Category: Vorstellung

A film by Kurdwin Ayub. In German, Arabic and English with German subtitles.

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Kurdwin Ayub elec­trified with her wide­ly-lau­ded fea­ture debut SONNE (2022), depic­ting a Muslim girl’s expe­ri­en­ces gro­wing up in Vienna. She flips the per­spec­ti­ve in MOND, fol­lo­wing an Austrian woman on a work trip to Jordan. In an inspi­red cas­ting choice, cho­reo­grapher and per­for­mance artist Florentina Holzinger plays Sarah, a reti­red mixed mar­ti­al arts figh­ter hired as a per­so­nal trai­ner by a wealt­hy fami­ly in Amman. What initi­al­ly appears like a dream job—swanky hotel, pri­va­te driver—quickly turns troubling. The teenage sis­ters she is sup­po­sed to train show no inte­rest in the sport. Their pala­ti­al home is always deser­ted, apart from the clea­ning staff and seve­ral body­guards, who pat­rol the house as if it were a pri­son. The girls aren’t allo­wed to access the WiFi net­work and seem shut off from the out­side world. When Sarah enqui­res about the iden­ti­ty of her employ­ers at the hotel bar and men­ti­ons their fami­ly name, the pre­vious­ly fri­end­ly bar­man abrupt­ly ends the con­ver­sa­ti­on. While kee­ping the sto­ry in a rea­list regis­ter, Ayub bor­rows tro­pes from the thril­ler and hor­ror gen­res to gene­ra­te moun­ting sus­pen­se and upend the arche­ty­pe of the white saviour, thus for­cing view­ers to con­front their own pre­con­cep­ti­ons. (Giovanni Marchini Camia)

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AU 2024, 93 Min, deutsch/arabisch/englische OmU
Regie: Kurdwin Ayub
Kamera: Klemens Hufnagl,
Schnitt: Roland Stöttinger,
mit: Florentina Holzinger, Andria Tayeh, Celina Antwan, Nagham Abu Baker, u.a.

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A film by Daryl Hanna. On April 17th at the fsk. In English with German subtitles.

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Follows Neil Young on a coas­tal road trip and musi­cal jour­ney during his solo tour, offe­ring inti­ma­te back­stage moments.

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US 2024, 91 Min., engl. OmU
Regie & Kamera: Daryl Hannah
Schnitt: Rachel Simmer 

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A film by Tim Ellrich. In German.

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A the­ra­pist who­se inte­rests lie in alter­na­ti­ve ways to help the sick and infirm is forced to balan­ce the demands of her pro­fes­sio­nal life with tho­se of her age­ing par­ents and older brot­her, in Tim Ellrich’s sen­si­ti­ve but uncom­pro­mi­sing drama.

Holle works as a spi­ri­tu­al hea­ler, ten­ding to cli­ents with serious ill­nesses and chro­nic con­di­ti­ons. One of four siblings, she devo­tes much of her time to caring for her age­ing par­ents, a com­mit­ment that strains her rela­ti­onship with her part­ner. When her mother suf­fers a fall and is hos­pi­ta­li­sed, Holle faces moun­ting chal­lenges, par­ti­cu­lar­ly in rela­ti­on to her brot­her Sven, who has schi­zo­phre­nia and has lived a secluded life in their par­ents’ attic for years.

Inspired by film­ma­ker Tim Ellrich’s own fami­ly expe­ri­en­ces and shot on loca­ti­on at his child­hood home, Im Haus mei­ner Eltern is an incisi­ve explo­ra­ti­on of the toll care­gi­ving takes on fami­lies. Filmed in stark black and white, its visu­als cap­tu­re both the exhaus­ti­on of care­gi­ving and the claus­tro­pho­bia of lives bound by duty. Ellrich avo­ids easy judgments, ins­tead offe­ring a thoughtful reflec­tion on how socie­ty tre­ats the elder­ly and infirm and the fric­tion the­se respon­si­bi­li­ties crea­te within fami­lies – from tho­se who should­er the bur­den to tho­se who keep their distance. With empa­thy and an under­sta­ted approach, Im Haus mei­ner Eltern, exami­nes the uns­po­ken ten­si­ons and quiet sacri­fices that defi­ne fami­ly life under pressure.

