Cluj, Transylvania. After being driven from his shelter in a house cellar, a homeless man commits suicide. Orsolya, the bailiff who carried out the eviction, is impelled to make various attempts to address her feelings of guilt. Using a mixture of drama and comedy, topics as diverse as the housing crisis, post-socialist economics, nationalism and the power of language to maintain social status are dissected with a sharp, absurdist scalpel, in a movie-literate narrative that plays partly as a homage to Rossellini’s Europa ’51 – not least in the modesty of this independent, low-budget production’s means. But while in Rossellini’s film a woman’s crisis of conscience leads to meaningful activity, here the protagonist facing the dilemma is unable to find anybody to understand her and becomes increasingly desperate for external reassurance and validation, in a manner that would be easy to condemn if Orsolya’s moral relativism were not such an uncomfortably accurate reflection of a modern-day malaise from which few of us are wholly immune.
On a weekend trip to the countryside, Laura miraculously survives a car crash. Physically unhurt but deeply shaken, she is taken in by a local woman who witnessed the accident and now cares for Laura with motherly devotion. When her husband and adult son also give up their initial resistance to Laura’s presence, the four of them slowly build up some family-like routine. But soon they can no longer ignore their past…
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DE 2025, 86 Min., deutsche OmeU Regie: Christian Petzold Schnitt: Bettina Böhler Kamera: Hans Fromm mit: Paula Beer, Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, Enno Trebs
In November 1992, a racist arson attack in Mölln shattered the lives of İbrahim Arslan and his family. At just seven years old, İbrahim survived, but he lost his sister, his cousin and his grandmother. In the aftermath of the attacks, the city received hundreds of letters of solidarity which were ignored for nearly three decades. Woven into İbrahim’s poignant journey of discovery and his encounters with three letter writers, these rediscovered letters form a visual and emotional bridge between past and present. The film follows İbrahim and his siblings, painting a complex portrait of the lasting trauma that continues to affect them to this day. While İbrahim has found a way to cope by fighting against racism and advocating for a remembrance culture centred on the victims’ perspectives, his brother Namik is still at the beginning of his journey to come to terms with the traumatic experiences. The film not only amplifies the perspectives of the victims and survivors but also uncovers the vibrant solidarity that once existed – a solidarity of which the victims and survivors were previously unaware. It offers a new perspective on remembrance – one that takes the voices of survivors and their experiences seriously and provides them with the space and recognition that they deserve.
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DE 2025, 96 Min., deutsch, türkische Originalfassung mit deutschen und türkischen Untertiteln Regie: Martina Priessner Schnitt: Maja Tennstedt Kamera: Ayşe Alacakaptan, Julia Geiß
Set in the extinct world of artisan mining in North Chile, this neo western centers the struggles and empowerment of a young woman, fighting to keep the family business against patriarchal structures and the law of the jungle.
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CL/MX/UY/DE 2024, 83 Min., span. OmU Regie: Juan Francisco Olea Kamera: Sergio Armstrong mit: Katalina Sánchez, Francisco Melo, Michael Silva
Michelle, a model grandmother, is enjoying peaceful retirement in a Burgundy village, close to her best friend Marie-Claude. On All Saints‘ Day, her daughter Valérie arrives to drop off her grandson Lucas for the school holiday week. But nothing will go to plan.
United by the unexpected inheritance of a house in Normandy, four estranged cousins discover their family history. While exploring the house, left untouched since the 1940s, they excavate the life of their ancestor, Adèle Vermillard, a 20 year old woman who lived there in 1895. The end of the 19th century saw the birth of both photography and the Impressionist movement, which profoundly changed painting. Through back-and-forth journeys between 1895 and 2025, they find in the relics of the past what will help them better envision their own future.
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La venue de l’avenir FR 2024, 124 Min., französische OmU Regie: Cédric Klapisch Kamera: Alexis Kavyrchine Schnitt: Anne-Sophie Bion mit: Suzanne Lindon, Vincent Macaigne, Cécile de France, Paul Kircher, Julia Piaton, Vassili Schneider, Vincent Perez
Former power plant worker Wilma, who survived two political systems, faces a fresh start. After living her entire life in the rural lignite mining area (Ex-GDR), she left her village in the late 1990s when her world crumbled. Escaping to Vienna, she wants to rebuild her life. Old dreams of a better society resurface, and she embraces them with renewed energy, determined to create new paths for herself.
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DE 2025, 112 Min., Regie: Maren-Kea Freese Kamera: Michael Kotschi Schnitt: Andrea Muñoz Darsteller*innen: Fritzi Haberlandt, Thomas Gerber, Stephan Grossmann, Xenia Snagowski, Katrin Schwingel, Isabel Schosnig
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Kinotrailer „Wilma will mehr” – Kinostart 31. Juli 2025
La Haine opens with a montage of news footage depicting urban riots in a banlieue in the commune of Chanteloup-les-Vignes near Paris. In the aftermath of the riots, a local man named Abdel Ichaha is gravely injured in police custody and is in intensive care. The riots escalate, leading to a siege of the local police station and the loss of a police officer’s revolver. The film follows the lives of three friends of Abdel, who are all young men from immigrant families, over approximately twenty consecutive hours.
