everyday lives.
Thursday, December 23rd, 2021: A day for love
It makes us strong and immortal, it makes us suffer and complain, it is very simple and at the same time infinitely complicated – and the most important drive for people: love. Everyone looks for it and longs for it all their lives, whether they admit it or not. The theme day starts with the dramatic and turbulent relationship life of glamorous Hollywood couples. You can also see what effort even normal couples go to today to celebrate an unforgettable wedding party.
Friday, December 24th, 2021: Miracles made of stone
On Christmas Eve, look at “miracles made of stone”: imposing buildings from human history, sophisticated architecture and ingenious technical constructions. You can see the tallest buildings in the world, sacred buildings and religious places of worship. In prime time, the four-part documentary series “Miracles of World History” presents buildings that are among the most famous monuments in the world. In addition to the Great Wall of China, the rock temple Petra, the Inca city Machu Picchu and the monastery fortress Mont-Saint-Michel can be seen.
Boxing Day Saturday, December 25, 2021: Canada – Wide Land
Canada – the sound alone awakens dreams of emigrating and calls for a departure into the unknown. Canada, the better America, home of the First Nations and the land of the maple? phoenix embarks on a search for answers, finds indomitable wilderness and follows in the footsteps of indigenous traditions up to the present day. With magically beautiful pictures, phoenix shows Canada in all its diversity and contradiction, follows routes from the Atlantic to the Pacific, visits rainforests and rough coastlines. The forays into the almost impenetrable wilderness, made with great effort on film, also make it clear that here, too, the sensitive ecological systems are endangered.
Boxing Day Sunday, December 26th, 2021: Glamor and Gloria
For many centuries, European royal families determined the course of history. These epoch-making dynasties were led by very different heads. The famous aristocrats are still very attractive today. Therefore, the theme day “Glamor and Gloria” takes a look at influential noble families and their charismatic rulers.
Monday, December 27, 2021: family stories
Germany’s large entrepreneurial families and the Wittelsbach family as one of the oldest German aristocratic families, our generation of grandmothers in World War II or the life story of 91-year-old Fanny who immigrated to Swabia from the former Yugoslavia – the phoenix theme day “Family Stories” tells of eventful times and moving lives “.
Tuesday, December 28, 202: The magic of the mountains
Mighty peaks, lonely valleys, wild mountain rivers and gentle alpine pastures – phoenix shows the fascinating world close to the clouds, between heaven and earth. The eventful journey along the highest peaks in the world ranges from the high Tatras, spatially the smallest high mountains in the world, to the “sky mountains” Tien Shan, a natural paradise in southern Kazakhstan, from the magical Andes to the Greater Caucasus, Russia’s roof of the world.
Wednesday, December 29, 2021: Ancient Worlds
The Hellenistic Mediterranean area, the Roman Empire and ancient Egypt shaped the epoch of antiquity. The “Ancient Worlds” theme day sheds light on the diversity of ancient traditions, portrays outstanding personalities from ancient times and shows how much ancient cultures determine our understanding of science, art, culture and politics today.
Thursday, December 30th, 2021: Legends & Icons
They bring shine to dull times and inspire people with a revolutionary spirit, dazzling beauty and exemplary courage. Phoenix dedicates an entire day to the legends and icons of our time. Film goddesses like Grace Kelly and Romy Schneider, the “Prima donna assoluta” Maria Callas, sports icons like Steffi Graf and Fritz Walter as well as the East German music legends Tamara Danz and Gerhard Gundermann are portrayed.
Friday, December 31, 2021: On 4 wheels
On four wheels through the world, this dream is dreaming more and more people. And more and more people are realizing this and are mobile and with light luggage on the road, regardless of expensive hotel accommodation in their own camper or caravan, the whole family on board, spending the night outside, even in the middle of winter. Whether truck drivers in Russia, young American vanlifers: inside or a small family on the Silk Road, they all combine the desire to be on the road.
Saturday, January 1st, 2021: People.Life.History
Mysterious and legendary events of the past, secrets of history and forgotten legends – these are the focus of this themed day. In the world saga Uhr, the historian Christopher Clark travels back to the cradle of mankind and shows countless world wonders and world natural heritage sites around the world. He leads the audience: inside to the treasures of Africa, India, Latin America, Europe and Southeast Asia. In prime time, the story of mankind tells of hunters and warriors, gods and empires, knowledge and power and progress and megalomania.
Sunday 2nd to Saturday 8th January 2022: The future of the blue planet
The first theme week at the start of the new year is all about the beauty and fragility of the earth. A day that shows our world in all its facets, set off in all directions to explore the diversity of flora and fauna. It also examines the ever-present question of what we can do to keep the earth as a livable place. From the deep blue expanse of the world’s oceans over the poles to the green wilderness of the forests – the theme week “The future of the blue planet” combines breathtakingly beautiful natural landscapes around the globe with a view of projects that research the climate crisis and advocate an effective climate policy deploy.
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