Vanja Kaludjercic

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DE 2025, 95 Min,
Regie: Tim Ellrich
Kamera: Konstantin Pape
Schnitt: Tobias Wilhelmer
mit: Jenny Schily, Ursula Werner, Manfred Zapatka und Jens Brock 

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Im Haus mei­ner Eltern – trai­ler | IFFR 2025

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A film by Gints Zilbalodis. Without dialogues.

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The world seems to be coming to an end, tee­ming with the ves­ti­ges of a human pre­sence. Cat is a soli­ta­ry ani­mal, but as its home is devas­ta­ted by a gre­at flood, he finds refu­ge on a boat popu­la­ted by various spe­ci­es, and will have to team up with them despi­te their dif­fe­ren­ces. In the lone­so­me boat sai­ling through mys­ti­cal over­flowed land­scapes, they navi­ga­te the chal­lenges and dan­gers of adap­ting to this new world.

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LV/FR/BE 2023, 84 Min., ohne Dialog
Regie: Gints Zilbalodis
Kamera: Léo Silly Pélissier
Schnitt: Gints Zilbalodis

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FLOW l Kinotrailer

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A film by Dag Johan Haugerud. In Norwegian with German subtitles.

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A Utopian design for sexua­li­ty, rela­ti­onships and love in the 21st cen­tu­ry. Marianne is a doc­tor based in Oslo. She longs for clo­sen­ess with other peo­p­le, but she’s fed up with her sex life being con­stant­ly ana­ly­sed and ques­tio­ned by the expec­ta­ti­ons of others. One evening, she meets Tor, a nur­se and col­le­ague, on a fer­ry. He tells her of the fer­ry trips he takes when he can’t sleep and his chan­ce mee­tings with other men. Curious, Marianne starts explo­ring other designs for rela­ti­onships, off the bea­ten track.

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Love
NO 2024, 119 Min, Norwegische OmU
Regie: Dag Johan Haugerud
Kamera: Cecilie Semec
Schnitt: Jens Christian Fodstad,
mit: Andrea Bræin Hovig, Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen, Marte Engebrigtsen, Lars Jacob Holm, Thomas Gullestad

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LOVE International Trailer

Im Kino mit deut­schen Untertiteln.

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A film by Marta Savina. In Italian with German subtitles.

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Ahead of her time: an Italian sto­ry, which reso­na­tes today, about a bra­ve woman’s strugg­le against patri­ar­chal values.

Defying the social norm in 1960s Sicily, Lia wants to take char­ge of her life. When she rejects Lorenzo, the son of a local busi­ness­man, he uses bru­tal means to kid­nap her. To save her honor, Lia must con­sent to mar­ry­ing the man who raped her. Instead, though, she embarks on an unpre­ce­den­ted legal batt­le for self-determination.

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IT 2023 – 102 Min.
Italienische OmU
Regie: Marta Savina
Kamera: Francesca Amitrano
Schnitt: Paola Freddi

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Trailer „Primadonna”

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A film by Dag Johan Haugerud. In Norwegian with German subtitles.

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A Utopian design for sexua­li­ty, rela­ti­onships and love in the 21st cen­tu­ry. Marianne is a doc­tor based in Oslo. She longs for clo­sen­ess with other peo­p­le, but she’s fed up with her sex life being con­stant­ly ana­ly­sed and ques­tio­ned by the expec­ta­ti­ons of others. One evening, she meets Tor, a nur­se and col­le­ague, on a fer­ry. He tells her of the fer­ry trips he takes when he can’t sleep and his chan­ce mee­tings with other men. Curious, Marianne starts explo­ring other designs for rela­ti­onships, off the bea­ten track.

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Love
NO 2024, 119 Min, Norwegische OmU
Regie: Dag Johan Haugerud
Kamera: Cecilie Semec
Schnitt: Jens Christian Fodstad,
mit: Andrea Bræin Hovig, Tayo Cittadella Jacobsen, Marte Engebrigtsen, Lars Jacob Holm, Thomas Gullestad

Trailer:

LOVE International Trailer

Im Kino mit deut­schen Untertiteln.

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A film by Kurdwin Ayub. In German, Arabic and English with German subtitles.