Vinz, a young Jewish man with an aggressive temperament, seeks revenge for Abdel’s condition. He harbors a deep hatred for all police officers and secretly emulates Travis Bickle from Taxi Driver in front of his bathroom mirror. Hubert, an Afro-French boxer and small-time drug dealer, aspires to escape the banlieue and create a better life for himself. However, his boxing gymnasium was destroyed in the riots. Saïd, a young North African Muslim, acts as a mediator between Vinz and Hubert who constantly argue.
The three friends lead a directionless daily routine and frequently find themselves under police surveillance. At a rooftop party which is broken up by the police, Vinz insults a plainclothes police officer. After the trio leaves, Vinz reveals that he has discovered the .44 Magnum revolver lost during the riot. He plans to use it to kill a police officer if Abdel dies. While Hubert disapproves, Vinz secretly takes the gun with him. They try to visit Abdel in the hospital but are stopped by the police. Saïd is arrested after they aggressively refuse to leave, but he is later released with the assistance of a police officer who knows his brother.
A disagreement arises between Vinz and Hubert regarding their perspectives on policing and violence, leading them to part ways temporarily. Saïd accompanies Vinz, while Hubert briefly returns home. They reunite at another gathering in the banlieue, which quickly descends into chaos when Abdel’s brother attempts to murder a police officer as an act of revenge. This triggers a confrontation with the police, and the group narrowly escapes after Vinz almost shoots a riot officer. They board a train to Paris, where their interactions with both friendly and hostile Parisians escalate several situations into dangerous confrontations.
In a public restroom, they encounter a Polish survivor of the gulag who tells them a story about a man who froze to death after he refused to relieve himself in public near the train and then failed to re-board in time. The trio is perplexed by the meaning of the story.
Later, they visit Astérix, a frequent cocaine user who owes money to Saïd. This visit leads to a violent confrontation, as Astérix appears to force Vinz to play Russian roulette, although the gun is secretly unloaded. They encounter sadistic plainclothes police officers who arrest Saïd and Hubert while Vinz manages to escape. The police officers verbally and physically abuse the duo before imprisoning them until late at night, causing the three friends to miss the last train from Saint-Lazare station and spend the night on the streets.
After being kicked out of an art gallery and failing to hotwire a car, the trio takes shelter in a shopping mall. They hear from a news broadcast that Abdel has died. They make their way to a rooftop, where they insult skinheads. However, they encounter the same group of skinheads who mercilessly attack Saïd and Hubert. Vinz intervenes, holding one of the skinheads at gunpoint. Despite Hubert pushing Vinz to execute him, Vinz hesitates and ultimately lets the skinhead go.
In the early morning, the trio returns home, and Vinz hands the gun over to Hubert. Vinz and Saïd encounter the officer whom Vinz had insulted at the rooftop party. The officer seizes Vinz, threatening him with a loaded gun against his head. Hubert rushes to their aid, but the officer accidentally discharges his gun, killing Vinz. A tense standoff ensues between Hubert and the officer, as Saïd closes his eyes. A single gunshot is heard, leaving it unclear who fired the shot or who may have been struck.
This climactic standoff is accompanied by a voice-over of Hubert’s slightly modified opening lines („It’s about a society in free fall…”) and the recurring phrase jusqu’ici tout va bien („so far so good”). The film portrays a microcosm of French society’s descent from hostility into senseless violence, emphasizing that despite appearances, all is not well and the future remains uncertain. Wikipedia
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FR 1995, 98 Min., franz. OmU Regie und Buch: Mathieu Kassovitz Kamera: Pierre Aïm Schnitt: Mathieu Kassovitz, Scott Stevenson mit: Vincent Cassel, Hubert Kounde, Said Taghmaoui
The profound cultural influence of the composer, performer and interdisciplinary artist Meredith Monk is often overlooked. As a female artist, she had to fight for recognition and resources in the male-dominated art scene of downtown New York of the 1960s and 1970s. Early reviews in “The New York Times” were vicious and sexist, with Clive Barnes calling her “a disgrace to the name of dancing” and John Rockwell opining that she was “so earnestly strange in a talented little-girl way”. And yet, as her celebrated contemporary Philip Glass says: “She, among all of us, was – and still is – the uniquely gifted one.” Monk in Pieces is a mosaic that mirrors the structure of her own work and illuminates her wildly original vocabulary of sound and imagery. In the film’s final chapters, Monk confronts mortality. We see her warily entrust her masterpiece “Atlas” to the director Yuval Sharon and singer Joanna Lynn-Jacobs for a new production with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. For 60 years, Monk has directed and performed in all her works; now she must learn to let go. What will happen to such singular creations after she is gone?
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US/DE/FR 2025, 93 Min., engl. OmU Regie: Billy Shebar, David Roberts Kamera: Jeff Hutchens, Ben Stechschulte Schnitt: Sabine Krayenbühl
Gustavo loses the harmony in his life when his wife leaves him, he loses his home and an injury prevents him from continuing his work: teaching yoga. Between tremors, robberies, hospitals, motorcycles, couple’s therapy, yoga retreats, anti-inflammatories and antidepressants, Gustavo will try to avoid the fall. THEPRACTICE is a naturalistic and delirious comedy about the drama of approaching 50.
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US/AR/CL/PT 2023, 93 Min. spanische OmU, Regie: Martín Rejtman Kamera: Hugo Azevedo Schnitt: Frederico Rotstein mit: Esteban Bigliardi, Manuela Oyarzún, Amparo Noguera, Camila Hirane, Gabriel Cañas
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