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Kurdwin Ayub elec­trified with her wide­ly-lau­ded fea­ture debut SONNE (2022), depic­ting a Muslim girl’s expe­ri­en­ces gro­wing up in Vienna. She flips the per­spec­ti­ve in MOND, fol­lo­wing an Austrian woman on a work trip to Jordan. In an inspi­red cas­ting choice, cho­reo­grapher and per­for­mance artist Florentina Holzinger plays Sarah, a reti­red mixed mar­ti­al arts figh­ter hired as a per­so­nal trai­ner by a wealt­hy fami­ly in Amman. What initi­al­ly appears like a dream job—swanky hotel, pri­va­te driver—quickly turns troubling. The teenage sis­ters she is sup­po­sed to train show no inte­rest in the sport. Their pala­ti­al home is always deser­ted, apart from the clea­ning staff and seve­ral body­guards, who pat­rol the house as if it were a pri­son. The girls aren’t allo­wed to access the WiFi net­work and seem shut off from the out­side world. When Sarah enqui­res about the iden­ti­ty of her employ­ers at the hotel bar and men­ti­ons their fami­ly name, the pre­vious­ly fri­end­ly bar­man abrupt­ly ends the con­ver­sa­ti­on. While kee­ping the sto­ry in a rea­list regis­ter, Ayub bor­rows tro­pes from the thril­ler and hor­ror gen­res to gene­ra­te moun­ting sus­pen­se and upend the arche­ty­pe of the white saviour, thus for­cing view­ers to con­front their own pre­con­cep­ti­ons. (Giovanni Marchini Camia)

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AU 2024, 93 Min, deutsch/arabisch/englische OmU
Regie: Kurdwin Ayub
Kamera: Klemens Hufnagl,
Schnitt: Roland Stöttinger,
mit: Florentina Holzinger, Andria Tayeh, Celina Antwan, Nagham Abu Baker, u.a.

Trailer:

nach oben

A film by Kurdwin Ayub. In German, Arabic and English with German subtitles.

[Credits] [Tickets & Termine] [Trailer]

Kurdwin Ayub elec­trified with her wide­ly-lau­ded fea­ture debut SONNE (2022), depic­ting a Muslim girl’s expe­ri­en­ces gro­wing up in Vienna. She flips the per­spec­ti­ve in MOND, fol­lo­wing an Austrian woman on a work trip to Jordan. In an inspi­red cas­ting choice, cho­reo­grapher and per­for­mance artist Florentina Holzinger plays Sarah, a reti­red mixed mar­ti­al arts figh­ter hired as a per­so­nal trai­ner by a wealt­hy fami­ly in Amman. What initi­al­ly appears like a dream job—swanky hotel, pri­va­te driver—quickly turns troubling. The teenage sis­ters she is sup­po­sed to train show no inte­rest in the sport. Their pala­ti­al home is always deser­ted, apart from the clea­ning staff and seve­ral body­guards, who pat­rol the house as if it were a pri­son. The girls aren’t allo­wed to access the WiFi net­work and seem shut off from the out­side world. When Sarah enqui­res about the iden­ti­ty of her employ­ers at the hotel bar and men­ti­ons their fami­ly name, the pre­vious­ly fri­end­ly bar­man abrupt­ly ends the con­ver­sa­ti­on. While kee­ping the sto­ry in a rea­list regis­ter, Ayub bor­rows tro­pes from the thril­ler and hor­ror gen­res to gene­ra­te moun­ting sus­pen­se and upend the arche­ty­pe of the white saviour, thus for­cing view­ers to con­front their own pre­con­cep­ti­ons. (Giovanni Marchini Camia)

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AU 2024, 93 Min, deutsch/arabisch/englische OmU
Regie: Kurdwin Ayub
Kamera: Klemens Hufnagl,
Schnitt: Roland Stöttinger,
mit: Florentina Holzinger, Andria Tayeh, Celina Antwan, Nagham Abu Baker, u.a.

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A film by Daryl Hanna. On April 17th at the fsk. In English with German subtitles.

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Follows Neil Young on a coas­tal road trip and musi­cal jour­ney during his solo tour, offe­ring inti­ma­te back­stage moments.

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US 2024, 91 Min., engl. OmU
Regie & Kamera: Daryl Hannah
Schnitt: Rachel Simmer 

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